Santapod 1/4 mile time and speed

Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:09 pm

No surprise there then.

Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:46 pm

pacerpete wrote:
magpie wrote:Pete and Andyboys humour is certainly different

fantastic crack Pete i'll buy you a snake belt for christmas out of the steering linkage funds.That vinyl one has clearly snapped
The carefully regulated crack exposure was for Ravs benefit, I am trying to get some wheels off him cheap

I was thankful of your exposed crack Pete, it was taking Rav's attention off my hairy chest.

I had a great time, was good to catch up, as well as put faces to names. Thanks to Diddler a great host when we invaded his pikey parlour, and to Pete for saturday nights grub (I hope you didn't spend too much). Top weekend

Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:28 am

Only spotted two E30's on the M1 southbound this evening,a very clean white cabbie,top down and two up,and a black 318iS with it's run number still on the rear window.

Plenty of more recent BMW's,that could,just,have been to Pod...

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:23 am

pacerpete wrote:I'm going to the cops, The cooont has effectively obtained crack by deception . I feel cheap and used, again

LOL, you walking to the pikey site after your purchases was shocking, as most of POD could see your crack, no belt, big jeans, and a bit of weight loss after going to the shitter made you thinner

, not much, but enough.

Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:59 pm

here's a vid of me and Alex .

click the pic

Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:11 pm

what engine you running? that back end dips alot

Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:22 pm

m50, chipped with a lightened flywheel

Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:26 pm

what was you run time and speed ?

Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:35 pm

15.1 and 91 mph was best on the day ,the car has done better at york dragway earlier this year but there was no headwind then.

Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:50 pm

what box and diff u got?

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:16 pm

m40 box ,3.64 lsd .

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:20 pm

so what engine are you using to get 13.4 at the min i have an evo6 ran it at york this year got a 12.8 (352 bhp) and an addiction to drag racing to boot ( i have been going from an early age but it was first time racing) anyway long story short erm er, i have a e30 cab in the garage with an m50 engine in that i fitted its all done ready to go (need the roof finishing,going to get a hardtop instead) but i have neglected it for around 5 years because of the roof,im selling the evo and going use the e30 to race but have no idea what kind of times a m50 e30 will run im thinking it will need a turbo conversion to be getting into 13`s even ?

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:23 pm

It was a bit fookin blowy - I saw a few of your runs Mick - was cheering you on

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:24 pm

magpie wrote:m40 box ,3.64 lsd .

not bad as its goes

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:29 pm

rich318i wrote:
magpie wrote:m40 box ,3.64 lsd .
not bad as its goes

nah,spose it'll have to do

capri_rob wrote:It was a bit fookin blowy - I saw a few of your runs Mick - was cheering you on

cheers Rob.

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:33 pm

what shocks and springs mate? cos that rear dips alot. but great to see your running bbs's

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:40 pm

Was a good day even though I've never seen the pod so quiet. Nice to meet a handful of zoners I'd never met before. And good to see the guys I'd met before. DanThe, it was an impressive effort to get your chromie sorted before chuck out time! Loved that big 7 v8 auto going up the strip, made me chuckle! E30 of the day - had to be the c reg moredoor chromie... I loved it! Looked just like it rolled out of a Sytner's somewhere!

What queers put their fingers in their ears for the Santa pod jet? (besides me)

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:52 pm

rich318i wrote:what shocks and springs mate? cos that rear dips alot. but great to see your running bbs's

boge turbo rear dampers and -40mm Eibach springs .
i might upgrade the rear dampers for something a bit firmer.

i'm running these wheels mate not BBS

very rare 16" RG alpina reps and i have a full set

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:53 pm

Mick, a soft rear end is good for drag racing as the weight transfer help grip off the line

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:54 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Mick, a soft rear end is good for drag racing as the weight transfer help grip off the line

cancel my last comment

Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:59 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Mick, a soft rear end is good for drag racing as the weight transfer help grip off the line

sorry but i think not.. as the power is wasted pushing the rear end down

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:06 pm

rich318i wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:Mick, a soft rear end is good for drag racing as the weight transfer help grip off the line
sorry but i think not.. as the power is wasted pushing the rear end down

It does help on low powered street cars with street tyres. This is how the "gasser" style dragsters came about back in the 60's as tyres were shite, so they sat the cars up really high to help the weight transfer.

Purpose dragsters with drag slicks etc are a different ball game.

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:07 pm

Its not so much power, more weight transfer that pushes the rear down and the front up, the weight transfer still occurs with hard suspension but the suspension doesnt soak it up so worst way you either get wheel spin, or axle tramp which is what I had when the CV exploded

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:09 pm

the boge turbo's are staying put now

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14 pm

Mick watch this mate

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae14 ... 80421D.mp4

http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae14 ... B2EA5B.mp4

I love that dip on the rear! Looks mental! Saw all your's, dans & beemerlads runs, cars looked great!

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:29 pm

i like tiff's grandad start balance the car... is on youtube somewhere

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:33 pm

did anyone change their tyre pressure??

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:34 pm

There were plenty of axle tramping motors yesterday, spotted e39 m5's did it the most... Rears hopping on the surface of the road. Surprising how there's so few 'wallet casualties' at the pod really. Without sounding a bit like a weirdo... But I think a good pull off is a softer pull off anyway? A wheel spin isn't going to win the drag. I discovered that on my first ever run, I let myself down spinning up in 1st n 2nd, so the next time I tried a more gentle take off and made much better progress and a better time and top end... Am I opening up myself for a verbal beating now or what?!

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:35 pm

rich318i wrote:did anyone change their tyre pressure??

Dan halved his I think? Did you say 15psi Dan?

Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:41 pm

mercdriver wrote:There were plenty of axle tramping motors yesterday, spotted e39 m5's did it the most... Rears hopping on the surface of the road. Surprising how there's so few 'wallet casualties' at the pod really. Without sounding a bit like a weirdo... But I think a good pull off is a softer pull off anyway? A wheel spin isn't going to win the drag. I discovered that on my first ever run, I let myself down spinning up in 1st n 2nd, so the next time I tried a more gentle take off and made much better progress and a better time and top end... Am I opening up myself for a verbal beating now or what?!

The start is sooo important. My mate in his 130i took an E39 M5!
But yeah i saw the rear axle tramping on the e39 M5s and it looked like the rear axle was taking a proper beating. Did laugh at the bloke who dumped all 400bhp of his e92 M3 near redline and it blew the prop doughnut or the diff i think....

Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:23 pm

Yea we missed that silverstoneII m3 go boom. Not a bill that I'd like to be receiving I know that much! Alls I know is, he couldn't go to the Banbury breakers yard to cobble his back together

Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:25 pm

rich318i wrote:did anyone change their tyre pressure??

i let mine down to 15 psi after just spinning up on my first few runs.

cheers for those vids Aj ,i've copied the links and gonna you tube them later

Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:42 pm

aye mick i didnt know what you were doing like thought you were twitching or sumit

Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:59 pm

Ajsingh wrote: Did laugh at the bloke who dumped all 400bhp of his e92 M3 near redline and it blew the prop doughnut or the diff i think....

Seen it as it was getting loaded onto the trailer,looked like the diff had broke off its mounting,he kept saying to everyone there shit,don't buy
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