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SPR to Newcastle. 250 miles. 4000rpm (90mph) or as much as I could get away with late on a Sunday evening.MilesnMiles wrote:Dave 3.91 gears -Cornwall to Santa Pod =290 miles@ 3,700+
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Yeah, them tall tyres made it a lot more bearable.Les Szabo wrote:Remember it well myself Paul, 4.30's with 26" tall tyres, 4000rpm at 55.mph, I wouldn't quite call it bliss, and that was only about 25miles!, only did it the once!!!!......2 B fair, you do have 31" tall tyres, makes all the difference, and on that note....are you driving it to the NATS?
Les
Shame I will not be there to see it this year. Hope that clutch holds out for ya.db wrote:
I'm definitely driving to the Nats mate, the big question is... am I driving it home again after
Yes mate you ARE driving it home this time!!.....pay the money Paul, (easy to say), but get the whole lot, do the job once, and I'll see you there on Saturday blasting up the trackdb wrote:Yeah, them tall tyres made it a lot more bearable.Les Szabo wrote:Remember it well myself Paul, 4.30's with 26" tall tyres, 4000rpm at 55.mph, I wouldn't quite call it bliss, and that was only about 25miles!, only did it the once!!!!......2 B fair, you do have 31" tall tyres, makes all the difference, and on that note....are you driving it to the NATS?
Les
I'm definitely driving to the Nats mate, the big question is... am I driving it home again after
...just take it easy first off till you get the hang on the bite and hook of the car and whats required to stop it bogging., walk before you run!. And go through everything before you run it, valve lash, new plugs? gap, timing etc. etc.
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I used to do it with my charger 440-6 3.23 gears street tires 130 mile drive to pod race it the saturday as is 13,1,s all day swap diff at midnite or thereabouts to a 4,10 and slix and run 13.0s sunday not much diff there guys then swap the 3,23,s back in to drive home,,,Les Szabo wrote:When I was racing in Street class 2 brothers with a roadrunner would do the same, drive there and change their diff to 4.10's before racing, not for everyone though!
hardcore!Cannonball wrote:I used to do it with my charger 440-6 3.23 gears street tires 130 mile drive to pod race it the saturday as is 13,1,s all day swap diff at midnite or thereabouts to a 4,10 and slix and run 13.0s sunday not much diff there guys then swap the 3,23,s back in to drive home,,,Les Szabo wrote:When I was racing in Street class 2 brothers with a roadrunner would do the same, drive there and change their diff to 4.10's before racing, not for everyone though!
Yeah but that's when you were young Duncan.Cannonball wrote:I used to do it with my charger 440-6 3.23 gears street tires 130 mile drive to pod race it the saturday as is 13,1,s all day swap diff at midnite or thereabouts to a 4,10 and slix and run 13.0s sunday not much diff there guys then swap the 3,23,s back in to drive home,,,Les Szabo wrote:When I was racing in Street class 2 brothers with a roadrunner would do the same, drive there and change their diff to 4.10's before racing, not for everyone though!
You betLes Szabo wrote:Yes mate you ARE driving it home this time!!.....pay the money Paul, (easy to say), but get the whole lot, do the job once, and I'll see you there on Saturday blasting up the trackdb wrote:Yeah, them tall tyres made it a lot more bearable.Les Szabo wrote:Remember it well myself Paul, 4.30's with 26" tall tyres, 4000rpm at 55.mph, I wouldn't quite call it bliss, and that was only about 25miles!, only did it the once!!!!......2 B fair, you do have 31" tall tyres, makes all the difference, and on that note....are you driving it to the NATS?
Les
I'm definitely driving to the Nats mate, the big question is... am I driving it home again after
Les
