benm

Maybe that is why your RB26's keep breaking Duncan, your defragilator plug isnt in?

RBR should have both been in the points this race - oh well.

Are you doubting my abilities 2rismo?

Which will actually be about 11:15pm after Rove finishes and Ch10 add their crap to the beginning.

The pre-race telecast should be starting soon on the 'streaming channel' Well right now actually.

The thread you found was probably the 1 I posted up a couple of years ago from my old '95 R33 GTS-t. Here is the dyno sheet I posted in that thread: It cost me about $250 supplied and fitted (back when the yen was about 70) and was the best money I ever spent on the car (altho it was basically stock haha). The extra midrange was noticable as soon as I drove out of the workshop and it felt so much different to drive.

Because as you know with F1 track position is everything because unless you are a second or 2 a lap quicker its near impossible to overtake. Run the car light at the start, get it on the front row or very close to it and either keep up with the car infront (instead of losing ground each lap) or if first place pull a couple of second gap, pit early before anyone else so that you get out in clear air so not to get held up and then run a longer middle stint holding up anyone behind you that you can (as Webber does in most races) and then pit the same time as everyone else on the 2nd stop and race to the flag. Webber tends to run heavier than most, he might have ok track position (borderline top 10) but doesnt have a chance of catching the cars infront because he is so heavy. I'd rather see him qualify at about 5th every race, then either keep up with 4th or hold up 6th whilst on the lighter fuel load. Unless your car is quite abit faster than everyone elses the races are pretty much set in the first 15 laps due to track position.

It wasnt just $1b for the current model VE but everything involved in making the VE, also that chassis will continue on for a couple of years more yet. For the streets i'd happly drive a VE SV6 or above over my r32 gtr any day.

Its my understanding it will be driver training only, not open trackdays like wakefield/oranpark etc.

I think Renault are just running light for the home crowd - I know I would run light if it was me. DC is the biggest shock at 19th, although I think he will be 12th by the end of lap 2.

saturday practice is never streamed, only friday practice 1 and 2, saturday qualifying and sunday race.

Cromley is the only commentator worth having for v8sc, he is the only 1 that actually has any experience in the sport. All the others are just commentators that were rejected from other sports so ended up at v8sc.

anyone got a streaming url for practice?

I'm guessing after the '93 V-Spec was released (which comes with the ducts factory I believe) they just made all reo bars with the cut outs.

My '94 doesn't have the N1 front bar or the N1 ducts but does have the ducts cut out of the reinforcement bar. Edit: Oh any my 89 has a factory N1 front bar but im guessing the reinforcement bar was cut out by the mechanic.

As usual i dont take any notice of pace until Q2. Everything up until then is just strategy!

About as much as Mazda - nothing.

Considering at 3:30pm it was raining 10km west of the venue and 99.9% of the rain moves in from the west, and had been raining for more than a week before hand almost non-stop CRD were never going to take the car out. 7 runs with an hour to spare shows just how many other drag racing fans shared the same view as me.

Another good bit of advertising is a local Ford Dealer is advertising "free tyres for the life of your used car" which sounds brilliant but try and get out of the yard without being forced to buy a brand new car (they will show you that for an extra $10/wk on finance you could buy a new '08 Festiva).

Apart from afew extra ads what did Ch10 have over what Ch7 currently has? The annoying commentators are gone is about the only difference I notice.

It's just typical marketing to get you to test a car so that the sales people can then try and sell it to you.

Hrmm in 10yrs time I believe it will be worth less than an R35 GTR. It is only valuable to those that are actually interested in that specific model rather than as an investment so whilst i'd like to say $10k i'll put a price tag of $45k on it.

No chance in hell of the drags being on tomorrow nite.

I dont even feel as if I watched any racing - it was all pace cars and accidents.

I agree i'm not sure more team owners would enjoy the street races due to the damages bill. This track in particular I think is a shit hole, it looks like no thought went into it they just "had to have a street race in NZ". The chicane on the back straight is shocking, it serves no purpose other than to ruin cars. The other thing I hate is that incar video and audio is ruined on street events. Edit: Oh and if I see the safety car 1 more time im going to scream!