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My 120y coupe, A14a twin dellorto carbs, exaust cut off at the extractors and interior stripped out to bring it down to 895 kg with me in it pulled a 14.51 at calder back about 12 years ago on 13" bob jane out of rounders 185 75 13.
The whole car was built from bits and pieces from a mate wrecking yard and we did it as a joke but couldnt believe the time from that piece of crap.
Didnt win anything but my mates still talk about it when anyone starts on about drag racing.
White knuckled amazing stuff, wonder if it smoked up all four tyres on takeoff?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by NOZ
Bit of practice and it might get below 19 seconds!
Drag racing is a hoot!
Ah, no. I bought it with about 30 000 kms on board, sold it with well over 200 000km. Never had to tow it for break down reasons. About 3 months after I sold it, the new owner (a mate) rolled it:o , wheels to wheels. He drove it home (no windscreen) and it never drove again...:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
If you practiced switching between low and high range on the fly I suppose a quicker time could be acheived. And don't forget the Bowler wildcat comes out with a TD5 option, admitedly a worked motor with a much lighter and rigid body and chassis design but the basics are there in a D2
Yeah, another soul mate. Not a big fan of drag racing as such, my racing career high point, was the 1980\81 Speedway Sidecar National titles. Out of 16 contested heats, I managed 1 third place. Scored a whopping 17 point total in the National Title Final.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigJon
Speedway points scoring for motorcycles runs
1st place 3 points
2nd 2 points
3rd 1 point
all competitors receive 1 point for finishing the race.
16 races, 17 points.:( But, the champion has to beat somebody, it took the best in the country to beat me.:cool:
More power to us also rans, hey BigJon.:twisted:
Shorty