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Postby simontaylor » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:39 am

He "might" beat you over a quarter mile, but remember you have a Grand Tourer "GT".
How does he feel and how does his car behave when it has been driven at 130+mph for 40 minutes, "Cannonball style"?
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Postby darrenbiggs » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:55 am

Joe's standard A610 kicked bottom remember, and yours should have a similar power to weight.

It's all down to that 1st to 2nd gear shift if you ask me....... just don't bodge it up and embarrass us all right :lol:

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Postby gt5 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:07 am

has anybody got any tips for a quick launch in the gta,or is it just a case of holding it at around 5000rpm and dumping the clutch i dont really want to blow the gearbox up
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Postby gt5 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:12 pm

thanks i will give both a go i tried the later one(slipping the clutch slightly) in my dads spider when we was at york dragway dont think he was to impressed as it stunk and was smoking a little :lol:
how did you get on in the gt battle lee?
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Postby simontaylor » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:17 pm

I think it got postponed due the the organiser who had dissappeared for the day.
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Postby clee » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:30 pm

simontaylor wrote:I think it got postponed due the the organiser who had dissappeared for the day.



Nah ,the japanese boys got wind I was gonna run and bottled it, they cancelled the event :lol: :lol:
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Postby Tony Smith » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:23 pm

At Santa Pod (which is slightly uphill) a standard GTA with a good launch will run high 14's - low 15's. A chipped (220-230bhp) car will run mid 14's. By my reckoning about 250 bhp required to break into the 13's and about 320-330 to get in the 12's.
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Postby Alpineandy » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:53 pm

Tony Smith wrote:At Santa Pod (which is slightly uphill) a standard GTA with a good launch will run high 14's - low 15's. A chipped (220-230bhp) car will run mid 14's. By my reckoning about 250 bhp required to break into the 13's and about 320-330 to get in the 12's.


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Postby Tony Smith » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:49 pm

Because the GTA has massive traction off the line you could probably break it in 1 go if you tried hard enough! Because I'm poor I tend to be more sympathetic and sacrifice a few tenths for a bit of mechanical sympathy
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Postby simonsays74 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:55 pm

i broke both engine mountings and the gearbox mounting all at the same time in the atmo doing a drag race at a dis-used runway! :lol:

must be a weak point!
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Postby David Gentleman » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:57 pm

simonsays74 wrote:i broke both engine mountings and the gearbox mounting all at the same time in the atmo doing a drag race at a dis-used runway! :lol:

must be a weak point!


You sure your front brakes werent jammed on!!?? :shock: :lol:
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Postby clee » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:05 pm

With 500 bhp won't it just break in half :?:
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Postby simontaylor » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:08 pm

With 500bhp, you wont need to drop the clutch, I'm guessing it would just be effortless to accelerate !!!
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Postby clee » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:27 pm

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee ladd, like a big old t'traction engine
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