E30zone dragstrip challenge.

[march109]

Time to bump this up for those who haven't seen it or commited!

[hoshy]

Yeah good call Ga. This is gonna be a fuuuuuuuuun day

[Colonel Sanders]

wonder how many of the turbos will actually turn up?

[SHAKEELE30]

Nice bump there, didnt even notice this 12pg thread...

Would put my name down but not until im definate that the cars upto it, need to get it sorted asap now, this is going to awesome. Why didnt anyone come up with idea before....

Better start looking for more jobs to get the money coming in to sort out the car....

To tell you the truth, didnt even know some of these people on here had cars like these...

[fuzzy]

wonder how many of the turbos will actually turn up?

you know how it is with turbo's. you just need to look at them the wrong way and they blow up so nothings guaranteed but for me this is the one event im going all out to attend.

[Colonel Sanders]

same here mate, cos im still gonna be on my old motor got to be carefull. and there are gonna be bugs to fix.
but im makin sure its runnin good for sure though!! hopefully it will be properly finished next year but i got another 10k or more to spend on it before its properly finished.....

[DanThe]

First time ive seen this, whats with all the daft category malarky?

Santa Pods categories are fine for everything else, why not this?

I think some may be trying to give themselves a better run before they arrive

At the end of the day, fastest is fastest and everything else is slower

[fuzzy]

First time ive seen this, whats with all the daft category malarky?

Santa Pods categories are fine for everything else, why not this?

I think some may be trying to give themselves a better run before they arrive

At the end of the day, fastest is fastest and everything else is slower

whats the santa pod catagories?

[DanThe]

4 pot
6 pot
8 pot
slick tyres

[d6dph]

We though this would give a better spread of trophies for everyone Dan.

Yes the 'pod categories could work, but then the IS losers are up against fuzzys turd.

[fuzzy]

4 pot
6 pot
8 pot
slick tyres

id go with they catagories. that would put me in the same grouping as 1.6's, 1.8's and is's therefore increasing my chances of a group win.

[alex-e30]

i dont mind how we do it as long as i win

[fuzzy]

its not the winning its the taking part that counts.
says all the losers

[Milko]

I'll be running the 1/4 on 24th of this month, to get some times in, see what and where I can improve, ready for this.

TBH was hoping for a few more entrants in C1....?

[Onz]

when do you plan to run this guys?

[Karan]

me me me

[DanThe]

Fuzzy shouldnt be allowed to bring that bastardised thing anyway

If you are trying to make it easier for the iS dreamers why not just have a non BMW engine category? Freaks corner type thing

I mean, why is ste in with FI cars? Surely the FI should have categories of their own?

Just looks a right mess IMO

[Rosc0PColtrane]

The only thing quicker than Fuzzy's car will be the drop out rate when Zone Apathy kicks in...

[march109]

The only thing quicker than Fuzzy's car will be the drop out rate when Zone Apathy kicks in...

Better not.

[g57yle]

Well i did tell all my friends my beema is on the road this summer, but somehow drag strips dont like my car too much, i always end up braking something. Does it matter if your engine is not a bmw ?

[jmc330i]

Ive only just seen this thread (great idea BTW) so I dont want to confuse matters any, but was just thinking the same thing as this...

I mean, why is ste in with FI cars? Surely the FI should have categories of their own?

Just looks a right mess IMO

As it is now, there are standard 325i's, 327i's and M3's in the same category, so why not have the M50's etc in there as well.
How about these categories - Its not radically different to what was already done, Ive just separated NA from FI.

A1 Under 1991cc NA (M10, M40, M42, M20B20)

A2 Under 1991cc FI/NOS

B1 Over 1992cc under 2950cc NA (M20B25, M50, M52, S14)

B2 Over 1992cc under 2950cc FI/NOS

C1 Over 2950cc NA (M30, S38, S50)

C2 Over 2950cc FI/NOS

A1, B1 and C1 would cover all NA engines for the given cc, there are no limits to tuning or make of engine.
A2, B2 and C2 would cover any FI/NOS application for the given cc - in the case of B2, M20/M50 turbos and cossies etc are all together.

I realise its not totally fair to have an M20b25 up against modded S14s, or an M30 against an S38, but then you would need a category for almost every engine fitted to an E30 to make it fair. Adding modded NA categories for example would make it even more complicated.

I think doing it this way is an easy way to keep the number of categories down (6 seems to be good), and maybe show the potential of different tuning methods - M20 against M50 for example or how do modded M20/M50s stack up against S14s???
Maybe when peoples times are being posted on the Zone, a quick spec of their car should be added to give a basis for comparison.

[oakey]

^ good idea to put the m50/2's in the b1 category. Much fairer for them now

[12345kevin]

^ good idea to put the m50/2's in the b1 category. Much fairer for them now

Totally agree Not sure the M30 boys are going to be happy though !

[jmc330i]

Yeah, I did think about the M30 guys, but I figured its kind of similar to the M20/M50 battle. And TBH, I reckon the M30s could give the S50s a good run, especially some of the modded M30s.

As I said, its not going to be totally fair but I think its the fairest way, considering some of the cars we have on here. Its either that, or have loads of different classes

[Jhonno]

the trouble is you soon run into the problem of having too many classes!! Like one for every engine in an e30

Tbh i reckon ste will stand a chance against the FI boys.. They will either a) blow up b) spin up c) not turn up

[march109]

Tbh i reckon ste will stand a chance against the FI boys.. They will either a) blow up and c) not turn up

Thats where the safe money is.

[jmc330i]

But its not just Ste with an M50/M52.

the trouble is you soon run into the problem of having too many classes!! Like one for every engine in an e30

Thats what I said - you would need standard engine, standard engine modified etc etc etc. It would go on for ever.

By sticking to engine size classes with NA and FI sections, theres only the 6 classes - thats not too OTT.

[g57yle]

guys wats ste???

[ste]

First time ive seen this, whats with all the daft category malarky?

Santa Pods categories are fine for everything else, why not this?

Totally agree.

[oakey]

First time ive seen this, whats with all the daft category malarky?

Santa Pods categories are fine for everything else, why not this?

Totally agree.

Why object to it though? Wheres the harm in doing it this way?

[DRIFTBOY]

Personally I couldn't care less about the categories, I just want to have some fun!

Ain't that what it's all about?

[Karan]

Personally I couldn't care less about the categories, I just want to have some fun!

Ain't that what it's all about?

thats why we should all forget this drag stuff and all go to a drift day or something instead,,,,

[agreen]

yes drift day now there is a good idea , santa pod or something where there is a big SPACKER area for me loool

[d6dph]

James, I really like the alterations.

Think we may go ahead with these classes if the rest of you are in agreement.

Dan, We could use santa pods classes, but I wanted to give all of the cars a fair chance to win something. Yeah it could be a little confusing but I think it will work well.

Are you entering?

[DanThe]

Well, I will defo be there, hopefully in a 2 door of some description