Aye thats him. Did they not say, or have i just put my foot in it
Id have to look at ratios and stuff, but after seeing that vid of the civic round the Ring, it went well. suppose itl top out around 120/130 ish but getting there would be alot quicker.
Murray
Yea he kinda touched on the subject but didnt go into any details. Sure he was running high 13s so it was quik but he couldnt get out of blocks anywhere near as quik as me
Yea thats whats kinda swayed me towards the short gears after seeing that EG as it was quik but there could be alot of other things going in his favour that made it so quik. I wouldnt care if my car topped out at 120 coz I am never gona be driving in that territory.
You dont need to change your FD its your 60ft... you can hit a 2.1 with an open diff, if you launch right, every 0.1 off your 60ft is worth twice as much off your 1/4 time, so if you hit a 2.1 thats a full second off your time... so a 14.1 which is quick for an ek9.
Once it grips in 1st gear you should be able to floor it, if its not gripping, you may have other issues, how are your bushes, engine mounts, shocks, alignment, what psi did you have in tyres and what tyres?
What 60fts are other guys doing? I've never raced at Crail but isnt it an airfield track?
cool cool well I just need to keep practicing different techniques and see if I can get down to 2.1 or lower. a 14.1 would be mega but thats gona take alot of work and changes.
bushes are all basically brand new, few poly and hard race ones not long been fitted. engine mounts are innovative 60A ones with torque mounts removed and they still look in perfect condition. shocks are standard ek9 shocks with eibach springs. my mechanic checked over my car on sat and all was good apart from my CV boots. alignment aint been long set up by a specialist. I am running front buddyclub camber arms, rear D2 camber kit and rear D2 toe kit and its been adjusted to spec.
I have kuhmo ecsta tyres with plenty tread left. I took some air out of them so was prob running about 28psi. no way to kno for definite.
will need to check the 60ft times for others.
Yea as Murray has said its an old air field track and grip is shite!
Ernie, looking at my times i managed 3, 2.1s. Thats with an atb diff on T1R tyres.
Crail is an old airfeild and the grip is terrible.
Last time i was there, on an open diff the best i managed was IIRC a 2.2 that was on toyo 888. Its near impossible to get a 2.1 with an open diff and road tyres at crail.
Thats good well done Murray.
Whats the difference between an atb diff and an open diff? suppose I have an open diff?
"I see... I raced at Elvington regular and the grip there is good for an airfield, have hit 1.9's before with LSD and drag radials.
It will be an uphill battle then, if you have poor grip... as b16's are weak at the topend, the 60ft is everything, only way to counter this is to shed some weight... "
Yea defo gona strip rear out totally next time and no passenger. my car has already went throo slight weight reduction as my car has no airbags, no electric windows, no electric mirrors, no ABS, no aircon, no torque mounts, de-cat, no parcel shelf, no rear speakers so to strip it of anymore weight would start getting crazy. but I will try my best as I really wana hit a few
14s.
Thanks again for all the help guys!