Santa pod 9/5/09, well done gianni santi

[Scoff]

I was at santa pod doing some tuning today, I met gianni santi, the itilian R5 drag racer and his team. They recognised me and said hello, I'd already spotted their car so I knew who they were, great bunch of guys Gianni was competing in the king of europe event. Today he posted an 11.1 ET @ 130mph from a a C1J and original carburettor. I'll say that again, he posted an 11.1 @ 130mph from a C1J and original carburettor! Ok, with a lot of nitrous too. He made a whole bunch of passes with no aparant mechanical issues at all. Respect where it's due !

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any good passes because my new clutch slips like a good-un out on track, I had to feed power in gently to try and get some good logs for mapping. Thankfully the tuning went OK, now I have only a couple of weeks to find and fit a better clutch.

[Ashy]

wow, have you updated the 1/4 mile table Chris

What clutch were you using, thought the VAG ones would take the abuse?

[Scoff]

Not yet ashy, I could do with getting in contact with him and getting the rest of the info from him.

my clutch is a 228mm sachs 4-paddle, I need to look into vw clutches and find out what the high powered VR6 turbo guys use, it should fit in my gearbox.

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Blimey thats an amazing time, fair play to them!

[Ashy]

Not yet ashy, I could do with getting in contact with him and getting the rest of the info from him.

my clutch is a 228mm sachs 4-paddle, I need to look into vw clutches and find out what the high powered VR6 turbo guys use, it should fit in my gearbox.

What does andy use in the Corrado?

[Scoff]

Dunno, I'm planning on pecking his head tomorrow ! His mates VR turbo that andy built makes a stack of torque, I need to know what he used.

[Ashy]

Dunno, I'm planning on pecking his head tomorrow ! His mates VR turbo that andy built makes a stack of torque, I need to know what he used.

Aye, thats the engine thats going in the clio isn't it! He was telling me that he's building a new engine for Mike with even more power

[Scoff]

Thats the one. regardless of power even the old engine is going to be making more torque than mine so whatever Mike uses in that one currently should be OK. Having said that, my current clutch worked OK on the road and yet it gave up instantly when it had to deal with slicks and a sticky track. I think I need to invest in something brutal, I don't want to be changing it again in a few months time.

[TommyB]

Massive congrats to Gianni and the whole team.

Was awesome watching it.

I'm lucky,im going back tomorrow, will we see a 10???????????

How bad was the head wind today????

Scoff i loved your taking it easy pass 11.78@130

The italians are worried about your car!!! hehe

[TommyB]

pictures of Gianni here

http://eurodragster.com/santapod/liv...ay/default.asp

[Rob@Backyardracing]

holy f**K, thats shifting in a c1j! props to that guy.

was you running the big tyres then scoff? 60ft?

[JRP]

Like this pic, shows the stress on the rear tyre.

http://eurodragster.com/santapod/liv...ages/pic55.asp

I think a 10 seccy soon

[turbo ted]

got scoff run and gianni santi run from pod today on youtube to watch search under tedsturbo under my youtube profile

[Scoff]

Bah the italians need not worry, I'm no renault-5 technically speaking, they're welcome to the 5GTT record. Gianni's friend was telling me he's been tuning that car for 20yrs. not many people I'd take my hat off to, but he is one of them for sure.

[Ashy]

got scoff run and gianni santi run from pod today on youtube to watch search under tedsturbo under my youtube profile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu3HreR6FUw

Ha ha that 106 thought he'd had you there Scoff!

[Scoff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu3HreR6FUw

Ha ha that 106 thought he'd had you there Scoff!

I take no prisoners!! you can hear the clutch throwing the towel in during 2nd gear in that video. (note I only use 3 gears for the whole track). I shifted into 3rd early and out of boost, if I wind the boost up slowly like that then the clutch seems to hold. I got some good data from the logs from a couple of runs, the last one being that run

[sphinX]

That looked like a quality day out, and flipping heck, what a crazy time in a c1j!!!! scary

[Duncan Grier]

Not yet ashy, I could do with getting in contact with him and getting the rest of the info from him.

my clutch is a 228mm sachs 4-paddle, I need to look into vw clutches and find out what the high powered VR6 turbo guys use, it should fit in my gearbox.

Scoff sounds like a great day, good to hear you are still pushing it heard some good stuff around Spec clutches on the VAG scene http://www.specclutch.com/products

Don't think they ar cheap though

All the best
DG

[Scoff]

Thankyou mr G, I'll look into those too.

[UKG grant]

scoff, im regards to Vr6 turbo's my brotherinlaw has turbo'd his, the o.e clutch is good for 400hp realy, but http://www.bahnbrenner.com/media/php/search.php i belive theres a few upgrades on there, i know someone who uses some sort of organic clutch , helix or somthing mabie?

[Mart]

Good stuff Lovin' the 130 traps with a carb still in situ

Top arrows as well Scoffmeister - I've got a tenner on you to hit the 10's this year, so don't let me down squire

[Scoff]

Good stuff Lovin' the 130 traps with a carb still in situ

Top arrows as well Scoffmeister - I've got a tenner on you to hit the 10's this year, so don't let me down squire

yeah, well, just need the re-mortagage to come through to buy the clutch and we're onto a winner

[gtmatt]

well done scoff glad to see you still at mate,some great results there ,will be good to catch up mate , keep at it

[TommyB]

Gianni went 11.12@131 today with a 1.97 60ft.What i forgot to metion was his time's are on DOT Hoosier Drag radials.

They only made 2 runs today as they said the engine was on its last legs.

[paul b]

OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFF....

bloody good times by your car too scoff ....

[Kenny_GTT]

Congrats to Gianni Santi. Normally i was also at the Pod with my 5 for King of Europe. But had engine problems. Last year Gianni told me he makes 8000rpm with that C1J engine.

[Scoff]

bloody good times by your car too scoff ....

you think ? that was at part throttle, wait until the 29th

[ROB C2GTT]

http://www.rennenparts.com/index.php...products_id=10

Found this on the net scoff, not sure if its of any use to you?

[Scoff]

http://www.rennenparts.com/index.php...products_id=10

Found this on the net scoff, not sure if its of any use to you?

I was looking at those rob, I hadn't found a retailer though. I read some bad reviews actually, but I'm sure if I searched for pretty much any other brand I'd find bad reviews of them all. I've ordered something pretty industrial from helix today.

[ROB C2GTT]

I was looking at those rob, I hadn't found a retailer though. I read some bad reviews actually, but I'm sure if I searched for pretty much any other brand I'd find bad reviews of them all. I've ordered something pretty industrial from helix today.

Oh good glad ya sorted mate anyway. Atleast ya can trust helix, Good luck on the 29th

[Alex]

That's pretty impressive stuff - there's life in the old C1J donkey yet!

He must have a lot of power for a 130 MPH trap...

[TommyB]

He said he was making 300bhp @1.6 bar of boost, without nitrous

And he makes 430bhp @2 bar with nitrous.

Woooooooooooohooooooooooooooo

[James_Surridge G1 5 GTT]

Awesome

[Adam L]

Maybe K-tec and GDI could help him and you, Chris, extract some more power, considering they're leaders in the Renault tuning scene...

[stuTHC]

Maybe K-tec and GDI could help him and you, Chris, extract some more power, considering they're leaders in the Renault tuning scene...

It's always worth ringing them and having a word, ive heard they know a thing or 2 about the 5

[Nayls]

It's always worth ringing them and having a word, ive heard they know a thing or 2 about the 5

i'd love to hear that call!! ring them askin what they reccomend as you're getting very close but cant quite hit 10's

[BriC]

i'd love to hear that call!! ring them askin what they reccomend as you're getting very close but cant quite hit 10's

And when they asked if they've tried 'x' yet, what the response is..

[Brigsy]

They would offer you the grp 'a' carb or adjustable tdc sensor

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Lol.... Would love to see ktec build a drag car...

[The new Bill J]

i'd love to hear that call!! ring them askin what they reccomend as you're getting very close but cant quite hit 10's

I'd LOVE to hear that. I reckon it has potential to beat "wiv da boost"

[Nayls]

I'd LOVE to hear that. I reckon it has potential to beat "wiv da boost"

get the "wiv da boost" man to do it!

yo yo yo kirky wassup, iz ringing bout ma ali g machine innit!!

[Andrew Cooke]

Maybe K-tec and GDI could help him and you, Chris, extract some more power, considering they're leaders in the Renault tuning scene...

I think they said arguably, plenty to argue about there

[minty83]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vE7u...eature=related
11.1 130.63

[Kris M]

Awesome. Loving the way he "pats" the dash at the end of the run.......well done girl

[Bass J]

Congrats on the time ..just watched the vid ...fookin quick!!

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

Awesome. Loving the way he "pats" the dash at the end of the run.......well done girl

..i do that when ole nicole makes it to germany an the ring...again, feck me that run was fantastic , lets hope krissey m pulls one just like it with me an all the camping gear in the car @ the pod soon...

[Kris M]

Ha, dont forget Dawns bottle of skittles vodca rolling around in the back .

[Matt Cole]

that is just awesome!! So what are we going to do about reclaiming the title? Im wondering if that car will get into the 10's??

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Im wondering if that car will get into the 10's??

I recon it could, if he found abit more traction i recon it'll dip into the 10's, you can here it spin on the way up.

Wonder how much Nos is running through the engine, i had a chat with Turbo Ted tonight who saw the Nos set up on it and it sounds abit special

[Scoff]

That is certainly a 10second car with real drag slicks on, maybe even 10.8 with his trap speed.

Stuart might be able to beat gianni's ET but I don't think anyone with a c1j is likely to get close to gianni's trap speed though, that is just outstanding.