Just how far 'behind' are we in the world of tuning - are we really catching up???

[HYBRID]

then if were gonna talk hardcore dragging one cant forget to mention the crazy puerto rican's & their rotaries.. also THE event to be at, the Pan american nationals..

this year the record of the world's fastest rotary was broken by just 0.01 of a second lol.. heres the new record holder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGkgEBXZLoM

 

[Chris@CCM]

not with u at all on this one any so called fast cars ive seen come out of japan turn out to be slow lol

 

[Phil]

power wise i dont think we have been behind, but you take somewhere over developed (infastructure wise) like japan or somewhere small like malta or somewhere with the opposite issue america/austrailia and you find corners arent needed and everything is about straight line speed so naturally when it comes to testing there car as amatuers they look for a nice straight, and professionally too they going to head for the strip.

in the uk/sweden/france/finland/belgium/germany, we breed rally drivers/touring car drivers/kart racers whose aim is to go as fast as possible against other people with equal machinery, its about sheer lunacy coupled with skill.

so im with luke, i think its solely a lack of interest. and i cant see it changing, argue about whos strip is uphill or too short all day, but i dont think the UK has ever had an issue making power, its that we need that power to do so much more than a 1/4mile.. therefore we arent going to get times.

if someone bothered setting up a gt turbo solely for drag and had the necessary skill to get a good time they could head to the pod and do so. i dont see why not.

Phil

 

[Phil]

not with u at all on this one any so called fast cars ive seen come out of japan turn out to be slow lol

or a piston eater :haha:

 

[GT_Irl]

power wise i dont think we have been behind, but you take somewhere over developed (infastructure wise) like japan or somewhere small like malta or somewhere with the opposite issue america/austrailia and you find corners arent needed and everything is about straight line speed so naturally when it comes to testing there car as amatuers they look for a nice straight, and professionally too they going to head for the strip.

in the uk/sweden/france/finland/belgium/germany, we breed rally drivers/touring car drivers/kart racers whose aim is to go as fast as possible against other people with equal machinery, its about sheer lunacy coupled with skill.

so im with luke, i think its solely a lack of interest. and i cant see it changing, argue about whos strip is uphill or too short all day, but i dont think the UK has ever had an issue making power, its that we need that power to do so much more than a 1/4mile.. therefore we arent going to get times.

if someone bothered setting up a gt turbo solely for drag and had the necessary skill to get a good time they could head to the pod and do so. i dont see why not.

Phil

Well said!!!! Could not agree more!..one point though... car + driver + resources! If someone had the money and the drive too do it, definitly a serious drag ep could be had this side of the world

 

[HYBRID]

Dont get me wrong i think it would be cool to have a few goes at a circuit, but man nothing beats the feeling like a qtm, i love it, personally i wish malta had a much better track than the shit surface we have here.. it bumpy as hell & the pores of the track are as clogged as Courtney's veins.. :shoot: :haha:

If only we had a track surface like the NHRA track... lol or at least like Santa Pod lol.. we dont even have enough breaking distance for Top Fuel cars waaaaaaaaaaaaa :shoot:

something like this.. the 2009 Las vegas NHRA finals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGUITHanfY

 

[drew-turbo]

Well said!!!! Could not agree more!..one point though... car + driver + resources! If someone had the money and the drive too do it, definitly a serious drag ep could be had this side of the world

x2 all the informations on here from all over the world just put it together and there you go. (i understand what i mean )

 

[drew-turbo]

Dont get me wrong i think it would be cool to have a few goes at a circuit, but man nothing beats the feeling like a qtm, i love it, personally i wish malta had a much better track than the shit surface we have here.. it bumpy as hell & the pores of the track are as clogged as Courtney's veins.. :shoot: :haha:

If only we had a track surface like the NHRA track... lol or at least like Santa Pod lol.. we dont even have enough breaking distance for Top Fuel cars waaaaaaaaaaaaa :shoot:

something like this.. the 2009 Las vegas NHRA finals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGUITHanfY

all that money for a couple of seconds though?

 

[HYBRID]

all that money for a couple of seconds though?

isnt that motorsports though.. after all we are all chasing faster times & more powerful rides.. which in the end of the day we enjoy for less time, but then pat ourselves on the back when we do a great time.. even though it actually means spending less actual time doing that run lol... if u get what i mean

 

[GTti]

It seems fair enough if you don't have access to a racing circuit, but the majority of racing circuits here have 1/4 miles built into them So it's hard to see the attraction!

 

[Derek]

At 1:04 seconds into that vid how close is he to loosing it.