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1/4 mile times?
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15/04/2009 21:32
15/04/2009 21:32
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steveo
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Just wondered if anyone has seriously raced their coupe and got 1/4 mile times, went to the easter thunderball at the pod after not going for few years and suddenly have the taste for drag racing, raced all my coupes plenty of times, not on a strip but the whole illegal racing thing is pretty pathetic so i'd like to start racing properly, gonna keep the coupe for a while but eventually i'll go for a V8 seen a few chargers and mustangs race prepped for about 12k but before i can afford that i'm gonna race my coupe but before i go nuts on it thought i'd get other peoples times and roughly what power they were running?
Last edited by steveo; 15/04/2009 21:34. Reason: Can't spell :(
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15/04/2009 21:37
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there was a 20vt go up the strip at santa pod when i went to the fast show last month i think it was stanard but with fmic and done 13.9 at 101mph thought that was quiet good
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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16/04/2009 11:02
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TurboJ
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Was it green?
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16/04/2009 11:31
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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16/04/2009 12:56
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BoostMeCoupeUp
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i took mine pod with gtec 1 and decat and ran 13.92 @ 102mph video below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq_M3239GPk mitsibishi was double power apparantly.
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16/04/2009 13:03
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suba
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That's a VERY good time for that spec of car.
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16/04/2009 17:25
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westcoupe
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no j that was not me i ran a 13.2 and my slowest was 13.6 at 109mph and my car was only running 0.9bar
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#815252
16/04/2009 20:14
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BoostMeCoupeUp
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That's a VERY good time for that spec of car. yes i was happy with it! its only 249.6 bhp alot of people say they have more power than they do though. we bought a 20vt for a mate on tuesday the seller said it was 260-280 bhp it was no where near as fast as mine i think 250 bhp with a good start will get you a 14 flat or just under in good conditions.
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#815291
16/04/2009 21:18
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http://www.torquestats.com/modified/index.php?pid=mph250 Must be some s te drivers or crappy track as some results on that are weird cars with 200bhp less getting better times lol
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16/04/2009 21:34
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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16/04/2009 21:36
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Also I think the ones in Italic are estimated? But I think the calculator is quite accurate.
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16/04/2009 22:14
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LOL - 1/4's are all about the launch....
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17/04/2009 09:39
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That was a good run.
The ones in italic writing are estimated by torque stats, i want to see if the time estimated on mine is anything like i can get on the strip.
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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#815868
17/04/2009 20:14
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steveo
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Yeah i'm talking about the same cars, whether they're stripped or not aint gonna make that much difference lol
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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18/04/2009 09:17
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I rememeber that Nigel - very quick for a 300bhp FWD car.
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18/04/2009 10:41
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defo a great time for a fwd car its so difficult to get the start right with 250 bhp with 300 must be almost impossible to get it right every time. especially in a coupe, i used to have a 260 bhp vr6 supercharged mk2 golf and it went so much better of the line than a coupe, they are easy to spin up or bog down because of the lag. so great time for fwd. is it nigel i saw at totb last summer win the fwd HANDLING in a COUPE, so he must be a good driver anyway.
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Re: 1/4 mile times?
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#816115
18/04/2009 10:56
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so can someone describe to me how to get the best launch from my coupe? what revs do people use for launching? mine is about 260 bhp, so how would i get a fast launch? do i just launch on 4000rpm and floor it, or is there a more technical way? only for use on a dragstrip or track obviously.
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18/04/2009 11:14
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I think 4k and flooring will just spin up your wheels. i would probably say 3k maybe but all coupes depending on setup will be slightly different, trust me its harder than you think. especially at pod the surface is so smooth you cant tell when your going to loose grip it seems harder there for some reason.
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#816705
19/04/2009 15:12
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you want to be at 4-5k and ride the clutch rather than dumping it to dial out the wheelspin. It becomes harder the bigger the turbo on the car is.
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#816767
19/04/2009 17:08
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i am ageree with boostmeup,santa pod is difrent story you cant get a grip somehow.last time i was there i had a wanli tyres on and it was realy realy sh..t now i got continental sport contact on and i am hoping to get more grip at pod.i will be there 17th may
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#817008
19/04/2009 23:23
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BoostMeCoupeUp
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yeah as suba said alot of revs and dont floor the throttle is a good way to do it in a coupe. my best start was when i feathered the loud pedal, BUT its so hard to stop u nailing the throttle when you see the 4x4 in the next lane get a jump on you.
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