MONKEYmark Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Originally posted by ChrisB whats the lights like at elvington? never been before do they count your reaction in with the 1/4 mile or is it just crail that does that sometimes you just get a time and trap speed and thats it. sometimes have just had a time. its ok for a day out if they have handling course set up its fun. im not fussed about top speeds myself. should be good day out and see lots of cars racing. should be a few there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Is it 10:30 start? Wheres a good motorbike shop on the east side of Leeds, I still haven't bought a helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 13, 2004 Author Share Posted May 13, 2004 There are supposed to be doing times, trap speeds and 60ft time I believe - this is certainly what I discussed with Trevor anyway. For a helmet I got mine in Leeds (shop across the road from Hein Gericke), unfortunately it was quite central though so it would mean a trip into the city - there should be plenty of bike shops on the outskirts though? A quick look over yell.co.uk shows a couple in Kippax, there are probably a load in York too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Excellent, I now have a lovely shiny helmet from that very shop for just £49, and I get my new 245 rear tyres tomorrow. Ready to rumble, to quote PJ & Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 see pauls been picking on mr2 lads jj in the blue mr2 thats tuned wants to kick pauls ass. i will be going in the astra batmobile. will get camcorder and digicam, i will be the unoficial camera dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 what a good day out today, looks like chris b has a good time to add, at elvington today he did a 12.56@116mph was consistent all day with his times. also im sure i seen a trap speed of 119 mph but will have to check camcorder footage. a nice turn out of supras and skylines i counted 6 or 7 supras and loads of skylines. even tim in skyline did a low 11 think he did a 11.4 weather was great and gone red like a tomato good to see paul e and son eyefi and jane stealth hosts kevin huntley jj (michell lanes brother did a 12.54 in mr2 spied nos ) chris b (well done) mcanny seen paul laing`s supra on way out there were a couple of porsche gt3`s in lairy colours and they blew past me in astra on way home, we could not catch them as my kitchen in astra was getting thrown about. hope to get my car back for next one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Total agreement with monkey, wicked day out - plenty of sun, cars and totty. Eyefi & mark - pleasure as always, joined the monkey tea-bus ride and sported a nice cuppa from mark himself. Michael, were you racing in auto mode on your box? kinda sounded laboured and I know you didn't seem too happy with your times, is that the usual times you do? Paul E, nice to finally meet you mate, wonderful to see the skyline, whilst they are not my fav car in the worl, after seeing yours I would be happy to rank it near the top somewhere. Was the child an optional extra in Japan? - Hope he had a good day out also The flypast by a lancaster bomber & spitfire was amazing as well. I have some video footage of that and will sort it as soon as I can. Also have some digital & film pics to come and I know michael was planning to take a shed-load so there should be a good archive of the event. In my opinion this was faaaaaaaar better than the drag I went to the other week, more my cuppa tea and something for everyone ... wtf was that gullwing heap of crap again? (and no Ms. Eyefi - They will never be collectable - it's official!) Nice to see Rob out there as well, always good to meet a fellow member. Had a good chat for a while and then seemed to lose you in the haze of heat and cars. Beautiful weather - funny as f'ck when they had a huuuuuuge plane (nimrod??) that was supposed to fly down the track @ 250mph....... did 50mph then broke down - and was still on the track when I left at 2.30 All in all a brilliant day (although I may have an NIP on the way :"> OOPS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Sorry if I didn't chat too much, I was trying to get the runs in. Did a best time of just 15.12, so a bit disappointed that I did'nt get into the 14s, but did crack 150 mph with a whopping 150.7mph so well chuffed with that. The broken down plane was a Handley Page Victor, they could have towed the bloody thing away and THEN fixed it, ferchrissakes, there was enough tarmac going spare. Nice to meet everyone. Surprised that Monkey doesn't look like his avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 sorry i did not get to meet you rob. was yours the silver one with painted letters on tyres? eyefi was pointing you out saying thats rob, wernt you the one who moved from south to york area? was a good turnout of supras. did not know all of them. there was a red facelift supra too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Hi, was a very good day out today, i was there with my girlfriend and Kevin huntley, i got bloody sunburnt aswell!!! I was meaning to have a chat with you Monkey, i saw you and said hello but you were chatting so thought i'd catch ya later, then i never saw you again, typical!!! Well done Chris, great time, something for me to concentrate on when the bits get put on. Top day, just wish i was racing.....had to settle on just parking it up Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 hope i get mine back intime for next meet up, its hard sitting back and just watching. should have new torque convertor fitted and will stick 1 of my walbro pumps on. will have to look at fitting a MONKEYmotorsports water spray intercooler system too. cant wait for next one also forgot my center caps of kevin again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Nice meeting everyone again enjoyed the racing was my first time for doing the top speed run, that was scary 171mph top speed, also very surprised to see speedo wasnt that far out, little scary for the speed i have been doin on the motorway at 171 clock was reading 176ish top day though and even got a pretty little plaque:thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Nice to meet a few new members who I hadn't spoken to before. Weather was great and the aircraft side-show was cool aswell. Got some video footage af a few of you guys' supra runs to post up in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 Thanks to everyone who came along - I had a great day despite my pathetic results I'm now nice and pink and contemplating selling the car - it was an interesting day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by stealthhosts Michael, were you racing in auto mode on your box? kinda sounded laboured and I know you didn't seem too happy with your times, is that the usual times you do? On my previous visits to Elvington I'd found that Auto mode gave me better results - I was basically using that, power braking and had the 7.5A TRAC fuse removed - no idea what the problem was but it just didn't happen for me My last visit was with a completely standard car - I did a 13.87, this time I'm BPU with an ARC SMIC and my best was a 13.40 @ 112mph. I had 11 runs, only my first four were vaguely respectable, the rest were just wastes of fuel and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by MONKEYmark sorry i did not get to meet you rob. was yours the silver one with painted letters on tyres? eyefi was pointing you out saying thats rob, wernt you the one who moved from south to york area? was a good turnout of supras. did not know all of them. there was a red facelift supra too Yep, that was me. Moved to Northallerton, but work in Seacroft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by mcanny On my previous visits to Elvington I'd found that Auto mode gave me better results - I was basically using that, power braking and had the 7.5A TRAC fuse removed - no idea what the problem was but it just didn't happen for me My last visit was with a completely standard car - I did a 13.87, this time I'm BPU with an ARC SMIC and my best was a 13.40 @ 112mph. I had 11 runs, only my first four were vaguely respectable, the rest were just wastes of fuel and time. It's all about what happens on the day I guess, I am pretty sure you could do much better in your car, just a case of figuring out what was stopping you going as fast as usual . 13.40 is still respectable regardless and at least you had a go. Was a great day out regardless so no point fretting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyefi Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 good day out, good laugh. nice to see some new faces. monkey, how red r u today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Originally posted by eyefi good day out, good laugh. nice to see some new faces. monkey, how red r u today? my head is stinging a bit bur i sort of know what prawns feel like before they get dropped in the boiling hot liquid. michael i remember doing 14 seconds, each time you go you get used to launching and get better times, sometimes you do what feels like a good run and its not as good as what you thought. sometimes it just clicks into place. JJ michelles brother in mr2 did a 12.54@111mph his best time, he did not stick around for final shoot out. but i spied nos in his engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 yeah he had nos, but he wasnt running high boost, thats why he was using nos i think he said, he would have beat me aswell, pleased he left i got a trophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I knew I should have borrowed eyefi's crocodile dundee hat..... I put sunblock on my face but not mah heed. Now it looks like I was wearing a balaclava with the top cut off. The top of my head is like monkey after his laughing fit whilst waiting for the plane to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 A few pictures uploaded here - I didn't get to wander as much as normal due my desire to boil alive inside the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by ChrisB yeah he had nos, but he wasnt running high boost, thats why he was using nos i think he said, he would have beat me aswell, pleased he left i got a trophy his best run was 12.47@112mph so did even better with a 1.8 60 foot. they are good off the mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel lane Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 not bad for an MR2 running only 8psi and 50 shot ... iam starting to get worried now, especially when he gets his crapy bost controller sorted out ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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