geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 30/10/04 01:42 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 01:42 AM Thanks guys. A special thanks to Steve and Jackson too, they were great company all night. Jackson was my official pit crew and was very handy with a torch at the end whilst we were changing tyres.There were a few oil downs during the night and it was a good chance to chat with other drivers and spectators.I'm going to start doing a bit of research on better tyres and will start a thread soon.I had never been to the drags before this car and if any of you are the same its worth trying out just for the experience. Its a real buzz and afterwards all you wnat to do is go that little bit quicker. There is a large variety of cars running from cars like ours to full on drag cars.Once again thanks for all the nice words.Geea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi fordxr5turbodotcom Member 892 Member For: 21y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Point Cook, Vic Posted 30/10/04 01:48 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 01:48 AM Congrats on the times guys!Always enjoy reading of the Friday nite Calder adventures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASHEN Member 868 Member For: 21y 25d Location: Need one.. Posted 30/10/04 02:13 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 02:13 AM Dean and Craig, you guys rock your arses off!! Well done!!Dean, the colour of your ride translates into at least a few tenths of a second faster time....go the Phantom! Dude, what do you mean by water sprayed? What's involved, and cost?I'm moving to Melb in January. I'll be joining you guys down the strip then, now that my new auto's done. Just wish APS would reply to my message re wanting more power now....been 2 weeks.They are awesome times boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardust Member 537 Member For: 20y 5m 7d Location: Brisbane Posted 30/10/04 02:28 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 02:28 AM Excellent on the PB's, no doubt you's will better them next time. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 2d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 30/10/04 03:21 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 03:21 AM Fantastic times guys and a big congratulation to both of you on the PBs Making us poor 12 sec club boys feel soft Cant wait for my first night run in a few weeks to see if I can knock off a few tenths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 30/10/04 03:34 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 03:34 AM Fantastic times guys and a big congratulation to both of you on the PBs Making us poor 12 sec club boys feel soft Cant wait for my first night run in a few weeks to see if I can knock off a few tenths <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Julian, the air temp makes a huge difference. If you ran your mid 12 during a warm day and you make your next lot of runs on a cool night you'll come down by at least a couple of 1/10ths. Your car has similar power to Boof and he ran a 12.2, there's no reason why you couldn't do a similar time.The secret is to let the car rest as long as you can to cool down. If your able to get the shift kit from WA. I used it last night and when I was changing manually I noticed the difference.Geea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 30/10/04 03:39 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 03:39 AM Deano and I (mainly Dean) installed the base model shift kit in my car yesterday before going to Calder. It made a big difference. With a very similar 60' I was able to go faster with a slower mph. This would all be due to the quicker shifting I feel. Here are the 2 comparison runsWithout shiftkit 60' 2.039 11.999@121.96mphWith Shiftkit60' 2.024 11.934@120.43mphI think the smaller tyres would have cost me mph in the 2nd run but to run faster whilst being slower at the end I think means I made up time on the shifts.My car also lost 1st when it was turned on but in manual mode you have all gears.Geea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 30/10/04 03:47 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 03:47 AM Normally Craigles, lower gears n shorter tigers will help ET & MPH as you get "on top" of the tyre earlier.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 30/10/04 04:46 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 04:46 AM Normally Craigles, lower gears n shorter tigers will help ET & MPH as you get "on top" of the tyre earlier.Scotty<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Is it possible that with our top gear being an overdrive that it might effect the times in a negative way?Geea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xrtwpn Guests Posted 30/10/04 05:07 AM Share Posted 30/10/04 05:07 AM Normally Craigles, lower gears n shorter tigers will help ET & MPH as you get "on top" of the tyre earlier.Scotty<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Is it possible that with our top gear being an overdrive that it might effect the times in a negative way?Geea. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you change the gears in your car to something like a 3:73 I think you might find you will go slower most of the quick turbo cars run 3:46 gears which is what we have standard I have been told this by many turbo companies nowwhere most of the v8's run 3.9 to 4.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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