for wun

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:53 am

The watch

Hrmz I never really use mirrors when driving :shock:

I dont belive a little nissan micra beat me :oops:

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/resul ... 8.WIN.S5.Y

Yeah I will leave the seat in on driver training day, any help to get my time down would be really cool.

Is steve going to take his own advice and get on the track? Then maybe I wont be last lol!

stevesports · Postby **stevesports** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:11 am

yeah i will. I'm actually getting new shocks + springs at the moment. In addition, i'll be looking at getting some 15' wheels so i can get access to cheaper tyres + lower unsprung weight.

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:37 am

wun911 wrote:Hrmz I never really use mirrors when driving

maybe you should, doing 1:55s...

I dont belive a little nissan micra beat me
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/resul ... 8.WIN.S5.Y

Well, isn't it obvious - they're so much lighter!

Forget the Micra - I can't believe you were within ~1 second of an EVO7...

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:56 pm

what sort of top speeds are you hitting on that track?

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:17 pm

apparently putting the roof and windows up gives you better aerodynamics = faster

so i heard anyway

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:08 pm

wun911 wrote:

I agree, get a passenger with knowledge to show you some lines...

....probably need to put the passenger seat back in though. :wink:

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:29 am

You should totally put hydrogen in your tyres. It'd be lighter than air.

CJ5 · Postby **CJ5** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:31 am

sabretooth wrote:You should totally put hydrogen in your tyres. It'd be lighter than air.

Four mini spinning Hindenburg's?

AJ · Postby AJ » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:41 am

sabretooth wrote:You should totally put hydrogen in your tyres. It'd be lighter than air.

doesn't do much for traction tho Geoff.............. :wink:

grump · Postby **grump** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:17 am

a micro switch under your accelerator peddle that turns your altenator off when you put your foot right down. an altenator that is producing charge uses horse power.

CJ5 · Postby **CJ5** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:48 am

grump wrote:a micro switch under your accelerator peddle that turns your altenator off when you put your foot right down. an altenator that is producing charge uses horse power.

go to bed grump! :lol:

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:09 pm

From my limited understanding nitrogen is better... inert...

sabretooth · Postby **sabretooth** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:16 pm

Four explosions are a small sacrifice for the extra lightness.

CJ5 · Postby **CJ5** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:18 pm

sabretooth wrote:Four explosions are a small sacrifice for the extra lightness.

well if the tyres blow up thats another 30+kg (unsprung, rolling) saved

grump · Postby **grump** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:06 pm

CJ5 before you so easily dissmiss something, do a little reserch, for example to produce 45 amps requires approximately a 2 hp generator. if your altenator is charging at 45 amps it is using 3/4 of a horsepower. If you are running a battery that is half charged and the altenator is working hard to charge it ,the altenator will draw horsepower from your engine. I used the mico switch system on a ski boat that won the Queensland drag ski title many years ago, and that had a 350 chev in it that was producing nearly 700 hp.