santa pod,the times and the excuses

[penton08]

well..... it was very windy, it had be raining and i am very fat soooo 14.2 for me slower than last year!! at least all my runs finished facing the right way tho, hey.....ian?

[jamiebmw32]

what e30 u got mate?

[penton08]

s50b30 powered tec2 sportalike

[Rav335uk]

15.6 for me on the second run ,
no excuses, just the wind as penton said, bass box, everyone elses items i picked up in car, camping stuff in the car, hardtop, oh and me.

[jamiebmw32]

sweet just got a 318i for my first e30, went down santa pod dint take it down strip tho

[Dezzy]

I didn't run for obvious reasons but everything I saw go down was slower than i expected.

If you had stopped show boating and spinning first and second you could have had low 15's Rav

[DanThe]

14.01 was my best... pretty gutted TBH as it pulled better than the 2.8

Next job = sort the clutch, biting point is really low, after some slipping and abuse at the start line I would have to literally touch the floor with the pedal to change gear, missed 3rd three times trying to quick change, just had to change slow to get a gear properly

[Rav335uk]

I didn't run for obvious reasons but everything I saw go down was slower than i expected.

If you had stopped show boating and spinning first and second you could have had low 15's Rav

I tried on the second run no to, even with all that shi7 in the boot

[beardymat]

could have sworn i saw you in the 13`s on your first run dan, must have been daydreaming.

[Rav335uk]

could have sworn i saw you in the 13`s on your first run dan, must have been daydreaming.

Misty eyed perhaps Matt.?

[DanThe]

could have sworn i saw you in the 13`s on your first run dan, must have been daydreaming.

Misty eyed perhaps Matt.?

Haha, there were a few misty eyes this morning

First run was 14.1 Matt, didnt get a run in yours?

[beardymat]

still W@nkered to put it bluntly Rav, That Billgates and gareth keeping me up saturday.

[pritts]

never come in my e30 but my e36 evo saloon got a 13.7..............

[beardymat]

It had only done 100 miles by the time i reached the pod Dan and there were a couple of things niggling me which meant i wasnt happy to run it, got a snagging list but will run next year, Might be able to change gear properly by then too, right hand and left foot arent connected properly and coupled with a stiff accelerator makes some gear changes a bit amaturish

[Alex]

my best was 17.2

last year was 16.4

however this year there was the massive head wind, full tank of juice and a lot of camping gear and minus a stainless steel exhaust although i doubt that did much

[DanThe]

Changing gear properly is a must, I think this was my downfall more than anything this year,

never come in my e30 but my e36 evo saloon got a 13.7..............

You beat us lot then
I believe there was a standard evo coupe that did a 13.1 last year, so even the aerodynamic cars were down a bit

[BadDave]

still W@nkered to put it bluntly Rav, That Billgates and gareth keeping me up saturday.

That had been interesting.
I know what those 2 deviants are like

[magpie]

That Billgates and gareth keeping me up saturday.

not the only one Matt.. + the rain

good laugh though

[gareth]

still W@nkered to put it bluntly Rav, That Billgates and gareth keeping me up saturday.

That had been interesting.
I know what those 2 deviants are like

Expect nothing else from the moderating team ey Dave!

Can you believe it, we were in bed by 3am! WTF! That's so far short of the expected standard it's unreal!

[josh-hocking]

Slowest one yet then! haha

18.6 sec

excuse.... M40 haha

[skipunda]

still W@nkered to put it bluntly Rav, That Billgates and gareth keeping me up saturday.

That had been interesting.
I know what those 2 deviants are like

Expect nothing else from the moderating team ey Dave!

Can you believe it, we were in bed by 3am! WTF! That's so far short of the expected standard it's unreal!

The question is do you two improve your (drinking) times each year?

[zaust]

I ran twice, 14.7 and 14.6 And I know that is more than improvable. Not bad for an old boat anchor !.

[magpie]

good to say hello Josh,you were up early driving

[Gothydude]

Had an awesome day despite weather, met some great people, havnt had my first E30 long only a couple of months Saw some impressive times on strip and also very nice motors ;)

[d6dph]

Changing gear properly is a must, I think this was my downfall more than anything this year,

never come in my e30 but my e36 evo saloon got a 13.7..............

You beat us lot then
I believe there was a standard evo coupe that did a 13.1 last year, so even the aerodynamic cars were down a bit

Estoril blue one? That was Ryan, low325icab on here not that he appears very often. He's a bloody animal

He phoned me from the fire up lane asking if he could have a lift home if he blew the car up trying to duck under 13. Didn't manage it, 13.1 and no faster.

[josh-hocking]

good to say hello Josh,you were up early driving

Yeah good chatting to you...

I was driving because i thought the toilets were futher away than they were haha... it seemed effort to walk when theres a car

[e30shed]

I did 5 runs. Each run was the exact same time of 16.2 - still scratching my head over a consistency of <0.1 of a second over that many runs

I got some video footage of some zoners running the strip, including the timing clock so we'll see who a bullshitter when my faggy internet speed has uploaded it all to youtube.

Am I ok to add some of the so far uploaded links to this thread?

[johnt0709]

Any chance we can post a concise list m50b32 etc and the times - I would be interested to see a 318is time against a 325.

Would put an end to all that shite.

[Dezzy]

M50B25 you mean? Don't think any ran?
Weather was pants. Time were poo in the main. People could be bother really.

Was still a good day though. Just didn't get started till 12ish then it looked like rain all day. Well till I went at 3.

[e30shed]

Heres the links:

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Sorry about the poor quality but it was a borrowed camera. And my hands were effing cold!

[bpowell555]

Very nice camera work, those two m3 ran 15s

Zaust's touring is a monster!

[andyp]

my best was 17.2

last year was 16.4

however this year there was the massive head wind, full tank of juice and a lot of camping gear and minus a stainless steel exhaust although i doubt that did much

you got a good excuse in having 2 cylinders missing

[zaust]

Nice one for getting that, Think if I had used the gas I could of got into Dan's time territory ..

[pritts]

Changing gear properly is a must, I think this was my downfall more than anything this year,

never come in my e30 but my e36 evo saloon got a 13.7..............

You beat us lot then
I believe there was a standard evo coupe that did a 13.1 last year, so even the aerodynamic cars were down a bit

yeah im the winner.... , i think on a better day better traction etc a 13.5 is capable...... but next year my e30 m52 will be among the crowd ...

[Blitz]

16.76 my best. Poor starts, headwind, bad weather, Had a very heavy amp and sub, valve clearance not done yet.
(325i cab)