Guest Andy Barnes Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 As posted on the GTR forum : Hi all, Well, yesterday we returned to Santa Pod, ready to run our R34 GTR again, wind it up, run as much as it would give and see what would happen. The final best result was 9.68 seconds @ 144 mph. STILL NO NOS! Same HKS 2835 turbines/ engine etc. We have spent the last 3/4 weeks on and off getting the car ready to run again ( we havent touched it all year ), the car has been back on the road for a while but we were hoping that the progress of the R33 would have kept the drag-urge at the door however we couldnt resist another go at showing the might of the car and what it should/could have done last year for my own satisfaction. We just had Gary - ( GT ART ) refresh the engine with rings and bearings, spend more time on the mapping which we didnt have time to do last year which increased the power slightly again to 688 at the wheels ( 19 bhp more at wheels )and without any NOS and ran again - obviously all on HKS F CON V Pro - mapped by Gary. 4 of the runs from yesterday were 9 second passes, one run the 1/4 mile terminal was 149.99 mph - no boost limit, the turbines made everything they could, just let them get on with it - ALL RUNS WITHOUT NOS. Now we can warm the tyres with burnouts we can level the playing field. This result was due to help from : Rob, Smatt, Mark, Gary Passingham & crew at GT ART, Kanji & Mike from Toyo Tyres, Anders at 76, Geof, Guyno the dyno, Mario,Richie and Gaz at HKS and of course - Michael Saenz, MD at HKS as well as our own guys here at Sumo Power and the guys the guys at Santa Pod Raceway - cheers to all everyone who helped achieve this fab result for the car. Videos and pictures to follow next week when we have time. We will be at Santa Pod again on October 10th to run again and give it everything its got, hope to see you all there, this time bringing my balls of steel to hold onto the car for the quickest run possible - we ran out of time yesterday. The car is now in our workshop, sitting pretty, waiting to do it all again, may just give it a celebratery wash over this afternoon and a little kiss for putting a big smile on my face Andy Barnes - Sumo Power Ltd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve M Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Well done mate, keep it up and hope it all goes well:thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Thats very impressive ........ Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Nuff said - excellent result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 http://www.megaboost.co.uk/vbb/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Congrats guys. Are you still on road tyres or have you moved onto Drag radials/slicks yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Well done much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Fast car Andy , very impressive times indeed . Dude:flame Dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt B Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Very impressive Andy... Only seen the car go once but not as quick as that.... Well done:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millhouse Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Nice 1 Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attilauk Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 congratulations m8, seriously impressive time:respekt: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 well done for a good time. what sort of 60 foot times were you getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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