A few more Nats pics

[mopar_mark]

Don't forget that 7.87 was on street tyres, so really is impressive as far as I'm concerned. Even more so when looking at his 60ft's, think best for the weekend was 1.28 maybe slightly less.

As you say, it takes more strain on the motor, with the additional weight of street components, then again, I know Mark is not even pushing the motor.

I am sure you were happy & should be proud of your achievements, that was never in question in my mind

[Dave81]

at the turbo!

I thought that one of the big issues with impella failiure is that the parts get sucked into the engine, and kill it??

If its only the turbo thats gone he's very lucky!!

[Les Szabo]

Mark I'm taking nothing away from his acheivements, 7.87 on low tune and street tyres is fast, and I guess he built it to run in that tyre class?...but when I look at a car like that, I naturally still assume its on Slicks which is what a Race Car should be on in my old fashioned way of thinking.

I cannot understand why you would want to limit your performance with street tyres when you could go faster with Slicks and without all that street stuff .....just like Frosty, although at least he runs his on Slicks now at 6.50's, then swopping to street tyres and doing 10 miles or whatever down the road to Tesco's for the film crew and claiming he's the fastest street legal car in the world....what a load of b*ll*cks!, and I've told him so, but hey, thats only my opinion, and were all entitled to that, he seemed to take it ok though. he said it was all to do with getting sponsorship, well good luck to him.

I guess turning up at a street meet/cruise with a 7sec car really does it for some for the adoration/attention, and the "Hot rodding tradition", is it worth all the extra hassle/expense and worth limiting your true performance at the track, maybe?.....its your money, your way, but it don't mean a great deal in my eyes, its a Full on 2000hp Race Car, with the wrong tyres, back peddled with computers to get it out of the whole and down the track....I guess the skill is in who can back peddle it the best!... I would run it on slicks and go for it, and be in the 6.70's or thereabouts.

Anyway, I hope he does really well and goes faster if thats the way forward for him on those tyres.

[Cannonball]

Mark I'm taking nothing away from his acheivements, 7.87 on low tune and street tyres is fast, and I guess he built it to run in that tyre class?...but when I look at a car like that, I naturally still assume its on Slicks which is what a Race Car should be on in my old fashioned way of thinking.

I cannot understand why you would want to limit your performance with street tyres when you could go faster with Slicks and without all that street stuff .....just like Frosty, although at least he runs his on Slicks now at 6.50's, then swopping to street tyres and doing 10 miles or whatever down the road to Tesco's for the film crew and claiming he's the fastest street legal car in the world....what a load of b*ll*cks!, and I've told him so, but hey, thats only my opinion, and were all entitled to that, he seemed to take it ok though. he said it was all to do with getting sponsorship, well good luck to him.

I guess turning up at a street meet/cruise with a 7sec car really does it for some for the adoration/attention, and the "Hot rodding tradition", is it worth all the extra hassle/expense and worth limiting your true performance at the track, maybe?.....its your money, your way, but it don't mean a great deal in my eyes, its a Full on 2000hp Race Car, with the wrong tyres, back peddled with computers to get it out of the whole and down the track....I guess the skill is in who can back peddle it the best!... I would run it on slicks and go for it, and be in the 6.70's or thereabouts.

Anyway, I hope he does really well and goes faster if thats the way forward for him on those tyres.

a mate of mine bought an old formula 1 car think it was a lauda car he mot,d it and taxed it put street tires and headlamps on it and he was the coolest kid at the doughnut run but he never won a formula 1 race with it,

[latil]

Cheers for comments so far, few more up. . . .