Thorin Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Originally posted by Steve W no worries mate.... as it happens, I had a really good day (so did me' Dad), NOT just 'cos we both got some better times, but, I thought the whole atmosphere at York was VASTLY superior to that at Pod'. Alright, the 'hardware' there was cheaper, or rather, more like REAL cars, but it was the friendliness of EVERYONE; the runners; the staff etc even the Burger van people ( ). The blokes in the tower COMMENTATING to the spectators, telling names ( )/ cars/ engines and then times/speeds. Made the whole day more 'fun'. Even 2 young ladies 'wetting' each other as well as washing screens at the Burn-Out point:moo: Hope you've got more photo's of those young laydeez to share Steve That big red yank tank just in the foreground of that photo sounds nice doesn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 god dam son of a bitch, them women never there when i have been racing. thats that big red yank car that does the 12`s. you should see the size of it. we should have made an effort to go up and meet steve as he came a long way, would have been nice to have a couple of supra v supra races, i was at the well lane rolling road day. next meet for me is elvington 13th july the next meet at york is the 27th july SUNDAY – JULY 27th - GTi HOT HATCH SPECTACULAR PLUS SATURDAY NIGHT CRUISE IN - The Run What You’ve Brung for GTi and Hot Hatch enthusiasts. GTi special demos’. Cruise Missile Shootout No 3. Firestorm Jet Car display. Camping from 6pm Saturday. a lad was telling me about the cruise missile thing where you go in classes and race other cars of same sort of spec. the lad was telling me he won his class and got a trophy. his car was a honda v-tec. you can enter the cruise missile and go on the run what you brung too. sounds like something different to do. oops gone off topic again. would like to try some 285`s on rear see if they help over 265 was not sure of profiles for rolling radius 245x40x17 285x40x17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 285x35x17 at the rear, would give a very close rolling radius to stock 255's and maintain speedo accuracy, if you car left the factory with 17's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 .........and maintain speedo accuracy BUT, Phil, nearly ALL our speedos are reading VERY optimistic anyhow ! ! ! I know mine's ~5% over at least... and 285/40's are ~4% higher 'geared' so actually make the speedo MORE accurate;) (OR, I could just tweak Pete's little box - but that's FAR too easy:p ).......... [ps. these ratios are only what I worked out with me Tescos calculator... so RUFFFFFFF:) ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 I have a sneaky suspicion(sp?) that the taller gearing is/will make my 1/4 miles slightly worse ? but not TOO significant ? (but, it makes yet another fine excuse.... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Originally posted by Steve W I have a sneaky suspicion(sp?) that the taller gearing is/will make my 1/4 miles slightly worse ? but not TOO significant ? (but, it makes yet another fine excuse.... ) steve what about 245x40x17 seems like i will try 285x35x17 for rears just need to try work out what brand dunlop sp9000 (heard these supposed to be good for grip) kumo supra (like tread pattern n they cheap for strip) falken 451`s would like to try some BFG drag radials to see what all the fuss is about. are they expensive? will keep that pic for future reference thanks for info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 steve what about 245x40x17 about -1.3% ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Originally posted by Steve W BUT, Phil, nearly ALL our speedos are reading VERY optimistic anyhow ! ! ! I know mine's ~5% over at least... and 285/40's are ~4% higher 'geared' so actually make the speedo MORE accurate;) (OR, I could just tweak Pete's little box - but that's FAR too easy:p ).......... [ps. these ratios are only what I worked out with me Tescos calculator... so RUFFFFFFF:) ] Steve, your table assumes that the car left the factory on 17's. Many cars would have started life on 16's so the figures would be different. The figures i have quoted for my new wheels are based ,on my original set up being 16's I know the speedo is not reliable , but assuming it is, then I am closer to a true 60 with the 18's than I was with stock size tires on 17's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 mmmmmmm.... the Jap' 16's are 245/50-16, that makes 2046mm circ' against 1998mm for the 255/40-17's that makes the Jap's ~2% BIGGER ? ? so dropping to UK's would make the speedo even WORSE (but, I didn't think the ratios/final or speedos would be different on the Jap - the later ones had the 17's anyhow ?....... getting wierd now..........! !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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