E-series vs R31 drag day discussion thread

[mcflux]

I hate living in the sticks (and making bad calls re: weather!) :

Sounds like you all had a great time! I'll make it there ONE DAY...Bastards

At least I did something E-series related yesterday... I lowered my shifter housing by about 5cm thru the trans tunnel. Lookin spiffy now, although its underside is precariously close to the gearbox AND the tailshaft. And I've got a much bigger hole in the trans tunnel that I'll need to plug up somehow (metal or rubber). Meh. Also, the weather was dodgy out my way so I couldn't get under the car to fiddle with some other things. It can wait ;)

So off to Ford Spare Parts tomorrow to get a manual console cover, and then I'll get to work on the leather boot sometime in the week

-Dave-

[EFFalcon]

Originally Posted by Sprint_ED

john,

i think the timing was screwed there, cos at the end i did 3x 15.0 passes all were at 94 mph, so how could i then do a 15 sec pass @ 105 ??? bit wired

hmm... maybe ur right :P
either way its deffinately moving along nicely

[neb]

Yeah as I said in the other thread it was a great night! I too agree this should be an annual event! I was a bit dissapointed with my car's times but ah well can only improve. I've just been looking through my timeslips and my best was actually 15.0759@90.16mph so pretty close to the 14s. Just need to get my clutch fixed up and I should be running 14s easily enough.

I only got one video last night which was of slowea doing a burnout and then reversing up and you can hear it knocking... so that will be posted up soon

[V8 Ghia]

Great night people, big thanks to neb for organising the meet.
I ran a pb of 14.17@97.8mph, I just cant seem to get into the damn 13's.
Re. heathcote timing boards, its the right lane that always seems to give the problems.

[K_Man]

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

Slowest E-Series with to K-Man with a best of 17.8 before encountering problems and heading home early - there is a trophy for u mate

LMAO, thanks mate, although my best was 17.6 :
Yeah, I suspect i have tailshaft unis on the way out, a bit of a buggered diff and either a seized caliper or a warped rotor. Amazing amount of damage caused from only 4 runs. On the bright side, i went out with a BANG :

Thanks to all who organised this meet, was great fun regardless, was also good to catch up with my old car club. Had my car not rooted itself, i soooo woulda had best burnout in the bag :evilking:

[EFFalcon]

edited :P

EASPRINT Video: http://www.deleted link/pics/cruises...te7/slowea.avi

[InitialD]

Congrates to FAIRMONTEL btw ;)

max I loved the 23 second pass with no traction hahaha its a beast (y)

[Walkinshaw]

14.7 from Auto EL with stock stall and diff!!

Damn good job mate, well done!

[neb]

yeah good work elghia definately surprised me when you easily beat me twice first up

[FairmontEL]

Originally Posted by InitialD

Congrates to FAIRMONTEL btw ;)

max I loved the 23 second pass with no traction hahaha its a beast (y)

Hahahaha thanks dude i try my best... stupid no good steelies after that rain i couldnt get any traction at all shoulda put the xr rims back on but ran out of time.

was a top day! i enjoyed my self and ran close to what i was expecting. managed to get a best of 15.6114@91.24MPH

thanks to Ben for organising it all, cant wait for the next one!

Max, the next time i run i will probably be manual :P and you will probably beat me cause i cant drive one properly yet...lol

[FairmontEL]

is there any other pics out there im desperate to get a pic of mine dont have a single one yet LOL

[Rmyers]

I couldn't make it to this one, had a 21st to go to (got pretty trashed aswell :P). Felt like it would have been freezing weather anyway so i guess i'm not too dissapointed i couldn't go :P Were their ANY other boosted fords other than EAsprint having a go???

At least my wheels attented :P

[dansedgli]

My turbo wasnt ready so I couldnt come :(

Not happy Jan.

[FG8PSI]

Thanks everyone, i was thinking i would be in the low 15s but when i run a 14.7@93.36 on my second run i was happy the car run really good the hole night avg time was bout 14.8 but i stuffed up in the DYO :

And thanks to Ben and anyone else who helped organise it, was a great night cant wait till next time

Nick

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by Rmyers

Were their ANY other boosted fords other than EAsprint having a go???

yeah, dcstraight had his there
that was all afaik

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by brenx

Timeslip FF.au database blows. 600*600pixels is useless. Should be at least 500*1500.

Thanks for your valuable input, as always it has been duly ignored!

[cazz]

Hey guys,

Thanks so much for a great day yesterday. This was an event that so many missed out on, that I hope they are kicking themselves. It was a huge day, great atmoshpere, and your members were all great people and very friendly. I am sorry I crossed to the dark side and sold my ford (I already had 3 skylines, and the BA was a POS), but it was really cool to see you guys laughing at my number plates on my old green Ti R31 (Number plates say nancee), and then hear the comments after her very respectable burnout and 14.5 second pass. That was a PB for the old girl. It was a shame there were not more NA R31's and more turbo or forced induction E series there, it was a bit lopsided on the NA and FI scale. What a shame about the luverly red car that went bang. Lucky you had a trailer. All the skyline nuts really wanted to see that car run.

Heres a small link to the clip of Nancee doing her best.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/90784262903995.html


All in all, it was bloody cold, but a great day, thanks again guys. Can't wait till next year, and hopefully, we will get a few more hard nosed enthusiasts there.

[neb]

Thanks for the comments cazz, I did see that respectable burnout very nice indeed!!

I can't wait for next year either, hopefully we'll have an even better turn out next time and a few more turbo falcons to give the skylines a good run!

hmm waiting on swoop to post up some videos!!!

[Walkinshaw]

I'll deffinaly try and attend the next one, espcially that there is a 'best burnout award'. Thats got my name all over it.

[Gubas]

Damn, I seen the pics, and wished i was there. Hopefully work wont hold me up next time. Mabey the next drag day might happen sooner than a years time, if there is enough interest.
Gubas

[Kenaz]

Alright here is the burnout from my first run of the day. After this I didn't bother to do any big burnouts because I was running on the 17s all day.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/122978017909945.html

btw, does anyone have a clip of Jared's burnout?

Ash

[oneredED]

Originally Posted by Kenaz

btw, does anyone have a clip of Jared's burnout?

I think Joel just might have some footage of it, even if i am only in the background as it was on one of my runs against Joel and he had someone filming a few of his runs.

Or, anyone else? I wanna see it ;)

[ilsautomotive]

Looks like everyone had a good time. Well done to those who gave it a go, especially the PBs. Hopefully SLOWEA can recover quickly.

Back in 2002 I was a regular contributor to the R31 forums with the ulterior motive of arranging a Heathcote day just like this. I'm disappointed I couldn't make it this time, but Jase and I were working on my car that day. With any luck we'll arrange the next one in only 6 months, not a year.

[SWOOP]

not to sure if I have it ????? ,Ive only quickly looked through footage ,and tried to rip on to my cpu yesterday but quality suffers big time (CANT HAVE THAT)

so guys I need to organize somthing with a member that has a hot cpu, vid card etc so we can get it all up online!!!! I got bout 20 mins worth on a DV tape

[Sprint_ED]

dood evo should have all the nessessaries

[Walkinshaw]

Kenaz, your link doesnt work for me.

Also why were you running 17's and not low15's!!

[EFFalcon]

he mean's 17" rims ;)
he was running low 15's :P

[brenx]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Thanks for your valuable input, as always it has been duly ignored!

Your welcome :evil_laug

[Kenaz]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

Kenaz, your link doesnt work for me.

Also why were you running 17's and not low15's!!

That's weird. Is anyone else having a problem with the link? I can email it to you if you want?

Also, I was running consistent mid 15's all day, with a best of 15.45 (just behind your PB) When I said running 17s, I meant the rear tyres. I honestly expected to go a bit quicker hoping for at least a 15.3

Ash