thegoth 5 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Cheers Jake for the ticket and to Roger and Jim for the lifts.Very unexpected way to spend the day. Frazzled though.Some nice machines, most of which Jim at least matched.The red viper won the teminal speed award, the tiniest smidge under 200mph Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 first pic wot a work of art the exhaust is mmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 good to see such a much loved and polished car........slammed up the mile sprint :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Butcher of Billing Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 how did jim and jake get on? Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Some great pics there Nige.Looks like Jim is having the Viper in one of those pics?! Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 jim did have the viper untill the boost from his twin yes twin turbos kicked in lol and jake well ....... Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 on one run he was only 3s behind at the end of the mile.Jim will ppst the times up one he can get them from the organisers. but generally he had a great time. jake didn't fair as well getiing the 34 or summit time as in the pic whilst blowing some thing or things. thing or things big and internal :-( Final speed 55mph on the back of a recovery truck. Oooops. :$ Which did leave Jim short of combatants as nobody wanted to race him! Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 yeah he melted two half pistons ..... Link to post Share on other sites
jesterwalker69 0 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 hmmm twin turbo'd viper... ok i can see how that ended! But good on you Jim for still giving him some!Ah gutted for Jake. Never good when things melt Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted August 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Jim did stick to two AMG E55s like glue Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Jim did stick to two AMG E55s like glueyeah they wernt to happy were they lolthink the genraly thought about jim from other drivers was `fuck ur fast` lol Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 yep amg mercs... pah .. id take it back to the garage and part x it. i had a great day, and tbh i think the car did very well, standing mile was 32.3 and a 13.2 quarter.. my slips prove that once im over the quarter, the car is devastatingly quick.ill post the vid links here once they are done Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_ciw 507 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 yep amg mercs... pah .. id take it back to the garage and part x it. i had a great day' date=' and tbh i think the car did very well, standing mile was 32.3 and a 13.2 quarter.. my slips prove that once im over the quarter, the car is devastatingly quick.ill post the vid links here once they are done[/quote']Top speed Jim?? Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 a shade under 160 i think he said ??? Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 yep car showed off the clock at 160, but i think the speedo stops shortly after as it looked like 162 ish, but the rev counter still went up.. confirmed on gps timing as 157.7so im happy with that. i may have gone quicker but i wont no until there times are up on the webby.. i think last run agaisnt the v8 rx7 , was quick , as i was clear of him by aound 2 secs at the mile point Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Cool, glad you all had fun and sorry to hear about Jake Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hi all.. back now Well done Jim for holding the flag..TG was wrong.. it was 55 on 1st recovery truck and 70 on second BUT all importantly.,. 12.69 1/4 mile PB & 34 second mile.. now the terminal speed... 94mph! get that..? pretty gutted i got 1/2 a run but shi7 happens dont it!car back to storm tomorrow and well see if it can be rebuilt and run in by the weekend :-# Melted 2.5 plugs and possible piston damage (thats just an observation without strippin the head)Big thanks to Jim (for humoring me), Bungy for the companionship, Roger for towing me out and use of tools, Tony for just being Tony, and Nigel for the support It was also good to meet Jims brother in law..Oh and a very very very nice man with a yellow van.. que trailor for the next meet Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Well we all know your a trailor queen anyway matey.But I do hope you get it sorted Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 hope you get it sorted jake.. look forward to the rematch, at least the run up was fun ill look forward to vids and pics from you and bungy Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 ah smokey ur home lol (sorry) ..... sure andy will do his thing after he has picked his jaw up off the floor lol Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 trailor trash if u dont mind, i'm quite sure of my sexuality thanks for support guys.. and yeah the drive up was worth it Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 sounded like a hell of a day wish id been theregutted for jake were you running the really small pulley? melted piston normally means running lean doesnt it?could i be cheaky and ask you to keep me informed on what happened/why it happened i wanna go that route when mines done but obviously dont want it to lunch itself Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Jake had a custom pulley.....which to me means small Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 yeah itys the 1 i was lookin to upgrade to sometime in the future (if i ever get my car back in the 1st place ) but if the maps not sorted yet il deffo hold off i cant afford a rebuild Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 all will come clear real soon.. good thing is i saw what wossner pistons rrp @ and what i got charged 2k ago, so a bit of a releif I'll update u soon Link to post Share on other sites
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