s12's at mod/nash

s13eater · #1 04-06-2006, 21:27

i had a good time this weekend

, chaffed me nads walking up and down in the sun

, it was good to see our cars around the track, oval and 1/8th of a mile, we put in some respectable times, then japster (den), pukka and duncan, well they thrashed around the oval and also the circuit. rich k's car suprised us with just a t25 and mostley bolt on mods and a slippin clutch, he put in some good 0-60 times, i'am sure he will post up his graph for us,i myself forgot my licence, so i had to call upon my 2 newley employed racing drivers,pukka and my eldest daughters other half, the fastest time my s12 achieved was 0-60 in 5.41 secs and 9.380 secs for the 1/8th of a mile, there was still more to come as it was'nt on full boost

i'am not sure on the exact times for den's beast, but i know that den, lorna and there friend tom gave it a good thrashing down the 1/8th,i'am sure he will put his graphs up for us,especially lorna's 5 odd second run will a shift from 1st to 2nd that sounded quicker and smoother than any auto box

anyhoo enough from me as i'am knackerd,i'll upload some pics soon.

s13eater · #2 05-06-2006, 10:15

a few pics , not great cos there off my phone

Den's cars not there cos he was on the track

s13eater · #3 05-06-2006, 10:18

s13eater · #4 05-06-2006, 10:19

s13eater · #5 05-06-2006, 10:21

the lump in the tent is pukka

after someone took the poles outi dont know who , do you RICH ?

RichardK · #6 05-06-2006, 12:45

Christ, fancy taking the poles out of someone's tent. Don't know anyone who'd do a thing like that.

I managed a 0-60 in 6.7 seconds with the clutch slipping badly in first. I also need to improve my gear change speeds as I seem to take 0.5 seconds to change

Excellent weekend though, the track is very addictive. I'll always be on the track from now on. Once I get bigger brakes of course lol

Thank you to everyone who turned up to make it a worthwhile event. Also very well done to Duncan and his other half who made it all the way from Ireland just for the event.

The photos and videos page will be done as soon as Dr Silv manages to send me the files (taking a while over msn lol).

Dr Silvia · #7 05-06-2006, 13:49

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Originally Posted by s13eater

the lump in the tent is pukka

after someone took the poles out i dont know who , do you RICH ?

I wouldnt think rich would be remembering anything after the night before! we caught him asleep outside shauns tent at about 4:00 am in his sleeping bag after a night on the sauce

was good to put faces to some of the names around here

now if i can just get silvia to jae...

Japster · #8 05-06-2006, 13:57

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Originally Posted by s13eater

i had a good time this weekend

, chaffed me nads walking up and down in the sun

, it was good to see our cars around the track, oval and 1/8th of a mile, we put in some respectable times, then japster (den), pukka and duncan, well they thrashed around the oval and also the circuit. rich k's car suprised us with just a t25 and mostley bolt on mods and a slippin clutch, he put in some good 0-60 times, i'am sure he will post up his graph for us,i myself forgot my licence, so i had to call upon my 2 newley employed racing drivers,pukka and my eldest daughters other half, the fastest time my s12 achieved was 0-60 in 5.41 secs and 9.380 secs for the 1/8th of a mile, there was still more to come as it was'nt on full boost

i'am not sure on the exact times for den's beast, but i know that den, lorna and there friend tom gave it a good thrashing down the 1/8th,i'am sure he will put his graphs up for us,especially lorna's 5 odd second run will a shift from 1st to 2nd that sounded quicker and smoother than any auto box

anyhoo enough from me as i'am knackerd,i'll upload some pics soon.

Yep - Was a GREAT weekend! - A few downers, notably after getting my new clutch fitted by a qualified mechanic, putting 200 miles on it before the event in order to run it in, the new one still seemed to be slipping on the 0-60's / 1/8 mile (However, on the track it seemed fine, or maybe less noticable...) - Definitely down on power though, so have rang Simon to arrange dropping the car down for a check and tune-up...

Still, I got a 5.58 0-60 (which is crap for what the car can do), and an 1/8th mile of 9.548 (I think - will check and amend if it's wrong!) - So Shaun's beast got the fastest times of the day (with more to be got from it given enough runs)...

Lorna (Wifey) got 5.77 secs, and as Shaun mentions, the gearchange is damn near invisible, but kept letting off the power before the end of the 1/8th - Give the girl more time, and she'll be getting better times than us blokes methinks!

Had a couple of wicked runs on the track - that is one seriously good track, and has loads of turns, including a hairpin and a 90 degree'r - Fantastic! - Only downside was that I had a couple of muppets in Cosworth's

who slowed me down and wouldn't let me through, and I had to keep dropping back just to get a decent run - Then on the last lap, my turbo to intercooler hose split

, and I had to come off... One quick purchase later, we were back on for 0-60's - all good fun...

Was good to see Shaun (complete with the Chesterfield Posse (aka Stella and't kids!), along with Pukka and Dr. Silvia again, and was amazed to see that Richard K. was a) alive, and b) attending despite his clutch - good show Rich....

Roll on the next event - Will definitely be looking out for Rockingham track days in future I think...

Well done for organising it on our side Pukka - much appreciated...

s13eater · #9 05-06-2006, 14:17

yes twas a damn fine weekend, cheers jon for hassling me in to turning up

and jon, get your bloody hands washed

. oh now i see where the tomato sauce disappeared to rich, you filthy bugger.

PukkaSilvia · #10 05-06-2006, 19:00

Yep it was a great weekend. I really enjoyed the track time even though my car was seriously unwell, It handled great with the new wheels and tyres. It was the first time i had driven it hard round bends since grinding the rear arches out properly. The brakes were spot on on the circuit but on the oval they boiled the fluid after a few laps with the chicanes.

I am going to make a fuel surge tank before i do another circuit and fit a new t3 and downpipe along with new hosing when it arrives,

It was good seeing everyone. i enjoyed myself even though i was covered in oil by sunday lunch time.

I look forward to seeing all the videos and pictures once Dr_Silvia has sent them to Rich. His net connection was playing up earlier today so it all got a bit held up.

FAO den. Id like to see the video you got of my car on the oval if you can get it small enough to email Richard. If not do not worry.

Thanks for turning up. It was a nice weekend break in the sun for me