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BAD NEWS"
after a few weeks of late nights and countless hours on the
dyno sorting out the new management sytem and mis-fires
we managed to get big horespower figures from the car. We
trundled off to Bruntingthorpe yesterday to give the car it,s
first real run and most importantly Lisa,s D first run.
Warmed car up, a few runs up and down the runway to
warm up transmission etc , car was running on it,s road tyres
265 SO3 bridgestones , lisa jumps in car and gives the car a
few rolling blast,s with the boost controller turned off, to see
the car smoking it,s tyres at 100+mph is awsome. Then she
settles down to get the burn outs sorted all okay , then the
first launch - 7000rpm hold car on the linelock and let it go
wheelspin in the first 3 gears !!!!!!!!!! up to 120 kmh .
We then bolt on the Nitto,s and 1.9 bar boost approx 950 axle
bhp,try 8000rpm car bogs,8500 rpm car bogs,9000rpm and
voila which have ignition 4 100ft black lines and approx 270
kph at the end of a measued 1/4 of a mile. Lisa did approx 10
runs on high boost, we then noticed high water temp and a
water leak. Lisa is happy with her performance and we want to
get the car home to look at it , so off we go home , get the car
back to the workshop have alook arounD and OH NO cracked
cylinder block, remove engine and box, strip down and there is
a 3 inch crack along the turbo side of the block , I then made
the decision to not try and fix the cars as we do not have a N1
block on the shelf to rebuild it.
It is sad to say this but it is not worth the rush to get the car
out for TOTB, but we will rebuild it asap and hope to run it
before the end of the year.
I would like to say Lisa D took to the car like duck to water,
and there only a few people who could drive these high power
cars and she had it all sorted A1 definitly recon she will be in the
early 10,s when it is back on the track. Also thanks to Danoh,
Simon,Scott and sam for the late night last night, and i hope
Glen has the video he took of Lisa last launch AWESOME.
A very dejected Mark
we will still be there on sunday supporting last years winner
the "Rocket Ronnie" roll on next year!!!! TOTB 3
after a few weeks of late nights and countless hours on the
dyno sorting out the new management sytem and mis-fires
we managed to get big horespower figures from the car. We
trundled off to Bruntingthorpe yesterday to give the car it,s
first real run and most importantly Lisa,s D first run.
Warmed car up, a few runs up and down the runway to
warm up transmission etc , car was running on it,s road tyres
265 SO3 bridgestones , lisa jumps in car and gives the car a
few rolling blast,s with the boost controller turned off, to see
the car smoking it,s tyres at 100+mph is awsome. Then she
settles down to get the burn outs sorted all okay , then the
first launch - 7000rpm hold car on the linelock and let it go
wheelspin in the first 3 gears !!!!!!!!!! up to 120 kmh .
We then bolt on the Nitto,s and 1.9 bar boost approx 950 axle
bhp,try 8000rpm car bogs,8500 rpm car bogs,9000rpm and
voila which have ignition 4 100ft black lines and approx 270
kph at the end of a measued 1/4 of a mile. Lisa did approx 10
runs on high boost, we then noticed high water temp and a
water leak. Lisa is happy with her performance and we want to
get the car home to look at it , so off we go home , get the car
back to the workshop have alook arounD and OH NO cracked
cylinder block, remove engine and box, strip down and there is
a 3 inch crack along the turbo side of the block , I then made
the decision to not try and fix the cars as we do not have a N1
block on the shelf to rebuild it.
It is sad to say this but it is not worth the rush to get the car
out for TOTB, but we will rebuild it asap and hope to run it
before the end of the year.
I would like to say Lisa D took to the car like duck to water,
and there only a few people who could drive these high power
cars and she had it all sorted A1 definitly recon she will be in the
early 10,s when it is back on the track. Also thanks to Danoh,
Simon,Scott and sam for the late night last night, and i hope
Glen has the video he took of Lisa last launch AWESOME.
A very dejected Mark
we will still be there on sunday supporting last years winner
the "Rocket Ronnie" roll on next year!!!! TOTB 3
