Progress Update: How Is BCL's Car Going?

[Xtreme F6]

give someone an auto and all of a suden there a drag racer .

Brian I just wanna see a video of the thing going around a track

[DBOSS]

give someone an auto and all of a suden there a drag racer  .

Brian I just wanna see a video of the thing going around a track 

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Just remeber

RACE track 1%

ROAD 99%

CYA JEFF

[F6 UTE]

(maybe I need some lessons from F6 Ute),

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Well.. I'm taking some time off up till Christmas... I'll see what I can do, but no promises eh.. I might be able to sort something out.. lol..

For me it's the 2-3 change, then the pull thru 3rd.. 3rd coming out of a sweeper from 3000rpm is a nice car to be in..

[Xtreme F6]

give someone an auto and all of a suden there a drag racer  .

Brian I just wanna see a video of the thing going around a track 

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Just remeber

RACE track 1%

ROAD 99%

CYA JEFF

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yer but jeff, we get caught doing videos of our cars on the street now they get taken away

[JimmyXR6T04]

I'd love to see Brians car go down the 1/4 mile strip, even with a soft launch. I still think it would sound awesome, and pull a great time.. soft launch and all.

Just start in 3rd, that gets rid of the harder 1-2, 2-3 changes he probably doesn't need 1st and 2nd anyways

[Romulus]

Jason not everyone is interested in drag racing and it is certainly is not the be all and end all in measuring a cars performance , although it certainly has its place. I would be very confident that over a standing 1km dash there would not be another T that would get close. Top speed no one would get close if anyone was game to drive it, acceleration from rolling starts would have the same outcome. So there are many ways to measure performance, not one can be seen to be more important than the other. Lets face it at the time Adams car was running  its record times it wasn’t to good at night as it only had one headlight fitted, dose this detract from it 400 meter time, the answer would be NO. It was and is still the fastest T down the quarter  There are many events like the Dutton rally that hold such  1 km events, but again this would be only one small test and really not very relevant.  I believe that even you would concede that Brains engine if swapped into Adam’s T with the same car set up on the same day would have been faster over the 400. So It simply gets back to the attended use and criteria the car was built for, Brian simply is not interested in drag racing and I am very poor at setting them up for that type of racing.

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Simon, I agree with you, you'll get no argument from me. Brian's car/engine setup would have to be the best in Australia, bar none.

I watch the results that are achieved from the XR6T's/F6's over the last couple of years, and see the same pattern occuring here as what happened with the LS1 folk some years ago. Back then, the crave was for high rwkw figures for unopened engines. Then came mafless tuning and the bar was raised a little higher. Then came the head/cam/stroker combo's and the power figures went even higher. Great, everyone is happy achieving big rwkw figures. However, because everyone was achieving big power figures, it didn't mean anything.

What happened then was cars started running quicker times with lower rwkw figures; soon unopened LS1's were running 11's (albeit with good traction, some cars had weight reduction), and the emphasis went away from big rwkw figures to 'track-backed' results. And it's been pretty much the same since then. You know there are plenty of LS1's running in the 10's now, including Gary Pope's Turboed VE, which runs full street trim with a decent set of tyres. And while drag racing is not the only benchmark of the performance of a car, it sure has a lot to do with it. Looks at the Yanks - it's all about 1/4 performance times. The shops that turn out the quick cars, both here and in the US, are the ones that attract the accolades. Unfair, but that's how it is.

Sure, I'm into drag racing, but no more than what I was with my older cars (I probably did over 200 runs in my VT). Racing the car on the street is a gamble; likewise turning the tyres in 4th and 5th gear is all nice and good until the cops see it and your car is confiscated or crashed.

I guess my take on this is to achieve a good result (track or strip) for the least amount of money. Having said that, the development of cars like Brian's benefit everyone in the long run. I'm impressed with the Nizpro kit, and so much so, APC Wangara are starting to turn out of heap of them now, because the kit's work so well.

You'd have to be happy with that

Edited 14/11/06 10:10 AM by M6 XR6T

[F6 UTE]

The shops that turn out the quick cars, both here and in the US, are the ones that attract the accolades. Unfair, but that's how it is.

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I believe it's cheaper to use a car for the drags, and takes less driver skill than a track car.

Hence, it's more popular.

My car is a perfect example. ~$3k, runs a quick time. But I'd have to spend $20k more to make it remotely competitive around a circut.. And it still won't be 'fast'

Try running a 1000 HP motor around a track and make it steer, stop and actually run for longer than 10 seconds without overheating.

Brian has done 'everything' to this car, so it's performance cannot be judged on one aspect of the sport, or against any other Ford T or F6.. I know you want to, but you can't..

[bcl]

Sure, I'm into drag racing, but no more than what I was with my older cars (I probably did over 200 runs in my VT). Racing the car on the street is a gamble; likewise turning the tyres in 4th and 5th gear is all nice and good until the cops see it and your car is confiscated or crashed.

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Before this car I'd never raced down the 1/4, and I've only done a few runs for some fun.

However, I've done a fair bit of circuit work, and that's more my interest.

You keep focusing on 1/4 mile racing, atm it's not important to me, and that is not a part of the design spec for the car.

Brian

[Romulus]

You keep focusing on 1/4 mile racing, atm it's not important to me, and that it not a part of the design spec for the car.

Brian

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Because it's what most people related to. I don't get asked "What lap time does your car do around Barbagello?" I get asked, "what times does it do?", meaning, how quick is it over 400m. Maybe then, a follow up question about the power it makes.

As I said, like it or not, 1/4 mile times are what most people relate to, and how they judge the performance of a car. Simple.

Edited 14/11/06 10:39 AM by M6 XR6T

[F6 UTE]

I get asked, "what times does it do?", meaning, how quick is it over 400m. Maybe then, a follow up question about the power it makes.

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Associate with bogans and Late model camira drivers, and you expect more??

I'm perplexed