SkylineOwners Invite - Tyne Tunnel Midnight Run 20/11/2010

Mucky_Pup · 19 Nov 2010 at 13:23

Not for me, I'll probably be asleep by then, plus am saving my petrol because I'm going on a run around the north east on the Sunday.

D-Ranged · 19 Nov 2010 at 15:29

The reason it is second gear runs is that GTR's can easily do 80mph in 2nd. Thats pretty quick in a tunnel....

To far for me to take mine would cost me over £100 in petrol to get there and back.

Shimmy · 19 Nov 2010 at 15:34

I'd go to take some photos but it's a bit late for me, 45 min drive there and the same back when I have football the following morning.

JayMax · 22 Nov 2010 at 13:49

Any photos or vids come of this event then?

peterattheboro · 22 Nov 2010 at 14:06

There's a few on my facebook.

I've got a drifter on my friends list and he took his car down

matt_fsr · 22 Nov 2010 at 15:55

peterattheboro said:
I've got a drifter on my friends list and he took his car down

Did he go through the tunnel sideways?

moss · 22 Nov 2010 at 15:57

My friend phoned me on Saturday night asking if I wanted to go down as he was going, basically sat in a queue for ages, then hammered it through the tunnel. They pretty much said you can ignore the speed limits, just don't overtake the car in front but they left a reasonable gap between runs too so you would have had to do silly speeds to do so.

Amoeba · 22 Nov 2010 at 19:45

Kenai said:
"Tunnel is 1.6 miles long so plenty of exhaust appreciation, 1st & 2nd gear runs only"

Only if you can reach 'God knows what' speed by the end of second gear.

Whether the speed limit applies is neither here nor there really if you're not allowed to get into third.

Well my mate runs a 200 with an OSGiken box fitted that will do 60 in first.. so yeah

peterattheboro · 22 Nov 2010 at 23:15

matt_fsr said:
Did he go through the tunnel sideways?

He said he was struggling for grip so possibly

JayMax · 22 Nov 2010 at 23:40

peterattheboro said:
There's a few on my facebook

Anthing worth rehosting for my/public consumption? Or was it a 'you had to be there' kind of thing?

peterattheboro · 22 Nov 2010 at 23:42

It's not that interesting and I don't think I can pull videos from facebook directly? It's not a youtube link or anything.

But I think it's a white 240SX. The driver is Jon Calvert.

JayMax · 22 Nov 2010 at 23:44

No probs - I was looking for tyre rubber on the floor on my commute through it today. None spotted lol

Joshy · 22 Nov 2010 at 23:46

Wish they'd do something like this in the blackwall tunnel

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FTM · 23 Nov 2010 at 09:45

there is a speed limit in the tunnel..its also fully manned 24 hours a day and if they see doolies speeding through the tunnel they will do something about it
..mind its always so damn busy I'm amazed anaybody has ever reached 30mph!!

'The existing vehicle tunnel is a two-way road with a 30 mile per hour speed limit. Customers must pay a toll to use the vehicle tunnel.'

taken from the new tyne tunnel page
http://www.tt2.co.uk/

there are speed limit signs within the tunnel

however with this being a private event it looks like they have organsied it correctly...and it will be a hell of an opportunity to drive through it without it being nose to tail with traffic!

dalex · 23 Nov 2010 at 10:14

just ask you tube for tyne tunnel skyline and theres a few vids up for it

Dave