Who's doing the 1/4 mile at santa pod?

[oguz327]

Looking forward to this one as i am sure many zoners are.
Theres quite a list building up and was wondering if most folks are gonna check out the motors and watch or are you gonna do the 1/4

i will be having a go, gonna be good fun for sure

[Simon13]

yeah man i need to chip up my 325i before the event, must knock at least a second off your times

[oguz327]

battle of the turds,
simon, ur gonna get killed by my tech1 dude

[jonbuoy]

I'll be having ago ..........................eat my dust!!

[maxfield]

I'd love to go my dads now took the car to spain till next summer .

Wonder what it would do 1/4s about 14sec or is that generous?

[Simon13]

i'm sure the diesel in it would help it on the way to 14 1/4's

[maxfield]

Diesel M3 it's the future i tell ya

[Dunx]

Would win in a distance on one tank race - stupid MPG

When is this anyway?

[oguz327]

Would win in a distance on one tank race - stupid MPG

When is this anyway?

check the sticky near the top of e30 chat dude, 23rd september

[Davenotouring]

I challenge any standard(ish) 2.5 to beat a 14.7 1/4. As done by my measly Jap Crap Civic. I'll be impressed actually if a standard(ish) M3 will do that.

I don't suppose they'll let me run that weekend though!

[jonb]

dave

theres no way a 2.5 turd will get anywhere near that time. no mater what driver.

only a properly tuned 2.7 etc.

[Davenotouring]

Karan's 2.7 would have around that time, so that's basically what you are saying.

A 200+bhp M3 might do too.

My 2.5 Touring I estimate would have been high 15's. But you can't drift a Civic and it has no class etc I don't give a sh*t!

[oguz327]

if i get into the low 16s or high 15s id be happy

[Geoff]

Maxfield i reckon your old mans car will do a 14.7 or something there or there abouts. If you check this guys car out he does a 14.2 and i might be wrong but your dads isnt a 2.5 is it?? So im thinking a 14.7 is about right.

To put these E30's into perspective i was running 15.2's in wintry conditions (no traction) in my Williams clio and was completely standard bar the rear seat taken out. Those times were beating CTR's Focus's ST170's, Pug Gti's.

From my own experiences its probably best to go there with no preconceptions of "times" that you think your going to do and just have fun. then once you've done your first trip you can then think of times to beat, performance gains to be had.

Best of luck

[Davenotouring]

Very true.

You'd be suprised how much driver involvement there is in driving down a straight bit of tarmac.

Too much wheelspin and you're fu*ked, not enough power and you've bogged down and sh*t out also. The limit of adhesion is the key term!

[maxfield]

Yeah its putting out 269hp and looking at davetourings posts it looks as tho it would be faster than 14.7 but who knows conditions tyres etc

[m3ben05]

Dont forget to fold the back seats down

[Geoff]

Sorry forgot to post the link.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/182440/1

[Geoff]

Dont forget to pump up the fron tyres....less rolling resistance!!

[maxfield]

if that does 14.2 im sure my dads would do 13.7 or close to at a guess. But maybe im along way out who knows

[Davenotouring]

Maxfield, driven well with 270bhp you should see low 14's.

[Dunx]

Dont forget to fold the back seats down

Nearlly forgot about that thread

[m3ben05]

Oh good, glad someone knew what i was on about!

For everyone else - laugh at this

Its been edited a fair bit but you get the idea!

http://www.vxronline.co.uk/messageboard ... .php?t=714

You know none of you could touch this car down the strip

[Geoff]

The thing is Maxfield, their gets a point where you need to SIGNIFICANTLY jump up in horse power to even shave tenths of a second off. Because that guys running approx 230bhp and does a 14.2, and your old mans running approx 270 doesnt automatically mean your going to knock off half a second.

As sad as it may sound its quite scientific doing quarter miling. there are many possible variables to take into consideration. Probably one of the reasons why people get sooooooooo addicted to it!

[Davenotouring]

Oh, my god.....

It would lower the centre of gravity by 0.3% though!

What a helmet, someone needs to go to Physics lessons. Maybe if he was to run 55/20/15 tyres his car would weigh loads less!

[Dunx]

alot less rolling restance on those - so would be flying

[maxfield]

Yeah i know what your saying geoff who knows what it will do on a good day will find out one day

[Geoff]

And i for one cant wait for the results. Should be impressive im sure!!

[maxfield]

Hope so. Should be more impressive round the ring

[dips346]

i might bring something to try the 1/4 mile in

[maxfield]

To embarris everyone?

[oguz327]

i might bring something to try the 1/4 mile in

lol dips

[dips346]

To embarris everyone?

never mate i am going to take a back seat and watch first but the my old 2 tone tourer will be there and one of my green tourers

[maxfield]

one of my green tourers

Need you say more?

[oguz327]

To embarris everyone?

never mate i am going to take a back seat and watch first but the my old 2 tone tourer will be there and one of my green tourers

which tourer, the v12