My first Qtr mile

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RobCrezz
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My first Qtr mile

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Did my first 1/4 mile drag day at north Weild air field yesterday, was awesome fun, I think im addicted!

If you havent been there before, its a concrete type surface, so no where near as grippy as tarmac but I managed a 13.67 as my best time which I was happy with.

I only lost 1 drag of the day, which was to a stripped out yellow mustang, with roll cage and a very loud v8 who ended up running a 12.

I managed to beat:
Mitsi 3000GT (GTO) Twin Turbo
Jaguar XJS V12
Nova with a red top
Fiesta with a Puma engine on throttle bodies
E36 M3
My mates Pink proton 1.5 (lol)


Was anyone else there? Im pretty sure I had the only MR2 there, didnt see any others.
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RobCrezz wrote:Did my first 1/4 mile drag day at north Weild air field yesterday, was awesome fun, I think im addicted!

If you havent been there before, its a concrete type surface, so no where near as grippy as tarmac but I managed a 13.67 as my best time which I was happy with.

I only lost 1 drag of the day, which was to a stripped out yellow mustang, with roll cage and a very loud v8 who ended up running a 12.

I managed to bead:
Mitsi 3000GT (GTO) Twin Turbo
Jaguar XJS V12
Nova with a red top
Fiesta with a Puma engine on throttle bodies
E36 M3
My mates Pink proton 1.5 (lol)


Was anyone else there? Im pretty sure I had the only MR2 there, didnt see any others.


very good mate, what spec you running?

i have been up the 1/4 yet$
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Good time considering the surface. I've done a 0-60 there back in 2004 and all I remember is the sheer lack of grip.

Kudos to you and your time :thumleft:
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Im running:
Haywood and Scott exhaust
Aussie downpipe (with crack lol)
Blitz intake and dump valve
Ebay intercooler
Greddy Profec B Spec 2 Boost controller at 1.2bar

Was dynoed at around 220 at the wheels before the boost controller (so running standard boost) and intercooler. So its roughly 300 at the fly now.


Yeah was awesome, really hard to get grip there, way less than even normal road surface, lots of people were impressed with my time.
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:thumleft: Where was this at ??! I know of a stripped out yellow mustang ! :mrgreen:

Was a woman driving it ??!! :-$
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JJ wrote::thumleft: Where was this at ??! I know of a stripped out yellow mustang ! :mrgreen:

Was a woman driving it ??!! :-$


North Weald, near Harlow. Na it was a man, late 30s blond hair.
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Did you get shakey leg syndrome when you staged ??!! :mrgreen:
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ahh... I remember that feeling. You can actually here it in my incar 1/4mile vid :lol:
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JJ wrote:Did you get shakey leg syndrome when you staged ??!! :mrgreen:


I got shakey everything as soon as i put my lid on!

I loved it though, what a rush! I think im addicted now.
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do you know when they're doing another one? only found out about this at about 1am sunday morning after half a crate of carlsberg, have always wanted to give north weald a go
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damnit!

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bu88er, i really wanted to know when one of these was on! I am itching to have a crack at the 1320 but would rather not look like a plonker in the staging area at Santa Pod in front of a bunch of people :)
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Next one is on the 14th of June.
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In the diary!
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great result :thumleft: thats a great time first time out :mrgreen:
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marc GT Turbo wrote:great result :thumleft: thats a great time first time out :mrgreen:


Cheers! :thumleft:
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Aye, good time for first time and with your spec.
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I run mid 12s at North Weald, not in an MR2 tho. 1969 Suzuki 500. :whistle:
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i remember my first time :oops: i almost shat my pants and had the leg wobbles . i made a right hash of it all and burnt my clutch out :lol: this was a long time ago now, about 12 years or so . maybe i'll have another go sooner or later .
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Nice good time. . . see your looking after my old baby!! What she was meant for!! Il keep watching as want better times than that!!

Glad you wiped the floor with almost all who you dragged!!

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Scotty_b wrote:Nice good time. . . see your looking after my old baby!! What she was meant for!! Il keep watching as want better times than that!!

Glad you wiped the floor with almost all who you dragged!!

Scotty


Haha yeah, surface at north weild isnt very grippy, just crappy concrete. I think on tarmac I would be at low 13s no problem. On the road I can launch at around 4000rpm with minimal spin and great traction, at north weald it was spinning the tyres at around 3000rpm...

Yeah im still looking after her 8)
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