So I went to the Pod this weekend
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beast mate, im off to the pod next month for flame and thunder with the moddedrides.co.uk lot!
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Jesus christ, everytime you launched I winched for your clutch but looks like it can take it! Nice times and sounds a beast.
This isn't meant to be offensive but it looks incredibily eays to launch! Suppose the advantages of 4wd and a rock solid clutch! (and no mechanical sympathy as pointed out!
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This isn't meant to be offensive but it looks incredibily eays to launch! Suppose the advantages of 4wd and a rock solid clutch! (and no mechanical sympathy as pointed out!
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Soldato
Great stuff mate and probably the only time you will need to make use of the I/C button
He was running in just V-Power mode which is.. 634bhp
Honestly, the clutch can take it as I'm not slipping it, the gearbox can take it, in fact pretty much everything can take it. The 6Speed, driveshafts, propshaft etc are all incredibly strong for some reason. Heck people don't tend to break driveshafts until they're way past 650bhp.. The reason it looked so bad is because of the amount of wheel spin, I think with lowering the tyre pressures and some decent tyres (I have crap ones) along with some firmer bushes, it wouldn't vibrate so badly. Plus Pod can be so slippery, I use my launch control like that on the road and it grips and rockets off so fast it scares the crap out of me!!
Very nice launches, go on whats your 0-60 time?
That JP4 imprezza has some pretty impressive acceleration in the last video!
I'd love to know, still dying for someone to lend me a gmeter of some sort that isn't a smart phone app!
Yup I saw him, and recognised the car, mainly from the noise it was making. Went very very well!
Jesus christ, everytime you launched I winched for your clutch but looks like it can take it! Nice times and sounds a beast.
This isn't meant to be offensive but it looks incredibily eays to launch! Suppose the advantages of 4wd and a rock solid clutch! (and no mechanical sympathy as pointed out!
It's not easy to launch, trust me. It's all too easy to bog down if you don't give it enough welly from a standstill, hence the use of launch control, but you can't really pull out of junctions with it! If it does bog down, due to four wheel drive and being turbo, it takes what feels like an age to pick up and go again! Great fun when you get it right, but quite hard to not look like a looney when trying to pull onto a roundabout a bit quickly..
Thanks for the comments guys, appreciate it.
Great stuff mate and probably the only time you will need to make use of the I/C button
Thanks! Indeed, great use for it there, just keep spraying
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much respect for attacking the launches, car sounds ace too.
didnt realise they were that solid. diff mounts not a weak point?
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Nice launches - I'm too much of a wimp to do that in my classic - 320bhp on a standard gearbox = no way! 
indeed
i did this to my rear Diff at the pod, they were not happy with me transmission oil everywere.
this however is a 20 year old ford so understandable with double the power of the original engine.
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Wow, I enjoyed the video's..one day I might be brave enough to take the hawkeye up to the pod.....maybe
Look slike fun
Look slike fun
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Very impressive times.
I have a G-Tech meter and I'm not that far from you, if your passing Nuneaton drop me an email in my trust and if I'm in we can have a play.
I have a G-Tech meter and I'm not that far from you, if your passing Nuneaton drop me an email in my trust and if I'm in we can have a play.
HI m8
Ive got a racelogic meter, could always lend it you or organise a mini northern meet one weekend.
Hey, I'll bare that in mind. I think launch control can sleep for a little while. Poor beast
ish.. Prodrive/Eibach springs, standard sti suspension.
Again, thanks for the offer and I will definitely bare it in mind next time I wish to rape my car
Skully.. you're a bad influence! Same bloody day I have it mapped I launch it like a looney in the rain! Probably the same amount of grip as at the line at the Pod though hehe.
Antilag.. nah not necessary, it's the standard turbo which is pretty small, although the pops and bangs would be great!
I've been speaking with my mapper, and he reckons there's an 11 in there, especially if I nail my 60ft like I did on the last run, and a bit of weight reduction (bye bye passenger seat that weighs 26kg!!)
Again thanks for the comments guys