to swop or not

by **simontaylor** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:39 am

He "might" beat you over a quarter mile, but remember you have a Grand Tourer "GT".
How does he feel and how does his car behave when it has been driven at 130+mph for 40 minutes, "Cannonball style"?

by **darrenbiggs** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:55 am

Joe's standard A610 kicked bottom remember, and yours should have a similar power to weight.

It's all down to that 1st to 2nd gear shift if you ask me....... just don't bodge it up and embarrass us all right :lol:

http://www.renaultalpineownersclub.com/ ... =allcomers

by **gt5** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:07 am

has anybody got any tips for a quick launch in the gta,or is it just a case of holding it at around 5000rpm and dumping the clutch i dont really want to blow the gearbox up

by **clee** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:34 am

http://www.renaultalpineownersclub.com/ ... light=tips

by **gt5** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:12 pm

thanks i will give both a go i tried the later one(slipping the clutch slightly) in my dads spider when we was at york dragway dont think he was to impressed as it stunk and was smoking a little :lol:

how did you get on in the gt battle lee?

by **simontaylor** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:17 pm

I think it got postponed due the the organiser who had dissappeared for the day.

by **clee** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:30 pm

simontaylor wrote:I think it got postponed due the the organiser who had dissappeared for the day.

Nah ,the japanese boys got wind I was gonna run and bottled it, they cancelled the event :lol:

by **Tony Smith** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:23 pm

At Santa Pod (which is slightly uphill) a standard GTA with a good launch will run high 14's - low 15's. A chipped (220-230bhp) car will run mid 14's. By my reckoning about 250 bhp required to break into the 13's and about 320-330 to get in the 12's.

by **Alpineandy** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:53 pm

Tony Smith wrote:At Santa Pod (which is slightly uphill) a standard GTA with a good launch will run high 14's - low 15's. A chipped (220-230bhp) car will run mid 14's. By my reckoning about 250 bhp required to break into the 13's and about 320-330 to get in the 12's.

Tony, how many goes do you get before the clutch disappears?

by **Tony Smith** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:49 pm

Because the GTA has massive traction off the line you could probably break it in 1 go if you tried hard enough! Because I'm poor I tend to be more sympathetic and sacrifice a few tenths for a bit of mechanical sympathy

by **simonsays74** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:55 pm

i broke both engine mountings and the gearbox mounting all at the same time in the atmo doing a drag race at a dis-used runway! :lol:

must be a weak point!

by **David Gentleman** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:57 pm

simonsays74 wrote:i broke both engine mountings and the gearbox mounting all at the same time in the atmo doing a drag race at a dis-used runway!

must be a weak point!

You sure your front brakes werent jammed on!!?? :shock: