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[lxsstorana]

I had a great time at the drags, 1st time as a competitor and I really enjoyed it.

Like Mitch said, there were heaps of cars at WSID so waiting time was quite long but gave you time to have a chat.

I did two runs. First run up against Keith and I just followed his tail lights (to good for me Keith) but in my defence it was my first ever run. I stuffed up the start with over a 1 second reaction time and then blew a couple of fuses and had no dash lights or brake/tail lights. Anyway I ran a 16.4 and was happy with that as I only revved it to about 3,500 .

Second run was up against a new Commodore Clubsport who appeared from nowhere ( I was supposed to be racing Keith for a rematch). Hadn't fixed the electrical problem but ran 14.3 and only revved the motor to about 4,500 but it was hard to see without dash lights but good enough to beat him. (Reaction time was 0.88 still too slow)

Looking forward to the next run with some improved times. Should be able to get into the 12's if I learn how to drive and react quicker.

Great to catch other forum members. Here's some photo's from the night.

Cheers Mick.

[MRLXSS]

Sweeet! Looks like fun guys!! Good stuff!

[orangeLJ]

I have a shitty quality video (only just realised how povo that feature on my povo phone is) of keith VS Mick!

was good to see everyone out and about, sucks about the lack of runs for the night though!

our trip home turned into a shitfight with roadworks every bloody 10ks on the freeway!

[unclefestal34s]

Good day out last nite i enjoyed myself good group guys gas bagging reasonably good track conditions,..my yellow L34 was very savage best run 11.6 at 117mph,.. last run torched it and ran 12.2 at 118 mph,.. the car was brutal and handful,..but i wouldn't have it any other way..thanks again guys but i think we should band together and organize a private track day instead joining that queue that resembled a circus..

[mitchg]

I agree about the private day! We were talking to Tiny about it last night... Would be good but we need definate entrants.

[unclefestal34s]

I'll be up for that, want to run the L34 again, my 12.7 was at 113mph. If i can get my Torana out of the hole quicker it will be an interesting race.

no problem,..you might get hole a tad quicker being a auto but your terminal speed is not enough to stay with my car,..113 mph should be able to get you a high 11 second pass...look forward to being out there again...if you have any pics of our race could you kindly post them..thanks

[Tiny]

Hey everyone!

Once again it was great to catch up, and the steam has only just stopped coming out my ears from not being able to race on a night where the weather was SO good!

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, especially those who races for the first time (Mick!) well done
Hope you got home ok with no tail lights too mate! I'd be interested to know what;s causing the fuse to blow!!

LH SLR 3300: I'm spewing i missed your first run, but the car sounds TOUGH as and it sounds like a *VERY* similar setup to mine! My honest impression given your MPH and setup is a high 11 the same as my car does. Grab those MT ET Street Radials theyre *AWESOME*. I'd say the thing holding your car back from serious mid/low 11s is the same as mine... Diff ratio! I'm running 3.7:1 on a 28" tall tyre, and my 60' is what's killing me. I really need to step up to something like a 4.11 or 4.3:1 ratio to see the maximum potential out of my combo. (and i think yours too!).

Anyway, Was good to meet you at the end of the night, Sorry for being a rude bugger and not formally introducing myself and Simmo!

Mitch and a few others have talked about a private track hire day, BUT the one thing that turns me off about that is the 11 sec cut off time! It would mean that valued members with some of the toughest NSW drag cars cant attend like Anthony ( who was there in HYP-400 running 9.8-9.9 all night!) and SUXGAS and a few others who would dearly love to race could not attend!
I dont know how to get around this problem other than to make them put in a throttle stop ( AS IF!! HAHAH!!), and just hold a day for the slower cars like ours.

Once again i really enjoyed the night and i'm STILL spewing i couldnt race, but next time!! the weather is coming around more too!

Cheers!

[lxsstorana]

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, especially those who races for the first time (Mick!) well done
Hope you got home ok with no tail lights too mate! I'd be interested to know what;s causing the fuse to blow!!

Got home safely and thoroughly enjoyed the night.

Had a look at the car the next day and could only work out the problem was in the headlight wiring. Took it to an auto electrician and he found the problem pretty quickly.

I've got H4 headlights, the three prong attachments were fine but underneath you have the two spade connections for the parking lights. Some boof head (me ) put the wires around the wrong way causing the short.

All good now and ready for some more driving.

Mick.

[Tiny]

Ahh nice one mick! GLad you got it sorted though mate Geez the car looked Awesome too

Deedsy: Mate no stress, i cant organise anything straight away anyway, but i think we'll have to organise something! THere is another thread on it in the events section too, so i'll bump that and see what people want to do!

[lxsstorana]

Here's some more photo's of some of our torana's in action plus a few others. Sample photo's from Cackling Pipes photography.
(Couldn't find photo's of keith1962 or LH SLR 3300)

[lxsstorana]

Hi guys, just wondering how you fared with the pro light my best reaction time was a .257 pretty average, definitely no time to think, just react. Jeff

I'll swap you reaction times Jeff. I did a 1.2 and a 0.88 which isn't very good but I didn't care.

People think I'm crazy having ago at this at age 49 but its something I've alway wanted to try. (must be the mid life crisis thing).

Matt - LH SLR 3300, I was abit concerned (and just between you and me maybe a little scared of what my car can do). I'm still learning how to drive if but have alot more confidence in it now after the first meeting. The car seems strong so I just have to pull my finger out and put the pedal to the floor.

The good news is I can pick up alot of time when I get used to the light system.

Just need more practise and to put the pedal to the metal.

Bring on the next meeting.

Mick.

Edited by lxsstorana, 10 April 2009 - 03:05 PM.

[fatslr]

Congratulations to all of you guys
It was great to meet so many people off the forum in one night and there are even a couple there that i didn't meet ,i think i was in a bit of a trance myself being around so many tough cars /street machines .
I couldn't believe the quality/quantity of cars racing on midweek non event night
The track itself is very similar to the Motorplex which is what i had been told it is a great facility

I was very impressed with all of the Torries there there was heaps it would be awsome if we could do a recruitment drive on them - i reckon there would have been at least another 10-12 Toranas there not flying our flag.

What really impressed me was UncleFestas L34 running 11 seconds {with slicks} impressed mainly because it still runs L34 heads and L34 headers mechanical fuelpump which gives me inspiration for FATSLR when i get home as i had it in my head that i needed VN type heads and better exhaust Etc to get mine hopping.

I loved the engine bay in Matt's LH very smooth i look forward to seeing what you run when you get your slicks and hook up

Keith's car and attitude was spoton just get in and drive no slicks or trricks just a big grin

I reckon Mick's hatch will run a good ET too just floor it mate




Thanks again guys for a great night and another moment on my trip which i will cherish

Garth