I went to Shakespeare today and did a few runs up the strip.
The excuses first.
It was pretty hot during the day. I was sweating quite well in the car, so not perfect weather for racing, but OK none the less.
I was carrying quite abit more fuel than usual as my car seems to be abit more economical with the few small aero mods I've done. I had just under 1/2 a tank instead of the usual 1/4 (about 10kg there). I stripped the car but took some stuff I didn't need a good 5kg) and still have one lightweight part to fit that will save another 10kg too. So thats 25kg minimum I could have saved.
I was running 1.1bar, but it tails off up the revs.
My 60fts look good on paper, but traction off the line didn't seem perfect at times.
I did 7 runs and there was about 0.13s between them.
I checked Nisr227s letstorquebhp.com site and it reckons I need about another 10bhp or 25kg less to knock off those 64thou to get an 11.99 1/4 on the standard turbo. (304bhp and 1075kg)
If only it had been colder, if only I wasn't carrying that little bit of extra weight, if only I'd turned the boost up abit..........:doh:
I'll weigh the car on monday to see what it is.
As you can imagine, I'm gutted.
It's a couple of years since I last took it up the strip. The only mods in that time are aero and probably another 25kg shaved off. My time has gone down by almost 0.4 and speed has gone up by about 3mph.
I like how inaccurate my speedo is. It was showing almost 125 over the line.:-D
I wish I could have done that 11.99 today, but I think I've proved it should be possible on the standard turbo, as I have a good 20bhp less than some have had on the standard turbo.
Oh well, time for a bigger turbo I think.
The excuses first.
It was pretty hot during the day. I was sweating quite well in the car, so not perfect weather for racing, but OK none the less.
I was carrying quite abit more fuel than usual as my car seems to be abit more economical with the few small aero mods I've done. I had just under 1/2 a tank instead of the usual 1/4 (about 10kg there). I stripped the car but took some stuff I didn't need a good 5kg) and still have one lightweight part to fit that will save another 10kg too. So thats 25kg minimum I could have saved.
I was running 1.1bar, but it tails off up the revs.
My 60fts look good on paper, but traction off the line didn't seem perfect at times.
I did 7 runs and there was about 0.13s between them.
I checked Nisr227s letstorquebhp.com site and it reckons I need about another 10bhp or 25kg less to knock off those 64thou to get an 11.99 1/4 on the standard turbo. (304bhp and 1075kg)
If only it had been colder, if only I wasn't carrying that little bit of extra weight, if only I'd turned the boost up abit..........:doh:
I'll weigh the car on monday to see what it is.
As you can imagine, I'm gutted.
It's a couple of years since I last took it up the strip. The only mods in that time are aero and probably another 25kg shaved off. My time has gone down by almost 0.4 and speed has gone up by about 3mph.
I like how inaccurate my speedo is. It was showing almost 125 over the line.:-D
I wish I could have done that 11.99 today, but I think I've proved it should be possible on the standard turbo, as I have a good 20bhp less than some have had on the standard turbo.
Oh well, time for a bigger turbo I think.
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