GREAT news. I'll be there and will lend any kind of assistance I can if needed.
Mullet's Texas Mile update thread
- Thread starter Mullet
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GREAT news. I'll be there and will lend any kind of assistance I can if needed.
STORMCAT
GT
skyrex
FORD GT OWNER
That is one of the things giving me pause on getting a TT. It is difficult for me to travel with the car out of state due to business time constraints and if I get the TT I will not be able to properly exercise it due to the 205 limit in Cali. Plus I would need somewhere to ship the car till I got there.
Seriously great runs all ways around by everyone. It was a blast to watch this thread over the weekend. :cheers
BTW Chip, I am sure it will be in your write up but what kind of tires did you run?
Thugboat
GT Owner
SkyRex,
We have PLENTY of places to store your car if you wanted to ship it to Houston, Fly in before the mile, and be there in Oct. We Houston guys can make that happen!!!:biggrin
One reason out of the way, NEXT.
Larry
We have PLENTY of places to store your car if you wanted to ship it to Houston, Fly in before the mile, and be there in Oct. We Houston guys can make that happen!!!:biggrin
One reason out of the way, NEXT.
Larry
soroush
Ford Gt Owner
- Aug 8, 2007
- 5,256
PeakCompletions
Boost is an addiction...
Great getting to spend some time with you Mullet!!
Fantastic run by the way!!! Car sounds bad ass!!!
Thanks for the help with the battery charger and other items!!
Can't wait until the next round :biggrin
Fantastic run by the way!!! Car sounds bad ass!!!
Thanks for the help with the battery charger and other items!!
Can't wait until the next round :biggrin
Hoosier R-6s
Rex,
I used the Hoosier R-6s that have been on my car since before Texas Rally IV. At Spring Mountain I used 28 lbs of tire pressure, and 30 lbs in the tires at the mile.
If someone had two sets of wheels & tires, I would recommend using the stock Goodyears on the front and Hoosiers on the rear. The front Hoosiers throw a lot of rocks that pound the hell out of my rocker panel racers tape at 200 plus miles per hour. The stock front tires would throw far fewer rocks.
Chip
Rex,
I used the Hoosier R-6s that have been on my car since before Texas Rally IV. At Spring Mountain I used 28 lbs of tire pressure, and 30 lbs in the tires at the mile.
If someone had two sets of wheels & tires, I would recommend using the stock Goodyears on the front and Hoosiers on the rear. The front Hoosiers throw a lot of rocks that pound the hell out of my rocker panel racers tape at 200 plus miles per hour. The stock front tires would throw far fewer rocks.
Chip
donnymac
Defered Ajudication
Congratulations to you Milers! Great job!!!
And thank you to those making reports to the Forum. Was much appreciated.
A very impressive showing! :cheers Wished I was there!
And thank you to those making reports to the Forum. Was much appreciated.
A very impressive showing! :cheers Wished I was there!
Apollo
GT Owner
Hi Guys,
Boy, we missed a bunch! Congrats to all and it sure was great to see and meet so many out there again. Monica and I were going to pass on running the car in Texas because I was not able to get the Hoosiers on rims before the event. I have had real issues with wheel spin in the first two gears with stock tires. Watching all the runs got the better of us so we took a couple of runs just to be a part of it all. It sure was a blast! Unfortunately, we had to be on the road Saturday so we missed most of the action. Oh well, next time I will be there with better tires and possibly more...:biggrin
Boy, we missed a bunch! Congrats to all and it sure was great to see and meet so many out there again. Monica and I were going to pass on running the car in Texas because I was not able to get the Hoosiers on rims before the event. I have had real issues with wheel spin in the first two gears with stock tires. Watching all the runs got the better of us so we took a couple of runs just to be a part of it all. It sure was a blast! Unfortunately, we had to be on the road Saturday so we missed most of the action. Oh well, next time I will be there with better tires and possibly more...:biggrin
PeakCompletions
Boost is an addiction...
Not sure who the source is but I agree that the cars that are still pulling hard will be at a disadvantage with the current timing system...
in talking to Tommy Bahn his logging equipment was registering similar numbers to ours... both the VBOX and MOTEC GPS on my car showed identical numbers and from a dead stop to the exact mile marker showed 2.6 mph higher than the Texas Mile numbers... having duplicate data sources I would think that they are extremely accurate. Also, at the other events it is my understanding that the clock numbers are taken at a point, not an average over a distance...
with that being said for the Texas Mile anyway everyone is clocked the same way the numbers are the numbers and that creates a good standard...
in talking to Tommy Bahn his logging equipment was registering similar numbers to ours... both the VBOX and MOTEC GPS on my car showed identical numbers and from a dead stop to the exact mile marker showed 2.6 mph higher than the Texas Mile numbers... having duplicate data sources I would think that they are extremely accurate. Also, at the other events it is my understanding that the clock numbers are taken at a point, not an average over a distance...
with that being said for the Texas Mile anyway everyone is clocked the same way the numbers are the numbers and that creates a good standard...
Superfly
HERITAGE GT OWNER
Mullet, your buddy (Eric?) has some shots on his flickr that include a White GT (14M) ripping down the end of the mile WITH HIS CLAMSHELL CLICKED OPEN!!!!! Yikes. That's lucky it didn't rip off, and quite a testament to the strength of the hooks........ Can I link the pic? Maybe he'll come on here and do it himself.
yes Kumar went 221 with the clambshell on the hooks. Extremely amazing it didn't blow off....
BlackICE
GT Owner
tmcphail
GT Owner/Vendor
just think if that $17000 clamshell would have been torn off......(insert bitter beer faced Kumar here).
:rofl