June 3, 201510 yr Dunno if this has been posted before or not, late last year mikee managed to set a new world record for a 4 cylinder manual transmission 1/4 mile. 8.83 at 160mph :o In car external vid
June 3, 201510 yr Author yeah and more to come would you believe. Turbo's been changed since that vid and its now up to about 730bhp and turbo isn't maxed yet :o
June 3, 201510 yr Author I take it they've not done another pod run in it since it's been changed. no mate, only jgm shootout, His fastest run was 9.2 at 152mph but only ran for half a day cos the gearbox cried enough, given the surface differences looks promising to beat old record though.
June 3, 201510 yr Author haha yeah, apparently power isnt the issue now, well too little power isn't. Gearbox is, can't take the power so no point in adding more, upping it to 6 speed would add 40kg which isnt ideal. Replacement parts for the 5 speed on the way so have to see how they cope
June 3, 201510 yr Now that I see it, I remember they told me about this, when I visited scoobyclinic few weeks ago! Impressive!
June 4, 201510 yr haha yeah, apparently power isnt the issue now, well too little power isn't. Gearbox is, can't take the power so no point in adding more, upping it to 6 speed would add 40kg which isnt ideal. Replacement parts for the 5 speed on the way so have to see how they cope I know all about the gear boxes lol :) Mine should be here soon though :D
June 4, 201510 yr Author I know all about the gear boxes lol :) Mine should be here soon though :D haha, fingers crossed :D
June 4, 201510 yr I can't complain too much the old gearbox did well really I'd given it some stick over the years :D
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