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[N/A-PWR]

Wow,

I looked at a place there 17 years ago, 3 bedroom House, 1/3 acre for $14,000, never knew they had an Airstrip, sounds good. Dave I

Title is fantastic

 

 

 

Just Checked the Website - Amazing, Planes racing Super-cars down the Strip

Edited by TORYPOWER, 28 March 2014 - 12:01 AM.

[eyepeeler]

Wow, that flat spin must have widened the eyes somewhat!!

[Oversteer]

Eddy will be back, has re-shelled the car again, mate was the skyline racing him when he spun and rolled, when they got to the car both guys were in a ball on the roof ...out of the harnesses and helmets had come off ! He was pretty shaken up for the rest of the day after being involved/seeing in that.

 

Will be back this year to throw the cat among the pigeons, have a bit more power on Methanol (685hp,764Nm) so might be up the pointy end ... be interesting to see if some big hitters can pull of a good pass and crack 300.

 

Torana might be ready for next year, thats if i`m game to wind a LH out to 300.... what do you reakon the aero is like on the old girl !?

[355LX]

Best I managed was 240km/h. You really hit an aerodynamic brick wall above about 210. Over 800m I managed 235km/h, so the extra 200m didnt make a huge difference for me. You could really hear the engine working at sustained wot in top gear, but was a lot of fun. Loved the rolling drags, was surprised at how competitive the old girl was, winning more than I lost. I expected to get smoked by everything, and the 225 street tyres didnt help.

[355LX]

Oh and seeing Eddy's monaro barrel rolling towards us as we drove back on the return road was very sobering. My passenger didnt go for another run after that.

[Oversteer]

What car were you running 355lx ? Are you running this year ?

 

We are heading up Friday, i`ll be the Subaru wagon with Number 2 on the side

 

Your right there is a brick wall @~215 220, after that building speed takes a lot of horsepower.... i'm surprised how well the early 90's point and shoot jap stuff did, must have fair aero to stomp all the big $$$ Supercars(which surprised me how disappointing they were in a situation were they could stretch legs)

 

You would be surprised how traction off the line does not really help top end speed, chew the start of the track too quickly leaves you less distance to accelerate..... just like the drags.

 

Most of us awd guys were treating it like a drag race with full out launches which actually was less effective for trap than just driving off the line.... we did do some pretty respectable 19.6 sec et's however... which there was no prize for.

Edited by Oversteer, 28 March 2014 - 10:12 PM.

[355LX]

Oversteer I was there in my Aqua hatchback. Wont be running this year, going up to camp and spectate. 

 

You're right about the horsepower, the amount required goes up exponentially. Minimum 600hp I reckon to get a torry up into the 260-270km/h mark. TBH I just cant see a Torry making 300km/h over the standing kilometre without some serious aero (flat floor etc) changes, and something like an ex nascar or supercar engine under the hood as well as a Holinger.

 

Which car were you in?

[Oversteer]

Ahh i do remember seeing a aqua hatchback, i just couldn't`t find you in the run lists for some reason.

 

My SLR5000 should pack enough hp but it will be a matter of stability holding it back, what did you hatch feel like over the bumps at the end of the track at speed ?

 

I was is the Ruby Mica(red!)Subaru Legacy Wagon, has a bit of poke, took out 2nd outright  

 

Roll on vid 

Edited by Oversteer, 30 March 2014 - 01:16 AM.

[N/A-PWR]

Mate, that Subie has some grunt

I think the WAR has just started

[355LX]

Honestly the Torana felt fine over the bumps at the end there. Matt (1UZBT1) went for runs as a passenger in both my car and our good mate's 2JZ powered silvia, and he said the Torana felt more settled then the Silvia did.

 

Oh and BTW, that wagon of yours is a weapon, love it!

Edited by 355LX, 30 March 2014 - 03:49 PM.

[ozyozyozy]

a Subaru liberty last year cracked 270kmh, its well engineered got a lot of good bits, BIG ap brakes and he struggled to stop in time at the end of runway.

me personally I don't think they take the safety aspect seriously enough when your planning on having cars running at those speeds, there is a lot more to it then chucking in a big engine and hang on, tyres, tailshafts, driveshafts, aero drag.

rod with the bronzed ozy commodore at lake gardiner used to have a 200 litre water tank in the boot for stability at speed.

[Oversteer]

268 actually

 

And yes the braking area is rather tight when your traveling @ 75m a sec, this year i have "race only" pads installed so it will pull up better..... but there isn't a lot of room for error and if your going to hit 280+ you need super car brakes to pull  up, sleep for sec across the line and the braking area gets smaller quick... then there is a small sand trap,  fence on a bank and a dam !

 

I have pointed out to the organisers that a little more run-off would be nice, but regard-less i'm game to run it hard....i think most people who have enough power to smoke the K at whylie needed to have brass balls ,,,,all good, makes you feel alive !

[Oversteer]

I hear what your saying, and in-fact i was the first to officially bring the subject up and then debate it at length and cop a fair amount of shit for it, but in the end insurance has let the event run, 95% of people aren't going to go fast enough to have too much of an issue and half of the rest that could i suspect knew what was good for them and bailed on a full km pass. There is always going to be danger in motor sport... un fortunately if the air strip in whylie got deemed un-suitable the event would have no where to go...and not go ahead, i don't want that.

 

I think this year the returning big hp guys will have a new respect for braking to go with the 4 digit hp, something that is never up to scratch in drag racing because of the dependence on chutes, there will be some very quick times if everyone gets everything to come together on the day.

[ozyozyozy]

well done on the speed oversteer good job.

im all for the events, you don't want to see any one get hurt, only takes one stupid act to give the goodie too shoes out there an excuse to shit can events.