Brighton speed trials vid

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#1 Brighton speed trials vid

Post by dal2.0litrefrogeye » Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:51 pm

My fastest run of the day at 14.2

Pleased with that considering I was on street tyres :bigrin:
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#2 Re: Brighton speed trials vid

Post by 288gto » Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:17 pm

Back in May...
dal2.0litrefrogeye wrote:
Mon May 27, 2019 5:57 am

......... just gutted now that I hadn't fitted my second set of wheels with sticky Avons on I was only half a second off of 3rd place ......
And now :lol:
dal2.0litrefrogeye wrote:
Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:51 pm

Pleased with that considering I was on street tyres :bigrin:
Seems a pattern of blaming the tyres :roll: I can comfortably manage a sub 11 secs without even leaving the garage. :lol:




Seriously though well done :yellow:
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#3 Re: Brighton speed trials vid

Post by dal2.0litrefrogeye » Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:45 am

Beat the lightweight ........ the most important thing :lol: :lol: :swerve:
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#4 Re: Brighton speed trials vid

Post by politeperson » Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:29 pm

Any idea what you speed was Darren?
Its true, but Enzo never said it
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#5 Re: Brighton speed trials vid

Post by dal2.0litrefrogeye » Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:35 pm

Hi my terminal speed was 101 and that was just running the rev limiter ( 6000 rpm ) in 3rd gear
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#6 Re: Brighton speed trials vid

Post by politeperson » Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:59 pm

Thats 0-60 on around a genuine 5.5 seconds. Wicked.
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