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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 06:24:17pm
Does anyone know how high off the ground the beam at the finish line is?
I seriously doubt it! |
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Site Admin  9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 06:33:34pm
I'm guessing it's going be mm's as leaves can often set it often. On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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 2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 06:36:55pm
Normally the staging beams are broken by the wheels and the beam at the end of the track is broken by the font of the car. Of course that doesn't really help but it must be higher up than the wheels I guess. So if you had a car with A LOT of overhang... On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
naeJ m !!!!!!sdrawkcab si gnihtyreve ?droabyekym ot deneppah sah tahw ayhwdd |
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3594 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 06:57:06pm
Id have thought the beams would all be the same....
9.85 @ 145mph
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2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 07:16:09pm
I remember someone in Oz decided on using a Plymouth Superbird as a basis for a drag car just because of the large overhang the nose cone gives. That plus the massive wing! On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
naeJ m !!!!!!sdrawkcab si gnihtyreve ?droabyekym ot deneppah sah tahw ayhwdd |
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 4360 Posts Member #: 1459 En-suite user Braintree, Essex |
3rd Sep, 2007 at 07:26:50pm
Seems abit daft...why don't they do timing like hillclimbs etc. Transponder would be too expensive for joe public On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish. On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood. Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series.............. |
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 6549 Posts Member #: 1149 #1 Basshunter Fan Force Racing ICT Dept Manager Miglia Turbo Am frum Yokshyer tha noes! |
4th Sep, 2007 at 02:50:06pm
I cant see how having a large overhang on the front of the car helps with times. You still start from the same position, unless your inspector gadget and your car increases in length at the touch of a button! 1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
4th Sep, 2007 at 03:13:13pm
I think the theory is mike that the start is measured from the wheels, so any front over hange is subtracted from the 1/4 mile distance (if that's how it works).
Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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 9326 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
4th Sep, 2007 at 05:41:21pm
On 3rd of Sep, 2007 at 06:24pm paul wiginton said:
Does anyone know how high off the ground the beam at the finish line is? Paul Just how tall is this next sprint going to be? |
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 06:28:34pm
Nic, nothing to do with my car.......I just wondered how much shorter the track is for cars with a front splitter like the DON.
I seriously doubt it! |
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 1252 Posts Member #: 1656 Post Whore stoke-on-trent |
4th Sep, 2007 at 06:33:09pm
0.064935 secs On 23rd Oct, 2009 sim_ou_nao said:
eu gosto de mamas = i like boobs |
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
4th Sep, 2007 at 06:38:45pm
ah, so that is 3/8 of fuck all then.... On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
Sorry to say My Herpes are no better Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY |
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 06:46:49pm
Its still something.............. Im fitting a splitter
I seriously doubt it! |
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4360 Posts Member #: 1459 En-suite user Braintree, Essex |
4th Sep, 2007 at 07:00:57pm
Having a splitter 2 metres in front of the car might be taking the piss! :) On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish. On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood. Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series.............. |
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 07:13:14pm
On 4th of Sep, 2007 at 07:00pm milamber said:
Having a splitter 2 metres in front of the car might be taking the piss! :) I was only thinking 3 foot. lol Paul I seriously doubt it! |
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 8604 Posts Member #: 573 Formerly Axel Podland |
4th Sep, 2007 at 08:07:39pm
Don't be silly.
Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
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 6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
4th Sep, 2007 at 08:08:35pm
the same part of the car breaks the beam at both ends of the track, so it matters nothing what you have in front of the wheels,
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 08:22:36pm
At the start line theres a beam in front and behind the wheels which give the staging lights...........so Im led to believe by an ex pro drag bike champion. At the other end its the first part of the car to break the beam be it the wheels, valance splitter or rear number plate.
I seriously doubt it! |
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
4th Sep, 2007 at 08:36:34pm
http://www.musclecarclub.com/library/race/...s.shtml#staging
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 09:00:01pm
It says in there its the wheels that break the start line beam
I seriously doubt it! |
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 530 Posts Member #: 1192 Post Whore In the garage......again!! |
4th Sep, 2007 at 09:39:13pm
Never run on a drag strip myself but was wondering, does the timer start as soon as the lights go green?. 133.5 bhp 123 lb torque 116mph @6640rpm 9.5psi
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
4th Sep, 2007 at 09:40:52pm
No, not until you leave the start line.
I seriously doubt it! |
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530 Posts Member #: 1192 Post Whore In the garage......again!! |
4th Sep, 2007 at 09:49:21pm
ahh, that must make the nerves settle a bit then. 133.5 bhp 123 lb torque 116mph @6640rpm 9.5psi
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
4th Sep, 2007 at 10:01:42pm
On 4th of Sep, 2007 at 09:00pm paul wiginton said:
It says in there its the wheels that break the start line beam Paul its whichever part of your car that blocks the light, they are being general assuming we all run big yank tanks, carl |
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2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
5th Sep, 2007 at 07:37:10am
Yay! Someone believes me! I know in most of the tracks in OZ it's as Paul says, it's the first part of the car that breaks the beam on the finishing line, not necisarily the wheels (I think this beam is a little higher). On staging it's the wheels meaning in theory an overhang gives an advantange.
On 4th of Sep, 2007 at 08:22pm paul wiginton said:
At the start line theres a beam in front and behind the wheels which give the staging lights...........so Im led to believe by an ex pro drag bike champion. At the other end its the first part of the car to break the beam be it the wheels, valance splitter or rear number plate. Paul On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
naeJ m !!!!!!sdrawkcab si gnihtyreve ?droabyekym ot deneppah sah tahw ayhwdd |
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