MichaelG Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 For all those interested, my good friend Keith Cowie has managed to smash the 4wd Drag 1/4 Mile Record time this weekend. He is now officially the fastest 4wd road legal car in Europe. Times were as follows at Shakespeare Country Park:- Drag Racing Info: Keith Cowie....R32GTR 1/4 Mile....9.632 sec 60ft...........1.605 sec 330ft.........4.143 @ 112.66mph 660ft.........6.24 sec 990ft.........8 sec 9.632 seconds and a hell of a lot of work to get there ! Car was built and mapped by Rod Bell of RB Motorsport, and its been a long time coming. Well done Keith ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Very nice! Any idea of his terminals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Any vid of this run?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 The terminal was 148mph from what I'm told!!! Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thats good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 The terminal was 148mph from what I'm told!!! Gaz. Bloody hell - thats quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Neils gonna get all smug now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Chris Mann said Keith told him he got various terminals between of 150-160mph but didn't get the right launch. 160 and the skyline boy's think a mid to high 8 is possible with a great launch. Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Congrats to Keith. What is the record for a 2wd car then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Congrats to Keith. What is the record for a 2wd car then??meningi has done a 9.2 he claims to have fastest supra in europe. what was sumos time thought that was a 9.6 so its not exactly smashing the record??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Didn't Kean Wang get an 8 second run with his T76 Supra? -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Neils gonna get all smug now moi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Didn't Kean Wang get an 8 second run with his T76 Supra? -Ian Not in Europe he didnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 The fastest 6-speed in the US is in the low 9's (9.21 I think) and that's not even using a sequential like Keith's...however it is on a propperly prepped track....swings and round abouts etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Not in Europe he didnt Oh, right Geography never was my strong point. So Keith did 0-112mph in 4.1 seconds? Blimey. What tyres do you need for that? -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 4x BFG Drag ET's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Keith posted this up a short while ago : "Well where do I start. Sorry for keeping this weekend a secret from everyone apart from Dave Wilkins the reason for this was that I did not want everyone and there mother there expecting me to run a good 1/4 mile time straight away. We were having big problems with the car not wanting to go in a straight line when on full power in 3rd,4th,5th and 6th gear,all I am going to say is that it was very dangerous not knowing what way the car was going to go at 100+ mph. On Saturday all we wanted to do was set the car up so that it would run a straight 1/4 mile after playing with the wheel alignment and damper settings we had it going in a straight line and it now feel's 100% safe to drive flat out. The next job on Sunday was to get it to launch off the line,spent the whole day trying different things with the Autronic software,but it kept bogging big time on the line the car still managed to get up to 154 mph with a crap start,I was getting a bit annoyed that it would not go off the start how I wanted it to,so I called Mark Shead from MAD and he told me that the software needs another control box before the launch control will work as it should part now on order from Autronic in Australia. On the Monday I went for 2 slow runs to warm the engine and the transmission up then I tried a run,it still bogged a bit with the launch control set at 8000 revs I did a 10.17 here is the times from the slip below. 1/4 Mile....10.17 sec 60ft...........1.801 sec 330ft.........4.628 @ 112.62mph 660ft.........6.81 sec 990ft.........8.591 sec Terminal speed was 146.96mph I was getting a bit pi$$ed off by now so I switched off the launch control and rolled up to the startline again gave it everything off the line it took off,it caught me out a bit but I was away without any bogging this time,everything was going ok until I missed 4th gear,I then put it into 4th gear gave it everything in 4th then 5th and crossed the line,I thought it would be another low 10 sec pass,I got a surprise when I was told I had done a 9.63. we left the car to cool down a bit before running it again,we were about to run the car and the sky's opened up and the strip was a washout,to say that I was gutted is a under statement I think the car could have done a very low 9 sec pass on the day. I now know that there is a lot more to come from this car and myself this is the first time that I have driven the car in anger since TOTB and to drive it flat out for the first time is very daunting to say the least Very very happy Keith" So plenty more to come from this car yet. Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 its good to see how much effort he has put into his car. sooner it go to someone like keith. he has had lots of setbacks. makes you wonder what is left from when he brought it into the country. seems like he has modified and changed quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelG Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 its good to see how much effort he has put into his car. sooner it go to someone like keith. he has had lots of setbacks. makes you wonder what is left from when he brought it into the country. seems like he has modified and changed quite a bit. Theres very little of the original spec left, different gearbox, different bottom end, different turbos, different front and rear diffs, 200kg lighter, and a different colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelG Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 what was sumos time thought that was a 9.6 so its not exactly smashing the record??????????? Cant remember off hand, but he has beaten it by a bit anyways, anything less than a 10sec quarter is fast, and tenth of seconds are a BIG difference when you are down this low in timeslips. So he smashed it good and proper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I thought Marco in the US has run a high 8 sec time on his 6 spee, then it dropped to low 8s when he put in the powerglide box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelG Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Does anyne know of anywhere with the Marco vids hosted online ? I cant find them anymore on supraforums Or anyone got them that can email me them ? The in car ones and the outside ones please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Yeah I've got plenty Dyno vid.. http://home.no/qb12/marko1520whp.mov 8.45 sec in car run http://familysedan.crawlinjunk.com/marko-845-incar.wmv Outside view http://familysedan.crawlinjunk.com/marko-845.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Good time, the best bit - sure its going to go MUCH faster! Bobbeh, you are thinking of the Titan car, which did high 8s on the 6sp + T88H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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