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York Sunday... your times
- Thread starter 106GTi97
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My Cup will run 14.7s all day long, I think out of about 10 runs, 6 or 7 were 14.7 odd. Been in the 14.6s a couple of time at around 95/96mph. Ma car is 100% standard and has always ran with full interior and has around 7k on the clock. Its my 2nd cup in 2 years and is quicker than 1st one. Hoping for a 14.5 soon!
OK then that throws up some interesting topics...firstly Jon, I am not gonna be tricked by you into going before Im ready just so you can get over the line first LOL For those of you who werent watching at USC, we battled 3 times and the first two he caned me to the line, the third I got in front - but I was quicker on all three runs! Im going for TIMES this weekend, not races, once Ive got some proper times in then Ill start going for races...
Secondly, lets have some ideas about what you can do to improve your run, however tiny an improvement, and still claim your car is genuinely standard...Ill start -
1. Run your front tyres at 18-22 psi
2. Arrive with 1/4 tank of petrol maximum
3. Fold your mirrors in and put your aerial flat
4. For modern Clios - TURN YOUR AIRCON OFF!
5. Shut all your windows
I reckon that lot would see a few tenths off an ET?
Rich-D
ClioSport Club Member
E90 LCI 330d
In some cars these bits dont weigh much, I stripped my Cup out and the rear bench is featherweight to start with and theres no spare, so not much to save. However on the Rallye the rear seats were quite heavy, as was the spare wheel, then theres the jack, tools, etc.. it all ads up!
but now u have to contend with takin the 1/2 ton of bread out first lol..
nick mate...........the only time im ready is when i see the lights hit orange.......see green uv lost hehe......its a shame craggy n adi cant race ....i wanna take their titles off them personally lol..............
the 1 in front has begun a new era.............be warned pmsl
Polo GTi
So whats the crack with starting on Orange, does it not count as a false start or something?
Monkey - well it depends on the tree, but on a 0.4 or 0.5 second tree (time between the orange and the green) one technique is as soon as you see orange, go. It does work pretty well, once you factor in that most normal people who arent the Bionic Man have on average a half second reaction time, plus it takes half a second from when the orange comes on to go green, plus there is a certain amount of time it takes for the front of your car to break the beam that sets the clock going...you can see why Jons saying If you see green youve lost is actually right. Assuming yourre both equal drivers in equal cars.
im specifically coming up to see 2live and Mr Reed....looking forward to it gentlemen.
well iv spent all week fixing the car ,its been f**ked,i so wanted to meet up for the razz b4 hand and the racing on the day, but it seems i may have done some damage on a little blast i embarked upon earlier, costly damage, got the engine working reasonable although it wont idle and iv now shafted my transmission, so box off again it seems
proper proper gutted
