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GMH-Torana 5th Annual Drag Day, 28/3/2010

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#376 mr5000

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 07:30 PM

:stirpot: bringing a spare starte just in case for matt found it like 2 days ago already have a use the torry and stato are packed vh is ready i was gonna say best was from chirny is out the back way i dont mind leading for that part if no one noes how to go that way cuts lilydale and coldstream right out (Y) see yas tommoro

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 07:37 PM

Just in case this weather warning is of use to anyone (maybe someone towing :dontknow: )

http://news.ninemsn....or-wild-weather

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 08:01 PM

http://www.weatherzo...tailed-forecast
says no showers till around 3 so lets hope they wrong and we get none at all

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 04:32 AM

Time for us to hit the road - ugh! It's half five, who on earth is up at half five on a Sunday?? :dontknow:

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 06:40 AM

I'll be towing up EVIL75 in my VE SSV and racing the tow car. See you guys up there.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 04:08 PM

Times?

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 04:58 PM

Times?


Yeah, I reckon some of you would be home by now...

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 06:01 PM

maybe with Bomber there was a pub crawl on the way home

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 07:51 PM

14.8 lots of wheel spin hopefuly decent tyres and decent gears will help next time its got plenty more in it

did rodomo sleep in

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 07:51 PM

14.5@102mph, only had 3 runs and as the MPH suggests it had plenty left, didn't want to chance my luck with the banjo though, plus I left early to see the F1, result was crap but the race was great.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:16 PM

Didn't do too bad, Had a fun day. Run the best of 10.98 @ 127mph but with a slow 60ft at 1.63.
Good to take some passengers and see the difference a bit of weight makes.
Heres the slip
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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:19 PM

Being a tightarse, I wanted to make the most of my entry fee :)

I did 11 runs, the best of which being a 17.18 @ 80.36 MPH, that was about 15min before the track was closed.

I beat a Gemini, and DJ talked me into doing several smokey 2nd gear burnouts which were a bit of fun!

Edited by Heath, 28 March 2010 - 08:21 PM.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:27 PM

did rodomo sleep in


Sorry, yes, I had every intention of going but some shit has happened this week.
The decision not to go was made at 3.30am this morning.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:44 PM

pic's?

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:48 PM

I hate my car, thought i was going to die on the trip home. It's off the road from right now until i fix its problems!

Headlights turn themselves off, when they are on they are worse than candles. Windscreen wipers fall off after few minutes of work, I think a uni wore out, and i was getting crazy vibrations above like 2800 in 3rd....

Thats not to mention the fact my starter or battery is #@$^%& and if i turn the motor off it wouldnt start again.

My Car is off the road and ill basically do a RWC on it to make it safe to drive again.

My trip home took like 4 hours!

I ran 14.57 today @ 97MPH

My Car has done about 5-600km over the weekend, more than its done for the last 18months!

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 09:34 PM

I'd like to start off by thanking Heath for letting me beat him. I'd lost a couple of races before that and a good win was just what I needed.

About 5 mins after leaving the track, my tow car ($500 VS Wagon) made a loud hissing noise, then a loud grinding noise then started to smell of diff oil.
Turns out the LHR wheel bearing seal had let go.
I drove real slow for a while and gradually got up to 80 km/h, the bad noises came and went but mostly it was ok. With about 30 km's to go I felt it tighten up, but then it came good again. Didn't get home till about 9.30 though.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 09:52 PM

had an awesome day! I can't remember how many runs i did but just tried to do as many as time would allow. The best being a 15.88, which is okay i guess. Went for a ride in Mishes Torana. Farck! It was so bloody quick. Thanks for taking me for that run mate. Only shitty thing was that after all those runs the arse of my car feels a little wierd and it pulls to the left under brakes. The rear brake shoes might need adjusting, but other than that I can't seem to think what might be wrong. It felt like the diff had alot of lateral movement on the way home. Does anyone have any ideas? I'll fart around with it in a couple of days and try to figure it out. Anyway, it was good to meet some of the punters from the forum and race without worrying about the police. I didnt take many good photos but I'll put up a few up that might be worth it when i can be stuffed.

Did anyone take a photo of that Mazda 121 bubble? What a sleeper! I laughed when I saw it and then I raced next to it and it beat me. How humiliating!


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Posted 28 March 2010 - 10:00 PM

14.3 @ 100mph :( best of 6 passes.
Was wanting better but first time out in this car so not too bad a starting point. 4sp manual just makes it SO much harder and the old muncie isn't the easyest thing to shift in a hurry at revs!!!! yet still heaps of fun. Maybe i need a 2 step to get consistent revs at launch as i think i was all over the shop Lol
Good to catch up and meet some new faces :)

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 10:44 PM

Good to see some new faces and some Torry fans getting into the spirit of things.

A few cars (and bikes) doing 10's

Heath had a little incentive to go faster at the end of the day, LOL, which seemed to work quite well.

People's shoulda let Bomber ride shotgun on the strip,... he came all the way from QLD !

mr5000 thought I was the toecutter at one stage on the way home until he realised who I was.

Got drenched riding home at night following some orange thing with candle lit taillights (I had no visibility in that blizzard)

Matt, your car is simply being temperamental, she's only doing that coz you keep denying her a 308, haha

Anyway, you know you had a good day at the drags when you're still pickin black stuff outa your nose when you get home.

Cheers.

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 12:13 AM

Had a great day - I know TC was on cloud nine to find out what happens when you put two ranga's in a Torrie on the strip - THANKS HEATH!!

I have lots of video & a few pics - sure TC does too - will get them sorted then. We only just got home - 1am & I have to get my butt to work in the a.m. so pics/vids tomorrow arvo from me.

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 07:09 AM

was told from a few people i rana 14.5 but i dont no if i picked up the slip or not any one no if heathcote have a record

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 07:52 AM

Had a great day!
Good turn out of torries and good to meet some members.
My best for the day was a 14.59 @ 96mph
Not bad for a 202 with a 5speed and 9inch
Had a total of 5 runs. She held up very well!

Gotta love 2nd gear burnouts!

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 07:57 AM

Mark, I love your skids off the line, they are bloody sweet as!!!

Looks like we had a heap of people around the 14.5 mark! LOL!! Why didn't i get to line anyone up! I kept getting 11 second cars or 20 second cars!!

Got one race against micklx, was a great tight race, until i hit 3rd and got fuel starvation of some form (vapour lock or just not enough pumping)

I had to keep my motor running the whole time in the staging lanes, because if i shut it off it wouldnt start until it cooled right off again! So my engine bay temps were too high for my liking!

Looking forward to seeing some pics! There were a heap of new torries i'd never seen before up there!

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 08:13 AM

had an awesome day! got to meet heaps of forum members which was great and see their cars! Jealous of you Mick, Mish's Torana is SWEET! I got a ride in Heath's which was good :) thanks Heath. :D Pics up later of all your cars :D

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 09:16 AM

yeah cant quite remember how to upload photos and seem to be failing so hopefully the link to my photobucket will show a few photos :) :)

http://s754.photobuc...xx182/beige_lj/

was a pretty awsome day but was glad to get home and eventually get some sleep

well done to all on keeping the cars relatively intact lol :P


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