Syed Shah Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I regard as a fast road car one that can do decent times on pump fuel sitting you in the middle of the summer in leather seats and aircon full-blast. Otherwise it's not a road car, it's in the same category as a noisy fibreglass racer with perspex windows. (translation: don't strip --- but optimise what you've got) Wow - so you only really class GT cars as road cars, and not sports cars eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Wow - so you only really class GT cars as road cars, and not sports cars eh? eh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Why tyre pressure do you run down the strip Stevie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 eh?! GT - Grand Tourer (Supra sits here nicely) - full of toys, leather, aircon etc Sports car - (some Ferraris, Lotus etc) - stripped, bare basic, no frills ROAD CAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Think i may well be going down on saturday if weather is nice, do you really need your licence to sign on? cant find mine YES mate afraid so They at LEAST want to know that you are CAPABLE of drivin' in a straight line........even if you don't END UP doing so ! ? ! ? Can't remember if you need paper or card (or both, think either 1 or other) AND, they DO insist on helmets if going AERO ( ) [oh and Carole reminded me to make sure you realise the OBVIOUS... ...you're NOT insured to race = "Time Trial". Unless you have it added on your policy ! !] THIS is the best place to swot up on it > > http://www.rwyb.co.uk/ FatS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 I use just my card license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 GT - Grand Tourer (Supra sits here nicely) - full of toys, leather, aircon etc Sports car - (some Ferraris, Lotus etc) - stripped, bare basic, no frills ROAD CAR. im pretty sure i know what they mean, but your post above was so confusing i had to ask what you think you are on about? Quote: Originally Posted by JohnA I regard as a fast road car one that can do decent times on pump fuel sitting you in the middle of the summer in leather seats and aircon full-blast. Otherwise it's not a road car, it's in the same category as a noisy fibreglass racer with perspex windows. (translation: don't strip --- but optimise what you've got) Wow - so you only really class GT cars as road cars, and not sports cars eh? the above posted by yourself makes no sense - not that i care for you to explain it to me thanks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 LOL - What exactly makes no sense Rob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Boy Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Why tyre pressure do you run down the strip Stevie? 1st run i only dropped them down to bout 2bar cos my mate was tryin to physc me out telling me horror stories of people slipping tyre beads on rims from not havin enough pressure in and didn't fancy destroying 2 rear tyres and going home on the back of an RAC truck. Didn't make enough difference, so dropped bit more next run, think by 3rd n last run i was bout 1bar tyre pressure can't remember exactly the adrenalin was insane, last run was the 12.85 so dunno if the tyres helped that or if technique just improved. I defo lacked traction as i'd purposely put a set on stock 17's on cos i thought they'd give better times, but i'd run a 12.89 earlier in the year with my 18's wider with tyres and not much wheelspin although even though i had loads more wheelspin with the 17's my end terminal speed was a lot higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I wouldnt fancy caning the nuts off my car with 1 bar/15psi of pressure in the rears tho....... 28-30psi maybe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Why kid yourself, keep it as is, Ryan Woon does need to strip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Ryan Woon has no AC in Arizona of all places! - AC is a nice touch in England for a couple of weeks, but over there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Yeah but at the speed he drives I'm sure it gets pretty cold with the windows down Dude tried striping his car when he was at Santa Pod, taking all the trim etc out to save a bit of weight etc. More difference is always made at the start with the tyre combo and a car thats properly tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Boy Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I wouldnt fancy caning the nuts off my car with 1 bar/15psi of pressure in the rears tho....... 28-30psi maybe..... Yeah but if you get your tyres smoking enough on the burnout patch your pressures'll climb a bit! Maybe 1 bars a bit rediculous, i dunno i can't even remember i think i didn't go any further than 1.2 cos i thought 1bar was pushing it, but i'd packed a tyre compressor with me before goin so didn't have to drive on roads like that, just gotta make sure you remember to pump em up before the journey home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 ive tried stripping, letting tyres down as far as 15 psi, drop of petrol in the tank race fuel blah blah blah, my best time so far were got with everything in the boot including a spare wheel from my mates car that was racing the same time as me, and about half a tank of normal petrol, seems consitantly faster as i would drive it to tesco, so save yourself the hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Wow - so you only really class GT cars as road cars, and not sports cars eh? 1.6ton sports car? I don't think so Tim I see the Supra as the Japanese answer to the 928. Grand Tourer yes, sports car ---- naaah, the Elise is a sports car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 All this talk of stipping is missing the point entirely. If you want a faster time, don't go to Pod! It's like an ice rink at the best of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Boy Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 All this talk of stipping is missing the point entirely. If you want a faster time, don't go to Pod! It's like an ice rink at the best of times. Yeah defo have a problem with traction at The Pod, BUT it does always seem the place to be for quite a few major events, i've run at Shakespere Raceway which looked pretty shabby but actually got some good times there at Rotorstock, untill it started raining. I dunno why but i sware one of the lanes at the Pod is usually stickier, i always do better in the O/S lane, but think evenone else was after that lane my last visit there so found myself bein left in the N/S lane each time, wheel spinning most of the way up. Which is also why i found myself doing the "blah, blah, blah letting tyres down thing" as it is known to improve striaght line traction, as for race fuel doubt you'll actually see much improvement unless your cars been mapped to run on it in order to actually reap the benifits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Race fuel will make a good deal of difference on any turbo running high boost (of this ECU generation) Even if it doesn't *advance* the ignition, it will certainly not retard --- and even if it does retard it won't be anywhere near as bad as on pump fuel. The chances of blowing up the engine are much lower too. But it isn't representative of your car's performance though, is it? If you only use race fuel for the Pod then is it not "cheating" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Why kid yourself, keep it as is, Ryan Woon does need to strip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Yes, but is it stripped? I guess the americans would easily call this a 'stock' block lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 1.6ton sports car? I don't think so Tim I see the Supra as the Japanese answer to the 928. Grand Tourer yes, sports car ---- naaah, the Elise is a sports car. The Supra is a GT yes, obviously. Stripping it makes it a sports car. A stripped Supra is still more streetable and pleasant than many road cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 How low can weight go then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 get a stock GTO in full street trim and do a 0.8 60ft.sell the supra:p http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=59091 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Entirely upto the owner. Someone who likes to drive a TVR to work could probably remove everything inluding the windscreen and still be happy! Me personally; leave a comfy drivers seat and some music, and I would be happy. It is all relative. It just really bugs me when people try to define what is right, wrong, streetable and unstreetable. It is down to the owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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