Munched my First Clubsport

[Phantom SS]

VT Clubsports are hard to pick because they came with two types of engines.

VT Series 1 - HEC 5.0L V8 with 195kw: 15 second car :lol:

VT Series 2 - Gen3 5.7L V8 with 250kw: Low 14 high 13 second car

The only visual differece is the badges and the VT1 has orange indicators the VT2 has clear (although alot of VT1 owners retrofit the badges and indicators from series 2 so people think they have a Gen 3!). Still most moded Skylines should beat any stock Clubsport, they are a very heavy car. With a few decent bolt ons you can get them running low 13s, with head and cam work mid to low 12s are achieveable. Not to bad but probably still get munched by a modded GTR any day of the week.

[whatsisname]

Welcome to the forum Phantom SS

[JH32]

Originally posted by Timmy G

I hate it when people lose and they think they can redeem themselves by hitting the highest top speed after it's all done.

They're probably trying to beat the next set of lights so they don't have to look at you

Don't you normally show you've won by taking their lane? (and of course, indicating)

Yeah but then you could argue the age old point ..... when does a drag end ... speed limit? till the road runs out? till your car doesnt go any faster?

[Phantom SS]

Thanks Whatsisname

This is a pretty cool forum, I used to post on what I think was the old forum to this one? It was a NZ based forum with a regional section for Aus. Look foward to keeping up with Skyline news! I know plenty of people with them and think they are awesome cars! If I hadnt have bought a brand new car I would be driving an R33 right now!

Cheers

[akeenan]

Yeah but then you could argue the age old point ..... when does a drag end ... speed limit? till the road runs out? till your car doesnt go any faster?

it ends when the person in front decides not to go any faster and cant be bothered with it anymore!

[benm]

I munched a Ford Falcon GT (no idea what model but it was very nicely worked looking at a website it looks like an XY).

Cruising on the Hume Hwy back from the summernats just casually sitting on 100km/h with traffic infront and behind.

Falcon cruises up beside, windows down 4 x 25yr oldish guys all looking at me and talking amongst themselves. I've got my windows up a/c on 20c and sitting low just relaxing because of the 2.5hr drive.

The drive gave afew revs at me and i looked over and just gave a smile then continue driving for about 10sec, then they gave another rev (still at 100km/h). I thought ok only way to shut up this guy is to give him a run so i sneakily leaned over and thru it back in 4th (still on stock boost) and then just flatted it. He launched with me and i pulled approx 2 car lengths on him by the time i hit the speed limiter. I merged over infront of him to overtake other cars while backing off. By the time i slowed back down to approx 130km i noticed a cop reversing into position in the middle island part getting ready to setup.

I thanked my lucky stars (with a grin on my face) and the Falcon GT guys left me alone for the remaining 1hr highway journey.

[whatsisname]

Originally posted by Phantom SS

Thanks Whatsisname  

This is a pretty cool forum, I used to post on what I think was the old forum to this one? It was a NZ based forum with a regional section for Aus. Look foward to keeping up with Skyline news! I know plenty of people with them and think they are awesome cars! If I hadnt have bought a brand new car I would be driving an R33 right now!

Cheers

I'm guessing you're a fellow LS1.com.au member?

[Phantom SS]

Originally posted by whatsisname

I'm guessing you're a fellow LS1.com.au member?

That would be a good guess! HSV Senator on Ls1.com.au

[CroatianR33]

The way I see it the race is over once you reach the next red lights if they arent to far away....or if you are clearly the faster car and can't be bothered proving it anymore so u just put on ur hazards to "tease" the other bloke a bit...Also when u go to the street runs i've notcied they mainly put on the hazards when its a tight race because all of the crowd is down on the other end of the quarter mile!!! If you win by heaps its not really needed unless u wanna tease the loser!!

[whatsisname]

Originally posted by Phantom SS

That would be a good guess! HSV Senator on Ls1.com.au

I'm the same on both forums, & plenty of others!

[VISHES]

Originally posted by akeenan

it ends when the person in front decides not to go any faster and cant be bothered with it anymore!

when ur at the end of 2nd and the other car isnt gaining on you, then the race is over...if both cars are neck to neck..then 3rd gear would put u at 400m...basically u'll know when u've won or lost

[hippy]

yeah i agree ... i always never fully floor it unless i have to, cause u know the feel of your car and u know what it can do ... for me i will only speed up far enough so i know if i've won or lost ... which is usually by 3rd gear ... but usually i wouldn't go past 80kmph ... cause it starts to get really dangerous and i already know who's won or lost ...

[Phantom SS]

Originally posted by whatsisname

I'm the same on both forums, & plenty of others!

Yep I recall seeing you name around a few forums, what is done to you skyline? Are you the guy with 300rwkw!?

Cheers

[Duncan]

It ends when you hit the speed limit.

[akeenan]

duncan is that tape holding on your front bar in your avatar? just been wondering that for a while now?

[Duncan]

lol!

No, its an "independant bonnet restraint", or "piece of rope", to keep CAMS happy when I raced at Bathurst. Time for a new pic, I think....

[whatsisname]

Originally posted by Phantom SS

Yep I recall seeing you name around a few forums, what is done to you skyline? Are you the guy with 300rwkw!?

Cheers

My car has all the usual bolt-on mods including a bigger turbo, but not enough for 300rwkw! I'll get there eventually though. See my sig'. There's a few GTS25t's owners here with 300+rwkw.

[Ozzy]

I had some pecker in a silver Rex cruising beside me on liverpool road a couple of months back doing the zoooom psssh zoooom pssh thing with his BOV. He issued the challenge at the lights just before the freeway (I was going back to Canberra)....so what could I do ?????....He lost !.....Go the Skyline's !!!!

[Gumby]

Had a run with a 911 Carrera couple of weeks ago.

We had just left Sandown after a Porsche Club track day when this 911 came rushing up behind me and started doing the whole tyre warming exercise to tell me I was going to slow. We came out onto Springvale Rd and they blasted past me making some comment on Jap cars (didn't catch it all).

So that was it, I tucked in behind and followed them onto the merging lane onto Princes Hwy. I was right on him so he knew, and once he saw the traffic was clear, he was off in a cloud of smoke, as was I. I chased him to 90 where I pulled to the right lane and slowly passed him (at full noise). By 190, Mr Sky was a good 3 car lengths ahead. I backed off and they went shooting past.

We caught up at the next set of lights and I wound the window to say g'day but niether the driver nor his mate would even give me a look. My wife hates me doing that and I generally don't, but she loved outsprinting a porsche. As long as I never do it again.

Skyline...............!!

[Hicks]

Ahhh, I remember the first time I did it. It feels pretty ****in good, but its over so quickly.