Godzilla Motorsport At The Winternationls

[shanef]

say what? theo is actually back out racing? or was he just out for some 3/4 track burnouts again

[unique1]

well unless there is another gold r32 with castrol edge on it i went up to the guys fixing a broken axle on friday and they didnt seem like the friendly bunch i expected, maybe i caught them at a bad time it had a 9.0 dail in on the window on the saturday though so im assuming 9.1ish

also there were 2 v8 supercars there, they ran 10.7s at 135mph, pretty bloody quick mph! and a junior dragster beat a f6 typhoon to half track in a drag (though f6 was spinning off the line, it looked a little rigged to me)

The top fuelers were smashing motors left right and centre, the money going into those things is insane. John Zappia won top doorslammers again for a change

Edited June 8, 2009 by unique1

[Swiper the Fox]

good meet, weather held out nicely, and seen Mark do all his runs, also had a chat to Paul, very helpful and showed me a few things as well, i didnt get to see Pauls runs because the rest of the people i was with didnt wanna sit around watching street cars, they struggled to watch the super compact at the start but soon changed there tunes and said they were really good (these guys are the crew for a 5.7 sec funny car so they not into the non v8 stuff). A few of the boys on the crew are keen on 2jz's now lol

So how did the rest of the runs go Paul? Did you see how Theo went also?

That white datto ute with 4g63 was crazy, great to watch wheelstanding on gearchanges lol, absolute weapon!!!

the other runs were 11.2 and a very lazy 14 ...Theo's best was 10.5 so he was even slower than me . He has just put a Liberty gearbox in the car so he must be having a few issues with the new set-up.

Colin's ute is nuts...he is even nuttier for driving such a short wheelbase car so fast.

Let me know which way you want to go with your set-up.

[benm]

The top fuelers were smashing motors left right and centre, the money going into those things is insane.

It's called a dozen guys stripping and rebuilding a motor in 1-2hrs in the dark. I seriously do not understand why teams dont build 3 motors back at the workshop in the week before each event (they all have atleast 3 engines worth of parts). Take a day to build each engine 100% correctly, then at the track after each pass just unbolt the used motor and bolt in the next fresh motor, rinse and repeat. I've seen them do it when they severely break some components they just roll another bottom end out of the trailer on a trolley and hoist it in.

But no they all want to be hero's and do all the work infront of people under pressure whilst trying to go faster and faster each time its no wonder that most cars would be lucky to finish every second pass and its no wonder fans get extremely frustrated paying top dollar for a category that barely gets off the ground let alone actually finishes on time.

[unique1]

the actual reason is its quicker for them to rebuild and strip a motor than to put a new motor in the car by a few minutes and thats why they do it, my uncle and crew had a couple of long discussion with Bruce Reid and John (i think thats his name) Lamitina both crew chiefs of 2 of the top fuelers and they were telling as the amount of motors they are going through and its 3 min quicker from memory to rebuild a motor than to replace one, and as u know they are pushing for every second in the pits to get the cars turned around ready for the next run. They have 5 spare motors in the truck ready to go also and blowers, heads and pistons/rods/sleeves by the bucketload, they dont expect things to last when pushing the motors to the limit.

[benm]

the actual reason is its quicker for them to rebuild and strip a motor than to put a new motor in the car by a few minutes and thats why they do it

Of course its quicker, thats why so many blow up because they are building against a clock not against precision.

[unique1]

they dont blow up because they assemble wrong, its because they are pushing the motors to the limit, if they limited them to run 5.0s they would run without a problem, its got nothing to do with assembly at all, more the tuning side if anything. They are snapping cranks and cams very often, melt the end off plugs every run and usually melt pistons, they aim for maximum power not for reliability. They are pushing every part to the absolute limit and its a game of fixing something and something else lets go, i think a 2jz making 3000hp would be the same as well, these are 8l motors pushing 8000hp, they are using sponsors money to fund these so the only way to go faster is to push things.

[benm]

I will agree to disagree, back OT now...

[markr34gtr]

thanks to all the guys who came out to the winters...

we had a great time racing again..

slowley getting a handle on the slider clutch...

the last run had a little too much clutch and power and spun the wheels hard till top of 3rd gear...

might be time for some bigger tyres...

jambo is our next meet should be more developed by then..

cheers, mark

[9krpm]

So did RH9 run a 9?

[wrxkilla]

Rh9 wasnt running...

good to see marks car! was running straight as! heaps more in it once you master the clutch!

Michael

[markr34gtr]

thank mick. we need more boost more tyre and less clutch = fast times...

cheers, mark

Rh9 wasnt running...

good to see marks car! was running straight as! heaps more in it once you master the clutch!

Michael