Brett928S2 wrote:
Hi Pel
I am IMPRESSED.... which takes some doing...lol
But forget the 9.5.... you should be concentrating on the 8 .... then the 9.5 will be easy...
All the best Brett
Hi Brett!
I'm taking the softly softly approach for the time being
I would like to see if I can find a 9.5 ticket on the last few RWYB's of this year. So I need to find 300th's of a second to do it.
The season end is close, my slicks only have about 2mm left on them and the holiday, the new Grandchild and a new heating boiler have wiped the racing budget out now
It may happen, it may not. I'm more than happy with what I've achieved since rolling out the new engine for shakedowns just over 3 months back. The car now run in the 9's all day long, and I am looking for a timing ticket with 8.99 written on it for next year. So I need to find nearly 3/4 of a second to do it.
That number sounds so, so small doesnt it? 3/4's of a SECOND !!
And a lot of my non racing mates find it somewhat amusing that I'm going to be doing a lot of mods over the winter to find that extra time. One of the funny comments was "cant you just put your foot down a bit harder?"
The wheelie bars will help the launch. My 60 foots are now in the 1.3's, but she still struggles after the 1/8th mile marker. 6 seconds to 114mph in the 1/8th, and then the power tapers off giving me just another 23mph in 3.6 seconds to the finish line.
This has been how all my Rover V8's have performed. Fast first half followed by a lame second half.
So I may be tinkering with cam changes over the winter after getting info from the dyno next month. I've not had the car on the rollers yet. I dont even know what my best shift rpm is? Its all been guess work so far by trying to feel how the car pulls.
I'm hoping to get the dyno stuff done before the last RWYB in October. That would be good as I will then have an idea of where my peak torque is in the rpm range so I can adjust my gear shift point so I can make use of peak torque on the shifts from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to top gear. This may give me a slight increase ?
So the goal is actually an 8 second timing ticket. And as we work towards that I'm hoping to go sub 9.5 regularly
I will just bide my time and do small adjustments on the way to the 8.99 second attempt.
If we go sub 9.5 and dont make the 8.99 I'll still be more than happy mate. Its a stock bodied 38 year old MGB. It has all stock front and rear suspension and steering. The only fibre glass part on the body is the bonnet. The fibre glass rear wings are bolted over the steel ones to cover the tyres. The rear axle is the stock diff with copy shafts made by Moser. It has full glass and a full interior apart from racing seats, it still has a Rover V8 fitted and it runs strong 9's. Who wouldnt be happy with that ??
Everything from the recent 9.62 run forward is a bonus for the car from now on I think. It would be nice if I could find a new PB for next July at the Retro Show at the Pod as thats my fave event of the year when my MG buddies come for the weekend.
Pel