SantaPod RWYB this Sunday 4th Aug

[SEiGHT]

There's a "Run What You Brung" day this Sunday at SantaPod Raceway. More info at their web site -> http://www.santapod.com

There's 4 of us V8 owners going, and maybe a couple of other Westies from Thames Valley area. Anyone else up for a blast ?

Good value, and now when you say "I can do 0-60 in xx secs" you can show people your drag strip timings to prove it !

[Nick M]

Hmmm, tempted, but I'll have to see if I can get a days pass from SWTSMBO....

[shaun]

Would love to come along but unfortunately have prior arrangements.  Maybe next time    

[beavis]

If the weathers o.k i'll be there.

You sometimes get a few from the northants area, it's normally a great day out.  

[gee_fin]

We have a new toy to debut at Santa Pod soon, all 70bhp of it Expecting 1/4 mile times in the mid 10s Can't make this weekend (shakedown at Reading) but we'll come along to the next one.....

[Mrs Westy]

Awwww missed it.  Can I bring my Smart car next time, or will it hold everything else up  

[SEiGHT]

For those that didn't make it, a great time was had by all. Managed to get a 13.6 on my first run, and got it down to 13.5 in the end. Need some sticky tires I think.

Highlights of the day included VBH in a Bentley, and beating a WRX300 down the strip    

Can't wait until the next one on 1st Sept. See you all there !

[shaun]

Shame I missed it, maybe next time.

Saw Neil last night - believe he got a 14 sec time in his 2.1 pinto

Is there a list of times on the day, any pics?

[SEiGHT]

Was that time on the track, or off-road ?

I'll let Neil explain...        

Should have the piccies for this Sunday. Any special plans, or is it just meet up at the pub as usual ?

EDIT: Here's my times...the last one is for all you (ex) Scooby owners out there...

Run 1:

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Reaction:   1.720

60ft      :   2.119

1/8 ET   :   8.864

1/8 MPH :  80.89

1/4 ET   :  13.683

1/4 MPH : 100.31

Run 2:

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Reaction:   1.229

60ft      :   2.180

1/8 ET   :   9.062

1/8 MPH :  79.94

1/4 ET   :  13.989

1/4 MPH :  97.93

Run 3:

------      (SEiGHT)         (WRX 300)

Reaction :   1.140              1.198

60ft       :   2.098              1.978

1/8 ET   :   8.673               9.095

1/8 MPH  :  81.75              75.78

3/16 ET  :  11.187              N/A

1/4 ET    :  13.503             14.260

1/4 MPH  :  99.44              93.83

The 4WD helped him off the line, but my superior aero-dynamics won through in the end

[shaun]

What do you mean off road

How can you go off road on a drag strip?

[Chris Elworthy]

, or will it hold everything else up  

You don't need anything holding up from where I'm kooking !

[Matt Seabrook]

How much power are you running Mr Seight just for research you know.

[SEiGHT]

It's a fairly standard SEiGHT, most other SEiGHTS out there have a lot more power than mine. A rough guess would be 220BHP based on the times from other cars on Ian's web site.

In an effort to cool the engine down after the runs, I tried a new enhanced water cooling method to reduce temps, see below:

http://ftp.se7ens.net/lists/seight/wet_car.jpg

 

[gee_fin]

LOL Nice day at Santa Pod I see

There's another meet there this weekend btw. Not entirely sure what it is, I think it's one of those meets with lots of neon and big stereo's. Anyways, scarily enough, we've been invited along to do some runs, should be a laugh, expect one or our machines to do high 12s and the other to do mid 10s. The latter costing less than 1/10 of the former LOL

Anyone else wandering along this weekend to 'large it up with the massiv'?

Graeme.

[SEiGHT]

mmmm, looks like it might be a RWYB if you can convince them you are a Street Car...

http://www.ultimatestreetcar.co.uk/rwyb.htm

Don't think I could handle all that bass though. Then again should be a fair sprinkling of 16 year old girls eager to run their hands over my throbbing....engine...

I'll see you there