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Forum Santa Pod 1/4 mile day! 17th CANCELLED date change to 24TH JAN
JPC:
Had a great day today guys! Nice to put some new faces to names. Sorry if I didn't manage to say bye to everyone! Had a good giggle and a chin wag with everyone! Here's to the next one !
Oh and as for my best run, I got a 15.5 with a reaction time of about .250
JPC:
Yourright jonny. I think on a hot summers day, when the air is dry it's very sticky with the glue. But a tiny bit of moisture in the air and cooler temps, I think it makes it less grippy
Phil_T:
--- Quote from: jonnyc on January 24, 2010, 07:43:01 pm ---Was great to see everyone today..! Robin, glad I could be of help.. :smiley:
Apart from that it was a total waste of time in my opinion.. The track was a joke.. Really.. I can't believe we had to pay to drive on that?!
Last night I was able to put 100% of the power down in 2nd gear on a dry road, yet at the 'glued' track today the car was lighting up the tyres in 4th gear!! Hell.. It didn't even do that in the wet driving back home tonight..
What really got me though was the dusty service road which you had to use to drive back from the strip to the pits I could also plant the power down in 2nd gear.. Maybes they mistook the 'glue' for baby oil!? Who knows.. I blame the man with no teeth
Consequently all I managed was a pretty disappointing 12.91 @ 119mph..
The terminal speed was promising though.. Faster than a 997 turbo which was running around 113 - 115mph and a new R35 GTR which was about the same, both of which had plenty of runs.. So at least I know she's got plenty of grunt!! With a decent track im now really confident of a mid 11 second run..
Oh well.. I certainly wont be visiting Santa Pod again after today.. My next day will be at York Raceway.. 150 miles closer and hopefully at least as much grip as the bloody public road!!
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Still quick for what sounds like a crap surfure, If you mean york dragstrip up near me am afraid to say its even worse, the road going in & out of the strip is full of potholes, stones & dirt track & the strip itself aint any better eithier
jonnyc:
--- Quote from: Phil_T on January 24, 2010, 07:59:37 pm ---If you mean york dragstrip up near me am afraid to say its even worse, the road going in & out of the strip is full of potholes, stones & dirt track & the strip itself aint any better eithier
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Thats it.. Im moving to America and buying a Vette!!
MAT ED30:
York has been like that for year as its an old runway so its still got the little dip at the bottom for the planes to take off and the road off the track is a joke but it will save u some miles going down to the pod and i have seen some bloody fast stuff at york
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