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Re: Unexpected Wins !

Fri, 07 June 2002 12:32

Seadog wrote on Wed, 29 May 2002 10:17 AM

Ahhh!
Straight line drag in my mighty 40hp KE20 against Justin's old red Sprinter. As soon as I heard him cleaning his teeth I knew I had him. I never expected the old 'rolla to keep up in straight line! With anything!
Maybe we'll have to have a rematch when our 20V's are going (if I pass the eyesight test for old farts, reckon mine will be done in about 2 more years!)

I remember that run. I took it 500rpm further than usual,the box refused to cooperate,and denied me second gear for 2 seconds;enough time for you to get 2 lengths in front,which I couldn't pull in over the last hundred metres. I had the whip out but I couldn't get past your rear quarter by the finish.
I thought at the time it would be fairly close a run(pretty equal power to weight ratios),and it was.

a rematch sounds like fun. I should be ready by mid next year at the current pace the project is running at. two sets of quad throttles barking at 8k.... oh,music to my ears!!

Justin...

oh,btw: my most unexpected win?
coming home from singleton in the gold sprinter with two other cars;a black stockie S15 pulled in behind us,and tried in vain to keep up.
I found it quite a surprise that he couldn't keep with me through the corners.
he'd fall several hundred metres behind (out of sight basically) in the adjoining twisty sections,but would catch back up once we hit a hill or decent straight.
on a flat track,or through the city,I would have owned him.

I thought (at the time) that nissan had made big changes to the silvia suspension since the S14. I've since worked on a few S15s and now know that not a lot has changed,the std suspension IS better,but still lets down an otherwise good car.

not many people believe me when I tell that story. I have witnesses though ^_-,and they were laughing their asses off watching a new turbo car wiggling all over the place trying to keep with a fairly flat-sitting 4AC sprinter,18yrs it's senior. there's hope for the carby engine yet!

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