Santa Pod this Sunday - 12V v 24V shootout

[ste]

Following on from this thread: Click

...Oakey and I are meeting at Santa Pod on Sunday.

If anyone else wants to join us, the more the merrier...

Now I have an uprated fuel pump and my fuel surge issues are sorted I'll be hoping to beat my 14.2. Having said that the temps are so low at the moment I guess traction may be an issue.

Will make sure we report back our findings afterwards. Lets hope it stays dry.

[harry_p]

might turn up if it's dry. will see on the day....

[ste]

If it's not dry the track won't open so I'll be staying in bed too dude.

[Ant]

I'd love to come but a 16V honda is not really in the same league does 50.9 mpg though

I'll drop Gadjit a PM on this too

Ozwaldo ?

Kevin 12345 might have done enough running in miles by then ?

[ste]

I'd love to come....

If you do come I can bend your ear about those s/c kits.

P.S. are you still interested in my engine crane?

[Ant]

Still up for that crane dude, indeed !

As for the SC kits, I can slip one in the mix on the group buy Ste, you dont need to go the standalone route either on the M52/50, RRFPR is pretty much all you'll need, they do in excess of 300 hp non intercooled too fella

Cant make Sunday TBH, I think I'd end up single.......

[oakey]

Checked the car over today and it started 1st time and is running nicely. It has spilt about half a litre of oil though so I'll have to bring a few litres with me! lol

I'm having my birthday do the night before so hopefully I wont be tooo hungover to go

[oakey]

BTW ste- there is no way that my car will run a 14.2

[tylerma]

Ste got any info on this like costs
I am a little interested

is it a normal run what you brung day?

[d6dph]

Cant make Sunday TBH, I think I'd end up single.......

Huh, Win win situation dude, Get a nice day out at the pod and have a quiet life at home. (Please don't tell Lorraine I said that)

I would love to come along, Bloody work gets in the way all the time

[oakey]

Ste got any info on this like costs
I am a little interested

is it a normal run what you brung day?

It is a normal RWYB day. About a tenner to get in plus the RWYB fee

[Richyb]

£20 signing on fee. I may well pop along to this.

[12345kevin]

I'd love to come but a 16V honda is not really in the same league does 50.9 mpg though

I'll drop Gadjit a PM on this too

Ozwaldo ?

Kevin 12345 might have done enough running in miles by then ?

Not enough miles yet If it was a week later i'de have been there

[tylerma]

I'd love to come but a 16V honda is not really in the same league does 50.9 mpg though

I'll drop Gadjit a PM on this too

Ozwaldo ?

Kevin 12345 might have done enough running in miles by then ?

Not enough miles yet If it was a week later i'de have been there

get out and rack them up then innit lol

[d6dph]

Couple of laps of the M25 is in order then Kevin

[E30BeemerLad]

Checked the car over today and it started 1st time and is running nicely. It has spilt about half a litre of oil though so I'll have to bring a few litres with me! lol

I'm having my birthday do the night before so hopefully I wont be tooo hungover to go

No point turning up to a drag strip with an oil leak mate, if the scrutineers are doing their job you won't be allowed out and will have wasted your sign on fee etc.

[Ant]

How many miles Kevin ?? if you're over the 500 mark, then its 5K time dude

[oakey]

Checked the car over today and it started 1st time and is running nicely. It has spilt about half a litre of oil though so I'll have to bring a few litres with me! lol

I'm having my birthday do the night before so hopefully I wont be tooo hungover to go

No point turning up to a drag strip with an oil leak mate, if the scrutineers are doing their job you won't be allowed out and will have wasted your sign on fee etc.

I'm sure I can sort something out

Ps it drips onto the undertray so perhaps I could fit some kind of tub to catch it lol

[12345kevin]

Couple of laps of the M25 is in order then Kevin

Funny you should say that ! Its almost been all the way round today !

Home, Hatfield, High Wycombe, and down to Rye

Ant, i've done about 300, how many did you put on it ?

[Ant]

5K time then dude

total is just over 400 iirc so time to stretch the legs a little,

any oil used ? was just over the max when it left me BTW.

[12345kevin]

Oil is about Midway between 3 marks, I was gonna call in tomorrow morning if u're about ?

[oguz327]

Cant make this one, having some work done on the car this saturday and sunday.

Its alittle early in the year too, but will deffo be up for something similar in the spring/summer.

Would prob get my ass kicked anyway!

[maxfield]

Would prob get my ass kicked anyway!

Wouldn't be the first time

[bss325i]

Funny i just saw this thread, me and a few people from work were talking about doing a rwyb day very soon. My Would have been up for sunday but my clutch master and slave have just packed up so it will be getting done next week along with a few other jobs.

Deff up for the next one and im sure Ric (Ric_Vezza) will be up for it in his 320is, we have a little score to settle!

[ste]

Lots of mouth but not much trousers so far from you M20 2.7 boys - even Oakey's getting his excuses in early. Oil leaks and birthdays, whatever next

[oakey]

No way am I going to make this dude. I am in a bad way right now . I cannot see myself driving anywhere tomorrow before 5pm.

I'll have to kick your 24v bitch ass another time lol

[dazleeds]

skint or would have come down in a flash

never can resist the pod

maybe next time, but god knows what i'll be driving

[DanThe]

Too short notice or I would have gone

[ian332isport]

Too short notice or I would have gone

I don't think Ste will have any trouble holding up the 24v flag without us

[oguz327]

How did this go?

[Jhonno]

did any 12v boys turn up in the end?

[ste]

There was a (fake looking) C2 in the car park that had the high beam popped out, burger king wheels, loads of Alpina stickers stuck everywhere - rear parcel shelf, dashboard etc.. The highbeam cold air inlet was obviously to help it stay cool in the car park as it didn't go near the track.

There was a pretty nice looking B6 in the car park too- proper LHD, chromie with the cowcatcher etc., but again it stayed in the car park.

Only other E30 I saw go up the strip was a standard looking red Sport.

Anyway, it was freezing and traction was pretty appaling. My first 1/8th was pretty bad this time as I had very little grip. The car's running better with that new fuel pump though and my 2nd 1/8th was quicker this time and my terminal was better. Best I managed though was a 14.30 ET but my terminal was up to 99.77MPH. I reckon with a stickier track I should be in the 13s next visit.

Any M20s are still welcome to come and challenge......

[Jhonno]

Thats some good times there ste m20 boys were obviously (and rightly) scared so made their excuses and hid..

What were your comparative 1/8th times? Previous Terminals?

Gives me hope for some good times in my wee thing (if i ever get someone to shim the damn thing )

[ste]

Haven't got the slips with me to check the 1/8th times - compared them at home last night and I think I was about 1 second quicker over the first 1/8th last time.

Best time last visit was a 14.2 but at only 96MPH.

[Karan]

cool going nicely then mate!

need to come and do some trackdays with it... a few of us are thinking late march early april, brands or donny