Wsid.31/5/06 Great Night

[geea]

Now why don't you piss off and leave the important stuff to the grown-ups.

Geea.

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You don't have to have copious amounts of 1st hand experience to be able to make a judgement based on observations.

I do remember you posting not long ago about how driver skill does make a difference in times and MPH now you seem to ignore that matter of course because it suits you.

I can assume that you have all but forgotten your 12.3 run with 330rwkw in sydney.

Good to see you can handle a discussion about a topic like this in a mature matter when someone posts a conflicting opinion to yours.

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I'm pretty sure I would have said the times would be affected by the drivers skill not mph. I'm not going to go back and find the quote though no doubt you will.

When I ran my 12.2 in Sydney my car had 328rwkw's which should have run 122-123ish mph. The day it ran it was very hot in the mid 30's I think. The car still ran 120mph which would be about right for the power lost due to the heat.

Steve why don't you post in topics you know something about. Have a look in the "Chit Chat" section.

Geea.

[geea]

Good to see you can handle a discussion about a topic like this in a mature matter when someone posts a conflicting opinion to yours.

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Excuses excuses excuses YA DOBBER

Heres another post to run off to the mods and dob on me about

You have 360 rwklw and ran a 12.6 in an auto and you want have ago at a guy who is running 10.6 with only 25 rwklw more

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I'll have to correct you there Jeff if Stevie has 360rwkw'swhen he ran 12.6 I only had 17-18rwkw's more than him when I ran the 10.68.

Geea.

[ford number 1]

Thr is an easy way to solve this discussion..Geeseman shld take his car out to the creek again while its cold and see what sort of time/mph it gets..Im sure any of us who have raced recently would offer to drive the car if he thinks he's that a driver.

[blueboost]

just been reading this post for the first time.

congrats on the guy's that have run there pb's

there are some good times there for what is done tothe cars,

it is a fun sport and it is good to see so many fords running now,

it shows what can happen when a carmaker can produce such a speical car,

three years ago you could hardly find a ford at the drags,

good to see the passion building in the ford camp again.

David

[XR6ISM]

Thank you for your reply Geea.....I dont think I did that bad, if I recal correctly Brian also ran about a 13.1 with more power......So I guess im doing something right.

I was told by a number of the guys at the track last wednesday that there is no way I can run a 12 second pass with a T5 box.....I tend to disagree with that one and feel that if I can get traction, I will get the time.

I will go out again shortly to give it another go and will post up my results when this happens.

PS, JEFF !!!!! Last time I trust a GT driver who tells me....."29 PSI is a good seting for your tyres" !!!!! pooooffffttttttaaaaaa farken !!!!!!

Regz

Dean

[bcl]

Thank you for your reply Geea.....I dont think I did that bad, if I recal correctly Brian also ran about a 13.1 with more power......So I guess im doing something right.

I was told by a number of the guys at the track last wednesday that there is no way I can run a 12 second pass with a T5 box.....I tend to disagree with that one and feel that if I can get traction, I will get the time.

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Dean,

That outing of mine is not a good example to quote.

It was my first outing with the T56 in the pre-Edit days (2 years ago), and much has changed sunce then. With the new 4.10 diff I was stuck in no-mans-land running out of revs in 4th before the end of the quarter.... 5400 revs in 4th at only 100mph, with factory rev limit of 5800 revs ... see what I mean.

That was well past peak torque, so the extra power did nothing for me, and 4th to 5th changes were slow, and doing that change made the times worse.

Also, have you upgraded to the Edit yet?

The reports from others is that you are more likely to drop torque with piggyback ecu's, so the Edit will help at gearchange time, and reduce your time.

Brian

[geea]

Thank you for your reply Geea.....I dont think I did that bad, if I recal correctly Brian also ran about a 13.1 with more power......So I guess im doing something right.

I was told by a number of the guys at the track last wednesday that there is no way I can run a 12 second pass with a T5 box.....I tend to disagree with that one and feel that if I can get traction, I will get the time.

I will go out again shortly to give it another go and will post up my results when this happens.

PS, JEFF !!!!! Last time I trust a GT driver who tells me....."29 PSI is a good seting for your tyres" !!!!! pooooffffttttttaaaaaa farken !!!!!!

Regz

Dean

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If you have 300rwkw's even without the ability to flat shift I'd still think you should run a high 12.

Geea.

[XR6ISM]

Brian/Craig, thanks again for your replies.

Craig, I am looking forward to going out again, I think with some trial/error I will run the 12 second pass. First thing first, I need to get the 60ft down and I need to get some better tyres then the NS/2's that I am running now (nankang).

Brian, no I am only running unichip at this stage, have not moved to edit yet. You right, being able to move rev limits etc will help with a better time......not sure if I want to throw more money into the car to go to edit....something I need to consider.

Out of curiosity, have you run your car since and what times did you get. I think you would be a better person for me to compare with rather then craig considering your driving a manual.

Regz

Dean

[ms700]

First time out with the new gear box also, so a bit of practise with shifting is needed. The 2nd to 3rd shift is fairly slow.

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Dean,

What did you do with the gearbox ie strength? What happened to the old one?

Mick.

[bcl]

Out of curiosity, have you run your car since and what times did you get. I think you would be a better person for me to compare with rather then craig considering your driving a manual.

Regz

Dean

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No. Only ran it once at wsid.

Next time I run I'll have almost 2000 more revs, different gearing (closer to3.90), far better street tyres. rip shift, and more power, so my expectations are a bit different. But .. it may be pig to launch, and I'll almost certainly have to use 5th.

I think F6 Ute is the best person to compare with currently.. a lot of practice, a lot of thought has gone into how to best drive the manual, launching and change points, and an aggressive tune to match it. It doesn't just happen. Look at what Craig has achieved, and note that it took a lot of runs to work out how to do it, and I believe that it's more about technique, car-set up and torque delivery rather than peak power levels.

Brian