anyone coming out to play ?

[SGHOM]

I'm off to Santa Pod tomorrow, [ sun 31st Oct ]
My 12.96 sec run was just not fast enough !! :rolleyes5 so I'm out to try to improve on that time.
I've more nitrous now than when I recorded that time, so with a bit of luck, I think I can get down to 12.7 ish. :-b
My son, Joe, is stripping the car as I speak. !! whats not needed is going. seats, seat belts, carpets, trim, spare wheel !! etc. :laugh: :laugh:

anyone want to join me ??

[nick-f1]

!! whats not needed is going. seats, seat belts, carpets, trim, spare wheel !! etc. :laugh: :laugh:

anyone want to join me ??

Should'nt that read "whats not needed is NOT going"? :laugh:
Would love to have come but Pauline has other ideas she's just informed me! :lipsrseal
Good luck on yr quest

Nick

[Nick Mann]

Could well be driving past tomorrow, but will have the dog in the car. I don't think they'll let us in. :sad3:

Good luck!

[HJM]

Too far - between events at the moment :rolleyes5

Have a great day and remember - "Nitros bottle ON - Check" :lipsrseal :laugh:

Let us know how you got on and post pics of the cars you beat !!!!!!!!

Heath

[Jimbo]

Best of luck to you Derek....

I'm down in Leicester at this very moment, but I'm back up home tomorrow for work, so I won't make it I'm afraid. :(

Hope you have fun, anyhow.
:)

[SGHOM]

post pics of the cars you beat !!!!!!!!

Heath
must remember to buy 128 meg memory stick for camera then !! :$ :laugh: :laugh:

[enigma]

I will be there as well....with my 512Mb memory card (I plan on beating a lot of people!)

[zentac]

I was going to come, but after a 5am start this morning for Cadwell....which was superb, btw... The weather held off and we shocked quite a few evo`s. One of which is pulling out over 370bhp couldnt get past us on the straghts. Dont get me wrong he was quicker than me but only slightly and not quick enough to get infront before the next bend on any of the straights including the 120mph up hill one.....anyway back to pod. I was going to go but after a 5 am start this morngin for cadwell Im now stuck on a customers site fixing their bloody servers....and will be most of the night so will have to give it a miss Im afraid.

[enigma]

12.860 secs at 107.14 mph................................oh yes :bow: :bow: :thumb1: :thumb1:

[Jimbo]

Fan-bloomin-tastic, mate! :laugh:

[HJM]

Well done Dave - looks like you and Derek (is he there yet ?) could be playing ping-pong with your times today - may the "fastest Legnum win" :rolleyes5

Heath

[enigma]

What a great day! The weather was just perfect, cold and still.

I did 6 runs and the results in order are as follows:

Run 1
12.860 @ 107.14mph

Run 2
12.897 @ 105.43mph

Run 3
12.789 @ 106.57mph

Run 4
12.858 @ 105.37mph

Run 5
13.286 @ 101.32mph (Nitrous running out!)

Run 6
15.728 @ 55.12mph (Nitrous ran out so I gave up! :lipsrseal :rolleyes5 )

and here with the full rundown on the fastest run:

Reaction 0.750
60ft 1.800
330ft 5.252
1/8ET 8.141
1/8MPH 86.39
1000ft 10.594
1/4ET 12.789
1/4MPH 106.57

I am a very happy man! Just wish I did it when it mattered! :laugh:

Using the 0-60 calculator I appear to have broken another barrier............

3.93 seconds!!!! :D

[Kieran]

Bloody hell! :-b How much Nitrous were you using?

And what about Mr Derek?

[Nick Mann]

3.93?????


:hurrah: :boing3: :evil2: :Eek1: :beerbang: :cool1:

[SGHOM]

congrats Dave !! yo am de man :-b [ for the moment ]
& out of respect for you're stunning times, I'll not post my 12.38 sec run. :lipsrseal :$

[Nick Mann]

:wtf:

You takin' the pi$$, Derek?

[SGHOM]

On one of my last runs, I did a 12.389 !! :rolleyes5 Dave was gutted ! :laugh: :laugh:
But, looking at the time slip, something did not look right. my 60 ft time was just too damned quick compared to my 1/8th elapsed speed ??
I would like to think it was a legit time, but Dave & I think maybe the starter got in the way of the timing light, I dunno ??

Judge for yourselves;

60ft 1.237
330ft 4.773
1/8th e/t 7.771
1/8th mph 84.07
1000ft 10.185
1/4 et 12.389
105.12 mph

[zentac]

what was your best time appart from that one?

[SGHOM]

what was your best time appart from that one?
13.044 @ 104.70 mph

[enigma]

OK, here with video evidence (Thanks Derek!)

12.789 (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.akers/images/12_789.wmv)

[enigma]

And some more footage shows that bikes are both extremely fast AND DANGEROUS!

ouch (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.akers/images/ooops.wmv)

[enigma]

A close up of the bike......and some other snaps

[Spirit]

Congratulations Dave :-b

[SGHOM]

Great footage of the bike Dave !! LOL :rolleyes5
At least It was just his pride hurt & nothing else !! good to see him get up & walk away..................... that was until the ambulance came ! :$

Dave wasting a TVR tuscan !!

[enigma]

Derek was in the lane next to the bike all ready to go when the poor sod lost it :lipsrseal

Went to speak to the guy later and he was thankfully OK! :rolleyes5

[Wodjno]

Congrats Dave .. Bladdy Fantastic time :-b .. Did the car still feel good or was it strained at all .. Are you and Derek getting near the limit ??.. Hope not ... ! Unlucky Derek but i'm sure u will be back .. Did you get anymore footage .. :cool1: :thumbsup: :thumb1: :wiggle: :Eyecrazy:

[EdmundVR4]

Hey Interlec & Big Dave....you are doing us proud !!!
Keep it up !

[ako]

Christ!!

I'd better get my act together pronto or these big whales are going to beat me very shortly :veryangry

Well done on those times guys, thats absolutely brilliant. Thats good enough to embarass many things with a subby badge, which really is all that matters :D



And the 12.3 run... If I could see a legnum pull a 1.2 second 60ft, I'd publicly kick in my VR4 shouting "Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid Car!!!" Add on the .7 or so extra that should be on the time and it matches up with your other ones.


Though I say frame it and wave it front of everyones faces anyway :laugh:


And oh yeah, where would I find that 0-60 calculator? I'm curious!

[Physician]

Oh, I do love this ongoing challenge. Well done to BDA and Interlec.

Now, I want to get my guess in first for The Pod October 2005 ....... 11.998 :-D

[SGHOM]

Oh !! forgot to mention the 100 miles or so from Northampton to Sheffield last night. :rolleyes5
covered the distance in a sprightly 4 hrs !! WTF !! :lipsrseal
accidents on the M1 everywhere !
and on the A61 Dronfield bypass. [ looked a nasty one ] :(

[Polabear]

Well done to both of you.... scoobies and other suchlike, my AR$E :gun2: :gun3: :thumb1:

[enigma]

There were very few vehicles quicker on the day! :D

[SGHOM]

Now, I want to get my guess in first for The Pod October 2005 ....... 11.998 :-D
not a prayer Richard !! mid 12's maybe, but lower ?? no chance.

my engine held out, but my gearbox was not best pleased with 3000 rpm launches. :rolleyes5 I think Dave & myself have just about reached the limit, I'm going to up my boost a shade, & have another go, but realistically, we can go no faster with standard internals.

I'm more than pleased with my 12.9, & Daves 12.7 [ jammy barsteward !! :lipsrseal :$ ] but to get lower is taking a massive risk in my opinion.

[enigma]

Upping the boost did nothing for me!

I ran 12.7 with 0.7 Bar basic boost and 12.8 when I was up at 1.05 basic boost. The turbos just produce more heat so you can fiddle the boost all you like and you wont see huge gains!

[Roadrunner]

mid 12's maybe, but lower ?? no chance
My bhp calculator reckons you'd near near 550bhp to get sub-12s. You and Dave have posted some stunning times and really shown the rest of us what's possible. Well done! :bow: :-b

[stonegr]

Upping the boost did nothing for me!

I ran 12.7 with 0.7 Bar basic boost and 12.8 when I was up at 1.05 basic boost. The turbos just produce more heat so you can fiddle the boost all you like and you wont see huge gains!


12,7 is a verry good time for stock internals, congratulations ;)

How mutch nitrous do you have injected??

70hp shot? 100? 150 ? :lipsrseal :rolleyes5

[enigma]

90hp for me and 100hp for Derek :lipsrseal

bigger jets are on order :lipsrseal :lipsrseal :lipsrseal :lipsrseal

[Physician]

not a prayer Richard !! mid 12's maybe, but lower ?? no chance.
.

Drat!!! I've dumped those forged pistons and heavy duty gearbox in the trashbin then .......... :sad3:

[Kieran]

Drat!!! I've dumped those forged pistons and heavy duty gearbox in the trashbin then .......... :sad3:

:lolz: