santa pod 2004

[SGHOM]

What a cracking weekend !!! apart from the weather ! rain this afternoon put paid the the jet car running again. That is one mean machine !! 6 secs dead @ 235 mph ! WTF !!
And once again, our Galants/Legnums prove their stealth, & dumbfounded even the comentators !
Congratulations to Dave for recording the best time of the day, a fantastic 13.54 secs @ 100.2 mph ! err.................. with a little help from a bottle !
I ran a 13.88 @ 97 mph, which I'm well chuffed with .
more comments from other attendees when they arrive home later ! :-b :-b

[enigma]

Yep I ran some numbers!!!!!



Best was

60ft 1.985
330ft 5.636
1/8 ET 8.663
1/8 mph 81.53
1000ft 11.229
1/4 ET 13.543
1/4 mph 100.2

I am well chuffed, that was with a 44BHP squirt of nitrous but considering my engine problems recently that is fab! I want 12s though!

I did 3 other runs all within a gnats gonad of this and the finale to try and eek some finer figures was for Derek (some 60kgs lighter than me) to have a go with my purple throbbing monster. Rain didn't help track conditions and creeping on the line didn't help Dereks launch, he ran a 13.565 @98.64.

[Kieran]

And once again, our Galants/Legnums prove their stealth, & dumbfounded even the comentators !

Cracking weekend indeed!

18.12 seconds @ 75mph!!! COME ON!!!!evil5:

Regarding the comentators.... I hope it comes out on dave's video, but the statment was thus....

'Now I'm slightly confused. There's an estate car in one of the lanes called a... Mitsubishi... LEG--NUMB".... I've never seen one of those before...' (cue Dave setting off) 'But, MY WORD he's hoofing up the track!!'

A totally :-b weekend.

And may I say a very big THANKYOU to Derek and Simon for allowing me to take their respective VR-4s up the strip. That was really generous of you and I'm touched that you trusted me with what must be your favourite toys!!! And bloody hell, I can see why you love 'em so much! Jaysus!!!

[SGHOM]

was for Derek (some 60kgs lighter than me) to have a go with my purple throbbing monster..

And I drove his car also !! :$ :$

[Grinder]

Anyone posting more pics/video footage?

[Spirit]

Cracking times set by Dave and Derek, well done guys - shows what the effort and £ notes can achieve. That "little" (see pics later) NOS bottle was a godsend Dave - top banana. Shame we did not have a few more runners from the Club - but there's always October people

Personally I only got two runs in due to today's weather - ran a 14.3 (beat a new Scooby WRX on the line) and a 14.4 - was 0.8s off my previous best so have to be pleased - but sure I can squeeze some more out of her if I can sort a couple small issues out. Car back home in one piece and no speeding tickets - so added bonuses :-D

[Spirit]

Anyone posting more pics/video footage?

Will get them up tomorrow when I have time

Don't forget - anyone who wants to email me there pics to post I will put them up on my hosting site

[enigma]

shows what the effort and £ notes can achieve.

The amount of £ spent is minimal to achieve this time for me. Far greater is the technical input and effort from myself. There are only a few items that helped drag my time down.

Boost controller ~£200 installed and set up by myself
Nitrous Oxide ~£250 designed, installed and set up by myself

This in the grand scheme of things is not a lot of cash to drag my 1/4 mile time down from 15.4 when I bought it to 13.5 at the weekend.

Now you could argue that the exhaust system that I bought also helped, but this was also designed manufactured and installed by my good self, not in the interests of power though, I just wanted 2 pipes!

I will not argue that I have spent a fair amount of cash on the car, but only a small proportion of this has been directed at increasing the acceleration.

Put your wallets away guys, get well read up on the site and do things your way, on a budget!

[enigma]

Anyone posting more pics/video footage?

I have some superb footage of me racing the mighty GLS!

Helen was stood at the 1/8 mile marker with the video camera and I had helmet cam installed............I gave Kieran 4 seconds at the start and we crossed the line together (me slightly in front) I will try and get it loaded later today.

[enigma]

1/8 ET 8.663
1/8 mph 81.53

According to this site:

0-60 calc

my 0-60 time works out at

4.69s

Bugger me backwards!

[Kieran]

According to this site:

0-60 calc

my 0-60 time works out at

4.69s

Bugger me backwards!

Ooooh! I'll do mine later today!!! Can't remember the 1/8 figures! :$

[SGHOM]

5.12 for me !!! sounds a tad optimistic, but I'll go along with it !!! :-D :-b

[Polabear]

Yup a good weekend all in all.. .. exept for the weather.. (but thats the Pod for you), good to see the faces again..BIG THANK YOU to Kieran for ferrying my original saets down from Kieran Corp's Towers...the Bears Butt is once again sat in the comfort it so richly deserves... :wiggle:

[Spirit]

5.12 for me !!! sounds a tad optimistic, but I'll go along with it !!! :-D :-b

5.57s for me, must work on my launches :wall:

[Polabear]

Surely you mean Lunches..... :-D ... I know.. don't call me Shirly.... :$

[Kieran]

And, unfortunately, it's bang on the book figure...

An automatic, unmodified GLS gets to 60MPH in about....................



11.25 seconds!!! :$ :$ :$





I'll get me coat then.................. :nokiss: