First and foremost, I'd like to thank my excellent company today. BigFil, Martin, Turbomart, Alain, Esther, Gary, Leigh, Rob, JC, Sneaky Pete, Scott, Alex, Andy, Lee, Bladey and Matt . You guys are some of the funniest bastards I've had the pleasure of meeting :thumb:
A few highlights from the day;
A very funny conversation about OAP buggies, BigFil and amusement rides and wheelchairs on the rollers.
A passenger ride in Matt's Mini (worked out the power to weight ratio of approximately 358.4 bhp). Like piloting a cruise missile. With no steering. And sitting on a loose chair. With Matt saying 'everybody just laughs'. I couldn't help thinking 'I'm about to die, I may as well laugh'. The way the car launches itself around like a bump and go robot is truly scary, and all the while Matt is happily chatting away about the time he nearly killed someone when the boost came in....... and then he hit the nitrous. I have never uttered so many expletives in such a short time.
I was very fortunate to get a lift with Alain and Esther in their lovely Evo 4. On the way back we pulled into a Shell garage on the A12 and my eyes nearly fell out of my head. There was the biggest, fattest, rear tyre this side of a Gallardo and it was on the back of a Harley Custom!
This Harley VRod had been fully customised, even to the extent of being supercharged as well. The rear tyre was a 330/30 profile of Avon stickiest rubber and they guy needed all of that grip when he fed in the grunt off the slip road. I don't mind saying, when he started it up it was the second time that day I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
Last thing that I should mention is the cruelty to children thing. There was this kid, no older than 12 years old in the dyno room all day. He came out at regular periods as white as a sheet, probably due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. We all laughed nick naming him Powder, Casper and Uncle Fester.........my how we laughed :lol:
Results; (Yes, there was actually a point to all of this piss taking)
1. P. Howson Ford F150 Lightning 466bhp
2. L. Forster Evo V 423bhp
3. G. Swainston Pontiac Trans-Am 406.4bhp
4. A. Collinson Celica GT4 ST205 338bhp
5. J. Beck Impreza STi (newage) 332.4bhp
6. A. Kelly Evo IV 323bhp
7. D. Campion Impreza Catalunya 319.4bhp
8. A. Johnson Impreza STi RA (classic) 317bhp
9. R. Morgan Impreza Type R 316.2bhp
10. G. Daws Pulsar GTi-R 316.1bhp
11. J. Shreeve Impreza WRX (classic) 313bhp
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