V8 owners day!

Quadcams · 04-12-2005, 08:19 PM

Raced today managed 30 passes lol, my new clutch took a while to get use to, didnt get even close to my best ET or 60' but was happy how it performed in the heat managed my best mph in 32c which is a good sign for winter.
Heres my top 10 passes all the rest were low to high 13.4's and a few shockers missed 2nd gear etc.

13.147@106.44 1.958 60'

13.175@106.50 1.966 60' best mph

13.239@105.89 1.987 60'

13.252@106.50 2.059 60' grrr... could of been a good one

13.265@105.88 2.007 60'

13.277@106.28 2.020 60'

13.281@104.63 1.966 60'

13.284@105.63 1.978 60'

13.268@105.10 1.993 60'

13.301@105.93 1.968 60'

13.351@104.50 1.993 60'

air temp- 31c
rel humidity- 23
abs.- 29.92
track temp- 51c
BA- 2304ft (crap)
My poor car hates me now but shes still in one piece.

hot460 · 04-12-2005, 08:37 PM

Looks like you had fun Wade. I guess you have too wait 6months to see how the car really goes with some cold air. So does 30 passes mean your misses will much rather you being out surfing instead of racing? lol. At least till heathcote....

Aeron · 04-12-2005, 08:45 PM

I saw all you boys lined up ready to go in in the morning. I was next door at Eastern Creek

Quadcams · 04-12-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by hot460

Looks like you had fun Wade. I guess you have too wait 6months to see how the car really goes with some cold air. So does 30 passes mean your misses will much rather you being out surfing instead of racing? lol. At least till heathcote....

My misses would rather me surfing period Rich but hey it just to much fun!

xr8gn3 · 04-12-2005, 09:21 PM

Good job Lowride, good to see you out there waving the flag for the BOSS.

Not too long and I'll be out there with ya.

I've got the LS1 munchies :evil_laug

**Stav** · 04-12-2005, 11:01 PM

You done well Wade.It was a very hot day!! I ended up with a 15.1 out of the wagon..pretty alright for what it is.
Xr8ute did the best of all with a pb 1/4 mile of 14.2...

Jon Bays pb went to 14.4
We saw a ba with just exhaust pull a 14.9!!

Well done to all the forums guys..

jonbays · 05-12-2005, 08:04 AM

Thanks for the 14.4 Uselss but you got the best time on the day my PB was 15.4. Even if I did get the pleasure of beating you in our head to head race while you warmed your tyres on thr strip. No burnouts past the start line allowed mate!

nugget378 · 05-12-2005, 05:58 PM

Didn't know there was anyone from this forum there,I woulda come ova to say g"day, I was there doin some tuning on the car,I did a pb and worked out my best tune so far. Best run was 11.51@122.52 best mph 123.52 , I didnt get through with out any probs though i think ive done the gearbox again, By the way mine was that old green heap of rust, Anyway it was a good day except for the sunburn lol

galaxy xr8 · 05-12-2005, 06:07 PM

Sound's like you guy's had fun, keep at it.

Quadcams · 05-12-2005, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nugget378

Didn't know there was anyone from this forum there,I woulda come ova to say g"day, I was there doin some tuning on the car,I did a pb and worked out my best tune so far. Best run was 11.51@122.52 best mph 123.52 , I didnt get through with out any probs though i think ive done the gearbox again, By the way mine was that old green heap of rust, Anyway it was a good day except for the sunburn lol

Mate is your car that lime green XA falcon if so Ive see you heaps at WSID, also that old rust bucket goes very hard.

nugget378 · 05-12-2005, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowride260

Mate is your car that lime green XA falcon if so Ive see you heaps at WSID, also that old rust bucket goes very hard.

Yeah thats the one, come ova and say hi next time although it'll probably be early next year, It sounds like i stuffed third gear synchro's again so im out of action for a bit, and i'll have to get slicks as well the et radials dont really hold it,anyway which was yours the silver ute?

JG3282 · 05-12-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowride260

BA- 2304ft (crap)

I know what you mean... having said that we were at the other end of the scale at 982 all day... If only we lived in Adelaide :voldar02:

Quadcams · 05-12-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nugget378

Yeah thats the one, come ova and say hi next time although it'll probably be early next year, It sounds like i stuffed third gear synchro's again so im out of action for a bit, and i'll have to get slicks as well the et radials dont really hold it,anyway which was yours the silver ute?

Yeh i went to say gidday but got side tracked but will for sure next time. mate I seen your car earlier in the year it was doing around 12.2's I think shes going alot better now especially in the heat to.

My car was the only BA XR8 there mercury silver.

nugget378 · 05-12-2005, 10:10 PM

Very nice lookin ute I only wish I could afford one.Yer I had an 11.8 two 11.9's and usually hovering about the low 12's, It's very hard to be consistant on street tyres with a manual,I have put a roller cam in since then,Im looking to get 125-126mph out of it but i really dont want to do a 10 as the cars not worth puttin a roll cage into

**Stav** · 05-12-2005, 11:10 PM

Nugget your car looked awesome man....

nugget378 · 05-12-2005, 11:20 PM

Thanks alot useless, but you couldnt have looked too closely lol

xr8ute · 06-12-2005, 12:46 AM

Was a great day but the heat was ridiculous, lol.

I parked the car at lunch and didn't run again due to a couple of problems. My auto started slipping badly, and was making sickly noises. A bigger problem was the vibration at the top of the track that was slowly getting worse....looks like one or both of my uni-joints are a bit floppy :(

However, It was nice to smash my old PB and run a 14.291 @ 97.47. It was the last run I did before my auto started slipping.

Some pictures my bro took are here, http://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=29471

nugget378 · 08-12-2005, 06:20 PM

Did any of you guys know there was a guy from street machine at the track. Did anyone have a word with him. My brother had a chat to him and it turns out he was there for the holdens, pity for them the two fastest cars on the day were fords, gotta make you smile.

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Quadcams · 08-12-2005, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nugget378

Did any of you guys know there was a guy from street machine at the track. Did anyone have a word with him. My brother had a chat to him and it turns out he was there for the holdens, pity for them the two fastest cars on the day were fords, gotta make you smile.

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HA go the lime green beast!

galaxy xr8 · 08-12-2005, 09:29 PM

That doesn't suprise me, Street Machine doing article's on Holden's, lol.