Japshow finale

Safety_James · Post by **Safety_James** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:26 pm

Its great fun up untill the point you stall on your first ever run:banghead:

....(I did)

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:38 pm

ahh rigt, well i hope you guys have a great day

i shall be leaving home here at about 5am. Will post results and hopefullt video too tomorrow evening

And James, i'll try not to stall lol got to take it easy anyway, i still have the original clutch from day 1

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:58 pm

A tip I picked up from Dan Booker and Andy Barnes on my first time out was to pull up to the line and dip the clutch. Pull the handbrake up just enough so that you feel it's engaged and leave your hand on the 'wand'. At this point slowly bring the clutch up until you feel the biting point. Now you're ready to watch the lights go from red to green, release the wand and pull away as quick as traction will allow you. This method helps to take the shock out of a really quick get away

Best of luck.

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:07 pm

Have a good day tomorrow (today) Dan and keep your hands off your 'wand'

The rest of you guys, have a good one on Sunday :thumb:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:01 pm

im back

i had a brilliant day, did 17 runs in total (a couple i forgot to record

) i will post the final video to you tube later, but for now here are some photos

thanks for the advice guys, il bear it in mind when i do my next ones

question is, do i go again tomorrow?

heres the album link with photos; http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/vv310/bigpowerdan/Japshow%20Finale/

and my souvenirs

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:07 pm

I love the rear most shot Dan and I'm delighted the day went well for you

Any idea of the times you achieved?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:12 pm

cheers Stuart, that rear shot is lovely aint it =]

well i started the day off by overheating the clutch on the burnout >_< and did a 20 second run (you'll see in the video later) then it was getting lower, loads of 16,15 seconds and then which i still cant work out, a 13.7 run

Tk · Post by Tk » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:57 pm

glad you had a good day dan ,, see you tomorrow

do n/a mr2's do 13.7 runs sounds a bit quick to me

there's no way im doing 17 runs tomorrow , was it fairly quiet

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:58 pm

I think there must have been a problem with the timing mate @ 13 secs.
16's nothing to be ashamed of with that though, and I agree, the rear shot is very nice.
Well done for losing your cherry in style!

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:10 pm

Tk wrote:glad you had a good day dan ,, see you tomorrow

do n/a mr2's do 13.7 runs sounds a bit quick to me

there's no way im doing 17 runs tomorrow , was it fairly quiet

as rob says below, must be something wrong with the timing on that run, a turbo mr2 does a 1/4mile in 14. something. Nope not at all, it was very busy indeed, i got there at 6:10am and about 15 minutes later, loads of cars started to arrive

Rob S wrote:I think there must have been a problem with the timing mate @ 13 secs.
16's nothing to be ashamed of with that though, and I agree, the rear shot is very nice.
Well done for losing your cherry in style!

yeah thats what i thought, because these 10 second cars have huge spec engines, and mine is practically standard

and cheers