flybikeslee
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surely a lot is needed to drop an extra half a second off the time though?
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gazza808
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Getting used to it will make a big difference,
From what I could see it was bogging down of the line,
It's all in the setup and it's getting there, it's certainly got the power to do it a 10.6 with a 2.1 60ft is good going,
If it gets back to 1.6 or less 60ft with the same run it'll easily be a 9.
5 tenths off your 60ft Is more than 5tentha off your time assuming you get a good run.
People reckon around 1.5-2 tenths for every tenth you drop on the 60ft.
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Nic Barnes
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wait until the days are warmer and the tarmac is nice and hit and sticky. if you're not in the 9s this year, what will you do more to get there?
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by flybikeslee
surely a lot is needed to drop an extra half a second off the time though?
as said i did a 2.1 60 ft on that 10.6 run , last year i was doing 1.6 and that was on the crapy f28 box i should be able to get 1.5 60fts, so that is nearly a 9 run there and plus the track was crap at the weekend , the car needs more power putting into 2nd gear so that should help a little plus i have traction control to set up too
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
wait until the days are warmer and the tarmac is nice and hit and sticky. if you're not in the 9s this year, what will you do more to get there?
no cant see me going any more power, i know 100% the car will do a 9 now so i will just keep using it and hopefully hit the 9 soon
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by gazza808
Camp in my garden for free... Lol!
I cried into my milkshake at just the 25quid to get in!
Looked and sounded well!
In the stand there was some good rumours being batted about by people who think they know all,
Like the new 'sequential' gearbox your running lol!
Won't be long till your in the nines!
What was the track like Sunday?
i love them rumours , track wasn't that good but i didnt expect it to be as its the first big show so they dont need to prep it great as its just full of crap saxos and other 100bhp cars 
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taylorboosh
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Nice stall though mate
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bigron1988
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Nice stall though mate
 its the one thing i dread to do but just couldent do the burnout in 3rd in this gearbox as its a taller gear
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DannyB
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Once you've got the launch dialed I'm sure you'll get in to the 9's. The launch on your quickest run was pretty bogged down as said, but expected considering it was the first time out with that box and things not being set up after the changes. Give it a few months until you're used to it again.
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taylorboosh
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You usually do a burn out in third with those slicks? Hahaha mental
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
You usually do a burn out in third with those slicks? Hahaha mental
yup, only tried 1st on the other runs so prob wernt getting the tyres warm enough , just sent my data logs of to my mapper and hes tweaked my map so should help with the bogging down of the line
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bigron1988
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well went to pod 3 weeks ago on a rwyb day to try get some time to set the car up, got there weather was grear and was nice and quite , saw this there
got the car unloaded, and gear linkage was messed up , so we adjusted it there, got on the line did my burnout no prob, launched and it popped out of gear , into second hit the limiter and went to select 3rd but it went into first , back wheels lifted of the floor and it was game over, i rev mine to 8700 so recon it went to about 14000ish revs, we later found out that the pin holding the gear linkage in had come out halfway and that had caused it
the car had cut out on the strip and when i saw this i knew it had done some serious damage
so left pod at 11am
and the damage was
release bearing had also gone as when i hit 1st i put the clutch in to take it out of gear
killed the bearings too
while it was apart i decided to change to cable gearshift so had to change the casing on my gearbox
sent the head of to my mate and found damage to the valve seats so had 8 new ones fitted
parts box arrived of steve milton
head having some work
manifold was skimmed as it had warped over time
i then set about building the new bottom end up , to find that when i torqued the caps down it locked up the crank , dial gauge on it to find the crank was bent
i then got hold of a second hand good crank , stuck that in the block and that locked up so it had bent the block too
new block time
back from machine shop
and got it built up over last sunday
bent a few valves
head came back yesterday
and got that fitted today
and this is how she sits atm
im just waiting on getting my boost pipe back as ive had to have my blow of valve moved as it was hitting on the new gearbox turret but should be back tomorrow/sat then ill stick some miles on it again with some oil changes to bed it all back in before a quick dyno check to make sure the map dont need altering , started it before for 10 seconds with no problems so hopefully it will all get sorted before pv show
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taylorboosh
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WTF did not expect that 
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Haimsey
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Well done on getting over another set back! You make the work look/sound so easy.
Massively deep pockets though 
Not going PVS but would've like to see it in action thumbs:
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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taylorboosh
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Billboard is cool imo
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bigron1988
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Billboard is cool imo
hopefully that will come home with me and be put up in the unit
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FlaFFy_91
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Glad you got the head and that sorted mate. Glad we managed to sort that centre baring out to haha.
Look forward to another trip to pod. Hopefully wth better results this time
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taylorboosh
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Billboard is cool imo
hopefully that will come home with me and be put up in the unit
You do realise they will want to keep the billboard? They just paper straight over it
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taylorboosh
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Or is it a canvas type thing?
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Jamie-C
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Thats unbelievable, i think I wouldve cried
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taylorboosh
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He's probably that used to it by now he's not arsed.
Doesn't bother going unless he has £3k to fix it when he gets home.
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Or is it a canvas type thing?
i prob enjoy fixing/working on it more that i do driving it now ,
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bigron1988
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Originally posted by FlaFFy_91
Glad you got the head and that sorted mate. Glad we managed to sort that centre baring out to haha.
Look forward to another trip to pod. Hopefully wth better results this time
cheers for the help mate
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gazza808
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Shit the bed wAsnt expecting a new engine basically!
When you next out?
Have you seen this...
http://billfalconer.m.webs.com/site/classic?url=http://billfalconer.webs.com/sequentialgearshifter.htm&back=http%3A%2F%2Fbillfalconer.m.webs.com%2Fsite%2Fwebs_31998778%2Fhome%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fbillfalconer.webs.com%2Fsequentialgearshifter.htm
[Edited on 02-05-2014 by gazza808]
[Edited on 02-05-2014 by gazza808]
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bigron1988
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Be pv show next , yes will get one of them but want to wait till he sorts out the gear position display before I get one
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