after aquiring a trailer and getting the standard leaf springs back on i headed off to heathcote this morning only to make it about half an hour from my house (for a 2 hour journey) before the tow car brake down! and it was raining !

i decided to risk it and drive there anyway, if i broke anything i would just organise the trailer i already had...

anyway got there a little late and through scrutineering no worries straight on to the strip for a few tests on the street tyres. ended up with 13.5 @ 92mph... very down on power once again (datnats crowd will remember) my timing was playing funny buggers so i (with the help of a few friends) mucked around with it and went back out again. 13.4 @ 106mph. thats a bit better!

i then ran a few more times with similar results and then decided to get serious and try the little slicks out and drop the exhaust first run out i bogged of the line and ran a 13.2 but then i decided to give it some real revs in the burnout and launch. to my surprise i lifted the front left wheel off the ground (the guy behind me and a few mates spectating told me) and powered on to miss fourth gear and get a 12.6 @ 108mph.

after the days proceedings i had not yet been beaten and found myself in the final of my class (after a double break out in my last race where i broke by nearly a second!) against a consistant twin webered 1600. little did i know that this was a handicap race i launched off once again only to have my CAS plug fall off anyway.

unfortunately i did not get to improve on this but i'm keen to get down to calder park soon and finish refining my times. all this is with a stock motor running standard fuel and ignition maps (read: veeeery rich under load) and 16 psi (in the end).

it was a great day out, and i drove home after keeping it in one piece. damn those slicks are fun

thanks to ange and others who helped change tyres and bits and pieces throughout the day.

well done lags.........slicks do make a difference dont they.

What did you dial in with ?

it was a good day.. thanks to the wagon

It had everybody talking...

pity theres no pics of the 3 wheeled launch.. hopefully the heathcote photographers got it..

heres one of the wags looking tough with the slicks....




i look foreward to seeing it running 11's soon

nice shot ange, i haven't any good ones with the slicks on. sitting idling next to my competition with no exhaust on and it looking like that was fun, nearly as fun as the three wheel launch.

my dial in was 13.5 as that was my quickest at the time they asked (hadn't run with the slicks on yet)

there were only a couple of other 1200's present a wagon with a CA-T and a ute with a Z18-T both having traction issues with 13 inch stockies there was an immaculate 1000 coupe racecar there aswell running 15.4's with a twin webbered a15. he was also having huge traction issues. was great fun, good atmosphere and good racing. apparently there'll be another one soon. i'm keen to get into the tuning a bit more and get some better times... that 11 is just around the corner ange

Well done mate, that thing was launching hard!!

1.96 60 foot time if I'm not mistaken!

It was probably the best launching car on the day, even the GTR's were'nt hooking up that well off the line.

I had to laught when you guys were testing the clicks for clearance....get about 5 mates to jump up and down on it while someone watches the rear gaurd!

We we parked just behind you in my brothers white 1600...had the FR17's on it.

Cheers.

Leigh

ahh the ex mr510 mobile... very nice car i saw the guy who used to own that just the other day! small world.

yeah it certainly was hooking up, my best run was a 1.69 60ft. then i had three tries at fourth gear and ran the 12.6. coulda been a real good time

congrats leigh on making times that quick specially out'a tune

didn't make it for the day weather looked real miserable down here and the sound of mud calling the 4wd was a little much
spewing now though ........ definitely next time.
congats again .... comiserations to those unsuspeccting who step up to you

thanks aido, you woulda loved the little community efforts in getting it running a bit better. very datnatsesque, minus some looneybin with an angle grinder...

man thats a very good 60ft well done.