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03-03-2011, 12:44 PM
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Being from SA we don't exactly get alot of motorsport over here, because of this I plan on heading over to the AFF Drags in June. I having never done any kind of drag racing before I was just wondering what tips you guys could offer in terms of preparing the car. BARING IN MIND the fact that I'm driving the XR8 to heathcote, and thus need to make it back lol.
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HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
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03-03-2011, 01:28 PM
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do a full service on it, don't thrash the guts out of it on the drive to Heathcote. once u get there go over the car again. it's a fairly new car made to be driven on the street, you should be fine for the drive etc.
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03-03-2011, 02:29 PM
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Im more worried about the drive back to be honest,
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HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
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03-03-2011, 02:38 PM
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Quote:
 i have seen Ford and Holden V8's that do 100's of passes a year without a problem.
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03-03-2011, 02:49 PM
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still bit jittery, would bringing another set of rear tyres be worth it, or run the streeters??
I wouldn't purchase semi slicks, they would just be my old 17's with some scrubs on them
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HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
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03-03-2011, 03:30 PM
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just do a small burnout on the streeters, just to clean 'em up only a couple seconds. if u do too big a burnout u glaze 'em up and they have even worse traction. Last edited by prasac; 03-03-2011 at 03:38 PM. |
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03-03-2011, 05:28 PM
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Cheers prasac AWESOME help
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HIS THUNDER 2004 BA XR8 Blueprint Mods: Quad Exhaust, Hi-Flow Air filter, BFtiming chain tensioners, Billet Oil pump gears stage 2 shift kit, riding on G6ET 18's HERS FLASH BA MKII XR6 Turbo Phantom Purple Typhoon front end Parking your ford after a long day of being Awesome
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03-03-2011, 08:17 PM
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What are you doing for a helmet? I've been reading up on the subject and I'm just curious as to which way you've gone with it.
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03-03-2011, 08:25 PM
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I used to race Karts, Ive still got my helmet
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