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

[Davenotouring]

Haha! Nice one Si, to combat the fierce wheelspin you'll get lauching at 1k due to it being Auto! The auto is surely better suited to rolling start races!

[Simon13]

it shall be in manual mode my friend be warned! 6k off the line into first like at ace this winter! Then the power comes all at once through my special power sapping torque converter and then u are hurled back into it's heated sport seats at warp speeds.

U get the picture. No messing from my corner come 23rd of September

[Davenotouring]

Hehe! Simon you are a hero. That was fu**ing awesome at Aces!

Lets hope you don't snap something on the line. I'll tow you home in the Civic if necessary! Well maybe not actually seeing as it has to make it to the 'Ring in Oct!

[Simon13]

auto has a tow bar so it could be pulled home backwards!, i might have to put my spare auto box in the boot if it shats itself!

[Davenotouring]

Is that staying in there for traction!? Good idea along with the big tyres? Maybe have someone sitting in the back to throw it out after the start!

[jonb]

Hehe! Simon you are a hero. That was fu**ing awesome at Aces!

yes. i remember that.

about 12.45am. pissing down with rain.

us lot cheering as simon (tryed)did doughnuts. fucking classic.

the pod should be a good day. i will be there, and i will go up the 1/4 i dont care what im driving. even if its a e28 518 shit bag. cousin ben will be there in his e30 turd with m50 engine.

oz

your car will put in good times, mainly due to the lack of metal. and generous use of p40 on the sills, jacking points, rear arches, boot wells, etc.

[Davenotouring]

I'd like to take my mates TechI 'Ring hero, it's a quick example. It's one 325 I can see in the low 15's if not extremely high 14's! It's not taxed though.....

[Geoff]

Theres quick and theres FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIN quick. Sorry its not an E30 but hows about wacking this motor in the old E30!!!!!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/roadtests/ ... 47&i=14850

[Cotty]

cotty i'll race ya in battle of autos!

Sounds like fun, the only engine mod I have is a zone chip and its not the wild one at that

[E30BeemerLad]

Si, you want to hold it on the stall on the auto, at around 1800, think that's about the stall speed for the auto ZF HP 22. So one on the brake and one on the gas and when the lights change left foot off and right foot into the carpet.

Stir that box of porridge sir!

[Simon13]

don't worry i won't let the auto massive down!

best way i have found is........... it's switchable aswell u know

Is to flick it into 1-2-3 mode, place it in N and rev the tits out of it like a manual car and when the lights go green wack her back into 1! and off u go like a manual it hits 60 in 2nd being auto and long 3.64 gearing. Cotty u can just slam it into 1 from N off the lights aswell!

I raced my old sport in it and there wasn't anything in it! so i think any ropey manual 2.5s are in for a kicking

Cotty mine has Racing dynamics 6 branch and a full scorpion system. So if i'm slow at least everyone can hear it before they see it! lol

Jon, Oz's sport is a typical quick tech 1 with a few bolt on goodies!

[E30BeemerLad]

you plan on trailering that turd home Si?

Yikes, wouldn't fancy doing that to an auto, unless I planned to set fire to it at the end of the day

[Simon13]

it was fine at Aces for an hour! but it was raining.

£300 Lee! so it's not the end of the world if it dies i suppose

[E30BeemerLad]

dude, £300, that's my kind of motoring

[oguz327]

Hehe! Simon you are a hero. That was fu**ing awesome at Aces!

yes. i remember that.

about 12.45am. pissing down with rain.

us lot cheering as simon (tryed)did doughnuts. fucking classic.

the pod should be a good day. i will be there, and i will go up the 1/4 i dont care what im driving. even if its a e28 518 shit bag. cousin ben will be there in his e30 turd with m50 engine.

oz

your car will put in good times, mainly due to the lack of metal. and generous use of p40 on the sills, jacking points, rear arches, boot wells, etc.

jon you little monkey

[Davenotouring]

it was fine at Aces for an hour! but it was raining.

On super-grippy Pod tarmac, you'll be wearing gerbox parts I reckon!

[jonb]

no worrys.

i have a gearbox for si. for trade price.

dave

i dont think any standard 325i will break the 14 second mark. mid 15"s at the most.

i predict my cousins car(if im driving) will get low to mid 15"s.
(m50 conversion)

[toughyv8]

i cant understand how a 325 cant run 14s, ive got an old 320 with a ropey old 3.5 rover v8 with a holley 390 and i managed a 14.6 with wheel spin

[Kos]

a rover V8 deliver more torque than an m20 could dream ove and its all low down grunt

as jonb said, if a stock 325isport gets ti the mid 15's that is good


i can get one in to the mid 14'5 with 50hp of nitrous, any volunteers for a kit supplied and fitted for £300 LoL

[Davenotouring]

If a Sport does mid 15's that is good for sure.

JONbbbbbb....the only reason I say that my mates Sport might be capable of doing a high 14, is because mine can, and his car sits with mine. There's something done to it, I'm sure!

[jonb]

ok dave

we will have to see my man.

[Davenotouring]

But it's not taxed!

[gareth]

just out of interest, does anyuone have any gut feeling for what a 335i will do both in terms of time and terminal speed?

apparently santa pod won't let you run without a hemet if you pass 100mph. as i've not doen it before, i have no idea how likely this is!!!

[maxfield]

id say just under 15 ca't be to sure about speed maybe 95-100 something like that?

[gareth]

better borrow a crash hat then, just in case!

it would suck if i did one run at 101mph terminal speed and then got banned from the strip due to lack of helmet!

[Kos]

better borrow a crash hat then, just in case!

it would suck if i did one run at 101mph terminal speed and then got banned from the strip due to lack of helmet!

they didnt say much to me and i was crossing at just over 100mph

you'll be in the 14's with et about 95 imo

[gareth]

cheers Kos, i reckon it'll be close enough for me to make sure i at least borrow a lid before then. it's the sensible thing to do anyway! would give the 316i badged tourer sleeper thing away when i line up with a lid on though!