My Bleck 8B

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:59 pm

Long time no post.

Went to EC skid pan yesterday, had a ball as per usual. You can skip to 1.26 and 4.03 for the runs of mine that got recorded in this video made by a mate in the blue 6 driving like a madman. 8)


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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby Okibi » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:40 pm

Looks like a lot of fun, pity each run is so short, should be 3 times longer as a minimum.
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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:33 pm

Headed out to Wakefield last weekend with the NSCC. The weather wasn't looking so good during the drive down with a few patches of sprinkling but once we got to the circuit, there was no sign of rain and the track was slippery but dry enough. Before lunch was the most ideal part of the day with me bettering my PB with a 1:15.001. FUUUUU! With that PB I knew I was going to smash out a 14 by the end of the day. Next session, my lap timer gave me a 14.9x and then the following lap came a 1:14.78 which was verified with natsoft's 1:14.777. :mrgreen:

After that the sun came out and I got sunburnt as a result. :lol: Tried my best to better my new PB but with the heat around, the car just felt sluggish in the exits and down the straight so there wasn't much I could do except braking later and putting the power on earlier. Ended up with some low 15's and that's about the best I could do. Next time out, if I haven't gotten semi's yet, will be aiming for a low 14 which should be possible with this set up. Might need a more aggressive alignment though.

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My dad had fun too! Broke into the 16's with a 1:16.966

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:41 pm

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby re99ie » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:53 pm

didn't know yours is a convertible :wink:

Wheels looks tough!
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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby zorak » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:25 pm

mate I saw this car in the costco carpark tonight - are you running spacers on your 6uls?
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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:53 pm

Yep, 20mm spacers all round. 8)

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:05 pm

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby Regie » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:35 pm

wow...that looks siiick!
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My Bleck 8B

Postby marty085 » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:07 pm

Is that last photo taken out back of Sizzler carpark, Carlton?

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby Lokiel » Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:44 pm

Regie wrote:wow...that looks siiick!


Love the red rims; IMO black rims "disappear into the tyre and wheel arch" and look too drab - I reckon if you've got great rims you want to be able to see them, not just when you get close up.
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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby BadBong » Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:00 pm

honki3rider wrote:Image


Kev... just as I'm about to give up on the 6ULs you come up with a photoshop image of exactly what I was imagining...

Now how am I gonna work the wheels into the budget?.... :roll:

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby Regie » Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:22 pm

BadBong wrote:
honki3rider wrote:Image


Kev... just as I'm about to give up on the 6ULs you come up with a photoshop image of exactly what I was imagining...

Now how am I gonna work the wheels into the budget?.... :roll:


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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby honki3rider » Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:31 pm

marty085 wrote:Is that last photo taken out back of Sizzler carpark, Carlton?


Was taken in the carpark of a mates place. Helping another mate test fit some wheels hence the trolley jack .

BadBong wrote:
Kev... just as I'm about to give up on the 6ULs you come up with a photoshop image of exactly what I was imagining...

Now how am I gonna work the wheels into the budget?.... :roll:


Heh heh, photoshop. :wink: 8)

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Re: My Bleck 8B

Postby re99ie » Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:37 pm

bwahaa that ain't photoshopped.....you miss a spot though ;)
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