Interesting Day At Work

[Jolly Green Monster 51 1 Cars]

For my day job I tune another make of car, I have no intention of tuning 205's so I hope this isn't seen as advertising as it's not, just thought people might be interested to see.

 

This weekend was ten of the best, I go every year and the last few have competed in my company demo car.

 

Totb 2014 - after the successful test day on the Saturday

9.95 run on the sarturday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPpRfjsLllM

 

I set off to the hotel and got a needed early night leaving TFS Racing to do a couple of jobs on the car, was such a help to have their assistance all weekend.

The Sunday morning came and unfortunately the morning was spoilt by niggles on the car (cam sensor failure and the extra heat causing noise on the crank sensor, plus other little things I forget but all cost time) so lunchtime comes and goes and the cars working again, in one run to test the car where it worked I kept my foot in and the car gets very lively and weaved the whole width if the strip, the commentators reaction says it all really.

 

http://youtu.be/4QFQ2KqmZXs

the incar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvVQTeb6sU

 

But a lot of the launch specific data from the day before testing is now no longer valid as the strip is now a lot gripper as there is more and more rubber being laid down on it.

Start getting there but the stress of it counting and the time slipping away take it's tole and I just cannot get a clean run. A couple of people point out that I could score points easy in the high speed. I think at this point I had matched a 9.95 quarter time same as the test day - there was a head wind so despite mid boost rather than low with the odd mistake it should have still been quicker.

So I line up to do a flyer and managed 180mph putting me in the points straight away and manage a faster quarter time of 9.82 on that run. Do another flyer and hold it in 5th longer this time and am happy to see joint 5th at 183.7mph and again a faster quarter of 9.75 @ 149mph which is a new PB for me, despite clipping the limiter in 3rd. Was planning to do another and try and miss the limiter in 3rd when Ian pointed out the smoke on the high speed runs is the rear tyres expanding and touching the bumper and I now have two deep groves in the rear tyres so no point risking it. I should have been running my other wheels for flyers as the drag tyres swell about two inches at 150mph lol but then I wouldn't have go the quicker quarter times. No time left to swap them so day over.

So a very pleasing weekend and I believe I came 10th overall too.

9.75@149 and the 183.7mph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh_bGte0SX4

incar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp0SoFQQO8Y

 

Roll on next year

 

Simon

[jackherer 543]

Impressive stuff but you must be losing a fair amount of top end due to the aero drag of the door and window trying to open

[Jolly Green Monster 51 1 Cars]

Impressive stuff but you must be losing a fair amount of top end due to the aero drag of the door and window trying to open

On the high speed run the passenger door and window was taped shut as yet it does get forced open. Lol

[Roon 29 1 Cars]

That looks bloody brisk!

 

Question have you ever been down to surrey rolling road as I swear I've seen that scooby on a trailor there?

[Jolly Green Monster 51 1 Cars]

That looks bloody brisk!

Question have you ever been down to surrey rolling road as I swear I've seen that scooby on a trailor there?

yes I use their dyno weekly and this has been on there a fair number of times

[Roon 29 1 Cars]

How strange! Charlie is a great guy funny too.

 

Did you not notice mine some time last year. Was on the dyno making a hell of a noise as I had a slight blow too.

 

Damn good rollers as well.

 

Has he moves premises yet?

[Jolly Green Monster 51 1 Cars]

How strange! Charlie is a great guy funny too.

Did you not notice mine some time last year. Was on the dyno making a hell of a noise as I had a slight blow too.

Damn good rollers as well.

Has he moves premises yet?

Yeah know Charlie years and almost have my own room in his house lol as I stay there once a week.

 

He has moved to a much nicer premises in Farnborough and spent a lot of money on a proper dyno cell.

 

I don't recall seeing your car there but if you were there for a power run it was unlikely to be a day I was working as I normally book the dyno for the whole day. Car much have been there for a couple of days between tuning it or something

[Roon 29 1 Cars]

Small world hey, yeah was a Saturday in the peak of summer last year but as you say can't have been there then at that moment as you would have heard the damn thing.

 

Remeber Charlie saying don't get your hopes up and then it rolled 178 3 times in a row with perfect fueling etc he was quite shocked. All standard

 

Yeah heard rumours it was down farnborough way. Think well be having a dyno day there soon once he is all at home.

[Jolly Green Monster 51 1 Cars]

He is well settled there. The previous rough unit that was falling down and he made it work, the new place is so do much better and with the decent dyno and charlie he seems to ne making a real go of it.