Santa Pod Run What Ya Brung Saturday 25th March

[s4woody]

that orange car was a mk3 cortina and did a 7.9 sec run whilst u was in the que..and yes much unfinished..see u all again soon..

[jimbogrey]

Agreed fanatastic day out only managed two runs as had to leave early both lousy starts and missed 3rd on the second managed 14.33 and 97.5.

However not so good was the fact that when back in my home area and driving alaong a favorite piece of road i decided to practice the aforementioned 2nd to 3rd change hit 5500 rapid change up then nothing car dead and lifeless. also whinning at 2500 rpm, me thinks it is the turbo gone, although there hasnt been any signs of turbo noise previously.

could it just be a blown hose or is that just wishful thinking, will try and get to S$woody's tommorrow to have a look

Any ideas (looks like I could be following DaveT with the KO4 upgrade.)

[DavidT]

Any ideas (looks like I could be following DaveT with the KO4 upgrade.)

Let's hope not. Pipe seems the most likely.

[quattrosteph]

oh and quattrosteph is male not female..that shud clear things up nicely...

Thanks god for that!!!!

[quattrosteph]

look at that!

[stevett]

I'm going again, unfinished business and all that. Anyone else ?

god yeah! you guys have definately got to make gti international at bruntingthorpe this year,2 days of events inc the 1/4 mile sprint! june17th/18th vw and audi day http://www.gtiinternational.co.uk/

[njw123]

Lots of fun. Ok, my rubbish 14.1 time is pretty poor , but I only did a couple of runs and lost all my time on the starts - I was way too soft on the car. Stevett's tt is quick though - his start on my second run was even worse than mine, but he surged past during the run.

I've never been to a dragstrip before - Santa Pod's is on a slight rise (surely that robs a tenth or two), and yesterday there was a pretty strong headwind (yet more tenths gone?), so congrats to Stevett on his new pb in those conditions (of course the extra bits on his car helped too!)

There were loads of fantastic cars there, but the little dull grey Ford Anglia (untouched externally, but fitted with a 2.0 16V Vauxhall engine), regularly running 14secs, beating many hot hatchs and Jap coupes was HarryPotteresque.

Did anyone see the Jag roar its engine and light up its tyres massively prior to the start. But on launching, it lamely crawled to a halt just over the start line as the driver simply couldn't see anything due to the cabin still being full of tyre smoke!

Could only stay for a few hours before dashing off home again. But I will definately try again with a better start technique, and maybe a touch more power

Which rwyb event looks like being the next one for rs246ers?

[Ryan_s3]

I went down to mallory on the day as the wind seemed pretty desperate but will be at the gti festival next sunday.Great time steve,knew your car had a low 12 in it.

[stevett]

I went down to mallory on the day as the wind seemed pretty desperate but will be at the gti festival next sunday.Great time steve,knew your car had a low 12 in it.

cheers ryan will try and make next weekend if i can

[DavidT]

Official photos at: www.blackettphotography.com

[ash318]

hi guys just a quick note to say what a nice bunch of blokes you all were ,none of the snobbery i have come across in other meets that ive been to,quattro steph had me and my mates in bits with his dry sense of humour 1 liners and his accent.First time ive ever done the qtr mile in my car got to admit i was a little nervous but give it a go and came home with a 12.7 qtr mile time which i was very pleased with.Thanks to minhea and doug for sorting car and look forward to the next time we all meet up cheers ashley

[BRETTCOLLINS]

Was sorry that I couldn't make it. Car wasn't done. But hoping to pop down there soon to get some times.

If the car is done, Was thinking about VW show on sunday too.

[SLC Detailing]

Whats the gti event?

[Ryan_s3]

santa pod next sunday is the gti spring festival,basically loads of vag stuff,stands,jumble,sow and shine and 1/4mile.

[BRETTCOLLINS]

Yes, GTI spring festival. should be
there.