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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: luca on 21 September 2008, 21:09
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Went down to the ultimate bmw show today to watch and to meet up with a few mates from the mini forum i was part of. Wasnt allowed to sign on as it was bmw's only. I expected this but in the afternoon they announced that non bmw owners could run their cars. I went to sign on straight away and took my car to the start line. It was my first time running at a drag strip so i was a little nervous. Did 7 runs in total and the funny thing is that my first one was the quickest.
I ran a 14.02 @104.77mph.
Mods on the car are revo stage one and itg panel filter.
Car is at 4k miles and i also had 3/4 tank of fuel in so i think i could shave one or two tenths off that time :evil:
If anyone hasnt been up the strip then i suggest you do, it was awesome :grin:
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good times there luca, i cant get them and i modded to fook :embarassed:
:grin:
hope you showed them beemers up to.
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Went down to the ultimate bmw show today to watch and to meet up with a few mates from the mini forum i was part of. Wasnt allowed to sign on as it was bmw's only. I expected this but in the afternoon they announced that non bmw owners could run their cars. I went to sign on straight away and took my car to the start line. It was my first time running at a drag strip so i was a little nervous. Did 7 runs in total and the funny thing is that my first one was the quickest.
I ran a 14.02 @104.77mph.
Mods on the car are revo stage one and itg panel filter.
Car is at 4k miles and i also had 3/4 tank of fuel in so i think i could shave one or two tenths off that time :evil:
If anyone hasnt been up the strip then i suggest you do, it was awesome :grin:
I just knew you'd run mate.. :grin: It happens quite a bit at shows where they let other marques run..
I (obviously) couldn't get today, as I went yesterday instead.. Wasn't going to run as tyres are shot, but couldn't resist as it's a right blast regardless of times..
What were your full figures off you slip mate, just to compare.. (60ft, 1/8 mile etc). Definate room for improvement with that terminal mate.. Nice one! :wink:
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My mate saw you run yesterday, he was very impressed. He is the mini drag specialist. He was helping setup another customers car which was a light blue one with black wheels. It ran a 13.5 on sat and ran 13.404 today @105.6. Did you see it?
Heres my slip
reaction time 0.7526
60ft 2.3546
330ft 6.2427
1/8 et 9.2790
1/8 mph 80.62
1000 et 11.7878
1/4 et 14.0216
1/4 mph 104.39
Did get better reaction times and terminal speeds on other runs but this is the slip from my quickest 1/4 mile time run.
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The drag guy (paul 1320minis) ran his cooper s with a 100 shot of nitrous and got a 12.6 @115 :shocked:
He's a very talented drag racer.
Im going down to the saturday night special rwyb at santa pod on saturday 11th oct. Going to let him drive the car to see what he can get out of it :smiley:
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The drag guy (paul 1320minis) ran his cooper s with a 100 shot of nitrous and got a 12.6 @115 :shocked:
He's a very talented drag racer.
Im going down to the saturday night special rwyb at santa pod on saturday 11th oct. Going to let him drive the car to see what he can get out of it :smiley:
Yeah saw a blue MCS, quite heavily stripped yeah?
I'm off to the night meet I think.. Reckon we should get a meet set up, don't you mate? :wink:
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http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0 :wink:
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What's the average that a normal (original :smiley:) GTI would run standard in the quarter?
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Depends if DSG or manaul I suppose. But I would say low 15's as a ball park fig..
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good times there luca, i cant get them and i modded to fook :embarassed:
:grin:
hope you showed them beemers up to.
Keith- We need to swap cars for a shot at Crail next time we are both there together.
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The drag guy (paul 1320minis) ran his cooper s with a 100 shot of nitrous and got a 12.6 @115 :shocked:
He's a very talented drag racer.
Im going down to the saturday night special rwyb at santa pod on saturday 11th oct. Going to let him drive the car to see what he can get out of it :smiley:
Yeah saw a blue MCS, quite heavily stripped yeah?
I'm off to the night meet I think.. Reckon we should get a meet set up, don't you mate? :wink:
Yeah it was stripped out, ive signed up for the meet already. Cant wait, there will be a few minis down there aswell. What times did you get yesterday ben?
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The drag guy (paul 1320minis) ran his cooper s with a 100 shot of nitrous and got a 12.6 @115 :shocked:
He's a very talented drag racer.
Im going down to the saturday night special rwyb at santa pod on saturday 11th oct. Going to let him drive the car to see what he can get out of it :smiley:
Yeah saw a blue MCS, quite heavily stripped yeah?
I'm off to the night meet I think.. Reckon we should get a meet set up, don't you mate? :wink:
Yeah it was stripped out, ive signed up for the meet already. Cant wait, there will be a few minis down there aswell. What times did you get yesterday ben?
1 x 13.4 and 4 x 13.5 all at 107+mph.. My 60ft times were a good 3/10th off last time though. Getting new boots this week. Still nearly 15k out of a front set isn't bad..
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Awesome times mate. I need to get the full milltek sorted. With the ambient temps being so high yesterday, i think i could of benefited with an s3 intercooler. Any idea how much it would cost inc fitting?
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Awesome times mate. I need to get the full milltek sorted. With the ambient temps being so high yesterday, i think i could of benefited with an s3 intercooler. Any idea how much it would cost inc fitting?
Yeah it was bloody warm on sat too. Looking forward to running at night on 11th Oct. Should see some nice cool intake temps and good times hopefully..
Cost for what mate, exhaust or IC?
Full Milltek is around £1k and IC is around £200-300 IIRC (that's not fitted though). DJhorace is the best person to ask as he has one on his Cupra..
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The intercooler. If i can get it all done for around £500-550 i'll get it done. Milltek cat back is going on wednesday and hopefully the downpipe before santa pod.
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If you know someone who works for VAG or go to a stealer that does a good discount for whatever reason (forums etc), you will get an S3 intercooler for just under £300. They are fitted reasonably easily, but I believe that garages who have done a few can do it in 2 hours now, same as we did after our 2nd one.
2 hours at garage rate may be £100.
Milltek is gonna cost about £1k, but you may get another brand for less by now as a few companies have their model available too.
The S3 intercooler drops inlet temps by approx 20%, and gives a couple psi more boost on spool than with the OEM intercooler.
Edit: If you get a garage to do it, make sure they have done a few already as you learn a lot from the first one. Things like the screws/bolts for the ends of the core are different and you should have these available before you start. Knowing where all the screws that hold the bumper on is another thing, and getting the core pipes clipped on properly is fiddly too. Our first one took 5 hours including sourcing bolts, and the 2nd one 2 hours.
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Thanks for that. Do you have the part numbers?
I have a mate who works for vw, do you think he could get hold of one?
I was thinking of getting it fitted at awesome, im sure they can do it.
As for the exhaust, ive decided on the milltek and paid for the catback already, i just need to get some more money together to get the intercooler and downpipe bought and fitted at the same time :smiley:
Will leave the engine mods then and maybe get some coilovers and some decent pads or leon cupra brakes.
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Not to hand, but the intercooler is here
http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/tfsiintercoolers.htm
If you want to get the best possible 1/4 mile time though, get a decent intake sorted and an upgraded fuel pump too, lose any excess weight from the car like spare wheels, jacks, juice bottles, full tank of screen wash, make sure you use good fuel (and dont have a full tank of it), tyres should be inflated properly etc etc.
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Not to hand, but the intercooler is here
http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/tfsiintercoolers.htm
If you want to get the best possible 1/4 mile time though, get a decent intake sorted and an upgraded fuel pump too, lose any excess weight from the car like spare wheels, jacks, juice bottles, full tank of screen wash, make sure you use good fuel (and dont have a full tank of it), tyres should be inflated properly etc etc.
Shall be going for it on the 11th that's for sure.. Got a 'Full Road Trim' time, so will be lobbing back seats out and she'll be wearing some new boots, all serviced up and ready to rumble.. Hopefully it'll be nice and cool too. Would love to take a 12 sec 1/4 back with me.. :wink:
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Im running the itg panel filter at the minute and always use vpower or tesco 99. Wheels are lighter thank stock too. Will run with less fuel next time lol.
Need to get decent 60ft and figure out where the best shift points are.
Thanks for the link, i will order the intercooler in the next few days.
Thanks for the help djhorance :wink:
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good times there luca, i cant get them and i modded to fook :embarassed:
:grin:
hope you showed them beemers up to.
Keith- We need to swap cars for a shot at Crail next time we are both there together.
Aye thats a shout, Its just the launch i need to master, the car is imo slightly strangled by the zorst though.
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Thanks for that. Do you have the part numbers?
I have a mate who works for vw, do you think he could get hold of one?
I was thinking of getting it fitted at awesome, im sure they can do it.
As for the exhaust, ive decided on the milltek and paid for the catback already, i just need to get some more money together to get the intercooler and downpipe bought and fitted at the same time :smiley:
Will leave the engine mods then and maybe get some coilovers and some decent pads or leon cupra brakes.
I got the s3 intercooler and an intake fitted for £130
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Where was that keith?
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Where was that keith?
i should have worded that better, I supplied the i/c the price was for fitting both the intale and i/c.
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good times there luca, i cant get them and i modded to fook :embarassed:
:grin:
hope you showed them beemers up to.
Keith- We need to swap cars for a shot at Crail next time we are both there together.
Aye thats a shout, Its just the launch i need to master, the car is imo slightly strangled by the zorst though.
Get the a MIlltek on then mate.. :wink: Once that's done she's all there..
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Where was that keith?
i should have worded that better, I supplied the i/c the price was for fitting both the intale and i/c.
I understood that, i meant where did you get it fitted? :smiley:
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if you dont mind..
luca is yours DSG or manual?
and in terms of tyre pressures what are you running on the front psi wise?
(does anyone pump up the rear btw?)
John
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Not at all mate.
Car is a manual. As for tyre pressures im not sure as i had the team dynamics put on the car and had my original tyres from the pescaras put on as they had only done 3500 miles. Not sure what pressures they are at, will check later.
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Where was that keith?
i should have worded that better, I supplied the i/c the price was for fitting both the intale and i/c.
I understood that, i meant where did you get it fitted? :smiley:
sorry my bad - Star Performance/ Fife
millteks down the list @no4 looking at a custom zorst, then remus or superesprint.