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Birds Grand Master

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Gaaaaaaaaaaate and limiter. Alah alah Brisby!

Words on forums mean nothing, results on paper mean everything - there is nothing else to say.

I'll bring down an S15 in November...you bring down a VL...and we'll let the paper results speak :laugh:

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I'm a bit out of the loop with the pissing contest, where did you finish in the results Birds?

For reference I ended up 18th and I was happy with that given it was my first deca, how many issues I had on the day, and how badly I drove <-- biggest factor :laugh:

I'd agree with the earlier comments about the semi's, I had used ones on and they had less grip than street tyres by a mile. At one point they started to get some heat up though and I had a half decent go at the sweeper on the long wang.

Mavric Grand Master

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I'll bring down an S15 in November...you bring down a VL...and we'll let the paper results speak ;)

My Money will be on adz as well.. Id say give adz a Barina and he would still win :laugh: least there would be no Limiter and hard Launches!!!

Birds Grand Master

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I'm a bit out of the loop with the pissing contest, where did you finish in the results Birds?

For reference I ended up 18th and I was happy with that given it was my first deca, how many issues I had on the day, and how badly I drove <-- biggest factor :D

26th mate :D

I felt much the same way as it was my first DECA too...thought I did okay with the skidpan stuff (aside from amassing WDs) but held back on the wangs for fear of wrecking my daily hehe. Did you miss out on much driving during your trip to the barn?

Mate I'll do you one better, I'll bring down my Holden Combo and still wipe the floor with you. Cheers. :D

Let's do it!

LOL...of course you would need a car with more power and better handling to be able to win haha

You know, I don't doubt for a second he's a better driver than me, but my point is that results from a non-homologated event mean SFA.

No Crust Racing Grand Master

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Damn, just missed out on finishing in the top half, good luck for November then :D

Will you be attending the track day at Winton in October? (I think it's in October...)

The SlowVia and I will be there with bells on.

Mavric Grand Master

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LOL all this about driving slowly make you quicker....

http://www.pbase.com/sooty34/image/116264331

http://www.pbase.com/sooty34/image/116264338

proof is in the pudding - I drove like this all day with gate an limiter and still came out faster AND I drive it home

I got one WD for doing an extra LOOP around a cone... I think i should have gotten extra points for style :D

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DECA times are a pretty good indicator of driver ability IMO,

the lack of grip means that for people to be doing the times that they are means they must know what they are doing behind the wheel...

And also the fact that you have to go straight into competition with no practice means you have to be super committed straight out of the box... (This is somthing that I struggle with..)

And don't think its all about the power..

Last year there was a datto with 75rwkw that had the fastest time on the mini-wang....

or the 140rwkw Porches beating 300+kw GTR's on the Long Wang

And I believe a little Toyota Echo that showed some gtr's a thing or two on the skid pan...

And as for having a better handling car... Just look at what I'm stuck with... :D

Birds Grand Master

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Damn, just missed out on finishing in the top half, good luck for November then :D

Will you be attending the track day at Winton in October? (I think it's in October...)

The SlowVia and I will be there with bells on.

Nah mate! I'm too scared to track my daily...I'm still rebuilding my daily from 4 years ago so I don't need two projects lol.

DECA times are a pretty good indicator of driver ability IMO,

the lack of grip means that for people to be doing the times that they are means they must know what they are doing behind the wheel...

And also the fact that you have to go straight into competition with no practice means you have to be super committed straight out of the box... (This is somthing that I struggle with..)

And don't think its all about the power..

Last year there was a datto with 75rwkw that had the fastest time on the mini-wang....

or the 140rwkw Porches beating 300+kw GTR's on the Long Wang

And I believe a little Toyota Echo that showed some gtr's a thing or two on the skid pan...

And as for having a better handling car... Just look at what I'm stuck with... :D

I reckon the results are a good indicator when you have standout drivers beating awesome cars with not so awesome vehicles, for sure. But there's no denying a general correlation between good results and good cars...that is why we bother to modify our cars with good tyres and power, true? I just think there's so much variability between the cars that it's near impossible to determine unless you get two people to drive the same car :D

I thought you did pretty darn well...I've driven a Corona before and whilst fun with the handbrake they are no go kart!

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