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GMH-Torana Race Night WSID

Started by mitchg , Jan 11 2009 08:56 PM

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#201 _keith1962_

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 11:06 PM

Gee Herne i am surprised that you are out of bed, i thought some1 might
have tucked you in for the nite little man

cheers Keith

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#202 blown308

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 05:22 AM

Rob - videos look good...

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#203 _keith1962_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:06 AM

Mitch if you need a VN to VS fuel pump i have a new 1 in the cupboard

cheers Keith

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#204 _Dirty Deeds_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:34 AM

The L34 had a good night.
5 passes and 5 PB's. Previous best was 12.39 @ 118

1. 12.15 @ 117
2. 12.05 @ 117
3. 11.85 @ 117
4. 12.03 @ 117
5. 11.84 @ 118

The car was good and now need yo work on getting out of the hole a bit harder. My best 60-footer was 1.76. I think it might be falling over out of the box as it picks up the front left wheel, seems to run out of fuel. Im going to try some jet extensions for the next meeting ( probably in April some time ).

Top night, special thanks to Mitch for getting the idea rolling and special thanks to Tiny for organsing the lane.
Also thank you to Joe - unclefestasl34s, Jim - jim49x, Mick- lxsstorana and anyone else I missed for the pointers on how to get the best out of the car. Much appreciated.

Now, got to clean the rubber off and get it ready for Powercruise in 4 weeks.

Cheers

DD

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#205 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:21 AM

*clap* Well done Dirty Deeds! Theyre awesome times mate!

Mitch: Without really having a look into it, that's why my gut feeling is mate... I cant explain why at the moment, but that's the feeling i get!!

Oh.. and the last Youtube video is up now... In car shot of my final pass

Cheers!

I dont seem to have Keith! I'll h ave another look.. the one from inside my car didnt really show your lanch cause of the smoke in the air! LOL!

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#206 _j7723_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:39 AM

Hay keith I can push mine that fast (I mean slow) :tease:

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#207 _Dirty Deeds_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:45 AM

Can people please download the .MP4 video of my final pass ( in car camera) and tell me if it works and looks good!

It's an MP4 Codec i'm using that Youtube likes, 640x480 video size and it looks really good on my screen when i preview it!

At only around 6Mb.. it beats all of the others!

Cheers!

Looks pretty good, a bit dark in teh cabin and the sound drifts in and out a bit but overall - awesome. Thanks for sharing mate.

DD

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#208 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:57 AM

Thanks DD!

The sound is a bit dickey because the camera is faulty, It's going back today for replacement! Good service from the Vsport people!

I would have loved to have it outside, but maybe i'll have to convince the marshals first!

Cheers

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#209 _Herne_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 01:47 PM

The L34 had a good night.
5 passes and 5 PB's. Previous best was 12.39 @ 118

1. 12.15 @ 117
2. 12.05 @ 117
3. 11.85 @ 117
4. 12.03 @ 117
5. 11.84 @ 118

snip

Cheers

DD

Hi DD (its John isnt it?)

Mate those times from your L34 are impressive to say the least. Is that a stock L34 308 engine (not sure if stock is the right word to use with L34) or have you modded it? e.g. Diff carbs, headwork etc etc?

Cheers
Herne

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#210 _Dirty Deeds_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 02:55 PM

Hi DD (its John isnt it?)

Mate those times from your L34 are impressive to say the least. Is that a stock L34 308 engine (not sure if stock is the right word to use with L34) or have you modded it? e.g. Diff carbs, headwork etc etc?

Cheers
Herne

Hi Herne,

Thanks mate.
Its not the original engine but it is a standard stroke 308 with 100 shot of NOS.
The engine made 362hp on the Dyno Tune.
I also run a top loader and nine inch with 3.70 gears.
I call it the party pack ( all of the original running gear is sitting in storage ).
One day I'll restore it back to original ( one day when I grow up ) :<_<:

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#211 _Herne_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 04:25 PM

Hi Herne,

Thanks mate.
Its not the original engine but it is a standard stroke 308 with 100 shot of NOS.
The engine made 362hp on the Dyno Tune.
I also run a top loader and nine inch with 3.70 gears.
I call it the party pack ( all of the original running gear is sitting in storage ).
One day I'll restore it back to original ( one day when I grow up )

No need to grow up anytime soon mate, have fun while you still want to and can, look at me, I dont think I am ever going to stop having fun with cars and I am heading for 62.

I like the term 'party pack' suits the beast well I reckon. mmmm 100 shot of NOS certainly gives the car some 'mumbo'.

Cheers
Herne

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#212 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 05:24 PM

HAHAAH! When you grow up!!! Come on! this is US you're talking to John!!

And i hope you NEVER grow up mate! I know i dont intend to :spoton:

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#213 _keith1962_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 05:26 PM

Well its all good to hang shit on my Torana but but you will never
see your piss buckets run down the 1/4 mile strip. Thats the difference
i take mine to shows but i don't classify my car as a show pony, i class
mine as an original Australian muscle car.

"Hay keith I can push mine that fast (I mean slow) "

cheers Keith

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#214 _keith1962_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 05:37 PM

Here are my time slips

1. 17.403 @ 119.65
2. 15.460 @ 144.41
3. 15.218 @ 145.20
4. 15.159 @ 148.84
5. 15.009 @ 146.53 PB for the nite
Eng: 308 stock
G/box: M21
Diff: 2.78:1
Tyres: 205 x 65 x 13

cheers Keith

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#215 _Herne_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:23 PM

Well its all good to hang shit on my Torana but but you will never
see your piss buckets run down the 1/4 mile strip. Thats the difference
i take mine to shows but i don't classify my car as a show pony, i class
mine as an original Australian muscle car.

"Hay keith I can push mine that fast (I mean slow) "

cheers Keith

Piss buckets???? Are we getting to you Keith? lol

Seeing as your a tad intimidated I wont mention that my granny does faster times her her shopping trolley

Cheers mate,

Herne

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#216 _Dirty Deeds_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:48 PM

HAHAAH! When you grow up!!! Come on! this is US you're talking to John!!

And i hope you NEVER grow up mate! I know i dont intend to

Im almost 43 and Im having more fun now with cars than I ever have in the past. Its funny you know, I used to love the adrenalin of street racing but I haven't been interested in that scene for a lonnnnnng time. That's why I decided to have some fun with the car at WSID and the previous 1/4 mile track when it was running.

Some people say Im crazy for drag racing the L34 but I really cant see the harm in it with the 308/NOS, Top Loader and 9 inch. I wouldn't dream of doing this with the original running gear.

I WILL grow up one day but who knows, I might be older than you Herne. :<_<:

Suck and see.

DD

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#217 unclefestal34s

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:52 PM

Unclefestas yellow L34 first run solo pass 1) 12.48 _ 114.85 mph
2) 12.20 _ 116.44 MPH
3) 12.10 _116.88 mph raced Tiny 12.01 112.90 mph ..i red lighted as seen on u-tube ..tiny vs L34....THANKS TINY
4) 12.14 _ 116.19 mph raced 2tough 11.85 112.97 mph
5) 12.25 116.37 last run was done by jim-A9X...
I raced the car for the first time on M/T Radials as a experiment and simply had no traction,could not control the wheel-spin in 1st gear no matter what revs i used,..according to keith1962 he heard the car spin the tyres in all four gears going doing down the track..i normally run a full slick tyre car runs consistent 11.50s at 118.50 mph,..car still showed good top end speed but was down a couple of miles and hour..at the end of the day it was a very enjoyable nights racing..

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#218 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:58 PM

It was VERY enjoyable Unclefesta!
I'm surprised you couldnt get traction, I know lots of guys who go really well with those tyres ( Me included!)

What size tyre is it you are running? Is it the same as your slick?

I'm going to be up for a new set of M/T ET Streets soon myself, theyve been great though!

DD: I hope you understood what i was meaning in my reply mate! I reckon who needs to grow up when we're having so much fun as we are! It's tops that you come out and have a blast mate, Always awesome to see your beast of a car and get to catch up!

Cheers!

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#219 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 08:01 PM

Oh.. and both you and Harve red lit against me! Were you blokes worried about trying to beat me or something!? Both your cars are WAY tougher than mine!!
I was trying to get my launch revs right as well as watch the tree!

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#220 unclefestal34s

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 08:20 PM

hi tiny,..i heard such good reports on them M/T radials so had to try them i used 235/60-15s,.26.5 .i knew after my 3rd run they simply weren't going to work on my car as I'm pretty savage of the line....I'm sure there a great tire but there not for me not unless i play around with the suspension on the car,and i'm not that keen at this stage cause its a regular cruiser..if i race again it will be on a full m/t slick...actually when i raced you and red lighted i was pumped up as friend told me i was being filmed,...if any of you guys have any footage of my passes I'd really appreciate if i can get a hold of it as I'd like to see what the car was behaving like....thanks again tiny

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#221 _lostinspace_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 08:57 PM

It was an enjoyable night meeting some of the guys and seeing their cars. there were some very nice looking torries and other members cars.

His my 2 bobs worth of pictures.

http://s233.photobuc...stinspace-nick/

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#222 Tiny

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:00 PM

Thanks Nick! It was great to put another face to a nickname!

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#223 _keith1962_

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 11:08 PM

hey Nick did you do some photochoping on my car cause there is no smoke coming out of my exhaust.

cheers Keith

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#224 _j7723_

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Posted 31 January 2009 - 07:57 AM

Keith its because you dont have your foot on the oil peddel LOL

LOVE YOU MATE XXXXXXX

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Posted 31 January 2009 - 08:05 AM

Here are my time slips

1. 17.403 @ 119.65
2. 15.460 @ 144.41
3. 15.218 @ 145.20
4. 15.159 @ 148.84
5. 15.009 @ 146.53 PB for the nite
Eng: 308 stock
G/box: M21
Diff: 2.78:1
Tyres: 205 x 65 x 13

cheers Keith

15.00 with 205's, 2.78 diff and an M21 is a very good time!!!

People who have never raced their car dont understand that low 15's a very good... New stock V6 commodores might run high 16's low 17's! So your car is absolutely handing their arse to them on a plate!

Herne, I dont think you can judge Keiths times until you have run your own! It's great to speculate what it might run, and say others with similar specs run this so mine will... But at the end of the day, until you take your car to the track and get some timeslips you can't judge!

In my books, Running an awesome PB is the best feeling in the world! Especially if you do a freak pass! I dont know how WSID runs, but at Heathcote, you do your run and think "f*ck i think i nailed that!". But you can't see your times until you come up the return road and collect the slip from the timing booth! The whole way back you are analysing the run in your head trying to think if it "felt" faster than your last good run... hahaha. Man Im itching to go for a run! Bring on the Victorian Drag day!!!!!

Any of you guys going to come down and race again!!! Herne? Chris?