Who's of to Vmax in their Nob then ?

[snuffy]

Me, for a start.

[alex s]

snuffy said:

Me, for a start.

Adrian W is as well, twerlie might be(I think Adrian said he was, but I could be wrong!) I am Guessing that Phil will take the GT if he goes..


Cool, my 1000th post.

Edited by alex s on Wednesday 27th June 17:45

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Yup, I'll be in the GT, and as Alex says Adrian and Twerlie are taking their machines.

[snuffy]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Yup, I'll be in the GT, and as Alex says Adrian and Twerlie are taking their machines.

Top drawer.

This will be my 4th, the other 3 times in my Esprit Sport 350. I suspect the Nob wont quite be as quick as my last car, which managed 174.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

snuffy said:

This will be my 4th, the other 3 times in my Esprit Sport 350. I suspect the Nob wont quite be as quick as my last car, which managed 174.

Is your car standard?

[snuffy]

My Nob or my Esprit ?

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

snuffy said:

My Nob or my Esprit ?

Either to be honest!

[snuffy]

My old Esprit had Sports cats, K&N filters and straight thru pipes. It was tested on a rolling road at 425 horses, which, I had to say, I don't believe. I can't see those minor changes adding 75 ponies.

The Nob is standard, a 3 with 6 speed box and LSD.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Depending on the wind and it's direction I'd say you'll get around 160mph in the Noble. You can give most things a run to the first corner though .

Before my changes I got +/- 1mph of 160mph about 3 times in a row. After the changes it was bouncing on the limiter in 6th quite a bit before the beams.

No idea what I'll get in the GT but I'll be disappointed if I don't got over Jason's 189mph he did in his GT.

[snuffy]

That's exactly the figure I had in mind. Again, I agree about the 1st bend. The first time I took the Esprit it only managed 152. After new cats and new waste gate accuators, the next Vmax it came up with 174 ( quite a difference. Another Esprit managed 179, but he disconnected the waste gate accuators - erm no thanks, I don't want my boost not being limited ). My final time I got 160 but it was very, very windy down the straight.

Do you thing the wing on the Nob makes any difference ? I might give it a go with and without.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

The wing is said to make 2-3mph. I believe goodlife did back to back runs there. It's said to make braking a bit unstable with it off though, but I'd imagine if you go straight on and roll off the power and slowly increase the brakes you'd be fine, as it only works +100mph.

Wing mirrors are great big sails as well, but don't fold them in! Again goodlife found that at about 130mph the wind gets behind the glass and rips it out!

I know Justin used to take his front numberplate off to help cooling, but I think that'll actually slow you down.

[alex s]

Can I ask when this is and how much, and is there any spaces?

[Adrian W]

alex s said:

Can I ask when this is and how much, and is there any spaces?

7th July at Brunters, check out the VMAX forum, i think Craig had a few places left earlyer this week.

[snuffy]

175 sheets

[alex s]

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

Can I ask when this is and how much, and is there any spaces?

7th July at Brunters, check out the VMAX forum, i think Craig had a few places left earlyer this week.

Thanks, just had a look, cant find the cost on there? Also bit worried about the noise test, I failed last time i went to bedford and that was 98db i think....Adrian, is yours going to pass?

[Adrian W]

alex s said:

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

Can I ask when this is and how much, and is there any spaces?

7th July at Brunters, check out the VMAX forum, i think Craig had a few places left earlyer this week.

Thanks, just had a look, cant find the cost on there? Also bit worried about the noise test, I failed last time i went to bedford and that was 98db i think....Adrian, is yours going to pass?

I think provided you don't floor it on the way back turbo cars are ok, the probl is with the loud n/a cars. my sound meter says 98.1.................on tickover

I think phil managed to get mine to 104db static

Edited by Adrian W on Wednesday 27th June 20:11

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Adrian W said:

I think phil managed to get mine to 104db static

Yeah, but that was you giving it foot to the floor action in an enclosed area! I'd say at 4000rpm steady throttle it'll be ok. There's always the option of borrowing some trackday cans.

[joust]

I'm picking up the new X5 so won't be there to run, but may add some ruin-in miles and bring the X5 up. Have fun if I don't make it!

[joust]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

I think phil managed to get mine to 104db static

Yeah, but that was you giving it foot to the floor action in an enclosed area! I'd say at 4000rpm steady throttle it'll be ok. There's always the option of borrowing some trackday cans.

I've a set as does Ash. Happy to lend you mine if you want to pick them up, Nick can be around anytime Friday.

J

[Adrian W]

joust said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

I think phil managed to get mine to 104db static

Yeah, but that was you giving it foot to the floor action in an enclosed area! I'd say at 4000rpm steady throttle it'll be ok. There's always the option of borrowing some trackday cans.

I've a set as does Ash. Happy to lend you mine if you want to pick them up, Nick can be around anytime Friday.

J

Thanks J i've got a week, i'll give you a shout next week if thats ok.