The next meet is the 19th of Feb..

Who is interested..

me

We'lll definitely be there!might bring a car with a clutch?

I'm there

count me in

Yep. Me too.

will your trans be ok for that night

Just remembered...If the new diff turns up then I wont be running(have to run the diff in)


but i could always waiting until the meet is over before I get it fitted.. :lol:

But I'll be there

yer i think you should wait untill after the meeting to get the diff done no piont wearing out the new one a

im in

numbers are looking good so far...

i am going for the 60foot time try for 1.8 or even 1.7

After seeing what it was like last night I think I have to enter this time. Looks like too much fun. Plus we need a Lightning Strike car that can hopefully run faster than 14.5!

Count me in.

Yeah...........errrrrrrr thanks Max.Silver Slug goes to MT's on Thursday for 15000k service and to have the clutch inspected/fixed .

So in other words we are looking at a 13 second pass with a decent clutch? Whats a stocker meant to run? Between 14.9 and 14.4?

pretty well sums it up

Hope so Max,nothing more embarrassing than lighting up the clutch in front of a big crowd,losing drive,getting pushed off the track and then towed home. Pretty hard to explain to the dealer too.should do a high 13 with a decent launch but knowing your clutch has slipped before makes it pretty difficult........and the smell;stays in the car for ages. It'll get the full serve when the clutch is fixed.

Speaking of embarrasing oneself, today I tried some launching. What is the best way to go? TC on or off!? With it on it seemed to be a smooth take off from about 1900RPM with minimal TC activation. I then tried switching it off and again launched at 1900ish RPM but the bas*ard just squealed both tyres and began sliding sideways.. Much to the disgust of the elderly neighbourhood.. I looked like a stooge..

Seems at any RPM above about 1400 it will spin the tyres for a good 1 - 2 seconds. Surely this is wasting time? Would the track offer more grip thus eliminating this problem?

It has plenty of grip..Much more than the average suburban street

I NEVER have TC on when I want to get a good launch. I find that it cuts the power too much. I reckon a little bit of wheelspin is a good launch. As long as the car is moving forwards.

yep

How about meeting at Caltex Bolivar around 3.30ish then going in as one big group. Any thoughts?

Sounds like a plan

I might have to work until about 4pm on saturday so I will be at the track by about 5 - 5:30. I will try and swindle my way out of it tho..

i can meet u at south and grange at 3.00
Terry do u meet up at my house at 2.30 0418840322
Bruce we could go past your place at 2.50

What time will you come past my place to pick me up?

Geea.

That sounds good Pete; will be in touch Now Craig if leave my place at 10pm Friday night cruise into Melbourne by 6.00 am swing by your joint head back the other way...should be at AIR by 3.00 -3.30 pm .........Seriously though its a big effort to get over but hope to see you again in the cool crisp months.It's possible that the boys here would into a weekend cruise to Melbourne to catch up with you guys.............you never know!

3.00 it is at south rd & grange

Synchronsise Calendars and the NSW clan could also travel down to Calder. Now wouldn't that be awesome , the mother of all cruises. Great way for the T nodes to get together I reckon Overnighter some where and some of that legendary site fellowship Bwwwaaahhahahah

Maybe even Private WhiteTee of the Vic 12 Sec club

That's not far from my place. I'll be there too... but where? The only place on that corner is a Tyre place.

thats it

i have 2 spare helmets that people can share

weather for saturday is 23 degrees after some morning showers...

Nice T weather

so whats the list whos comin

I am for sure plus my mate in his SS.

Yep. I comin. will bring hay hauler. GTR still havin issues.

Yep

I'm in

see you all at caltex

So whats the deal with the weather? How bad does it have to rain for it to be called off?

Its become pretty cloudy ATM..And a few spots of rain

omg...just called vik and he said this was here!!! south & grange @ 3pm...c u all there!!!

Well that was awesome. Great to see all you guys out there, was a really good night - the XR6 Turbos took over the joint.
Lets do it again soon.

I was there as a mate of MaxxPower in a Red EL(ran 15.44's ;( ). Was a fantatsic night, with a damn good showing from you XR6T boys. Maxx's time for a DEAD stocker on sp9000 18's was something of a shock. Ill let him fill you in.

great night, am very happy with 14.01@103mph from my 'stocker'

My times from the night. Certainly a learning experience. A fun learning experience!

ET .......... MPH
19.680 ... 57.84 (Clutch slip 1st, 2nd, 3rd )
14.416 ... 101.32
14.199 ... 100.90
15.084 ... 96.71 (Took 3 goes to get 3rd )
14.198 ... 102.78
13.922 ... 102.62
13.878 ... 101.49
13.894 ... 103.83
14.037 ... 103.92

I was pretty happy, except for the first one obviously!

just to verify that
clutch slip does affect mph peter

Keep that sort of criticism to the parties involved via PM's...I dont want our own SA section turning into a fight.

First time out for me,

My runs....

14.56 97.02mph (no burnout straight on)
14.667 97.19mph (botched up the launch)
14.75 95.50mph (crap, could smokeup the tires - TC was on duhhh)
14.51 98.54mph (smoked the tires, happy with this one)

Overall fairly happy, I was hoping lower 14's but my car's only done 5000ks will give it another shot after 10000K's. Need more power....

It was a good night.

In order of running:

13.972 @ 100.89 MPH (Pretty shocked when I seen the slip seeing as it was my first pass ever)
14.059 @ 99.70 MPH
13.851 @ 100.69 MPH
13.987 @ 98.17 MPH (In dial your own shootout i backed off as I hit the line)
22.981 @ 45.18 MPH (Lost traction and smoked it almost half way down the 1/4!)
13.841 @ 101.32 MPH

Great fun, my car has no mods at all besides a BMC filter. Pretty amazed that it ran high 13's all night.