Ian C Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hi Guys, Its fairly safe to say that i've had an absolutely gutting last few days. Gruggs that's an incredible amount of bad fortune, and well played for keeping on trying long after I know I'd have given up (although no AA cover? Doh! ) I hope you get everything recovered and sorted with minimal cost and hassle. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Wot happened??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 What a day ! We've had some fun and it was a good day, but we've had plenty of issues including boost loss, traction etc. The weather really didn't help either. But we've learnt a lot and will be back next year better prepared and a little more experienced. Still waiting on times but from memory the quarter mile was 12.2, 154 top speed over 1km and 46.5secs handling course. Not great but we had a crack despite all the problem and the car has come back in one piece, the engine feels great too. Thanks to michael and tdr for their help today too. Hopefully next year there will be more than one supra at totb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Well done, What was your 1/4mile terminal mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Dudes driving on the handling course was awesome Easily the most entertaining car on the handling circuit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Dudes driving on the handling course was awesome Easily the most entertaining car on the handling circuit! Any footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I think the terminal was 119mph. The handling circuit was funny . Very sideways action and only 2 or 3 seconds behind most of the evos etc I hope John's last quarter run is on the dvd, was a hilarious showboat run. Sat on the line, worked his way into 5th and then launched, the crowd loved it as he did a burn out for most of the quarter : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallikev Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Few pics of the day, and i did manage to capture one of dudes best 'ooooooh' moments on video Sorry about the shaky camera work, sure someone will have got a better vid 0iYye89W1cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Great pics, the car looks at home on track, nice driving Dude:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 He's back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 quality dude.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Nice to meet everyone, regardless of times (which were respectable enough in those conditions!) the main thing was that fun was had, loading the Supra back onto the transporter seemed to attract one of the biggest crowds of the day, hope nothing too expensive made those crunching noises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Nah no real damage. Made me laugh that john was the only car to go thru the laser at the end of the handling course completely broadside We didn't win but we will be remembered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 We didn't win but we will be remembered ..and that is how it should be. Sounds like a laugh was had by all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Nice to meet everyone, regardless of times (which were respectable enough in those conditions!) the main thing was that fun was had, loading the Supra back onto the transporter seemed to attract one of the biggest crowds of the day, hope nothing too expensive made those crunching noises You might have still been there if that good looking guy didn't pitch in with the planks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra matt Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Just walked in the door after a 7 hour drive home towing my mate's s13 there and back . I now hate the M1 with a passion .Took a fue nice pics which i will post tomorrow. Good results Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Made me laugh that john was the only car to go thru the laser at the end of the handling course completely broadside Real men do that literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Great pics, the car looks at home on track, nice driving Dude:) It was a proper handfull dude, no traction and over 600hp just off the wastegate, the front wanted to push all the time so I had to keepdipping the clutch and using the boost to cause oversteer, we discovered the front tires were quite low on pressure, Paul who set the car up and did all the corner weights did not realise the tires would be cold when we did the handling course, also he tried to set the car up so it would be stable on the top speed and drag sections. The car would not hook up whatever we did, even letting go half way thru 4th !!!! in the dry. I need to get the geometry settings for drag racing as I cant remember what I had the silver car set to, with that and the falling off boost seen to I would imagine the car willrun very low 11's or high tens but that will be up to Matt to prove, I have now retired from driving the red car!!!!! and will return in a new faster black model, hopefully at santa pod on oct 4th. Thanks for all the support guys im only sorry not to have done a bit better but we were fighting traction issues all day, if it wasnt for the fact that Matts car is so controlable im sure we may have had a bit of a mishap (if you see some of the drag runs you will know what I mean). Next year I will run a car that will have serious chances of coming somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruggs Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 if it wasnt for the fact that Matts car is so controlable im sure we may have had a bit of a mishap (if you see some of the drag runs you will know what I mean). Saw the first run of the day which looked a bit interesting from the way everything was twitching around on you. I'm sure that was fun in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Good effort john you always raise a smile on the track!! Looking forward to popping down and watching u build the black beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Absolute brilliant effort from dude - the car just looked way too soft at the rear going down the strip on the old UK spec shocks - like there was bugger all rebound damping causing severe bounce on the launch and on gear changes when the car unloaded then loaded up again. Next year I will run a car that will have serious chances of coming somewhere. I'll hold you to that when we're putting together the team next year! Matt's right, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to field a team of 10x strong runners and it'll be great to have you guys heading up the team with the two cars Hopefully some of the full on drag projects will be ready to rock by this time next year and we'll also have some circuit specialists in the mix too - thinking the time attack guys here... Good to meet up with everyone, just a shame about the weather! Cheers, Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Absolute brilliant effort from dude - the car just looked way too soft at the rear going down the strip on the old UK spec shocks - like there was bugger all rebound damping causing severe bounce on the launch and on gear changes when the car unloaded then loaded up again. I'll hold you to that when we're putting together the team next year! Matt's right, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to field a team of 10x strong runners and it'll be great to have you guys heading up the team with the two cars Hopefully some of the full on drag projects will be ready to rock by this time next year and we'll also have some circuit specialists in the mix too - thinking the time attack guys here... Good to meet up with everyone, just a shame about the weather! Cheers, Brian. Talkin to Neal, my mechanic with the pony tail and we are going to get some specially valved rear shocks that will squat really quickly and not rebound as fast hence keeping the rear planted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Just a few pics http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4277/p7262991.jpg http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/424/p7263037.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8464/p7262994.jpg http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5835/p7263022.jpg Definitely think we need to have more of a Supra presence next year though lads, was a good day out We even survived getting bladdered in Hull the night before The car ran like clockwork though, bit of a boost issue but engine felt great, low egts etc. Edited July 27, 2009 by Muffleman (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 The fog looks really bad in the first picture, how did dude see where he was going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDR Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Great pics Talkin to Neal, my mechanic with the pony tail and we are going to get some specially valved rear shocks that will squat really quickly and not rebound as fast hence keeping the rear planted. Sounds like just the ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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