Nice one Damon. I'm going drag racing for the first time this Sunday at Long Marston. You have given me a benchmark! I will take it as-is, without removing anything I think.
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Nice effort, the guys at work were impressed by the 17 
I'm going to have to see how the abarth does when its done Probably a 20
Look forward to seeing your run lewey!! Going to suprise a few souls I think
Si
I'm going to have to see how the abarth does when its done
Probably a 20 Look forward to seeing your run lewey!! Going to suprise a few souls I think
Si
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I just used to give it death in every gear untill the run was over, never had a rev counter in the pop
Practice does definately help, keep chipping away, you'll soon see a 16 soon I reckon - then you'll want a 15..............and thats the drag racing bug !!!!!
If it was carbed thats what I'd have done
but I know the ecu has a rev limiter and time spent against it costs time And, yes, I've got the bug, I can smell the 16.You should hit the high 16's no problem, the main thing holding me back is me
With your better ratios, extra power and sprint experience it'll be low 16's
You reckon I got better ratios? Hard to know what the difference actually is due to your larger wheels and my standard size ones. Mine is nice and tall, which is great for the road, but I won't get out of 3rd gear on 1/4 mile I reckon. I do bang on 20 MPH for every 1000 RPM in 5th according to sat nav. Very handy as I don't have a speedo.
so now that you have at least one ready for the track, i guess you are all out of excuses for a tipo/uno/panda showdown?
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Interesting watching that, damon - have you run the car at any other strips? The reason I say is, after seeing the surface you were racing on, no wonder you had wheelspin !! Its normal practice at a dragstrip to run on tarmac rather than concrete, to which they add 'track glue' (which smells lovely !) Is it worth running your car somewhere like Shakespeare county raceway where theres some decent track prep? P.S. Lewey - I may be there sunday with my shiny new press pass, grabing some of the action.
Wicked, see you there hopefully.
Excellent to see this Damon. With the power to weight you are running you should certainly see mid-low 16's.
