
but really.... lol tell Pete just how good his Sig is... please by all means




lol sorry just hyper tonight! lol
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Posted 05 April 2006 - 03:19 PM
I spend all day helping fit these bits
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Posted 09 April 2006 - 05:34 PM
Well after waking up this morning to glorious sunshine I decided that a run to Santa Pod RWYB day was a go!
We arrived at about 11.40 to find that it was quite busy. No problems we though as I've been before when it was much busier and has been ok.
Well Signed in and got in the queue for about 12.10. All excited and a little nervous
Sat stationary in the queue starting to wonder why we're not moving forward???
Found out someone had dropped there bike on the stripp so the nessecary clean up was happening. Fair enough.
Finally started moving closer to the front and just when I was thinking it'll be not long now They decided to break for lunch!!!! 1300hrs for 30mins.
About an hour and a bit later we started to move again! Finally got to the start line up against an astra turbo with courtney turbo plastered all over it.
Dialled in around 5000rpm
lights go green
Let clutch out and discover that 5000rpm is nowhere near enough revs!!!![]()
So after horrible bogging down and waiting for what felt like an eternity with my foot pinned and the revs climbing slowly it suddenly hit the powerband!!! At this point the astra was a good few car lengths ahead..
Well from there it was a simple case of keep foor nailed to the floor and just pull the stick every few moments!
The Astra was soon dispatched and acroos the line i went!
A fairly average 14.4sec run recorded!![]()
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So cursing to myself for the rubbish start I got back into the queue!
After painfully slow progress in the queue i was starting to get near to the front again around 1545ish and then the heavens opened and the day was called off!!!!!![]()
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So thirty quid lighter and thoroughly cold and unhappy I headed home!
Big sorry to everyone who came to see the mini as it was a very cold and disapointing day!!
I'm going to be in touch with Santa Pod as I'm really annoyed at just how slow everthing seemed to be happening! If you had a motorbike or a proper drag car seemingly you didn't have to queue and got more runs than anyone else!
So not happy bunny!!!![]()
But on the plus side it does leave loads of room for improvement next time!
Sorry for the rant just not impressed at all with the speed at which they seemed to be getting cars up the strip!
Posted 09 April 2006 - 06:59 PM
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Posted 09 April 2006 - 08:14 PM
Ade
Sounds like a good time for your first run, what was your terminal speed?
Posted 09 April 2006 - 08:22 PM
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Posted 09 April 2006 - 08:44 PM
sweet just watched the vid, love to see "quick" cars blown away buy a mini!
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