johnbarnes
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just to let you know fella, the white clio is n/a and not turbo'd 
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just to let you know fella, the white clio is n/a and not turbo'd
You dont mention if gas is used or not
If its the same car I think it is, its driven by a guy called Martin Southworth he was at York last year (same day we were there) running low to mid 14's and a 5.23 0-60......it now runs a 13.1....my how things have progressed
johnbarnes
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SKiddell said:
it doesnt use gas either, and yes its martins
its running boddies
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The clio is 220bhp 2.0 williams engine on throttle bodies. No gas or turbo.
He let the guy in the 300zx go ahead on purpose cuz he vidoes his runs and usually the other car goes off camera by time he gets to 2nd gear lol
He let the guy in the 300zx go ahead on purpose cuz he vidoes his runs and usually the other car goes off camera by time he gets to 2nd gear lol
its running boddies
All the good cars do
You must have talken a huge amount of weight out to get down to the low 13's on 220 hp...a clio is light as it is but 13.1's on front wheel drive is pretty impressive.
What do you think your best time will end up at...surely there cant be much to go as 220hp out of 2 litre NA must be getting close to its theoretical maximum and there arnt many front wheel drive NA's that have gotten into the 12's
datsun dave
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SKiddell said:a certain Mr Frost who owns a certain Vauxhall that can do 8 second passes all day,Check it out at )
Must be running a RB engine LOL
importfairlady
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i'm just glad theirs no shame in losing to a low 13 car, doesn't matter if its got 20 engines in it, the owner of the clio had a great car that is very very quick, some people spend a fortune trying to get into the low 13's.... i know a few.. the only depressing thing would have been to be beaten by a 'checkbook charlie' either someone who has just gone and bought a supercar or bought someone else's ex project. no real heart! i chatted to the guy after a later run and he was cool, not even a hint of smugness and he knew his wheels... you gotta love that! i thinks thats why i like the zclub, pretty much every member loves their wheels, we all put alot of our time (and money) into our cars and it shows in the quality of our stands at the shows. thinking about it we should all be proud.
SKiddell said:
Hi guys thought I'd pop over as there is a some chat about me & my car.... Did'nt realise I was so well known Skiddell lol don't remember any Z's at the 0-60 day last year tbh
that was my old clio which was pretty stnd engine wise (chip,manifold,zorst) so was well pleased with my 0-60 tbh, it ran 13.89@99mph best before I sold it to make way for the white un'.Conditions at pod for the vid were perfect so doubt I'll better that time using road tyres....I think everyone there got a pb with that wind
Import F/L - Love the vid mate, your reaction makes it ....tbh I did'nt think the 1.2 badges fooled anyone but guess I was wrong
All good fun.....I think I was videoing the speedo on that run so no alternate angle fraid....hope to catch a turbo 350z at pod next time (as long as it's not too fast
)Martin said:
Ahaha, I have a good memory (and the power of Google) looky here http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/Results/2006/2006_Motorsport_0430_York_Raceway_Category_Results.pdf
I is in the touring cars class, number 323, great day out but couldn’t understand for the life of me why a comp-altered was considered a "touring car"....another example of York Raceway logic
.....similar to how on earth a certain Scirroco with slicks and no mirrors is considered "road legal" ....never mind ehhh, sour grapes and all that, I do like the class system at York and wish the money grabbing *&*&^%$ at Santa Pod would do the same....might get rid of some of the cannon fodder, that clogg up the fire up road.As a side note Martin, the Z club has run the Drag Challenge for many years and has data going back to the 80's (search for Hall Of Fame) with some pretty impressive times (try sub 9 seconds)
We don’t attend every RWYB (see our calendar) but if we are there, come on over and the Z Club will buy you a coffee
On the 300ZX TT front not many have ventured into the low 13's but there are a couple....as far as the 350Z turbo's we have no data on those as no one has ever brought one along, many owners have had trouble with the aftermarket turbo installation
....we do however have very good quality data on a supercharged 350Z owned by our own Mike Feeney (see hall of fame in just about every category including sub 9 seconds)which has run a best of 13.8 (I think) but is known to suffer from heat soak and performs better than that on the road.Well done in getting (so far) the 19th position in the Castrol Challenge
but watch your butt I'm only 2 tenths off......and our cars look much much better
importfairlady
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now now mr skiddell, play nice with our guest, martin. i second the coffee offer for our next rwyb meeting, though i will probably pass on the rematch..... if you are attending then let me know as i will surely be their with my camera's (multiple) and can bring along a copy of the footage that i shot last time so you can edit it however you wish, i'm sure you'll laugh at the audio (i'm sure you can imagine exactly what i'm saying!) anyway i was very impressed with your little clio, most 300 owners would love a 13 second car but are happy with 14's. anyway enjoy and i'm sure we'll all see you at the next meet
SKiddell said:Ahaha, I have a good memory (and the power of Google) looky here http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/Results/2006/2006_Motorsport_0430_York_Raceway_Category_Results.pdf
I is in the touring cars class, number 323, great day out but couldn’t understand for the life of me why a comp-altered was considered a "touring car"....another example of York Raceway logic
As a side note Martin, the Z club has run the Drag Challenge for many years and has data going back to the 80's (search for Hall Of Fame) with some pretty impressive times (try sub 9 seconds)
We don’t attend every RWYB (see our calendar) but if we are there, come on over and the Z Club will buy you a coffee
On the 300ZX TT front not many have ventured into the low 13's but there are a couple....as far as the 350Z turbo's we have no data on those as no one has ever brought one along, many owners have had trouble with the aftermarket turbo installation
Well done in getting (so far) the 19th position in the Castrol Challenge
hmm I thought it was easy to get big power out of the 300ZX TT....anyway yeah I like the class system at york....especially winning a little trophy lol Not gonna go up often though due to the price and terrible surface....probably just do the 0-60 day again to see if I can get 4s in this one.
Saw you in the CC your just unlucky you were'nt there on 1st april I reckon you could have got similar times to me or ever 12s...the tailwind was strong. I like the gutted hatchback look
I was there on the 1st but stopped running at about 15:00 due to a very slight oil leak....didnt want to get red cardedMartin said:
, 13.42 wasnt a PB for me though, ran a 13.31 and a 13.38 last year, just around "Gary's Picnic" when the track prep was fantastic....(On the 1st April it took me all morning to get my tyre pressures right the morning was a little to cool) ........12's is going to happen but maybe not this year as the new engine wont be ready......but still, I have a new cam, header and "differant" fuel to play with, so who knows. There will be many other "good" days when the track prep is "right" and the weather "just so" just got to make sure I am there to enjoy it . As mentioned this event has been going on for years (I think I first ran in 2004 or so and 100 runs or so later still have so much to learn)with big power comes big weight, 300ZXTT ar'nt renowned for being light on their feet, a couple of our guys (and 300ZX.co.uk) have done very low 13's and one has done a mid 12 on slicks.Martin said:
Hopefully there should be several of our guys running hybrid Z's coming out to play, one of these is running a twin turbo'd soarer engined (1jZ) in a 240Z body and runs mid 12's, with some 370 BHP at the fly another is installing an RB engine into an early 240Z another is hopefully going to run his monster twin turbo'd L6 260Z once final work has been completed and another one is fitting a rather large 5.7 litre V8 in but that wont be out this year. All of these get classified as "Super mod" in our system due to being either forced induction or non original config engines. Most of these will be capable of running mid to low 12's but it starts to get a little exponential with power trying to overcome drag (the early Z's were very poor aerodynamically) and traction will be difficult with such a light car.
man that was a funny video . i laughed out loud at all the in car stuff, when you crossed the line on the first run if you look again it looks like something happened in the trouser department lol. Very very funny vid though and hats off to you for taking the defeat so graciously. that has to be the best in car vid i've seen we never get to see driver reaction from that angle. brilliant
importfairlady
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well you'll all be very happy as i can now inform you that you'll be seeing alot more movies, jimijisu has sorted me a g4 mac thingy, i've 5 new camera mounts for the zed and enough cameras to sort it. giving me more editing options, as for my reaction to defeat i have this to say A: you haven't heard the audio and B: the only one i'm really racing at the pod is me, i've only won 2 race's out of the countless runs i've done so i've kinda got used to it and though winning is nice, the personal bests i achieved just show all the effort is worth it. if anyone has any footage then i'd love some other perspectives as i drive a 300, my mates drive 300's (are you seeing a theme yet?) i'd love some footage of 240's 260's etc etc