Drags this sunday 11th

[N I B]

I'll agree with you if it helps.

[rev210]

you start on a part of the track with no real 'stick'. With traction loss it can take 0.5sec or more to cover 1.6m without batting an eyelid.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Dave hopes it's true, cause that means he has a stock turbo and intercooled GTS-t doing 12's:D

[caminperth]

Anyone heading down this sunday if the weather is good? Aidwin made noises about trying out his new turbo..

Zanda and I were thinking of a dams cruise in the morning followed by some drag action at Kwinana. Weather permitting of course..

[PACEY]

Ill be there if the rain moves on

[GOT BOOST]

rob its all in the clutch.

and of course a reasonable set of tyres, pineapple do help also

let your street tyres down a little dont completely fry them in a burnout they actually go off if over heated. and make sure if you drive through the water you turn the tyres before staging. it will take a few runs to get it right

but just get a feel of when it rolls away then into it.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Hmm. I'd love to try again, to see if I can improve my times, but the engine probably won't take the punishment:( I'll be down there watching if the weather is good:D

[rob77]

I'm gonna wait till I get the car serviced and the pineapples tightened.

[caminperth]

drags are off for me - the weather is going to be shite by the look of it.. and shuto said he isn't running till next weekend.. so I'll wait and run with him..

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Ok, so the drags are a no go:(

[PACEY]

are they still on ? The info line says they are?

[osc@r]

Well the old girl is back on the road, so it's time to hit the Plex.. I'll follow Aidwin and Cam down next week and blow a few cob webs out of the exhaust.

[rob77]

Ok, if enough people are going I might go again. But can someone give me a hand tightening up my pineapples? I should have tightened them up when steve had it on the hoist at SST when he did the dump pipe, any offers? At least if I can get them tightened I can come down with you guys and get some tips on what I am doing wrong

[PSIKO]

rob: the tightness of the pineapples should only be governed by the hoseclamps that you've put round them

use a screw-driver and tighten the hose clamp

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I thought that you had to really tighten the subframe, and crush the pineapples? That's what Dr Drfit said in his instructions.

[rob77]

ey? I dont have hoseclamps around them.

[rob77]

This is what I am thinking too... I had them tightened to the torque setting by a mate and they came loose, so speedworks tightened them up again to the setting and they came loose so this time I am tightening them till they are squashed and wont come loose again. I got the whiteline kit same as rev210 and he's tightened the **** out of them and had no problems.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

So your pinapples are solid donuts, they weren't cut? Yeah, tighten then, take it for a drive, then tighten them again:D

[rob77]

Yeah, then two ones that go into the front of the craddle were cut to make it easier to get them in. But they arnt going anywhere cos the craddle is holding them in... I'll get steve to tighten them up... might get him to service the car at the same time too.

[PSIKO]

the two at the front are generally tightened with a hose clamp, if you have cut them to fit through instead of removing the subframe enough to slot them in

if they are cut ... and you aren't using anything to hold them together ... then it is an extremely didgy setup as even though they have the pressure from the subframe / weight of car, they can still snap out

there shouldn't be any torque setting, just tighten them to shit