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As you all now know, the date has been announced here:
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=20028
Please use this forum to discuss the up and coming event :)
I'm currently putting together a fact sheet for the day with everything you need to know on it, so check back soon :agree:
Please see Post 169 onwards for information on dates etc
https://rtoc.org/boards/showpost.php?p=256050&postcount=169
ooo, lets start off with a list shall we, who's going :cooter::wasntme:
Just booked day of work today so i'm in.:)
if my work don't let me have the time off i can promise they will have a letter of resignation from me and thats a promise
I WILL BE THERE
i bet your car wont though :pQuote:
Originally Posted by philr5t
Count me in:D
Hark at you... I bet yours won't either :cooter:Quote:
Originally Posted by car.crash
its done, im just waiting on some wheels.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
Im in :) Lets get phils smashed again:scared: and mike selling parts to a bush:agree:
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Originally Posted by JRP
Indeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed let's get Phil smashed again love it large
Im in,- should be great day :)
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Originally Posted by car.crash
mate i'll push the old c**t if i have to :D
me and the wife will be there we cant wait.:agree::D
i've booked the day off work I will be there
I will definately be there, hopefully in my own car, looking forward to it :D
Love Pod day, see ya there.
Think I'll be staying this year, missed out on some tree hugging :D
Hell yeah!! Great fun last time....:agree:
hopefully if my 5 is ready,i will deffo go as i have never been to pod:sad2:
and people are always telling me its in a different league to york dragway
i will be there again santa pod i may as well live there time for some more records to be broke :burnrubber::burnrubber::burnrubber::burnrubber::b urnrubber::burnrubber:lol
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Originally Posted by Hi 5
how u heard about my c1j quarter mile in reverse record attempt? :laugh:
booked the weekend off :agree::agree::agree: had a great time last year:)
Quality, was a brilliant night, woke up the next day in the front of my bm still smashed. Lager, its what it's made for. I had 48 cans in the boot and we did them along with the 24 stellas matey sold us at one in the morning, plus what you, Mike and Phil brought.Quote:
Originally Posted by JRP
I will be coming last one I went to was in my red Clio gtt will be the 5's first pod :-)
Well ive been told by markey mark i need to get my arse along to this :laugh:
So me and the clio gtt(marks old campus lump) ..will be in attendance :cool:
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
:agree: yeh im up for this
im in :D
when is the closing date for payments?
Mines still not been resprayed or driven more than 30 miles so a little nervous if i'll make it :laugh:
I haven't listed the tickets yet ....trying to build up a sense of urgency for when I do :devil:
well mines painted and drives ok so just waiting to buy a ticket for this and national day :smokin:
Am gonna give this a blast aswell as national day, need to get practicing launches as not very use to a 1.4 turbo front wheel drive:D
Be good to meet up with you lot, you all sound mad as f**k bring it on lol:laugh:
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
I ll be there for the first time. but first have to finish rebuild on engine
will keep you all posted :crap:
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Im up for it!
Anyone know when tickets go on sale? less than couple months away now :)
This week .
I'll fire up the shop listing soon .
I've been waiting to see just how things go with National Day ticket sales .
Listing early and cheaper seems to make feck all difference ,people will either buy or not .
We are still on target to lose £7k + on National day :sad2::crap:
Really not good fella its sad yknow, even it half the people who are members of RTOC went it would make things alot better :sad2: losing 7k :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by clee
I'm in
This can only prompt a radical look at the way in which we do National day. Discuss elsewhere, sorry for the hijack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Raider
The one you've all been waiting for. I've been spending some time designing a lovely new FAQ sheet for the Pod day. Please keep this thread to questions that I perhaps have not covered the answers for, and I'll amend/update as required. Can't wait myself, very excited about the camping antics :D
POD Day FAQ Sheet <---- Click me
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!
Shop Link
Just wondering if this one is still a goer?! I know ticket sales with National Day have been very disappointing so wouldnt be surprised if there wasnt enough people to go ahead :scratch:
Actually Nat Day ticket sales have picked up and Pod is very much still on - it's all paid for too :agree:
great news on nd ticket sales :) hoping to make frog of the pod also :agree:
Niceone! any ideas when tickets go on sale?
We thought it best to put them on sale as soon as Nat Day is over with, so not long now :)
:agree: :)
really hoping to make this just gotta get the day off work ;) as this would be my 1st frog of the pod and i here its a good event :agree:
how much are tickets for this ?
should be along to this, and hitting 12s if i can get brigsys wheels and tyres on ;)
:eek::eek: Gearbox R.I.P!Quote:
Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok
:laugh:
I am up for this, this year seeing as I missed Nat Day just be spectating for the day and chatting:agree::D
Doing the rounds them tyres.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok
Ill be down for this event but without a car to run... :cry:
That's bad news Rob!
Is it alright to run a non renault? Don't fancy blowing the daily!
Will there be a price for non members also I've got a mate that fancys coming!
Cheers Ron
I know how you feel mate, i'm having major issues with my clutch on the red 5 so looks like its going to miss it although will be giving my tungy a good thrash, see if i can better my own personal best with this carQuote:
Originally Posted by Rob@Backyardracing
car knows its own way down the strip so reverse sound like a plan lol any thing for a laugh :D:D:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by jaffa
ohh check out hairy with the horsepower!!!! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok
open crutch budgie smugglers ftw and weight saving!!!! :wasntme:
I’m in
Day off work booked, Money ready for ticket.
now Just need the talents of Markey Mark to get the bloody car working
Tickets now on sale :)
50 spaces only ( Santa Pod terms of hire )
https://www.rtoc.org/shop/index.php?m...b2ab9809a35281
I've ordered mine :cool: can't wait, see if I can actually get my car there this year..
Who else is going?
Well after paying for a track pass and not getting on track at ND I feel I should do the same again for this event LOL
Not 100% if I will run the track beast as I have BIG fears over the rear diffs ability to deal with the new found powerplant and giving it abuse off the line is not going to help!
Prob come along either way as its a great day out, could always use the runs for mapping :coffee:
DG
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Originally Posted by Duncan Grier
Hahaha yeah I no the feeling, exactly what happend to me at last years POD day, had a ticket but didn't run as my car decided to throw a fit on the way :cry:
What sort of diff you running?
as your into the kit cars now, come and have a look at my dads :D as long as he brings it.. (that's got a YB turbo, 560bhp and weighs about 500kgs) very scary stuff...
Its running live rear axel but not the stronger atlas item :scared: cant remember what its from tbh
1st kit car type thing I have worked on tbh (well you could argue the VX220 was a posh kit car lol) and not sure why I never played about with them before.
In fact the year before at ND I only did a few laps in big steves as the car was broke :cry: just like to pay into the club out my own pocket I guess :cooter:
Old school turbo power (a lot of it mind) can imagine traction is the one thing missing :wasntme: I love anything a bit different, especially if its silly quick
DG
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Originally Posted by Duncan Grier
Prob a sierra type 7 1/2 inch, mostly what kit cars tend to use as they are cheap and plenty around..
Good thing about kit cars is they are light so you don't need alot of power and they stick to the road like sh't to a blanket :D
My dad has had his dutton for most of my life tbh, used to has a lotus twin cam.. Then went silly and decided to do a full tube chassis with YB power.. Traction is good of the line tbh (1.3 60'), but it's setup for drag racing, so you'd expect it.. Only really has problems mid track, mainly due to changing gear.. Suspension unload's and upsets the car..
All being well i will be attending and running, Unless my mrs goes into labour:laugh: she's due pretty much around that time:wasntme:
Just this weekend finished putting the lump i have re-built in, got to get it tax'ed mot'd and insured and try and get some miles on it beforehand:scared: going to try my hardest to not still be putting it back toghether at 3am the night/morning before like last year:crap:
Im coming down! Hope this time to chat to some of u guys!!
Going to be removing a few bits off the car, Having it rolling road set up with a few more mods and a side exit set up! Also some new front wheels running sexy slickssss!:smokin:
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by REBEL GT TURBO
After a great time at ND I'll be at the pod. Hopefully get around to meet people I missed at ND.
Have we got the fenced car park area again?
We've got the whole Pod :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple_rob
As i had a slight issue with the engine on the 5 at Nat Day, can i bring my motorbike to Pod? I seem to remember afew bikes at the rtoc day afew years ago??? Thanks
I didn't know Renault did slowpeds :)
I'm pretty sure that's OK :agree:
If i put a renault badge on the tank, does that count? ;-)
How much is it for spectators, thinking of bringing me mate along with me and have the missus and boy behind in the family car, think it would be best if i put a few tools in the boot to :laugh:
Went into the shop to see about spectator tickets (Noticed its free!) then also saw that there were 36 units in stock.
Does that mean only 14 peole are going on the strip?
No, means 14 have bought in advance and shops been dead for a wee while which sucks. People have been PMing Clee to reserve tickets instead :)
Thats good then. :)
Was thinking of coming up as I missed Nat Day when I was in Canada and thought it wouldn't be worth it for only a few cars.
So we can buy on the day ??
As you say with the site the way it is using anything on it sucks but I may like to have a few runs still...
It's ok, just seen I can buy on the day on Facebook..
I'll be buying a Strip pass on the day for sure!! :niceone:
Got to give the 11 some schtik! :D
I have just realised that my tickets havn't arrived, i purchased them on tuesday and i did put in the notes that i was happy to pick them up on the day but could someone let me know either way, as i wasn't sure they would make it postage wise:crap:
Can anybody shead some light on the situation for me?
how many tickets have sold?
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Originally Posted by GTphil
I have a ticket with your name on ready to collect on the day .Sorry ,thought I had replied to your note on order .
Shop is slow as well so sometimes I just swear at the screen and wander off :laugh::laugh:
I was coming up to watch and mingle but due to work i cannot attend now hope the weathers good and everyone has a good time:)
any tickets left as i forgot to get one thanks glenn:D
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Originally Posted by clee
Cheers Clee, see you tmoz;)
No way of getting out of work so have to miss this years :cry:
Weather looks good for it also in sunny Solhull
Hope its a great day :cool:
DG
Good day, looks like a few pb's on the boards...
Turbo ted with 11:4 & 122mph. Before he lost 2nd & 4th
Glenn 11.06 iirc so close to a 10
Scoff running mid to low 10's best 10.2 I think before glenn broke both his shafts :D
Dave reed broke the external gate pipe off his manifold early on unfortunaly after just a few runs :(
A few other quick cars as well ranging frrom r5's with c1j's, f7p & f4r, clio turbos, scooby, evo, adam pulling. A high 12 in his s15..
ai was a corker of a day!
i wasnt going to come but mate dan twisted my arm into it and was good doo!
i managed to squeeze a 12.3@117mph out the clio, not bad for road tyres ;-)
that is shifting mate congratsQuote:
Originally Posted by Coops
cheers mate, made up for the poor show at mallory with the poorly car that day :cool:
Considering me going was a last minute decesion I really enjoyed the day. I think it was my first time at Pod since the last Nat Day there 6 years ago.
Great to see all the old faces and a couple I spoke to but couldn't remember who they were. :ashamed: (Getting old, memory goes first)
Thanks to Rob and Coops for the chat about their F7 installs and power achieved etc both cars looking and going really well. :)
Might actually give me the incentive to get a proper car back on the road instead of turning up in the Clio Turbo D.
very impressive times there,
so has scoff beaten his old record then hitting a 10.2?
and i take it glenn has beaten his record?
what spec is robbie running ?
First post!
Great day people, me and all my mates really enjoyed the weather, track time and the fact that we never broke anything which stopped us getting home! Managed to run a 13.08 @ 110 which were very happy about concidering it's our second time on the strip! Can't wait till the next one! Great work boys, thanks:D
Good day, really enjoyed it once I'd worked out why 1st gear wasn't working properly. Glenn had a go in my car and managed a full 2" of track, sheering the outer cv's off both driveshafts in the launch ! It snapped the shafts right off just before the cv spider. Just got back with the car, Mike phase 1 VERY kindly donated a pair of good GT shafts to the cause so I'll get the new outers on my existing shafts and be back at pod for racing on Sunday.
Glenn ran 4 (yes, 4!) 11.0 's ! It was like watching action replay ! 11.0@128, 11.0@128, 11.0@....... Just couldn't quite scrape a 10, but he's there all weekend and with the better track @ ESC he should do it I hope.
Well done to everyone else who set pb's, really good to see everyone having a good day :cool:
4????????????? :( so so close, he must of been trying alsorts to get an extra tenth
There was a load of PB's broke I think Andy. I did, but not by much. 10.2 @ 145 vs 10.3 @ 144 last year. Glenn improved a little bit and robbie set a PB with his new 16v f7p turbo.Quote:
Originally Posted by BluntyR5GTT
+I know no one cares about my car but I did a pb on road tyres of at 12.9 @ 113 on low boost. I saw Glenn's car run and that made great terminals, I'd be ****ed off with the times if I was him. I also saw Scoff's last run, and wondered why he was shifting into 4th (different box, duh!). Amazing time at 10.2 with 145mph terminalQuote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
I went up against Turbo Ted in one run and wondered why he was in my mirror, he ****ed his box, so a bit gutting. However he did run an 11.4 earlier, so contracts there.
I'm in the hotel as I post this, my bed is really comfy thanks :)
Had a good day some really quick cars there:D best car for me was the original mini what a noise it made when it came on boost, had to leave early to beat traffic and get some kip for my night shift that ive just finished:coffee:.
Thanks to the guys that stopped at toddington to see why id broke down, if it wasnt for them id proburly be scratching me head for another 10mins before realising id not had me fuel pump turned on :o:ashamed: still a nice easy fix:D
Hey, it was a great way to meet people :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nad-5GTT
Car looked well :agree:
A couple of piccies from the day.
A few more
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Well done dave reed so far today he pulled an 11.7 at I think 114 mph with no gas and a while ago he just ran an 11.4 at 120 mph well done that man I think he will go even quicker today as he has only used a small shot of gas
Just got back with the car in 1 piece pretty much :D
Everyone I spoke to were cool, very good social event and much fun ragging it up the strip. My favourite car has to be Brigsies van, 12.6 quarter mile. Friggin awesome.:agree::agree::agree:
Ps, Log Motorsport for the win. ;)
Most enjoyable day :) All the usual suspects + some new faces. Camped over and had a shandy or two.... Did'nt do any runs but managed to repair my carb thanks to mike and this spares + a shop carb rebuild kit :agree: also sorted out my laggy turbo issue which turned out to be my own fault as the C clip was'nt in the compressor housing properly causing most of the air to leak out of the side of the housing :ashamed:Fail. Thanks to turbo ted for the use of his boost pipe pressure tester thingy ;)
It drivers like a different car now :laugh:
Another good event which was well organised :agree: Numbers running could of been better but all the same people enjoyed it. Bring on the World Series :wasntme:
Great to meet you Jack and it was nice how you came over and got stuck in with things. Welcome to the club mate :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdur
A top day/night again and makes it even more apparent how lucky we are having such a good bunch of people in this club. We went on a deep tangent last night with our conversations and it was mentioned that for the people and friends you meet in RTOC the £25.00 is some of the best money you will spend. We really are blessed with great members.
Many thanks to Ray for the Cup Stickers, Tim for the Camp Fire, Nick K and Biggety Steve for the help with the fuel gauge problem, Brigsy for the toilet taxi in the van, Millie for the fantastic football skills, Bill, Dale, Shoppers, Jessop, the list goes on..Not forgetting the legend that is Kris M! :wasntme:
Top stuff!
Slightly disappointed with the numbers as a whole, not just on the strip. Friday can be difficult with work etc but what we can say is that there was plenty of notice to book it off. Perhaps it should be looked at next year.
really good to see some of the raffle tickets for the Phase 1 being sold and they'll be available very soon in the shop. Remember, in it to win it!
My little 5 continues to be a diamond and it blasted me home with no problems whatsoever. Even got a few thumbs up off fellow drivers :wasntme: They love the 5's!!
Another A-W-E-S-O-M-E RTOC Event!! :niceone:
Millie & I really enjoyed pod yesterday as usual, like Loamity Lomes says above, you really get a great mix of people in the RTOC and the events are always a great laugh! :laugh:
Delighted with the old 11 Turbo, 13 runs and as usual it didn't miss a beat, can't top the old C1J!! ;)
My best time of the day was a 14.852 at 93.7mph and all that with 1 bar of boost & Kumho road tyres! :yeah:
Special mention to Brigsy for giving the old 11 a once over with his Air Flow meter & opening out the 2nd stage jet to stop it running a little lean on boost!
Looking forward to the Liverpool weekender! :D
As has been said, yet another awesome RTOC event! :cool:
It is a bit of a shame that the numbers seemed down this year, but last nights antics were some of the best in a long time. Just about everyone seemed to be mingling with each other, which is something that people say doesn't happen enough. And as said by Lomo, well done to bigdur for 'windmilling' his way in, and getting himself known :agree:
Thanks, as usual, go out to everyone who was involved: From those who organised it, to those who turned up. Well done to everyone who set new PB's on the strip, and sorry to those who had breakages :crap:
Roll on the next event :smokin:
What can I say but WOW what a cracking time yet again this so called clicky club pulls it out of the bag. Sun+Pod+RTOC= great times.
Well done to all that put there own time into putting this event on it was excellent. :agree::agree:
what a mental night, "critical" as m burger says. great weekend and a wicked party.
What a blinding weekend just got home thanks to all those who made it a great time :agree:
Great day great night, good to meet aload of people good stuff RTOC. :agree:
Cheers mate, shame i didnt get chance to speak to you and james but i didnt know what you all looked like :laugh: i thought the bloke in the cap that took me fuel pipe off was scratcher untill i saw his car already parked up when we got to pod :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
Had an awesome time as usual at the pod, good crack with the regulars and new faces!
Big thanks to all the people who let me have a go in there cars down the strip :agree:
Done a new pb of 12.67@104.97mph in the van, 1.75 60ft! Done a fair few 12.8 runs aswell :) only casualty is a knackered passenger driveshaft too.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...c2087b91-1.jpg
Was there a photographer on the day? i done some good burnouts just wondering if there was any pics? any vids of my 12.6 run??
The nights antics were mad, what more can i say :wasntme: roll on the next one!
Had a cracking event. Got a good pod tan! The old mini ran well up until the breakage. Managed a new Pb of 13.09@107 on the road tyres so pretty chuffed! Had a look today and I have stripped all the teeth off 2nd gear!
I should have bought the 5 aswell to run in the afternoon :)
Hi guys. Was hoping to make an appearance for this but as usual business got in the way. :crap: Glad you all had a good time. I'll definately make the next gathering. Been too long.
Sounds like there's loads of quick 5's around! Sorry I missed it all.:crap:
Well done Scoff. Awesome time. Any improvement at the sort of times your doing are going to happen in fine increments. I'm guessing the track will be better prepared for Sunday. Look forward to hearing the results.:cool:
So, Bill, did you run the strip in the Evo or just enter the "detailing" category?;)
All in all another great day for rtoc at Santa pod.
Only 33 people signed on for the strip which is disappointing, but the atmosphere of the day was excellent and even better on the campsite. Good times!
The feedback from the Santa Pod staff was very good as always, so a big thanks from the committee for all appearing to be well behaved enough for us to be welcome back in future.
Maybe a rethink is in order for next year, but rest assured rtoc will have a Santa pod day 2012 in some capacity :D
I had a super smashing time Friday. Big thanks to everyone who organised it :agree:
My girlfriend even got into it after a little while :p:laugh:
I took loads and loads of photos so I'll start uploading them tomorrow.
Big Steve (not Mr Raider) took lots too, so I'll get them from him and load them up :D
That was Tony (Fish head) & I was taking the piss out of you & driving the green 19, I also spoke to you @ pod by your car, me & Tony were talking about your intercooler & how well the car looked if you remember. :cooter:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nad-5GTT
James was there as well on the breakdown, think he had a red top on...:scratch:
Wow what another rtoc event that was amazing , thanks for everyone for sorting this event ,always great people great club and friends.
Think this is best Renault club on the net ,always have an amazing time campsite was a great crack ,weather was great and cars where great ,good to see a different mixture of fives ,roll on next event.
Need to also finish my 5 lol
I had a brilliant weekend, was nice to put my car through it paces after my re-build, I had only done 100 yards or so with a turbo attached:eek: it was good to catch up with people and meet some new faces.
I couldn't get my car to run right at all on the friday my best was a 13.9@ 99mph with the worst bogging down between gears ever.:crap:
I ended up not admitting defeat and stayed for the run what ya brung the next day changed to a differant carb and did some more playing with the jets and ended up with a 13.2@ 106mph @22psi that was more what i was looking for:) I wanted a 12 second run but couldn't launch the thing well enough my best 60ft was 1.9:(
A big thankyou to everyone involved in organising and running this event
had a great time as always :) my best was 13.5 in the renault but got issues with my rings still so i must get arround to changing them :) and the EVO did a 12.9 so was well pleased with that.....congrats to everyone who ran was some lovely cars there shame the turnout wasnt a bit better but i guess in this current climet its hard for ppl to get time off work etc.......and a big pat on the back to the organisers roll on 2012 :)
Amazing day, just wish we didnt have to head back in the evening :(
Anyway, some piccies...
http://www.photogs.co.uk/RTOCSantaPod2011/#
and a funny Vid of the Mrs going up the strip in her Scoob (lots of swearing involved, just to warn anyone offended :laugh:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--raTUbcZec
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Originally Posted by Sam M
any pictures of my silver EVO ?
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Originally Posted by brigsy
My God That Vans Quick Brigsy Lad !!!! ;) My Evo Did 1.7-60ft!! 12.3 When Tweeked With A Stock Lump.
Had a amazing day at the pod on friday ... good to meet up with a lot of people .. some awesome cars flying on the day . Did 23 runs on the strip before i had to drive home :( ... was shattered ...but the car did me proud :)
achieved my PB times and PB terminal ... but awful 60ft times ... really poor ... my best run saw me do a 60ft in 2.68 and the quarter in a 14.35 at a terminal of 105.80.
Was a new clutch on the day so i struggled getting a good 60fts ... my best i achieved was 2.37 and then a few 2.46 .. but sadly a few 2.6 and 2.7s :(
A great Day !
Some fantastic pics there sam and some of my car too ... anychance i could have the proper resolution pics of it please ????
Great day, i got wrecked, nice to see everybody again :agree: :smokin:
I real'y didn't take as many photo's as I thought :laugh:
Started editing some but it's too nice to sit inside today.
Here's a ink to the album
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...%20Pod%202011/
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...C04099edit.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1/DSC04131.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1/DSC04053.jpg
I liked the hook up on Glenn's car :D
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1/DSC04201.jpg
Would there be any chance I could have one of those pics or are they for sale?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam M
:laugh::agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by GanJaMan
Just let me know which you want and ill upload largers versionsQuote:
Originally Posted by bigdur
No problem, just let me know which ones, and ill upload the bigger versionsQuote:
Originally Posted by ranj
And sorry IAN, I have none of the Evo,
Pic 109 please, black car with a bonnet up and cup car behind. :)
Thanks!
Massive Massive thanks to everyone at RTOC for a brilliant day.
Also a massive thank you for letting us test a couple of BMW MINI's
I do promise to have my 5 there next year.
:agree::agree::agree::agree:
Cracking Frog of the pod, and a cracking weekend. really good to meet some faces, and nice to see some 5's doin there thing, we did the full weekend including retro rides which was great.
Good chatting to you biddur, Emma, Miller, Mike , and associated friends, (sure i got them names all correct), also the owner of the black gordini was a nice guy to chat to if your on here aswell as the usuals jessop etc.
We actually managed to get the s13 all the way back home, nursing it, within 10 mins of getting it back in the garage we had it fixed and went for a blast around, (turned out to be a resistor connected to the injectors that had broken down).
also thanks for making my friend feel welcome, he comes from a vw retro scene, aswell as tramp drifting so wasnt really a clued up renault head but still enjoyed the weekend.
Has anyone heard how any of the chaps got on today who was running did scoff manage to fix the car and run it again today
does anyone remember what times the black gordini got on the strip?
i ran next to him twice, he got a 14.830 @ 93mph and a 14.828 @ 95mphQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparkie
i was just looking at the ticket,i was beating him up to the 1/8 mile then he came past me and left me for dead
A622 TJD F656TLB
2.702 60ft 2.230
6.750 330ft 6.249
9.821 1/8 9.666
12.477 1000ft 12.630
14.830 1/4 15.183
93.32 mph 87.53
What a great weekend at pod, we had a great time.
That's us just in after dropping off the raffle car with Clee, we just made it home the last 50 miles was touch and go as the driveshaft was knocking like mad...... The clutch is dead and the box is screaming like mad in 5th.
Looks like I have some work to Do before Reno world series, I my as well fit my new head, tubby manifold, new block and oil cooler if it's all out for my new box:D
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Originally Posted by philr5t
What a hectic weekend that was - getting too old for all this high energy rushing round !
Friday 5am start, santa pod all day, break 2x drive shafts, return home that evening 10pm with new parts in hand (thanks Mike 16v!) ready to spend Saturday making new shafts and getting them in. Another late finish Saturday, car done. 5am Sunday tow's the car back to pod for racing in ESC (2.5hr drive). Races all day, breaks another driveshaft in the semi final against Andy nichols:cry: It was looking likely I would have won the round, so that one stung, but nice to see Andy doing well again. One shaft stayed intact this time - the one I spent time "really" beefing up because it was the shorter shaft. I should have beefed them both up. This time it just sheered the tube of the shaft itself, CV's intact.
On top of all that it's taken me 6hrs to get home because of traffic and a slight VOSA infraction on my friends part on the way home. I tried to stop and help but was told in no uncertain terms that if I was to pull on to the VOSA compound to help him out then I would not be able to leave again since I was towing my car with an (illegal, ish) A-frame. The poor guy was even clamped and charged £80 for the privillage because he had not been recovered inside an hour. He had a 3.5 tonne transporter with a race car loaded - who was likely to recover that inside an hour ! And they wonder why they have a bad name.... :rolleyes:
Had an awesome weekend, finally have just got back from Milton Keynes after my mate saying he had tickets to see the Foo Fighters, my body will have to try and take this week to recover especially seeming I have to be awake in 4 hours to go to work :crap:
Ah yes i remember that chat but i didnt relise it was you :confused: im already thinking off a smaller pipe run:laugh: maybe in the future. Ive heard fishheads abit of a legend with these cars so no surprise he was getting stuck in with mine in a fast way me and me mate was still head scratching:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
Thats a shame Chris, at least hopefully next time out the shafts will hold. Car looked strong though, bit of a handful now from what I saw on your 1st burnout where it just gripped & pulled you toward the wall :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scoff
Sounds like I missed a great day :(
Well done all with new pb's - Scoff sounds like a full mission you had there :scared: but great to get a step closer to that 9sec run!!!
Maybe time to spend some cash on some S155 steel items and beef the rest up a bit for some confidence in the future? The one I got made before was not that expensive
Or if you have a tech drawing maybe able to get you what you want machined from billet (no charge for you sir) just may need a few weeks as used up most of my favours trying to finish the car for mallory which never worked out anyway lol
Suspect you are going to want to look towards something like the 155 grade of steel to allow a degree of flex (from memory the S155 had quite a bit which was why it was used for the super short shaft on the vag conversion)
If I can help at all just let us know
DG
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Originally Posted by Nad-5GTT
with what some of the members on here have done with these cars, im far from legendary status mate, i jus like playing with spanners an getting dirty. was being quick as we were getting left behind by the convoy an unless its proper teminal problem no one gets left behind.
jus out of curiosity what was the cause of the breakdown in the end ? :D
Awesome pics sam, any chance of the high res copies of my van :)
:laugh::o yes very good!Quote:
Originally Posted by fishead
Im liking pic 7 and 11 :D ok im going to be biased because there off my car but they do look good :)
My top 3 cars of the day were Phils red 5, the white extra van and the old skool blue mini not to sure what order though:scratch:
If you're doing all that I'd sugest swapping to 172 uprights first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duncan Grier
awesome day!
good to meet new faces and say hello to some old friends.
Gutted the 5 was not there, but hope to have it on the road soon!
Well, what can i say. An absoloutly TOP weekend, ended up staying at pod till sunday afternoon watching the action. Was a class day on Friday, was pretty "critical" on the Friday evening, but all good fun :D.....Really good time with some really great people. Roll on world series :):):)
I had a great day, and what an evening in turbo ted's happy hardcore tent :cool:.
I didn't take many photos of the day, but did get one of the whole campsite
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/a...mie_87/129.jpg
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Originally Posted by Brigsy
NO worries Guns, ill sort it for you in a bit :)
you deserve a award for the worst photo taken ever! i may even have it put on a poster for dave. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by jamie_8
A2M :agree:
has jamie traded in his samsung for a htc mobile? im just out of shot as i was on my way back from having a dumpQuote:
Originally Posted by car.crash
a2m :agree:
It's all about the a2m save lmfao :laugh:
Thanks for the comments on the photo. I'm also available to take photos at weddings and birthday party's :D.
A2M :agree: