70 year old at Santa Pod

Number 6 · 22nd December 2016, 08:06

https://www.facebook.com/carthrottle...1389127205466/

As Victor would say...."I do not believe it"

J1MBO · 22nd December 2016, 08:16

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TomRS · 22nd December 2016, 08:38

a 14 seconds is not too bad at all... i'd imagine a 2.5 KV6 running a 100 shot of nitro would be close to 280ish bhp.
A standard R33 GTST would be around the 250bhp mark and clearly got a shocking start.
Either way very embarressing for the R33 (which looked horrendous and deserved to be scrammed by a R75)

good_mojo · 22nd December 2016, 11:31

Putting the 1/4 mile time into torque stats and adjusting the bhp till the target kerb weight is about 1470 kg (Parkers figure for a Classic 2.5 manual car) allows us to estimate the bhp at 263.

The NOS is giving a useful bhp increase. I wonder how reliable the engine is.

The stats produced are:

FWD - 182 bhp/ton
Your BHP: 263
Your Target Weight: 1,468 kg
0-60: 6.0
0-100: 14.6
60-100: 8.6
1/4 Mile ET: 14.32
1/4 Mile Terminal: 100
Dragstrip 1/4 Mile ET: 14.02
Dragstrip 1/4 Mile Terminal: 102

Christopher Price · 22nd December 2016, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by good_mojo

The NOS is giving a useful bhp increase. I wonder how reliable the engine is.

As the car probably cost them less than £500, when it blows up (as it will invariably do) just remove the Nitrous kit and re-fit to the next under £500 bargain. Fantastically cheap way of having some fun at the Pod.

good_mojo · 22nd December 2016, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher Price

As the car probably cost them less than £500, when it blows up (as it will invariably do) just remove the Nitrous kit and re-fit to the next under £500 bargain. Fantastically cheap way of having some fun at the Pod.

That is very tempting as it is a cheap way to race.

I liked this alternative way to improve performance on the drag strip.

Plezier · 22nd December 2016, 15:30

Have actually seen this elderly lady race at the Pod. She needs two sticks to walk with by the way.

t5tart · 22nd December 2016, 16:25

we should do a club drag strip car hahahahahaha

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good_mojo Loves to post Facelift Rover 75 Classic CDT auto and Connoisseur SE 1.8T Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ferryhill Posts: 399 Thanks: 113 Thanked 110 Times in 83 Posts	Estimated bhp from 1/4 mile time is 263 Putting the 1/4 mile time into torque stats and adjusting the bhp till the target kerb weight is about 1470 kg (Parkers figure for a Classic 2.5 manual car) allows us to estimate the bhp at 263. The NOS is giving a useful bhp increase. I wonder how reliable the engine is. The stats produced are: FWD - 182 bhp/ton Your BHP: 263 Your Target Weight: 1,468 kg 0-60: 6.0 0-100: 14.6 60-100: 8.6 1/4 Mile ET: 14.32 1/4 Mile Terminal: 100 Dragstrip 1/4 Mile ET: 14.02 Dragstrip 1/4 Mile Terminal: 102

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