Ford Transit Forum

by **Luke** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:52 pm

only fair to post up the times :lol:

correct me if i'm wrong

1st Nitroman - 2.0 fwd diesel lightened and fitted with NOS - 15.9
2nd SJB80 - 2.0 cossy YB turbo - 17.3
3rd Luke - 24v cossy V6 - 17.61
4th OxtonyxO 24v cossy V6 - 17.86
5th BrownysV6 - 2.8 V6 on carbs - 18.03
6th Billm - camper conversion - complete with parachute - still yet to cross the line :lol:

honorable mentions - Transitgeoff - bottled it

by **MrMPuk** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:55 pm

Luke wrote:honorable mentions - Transitgeoff - bottled it

by **BROWNYS V6** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:01 pm

my last run was 18.03 :oops:

i,ll change my diff for the next one :lol:

by **Guy88** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:02 pm

And remember tonys is runnind later cams and bigger injectors

so theres no excuse for being 4th

by **Luke** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:07 pm

BROWNYS V6 wrote:my last run was 18.03 i,ll change my diff for the next one

sorry edited

that last run it was neck and neck with the cossy mk6 - and to say the cossy should have 60bhp more :shock:

by **BROWNYS V6** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:10 pm

yes stuarts time was 17.9 so it was very close :wink:

by **Luke** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:12 pm

It's a shame nitroman didn't have time to do a run without NOS - that would have been interesting

was funny the 1st run he did me stu and tony were all watching he went up against a cossy'd mk1 escort which has run 12 secs in the past - the escort won but the van was so close :shock:

by **Luke** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:17 pm

Guy88 wrote:And remember tonys is runnind later cams and bigger injectors so theres no excuse for being 4th

tonys did have full intereior with quite a bit of weight

all seats still in etc. when we were pushing them along the line up to save batterys it was harder to push than the others - i wish i had a video of the axle tramp tony was getting off the line :shock:

- need to get that under control too :lol:

mine was the same problems in getting the power down - my best run was done setting off in 2nd :lol:

by **OxtonyxO** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:39 am

i have got 3 sheets of 18mm mdf, half a sheet of 18mm ply and 2 double bench seats in the rear :roll:

and still kept up with the lighter vans

by **nitroman** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:39 pm

mrs aint too good so had to go :cry:

next time we all meet i will run without nos i reckon 17 secs? and have a ace card to play yet so looking for late 14s :wink:

the ace card involves losing all the fat out ot the van cos its running heavy a bit :roll:

re jetting and a set of used slicks and at the last minute im gonna jump out the van and send it down via remote control (nothing in the rules says you cant) also im gonna eat carbon fibre for a week before cos that weighs less than proper food and i should lose a few pounds which shoud help

some of the above is true, some aint

by **Luke** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:47 pm

nitroman wrote:also im gonna eat carbon fibre for a week before cos that weighs less than proper food

ive now got a video of mine setting off showing the tramp problems :shock:

it's this one :arrow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqbKsvhD ... re=related
you can just make it out in full screen, but ive got it in slowmo and that was definatly my problem :lol:

and tonys too

so next time we will be faster too :wink:

by **OxtonyxO** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:47 pm

nitroman wrote:mrs aint too good so had to go next time we all meet i will run without nos i reckon 17 secs? and have a ace card to play yet so looking for late 14s

the ace card involves losing all the fat out ot the van cos its running heavy a bit re jetting and a set of used slicks and at the last minute im gonna jump out the van and send it down via remote control (nothing in the rules says you cant) also im gonna eat carbon fibre for a week before cos that weighs less than proper food and i should lose a few pounds which shoud help

some of the above is true, some aint

by **matjammeg** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:04 pm

i did the 1/4 mile in 21.76 seconds at a speed of 56mph in our scooby doo mini.
not bad for a bog standard 1000cc mini.
and only 4 seconds behind brownys v6
but only half the weight of a transit van and 3rd of the power
yet going round an oval track seems alot quicker than in straight line

watching the transits go head to head was better than all the other speed freaks.
at least the racing was pretty close and fairly even
my first drag was against the blue noble and it was on its way back before i crossed the line
as for the shed did it make it home again

by **Luke** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:23 pm

my worst run was a 19.1 :shock:

i set off in 2nd abot 5000revs well you gotta try it :lol:

lit up the rears went for 3rd hit 1st :shock:

back to 3rd and off i went :oops:

by **AndyG** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:35 am

Luke wrote:my worst run was a 19.1 i set off in 2nd abot 5000revs well you gotta try it lit up the rears went for 3rd hit 1st back to 3rd and off i went