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Odin
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oap-r said:
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Rob
I think Mo Jamil and Jobi both went on the handling last year, not sure about 00sid, I missed him if he did. I did get some footage of them (and pimp from a previous year) in action. Like you say tho, I don't think any of those were properly set up for the handling, so a well set up one would hopefully do alot better. I think Jobi may even have been almost standard supsension wise.GINGA said:
The R does seem to have an advantage with cars upto about 100bhp above it's level, but not sure about 2-400bhp above it tho.
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a11ova
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So, do i get to enter lol. The car is setup brilliantly (corner weighted etc) And i have just about the entire whiteline catalogue bolted to my 'R' along with a fine set off coilovers. Only waiting on my whitleine under brace to arrive and thats it about complete.
Lionel
Member
i think the person that will be running the team will look form cars with power from 350+ with all the handleing set sort etc.
This is just my view on it and i gess is you had a really well set up 300 hp car i can see them letting you run but i gess we will all have to wait and see.
This is just my view on it and i gess is you had a really well set up 300 hp car i can see them letting you run but i gess we will all have to wait and see.
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a11ova
Guest
No worries, well its not my descion at the ned of the day, but if need be i can get the car mapped to run a bit more boost if needed but im not prepared to put it over 1.3 bar as the internals are stil stock. That would put at about 330ish i guess maybe a tad more
Perhaps it worth having 5 dedicated cars for handling and 5 cars for straight line speed. (also some back-up cars in case of any problems)
I can't see why we cannot offer a strong and competitive team for the handling event. Ok were never going to make ¼ records, but I think it’s certainly worth making a worthwhile attempt at the handling section. As mentioned above, people that have competed have had around 400hp and gave some reasonable times.
I think that with competitive and competent drivers we should really push to get some points in this area.
iirc there was talk of a mini time attack at Knockhill, (£20 in the pot and winner takes all) What’s stopping us from perhaps sorting something out and having people who think that have what it takes prove themselves to win a place for TOTB?
Its ok having all the gear, but if you can’t drive for shit then it’s a futile point of competing when someone else with perhaps a lesser spec’s car could slash 3 seconds off someone else’s time.
I can't see why we cannot offer a strong and competitive team for the handling event. Ok were never going to make ¼ records, but I think it’s certainly worth making a worthwhile attempt at the handling section. As mentioned above, people that have competed have had around 400hp and gave some reasonable times.
I think that with competitive and competent drivers we should really push to get some points in this area.
iirc there was talk of a mini time attack at Knockhill, (£20 in the pot and winner takes all) What’s stopping us from perhaps sorting something out and having people who think that have what it takes prove themselves to win a place for TOTB?
Its ok having all the gear, but if you can’t drive for shit then it’s a futile point of competing when someone else with perhaps a lesser spec’s car could slash 3 seconds off someone else’s time.
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a11ova
Guest
sounds good to me. Would be nice to be given a chance to show how i and my car can perform. I pretty confident in both (not trying to sound big headed) and for the handling i honestly believe that i can push some of the bigger BHP cars thru the twisties. I love track days and spend a lot of time at donnington so i know how my car reacts when on the limit. Who do i need to speak to about whether i can represent our small group?
We all know it wasnt designed for 1/4 miles and top speed runs but your forgetting the handling is shite too ;-) Even with a reallly good suspension set up/semi slicks etc etc a half decent Evo would still come out on top (assuming drivers of equal capabilites) :lol:pulsar_stu said:
I do agree with what your saying though, it would be better to have cars with less bhp and a decent driver that can do some respectable times on the handling course 8) Theres no point just having cars with a lot of power that either dont bother with the handling course (like previous years :roll: ) or arent any good because they're too laggy :der:
My car isnt anywhere near good enough ;-) It would be interesting to see what times it would do round a handling course though!
I reckon it would stop better than 90% of other members cars :lol: But i need to get my **** in gear and sort out some decent shocks and springs for it
I reckon it would stop better than 90% of other members cars :lol: But i need to get my **** in gear and sort out some decent shocks and springs for it