Has word spread about my sneaky flying lap when you were fixing your waterpipe? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
Has word spread about my sneaky flying lap when you were fixing your waterpipe? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
out of intrest whats your fastest laptime round donington?Quote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
p.s im not taking up the challenge........yetlol :p
Mine was 1 min 28 secs in a nova using a stock xe, coilovers, lsd and A539's, That was in 2005, I'm not even going to look into what lap times the Tigra was managaing LOL
The fact it made it round was a miracle
That is awesome, never seen it before but I do like it a lotQuote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Fooook me, thats quick for a std xe. How stripped was the shell? What brakes were you using?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonlem
Car spec was at that time was :
1991 Sr Shell
Polybushed
Rose jointed Tie bars
LMF V6 brake conversion, stock pads, ATE blue fluid, braided lines
Spax RSX coilovers
Concentric top mounts (later swapped for eccentrics)
Quaife LSD in a F18
Genuine 41k Discpack xe
Ashley Group A system
Powercap
16" Mo's with 195/45/16 Yokohama A539's
The car ran stock SR interior at the time although we removed the rear seats and bits for that event, no cage or perspex at that time either.
We finished building the car at 2am in the morning, the first time that engine had seen proper use in 7 years was at Donny LOL
I would just link you to the build thread but I've recently organized my photobucket account and thus all the links are now wrong so heres a few pics, you may remember it.
The morning of Donny 2005 :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...E/donnyice.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...20XE/donny.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...a%20XE/bay.jpg
Ring pics :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...E/dsc08117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...XE/Ring071.jpg
It was a awesome car, mentally fast for a stock xe, even faster with the gas on it and it really did handle well, Keith Robinson will no doubt back me up on how good it felt round the ring, I will admit some suspension advice did help a lot towards us doing that sub 9 min lap but we were doing 9.03's before I got some advice which was only to run it much softer than I normally would.
Poor car, shouldn't of broken that one really
Nitrous was never used for anything more than road and 1/4 though so all times are off gas :)
I remember that car and that day at Donny. It was bloody fast little car! Handled itself very well.
Didn't you tow the car home on rope? lol
I towed Keith Robinson back from the ring on a bar, now that was a mission LOL
I'll never forget looking in my mirror to see Keith nodding off in the drivers seat
I'll dig out the "Wake Up Keith" video of when I did the rolling burnout pulling out of a services
F**K YEAH
Without rosejointed stuff? Whatever next????!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonlem
Looked lovely though mate :) Its annoying looking back on cars you get rid of and wonder why you ever did. Its always a better idea at the time.
mine will be lucky to get polly bushes lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
Well it had rose jointed tie bar brackets, that must of been the reason
Can't agree more though, I don't even want to think of the cool cars I've had and sold
hmmm a 1976 Mk2 Escort Estate in Beige with 24k on the clock :mad: :mad: drove like new, had more hidden rot than the titanic but was still the best car as I couldn't go anywhere in it without being stopped and questioned about it, the Police even stopped me once just to have a sit in it lol
Isn't there a thread on this subject, I'll contribute to that rather than go anymore off topic :thumb:
Quick car then for what was not a huge spec list....
Hmm, interesting :D
I swear by stock xe's, one of the best engines ever, I can't deny that the less weight of the small blocks helps with handling but to get a small block to keep up with a big block costs and if you spent that on a 20xe engine you would have no chance of catching it in any small block.
Depends what floats your boat, that nova was my daily driver for over a year, it had its problems along the way but only self inflicted, 4th limiter into 3rd didn't help, one lean moment on the gas cost me a set of pistons and the head gasket failed after towing Keith back from Germany, trying to race Clio V6's whilst towing probably contributed towards that LOL
I had a 1979 in white :cool: Had sexy dogtooth seat fabric too :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonlem
lol that towing journey from Germany to France is something I'll never forget lol
How do I give rep, you deserve it for that :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)
Mine had red leather...ette interior, mmmm nice lol
You and me both, what a adventure lolQuote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
Seeing as this thread is way off topic anyway...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...v/DSC00816.jpg
Handling was amazing, loads of body roll, but generated soooo much mechanical grip!
Looks a lot minter than mine !
It wasn't lol