yes ,but the fact remains what was used then, is accesable now and a lot cheaper ,ie better/ more effecient turbos, water injection ,fuel injection, stand alone ecu's, ( back then in 1987-1988 when stand alone technology ,etc would have cost the earth)
in a nut shell the engine upgrades needed to get these power ouputs and more are cheaper/ easier to get hold of today
Bear in mind that was with the 'Dini head, Glens done it using the C1J head, which creates lots more difficulties in itself, quite a piece of engineering, whether done by a big manufacturer or joe blogs in his shed. High power output, small cc engines are nothing new have been about (or on the drawing boards) since the 70s - look at F1 - but they are small light units with very efficient VE's, small piston sizes (if you ignore the BMW F1 turbo) not a tractor engine from the 60s, keeping the inlet charge cool is a big enough job by itself..... Let alone keeping the head on the block running that kind of boost.
I'm guessing since there's been no post about being in the 10's it's not gone to plan :/
shal we start speculating then?
Rain stops play?
Gearbox throws in the towel?
Skipped the 10's and went straight for a 9 second pass... Maybe they haven't updated cos they are too pissed to post!!
Rain or gearbox would be my bet
Again if it were in the 9's someone would've said something by now
Maybe he's got his 10 second pass, and he's been on the phone to Roly at GT Tuning all day trying to get hold of an exclusive '13 second club' t-shirt
Yes, rain unfortunately. Just got home. It was a wasted day sadly !!
Chuckle chuckle should of had bets on lol rain rain and more ****ing rain just got in at 1145 from 8 start this morning 1 Run all day spinning the wheel all the way felt good tho
epic work , hope there are some youtube vids of todays runs down the pod coming
Been at York today carnt get any grip spinning wheels in 3 and 4th
Mark the track temp will be to low for good times today and probably hard to get heat into the tyres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfU37WS5dsQ
wheel spinning all the way lol
I didn't realise you'd gone to diesel power Glenn
Only kidding mate, good time considering it's the 1st run out hurry up and run a 10! You out next weekend?
More than welcome to use old wheels again for few runs mate if you think it'll help
That engine sounds so throaty!! You wouldn't expect it to be a 1.4 under the bonnet from the sound of it
They run all day at the pod yesterday, typical.
Track seems alot better then saturday. we managed a 6.46 and 6.5.
Looks insane Glenn, great work.
holy ****** this is absolutely one awesome motor!