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I cant see how a guy driving an Automatic can seriously say that their bad driving can affect the time too much..I have only raced my car twice at WSID with different tunes and dont class myself as a great driver,its not hard to drive an Auto..I tried diff launches with rpm etc and the variation was only 3tenths of a second..If your driving a manual then its a different story.. :crybaby:

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  ford number 1 said:
I cant see how a guy driving an Automatic can seriously say that their bad driving can affect the time too much..I have only raced my car twice at WSID with different tunes and dont class myself as a great driver,its not hard to drive an Auto..I tried diff launches with rpm etc and the variation was only 3tenths of a second..If your driving a manual then its a different story.. :crybaby:

I agree to a point.

As the cars get more powerful there is more importance on the driver. In a car with 300rwkw's the difference will be 1/2 a second or more. If you have a car with 350rwkw's + the difference could be nearly a second. This would be due to the following.

1) heating the tyres and making sure they are not wet. Its also important not to over heat the tyres.

2) launching at the correct rpm. If you launch with too much rpm you'll get wheelspina dn not enough will bog the car down slightly. To do this correctly you need to know the cars exact stall point in the trans.

3) Not holding the revs up too much whilst waiting to launch, this heats up everything and will also slow the time.

4) Shallow staging. This involves only just lighting the second white light. this can take a 1/10th or more off your time.

5) having to shift manually. This means at the right rpm's. You'll also need to know what this is.

6) being able to keep your foot flat to the boards as the car is going well past 200kmph. This might sound easy but some people might not be able to do it.

Hope this helps.

Geea. :blink:

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Completely stock MK1 manual 211rwkw

near bald rear tyres @ 37PSI

50kg's of luggage in the boot

3/4 tank of fuel

No equipment taken out

80kg passenger

140kg driver (me at the time)

nudge bar and driving lights impeding airflow

14.3@99mph

This big vic weekend I'll make sure I got no extra weight, and I will have fresh tyres. Hoping for a high 13.

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  Bain said:
191rwkw - BA XR6T 2005 MKII - 6 speed manual

14.01@101.6mph (I think).. ill dig up the timeslip.

Interesting figures Bain, my bet for 14.3 this Sat is looking good. :stirthepot:

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  Cro said:
Completely stock MK1 manual 211rwkw

near bald rear tyres @ 37PSI

50kg's of luggage in the boot

3/4 tank of fuel

No equipment taken out

80kg passenger

140kg driver (me at the time)

nudge bar and driving lights impeding airflow

14.3@99mph

This big vic weekend I'll make sure I got no extra weight, and I will have fresh tyres. Hoping for a high 13.

Stock my :stirthepot:

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  Max Power said:
  Cro said:
Completely stock MK1 manual 211rwkw

near bald rear tyres @ 37PSI

50kg's of luggage in the boot

3/4 tank of fuel

No equipment taken out

80kg passenger

140kg driver (me at the time)

nudge bar and driving lights impeding airflow

14.3@99mph

This big vic weekend I'll make sure I got no extra weight, and I will have fresh tyres. Hoping for a high 13.

Stock my :gooff:

What are you suggesting Arthur ?? a sneaky edit :nono: Ivan wouldn't do that would he :stirthepot:

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  Cro said:
Completely stock MK1 manual 211rwkw

near bald rear tyres @ 37PSI

50kg's of luggage in the boot

3/4 tank of fuel

No equipment taken out

80kg passenger

140kg driver (me at the time)

nudge bar and driving lights impeding airflow

14.3@99mph

This big vic weekend I'll make sure I got no extra weight, and I will have fresh tyres. Hoping for a high 13.

all I see is a list of excuses to hide your lack of driving ability.

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  saleen said:
  Cro said:
Completely stock MK1 manual 211rwkw

near bald rear tyres @ 37PSI

50kg's of luggage in the boot

3/4 tank of fuel

No equipment taken out

80kg passenger

140kg driver (me at the time)

nudge bar and driving lights impeding airflow

14.3@99mph

This big vic weekend I'll make sure I got no extra weight, and I will have fresh tyres. Hoping for a high 13.

all I see is a list of excuses to hide your lack of driving ability.

:spoton:

Geea. :laughing:

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