Fantastic review of the year, Katrin and myself laughed out loud when you said to save on holidays you bought another car 😂😂😂. So hope I can join you on street weekend in 2024
Drag Racing tips: It'll be worth trying a few runs avoiding the water and instead just do a dry spin or two (It may be quicker it may not be but its worth experimenting) Unless you're doing really smoky burnouts you'll never generate enough heat to burn off all the water so your tyres will most likely still be damp at launch. Also if a front wheel drive car ahead of you does a burnout through the water, don't forget his REAR tyres will carry water all the way up to the start line, so try and line up slightly to the left or right of him so you're not sat in his water. Drag Racing gets addictive, so try different launch rpms, shift rpms, try with and without the water, try every conceivable type of tyre and tyre pressure, fronts could be as low as 15psi (start in the low 20's), rears should be as narrow as possible and pumped up hard as bullets (40psi+) to reduce rolling resistance, then there's sneaky tricks like draining the fuel tank to leave only 5 litres in it, empty your washer bottle, taking your wiper arms off and removing unnessesary drive belts (On my 1965 VW Beetle I went from a 14.3 to a 13.7 just by simply removing the fanbelt)...Have fun!
That’s some great advice thanks. I have all sorts to work on. On my last day I wanted to play with tyre pressures but I only got about 5 runs in and was concentrating on rpm and shifting mostly. I also need to change my rear wheel bearings and get some 145 rear tyres. I can get smoke off my front slicks, only just!!
@@Thecarislife My current 1965 Beetle is only 1285cc with twin carbs but so far i've eaked a 15:08@87.5mph out of it (60ft 2.16 1.8th mile 9:55@72mph) I also have a 998cc 1965 Austin Cooper, so I may have to take it to the Pod...all 55hp of it! Happy New Year and looking forward to seeing you tearing up the tracks next year. Take care
@@Thecarislife Forgot to say...Every car is different but what works best for me is basically driving around the water then just spinning the tyres a couple of times (dry, just to get the gravel and crap off the tyres) my best 60ft is a 1.8 seconds with bones stock 165 tyres at around 22psi
@ianbrown9082 I’m hoping to be at the track enough this year to try all of the advice I’ve been given. One of the best bits of drag racing is the people. It’s been amazing
your volvo will have the same engine as mine, Awful MPG and slow😂 The 2.3 turbo engines and M90 gearboxes the later 940s came with are much more workable, i plan to swap one into mine.
Adam, I understand completely the drag or race bug bitting you it might be short and sweet but it sure gets the adrenaline pumping 😉 Cheers Dave
I guess it’s the same on a track day. I’ve not done one but I bet you leave thinking I know what I can do better next time
Fantastic review of the year, Katrin and myself laughed out loud when you said to save on holidays you bought another car 😂😂😂. So hope I can join you on street weekend in 2024
😂😂😂. Buying cars doesnt come out of normal budgets for normal thing. It’s like doing a weekly food shop 😂
Always interesting content, all the best for the coming year
Thanks James. Happy new year
Nice one Adam. Look forward to watching what you get up to in 2024
Thanks Phil. If it’s half as good as 2023 it’ll be a good one
Drag Racing tips: It'll be worth trying a few runs avoiding the water and instead just do a dry spin or two (It may be quicker it may not be but its worth experimenting) Unless you're doing really smoky burnouts you'll never generate enough heat to burn off all the water so your tyres will most likely still be damp at launch. Also if a front wheel drive car ahead of you does a burnout through the water, don't forget his REAR tyres will carry water all the way up to the start line, so try and line up slightly to the left or right of him so you're not sat in his water. Drag Racing gets addictive, so try different launch rpms, shift rpms, try with and without the water, try every conceivable type of tyre and tyre pressure, fronts could be as low as 15psi (start in the low 20's), rears should be as narrow as possible and pumped up hard as bullets (40psi+) to reduce rolling resistance, then there's sneaky tricks like draining the fuel tank to leave only 5 litres in it, empty your washer bottle, taking your wiper arms off and removing unnessesary drive belts (On my 1965 VW Beetle I went from a 14.3 to a 13.7 just by simply removing the fanbelt)...Have fun!
That’s some great advice thanks. I have all sorts to work on. On my last day I wanted to play with tyre pressures but I only got about 5 runs in and was concentrating on rpm and shifting mostly. I also need to change my rear wheel bearings and get some 145 rear tyres. I can get smoke off my front slicks, only just!!
@@Thecarislife My current 1965 Beetle is only 1285cc with twin carbs but so far i've eaked a 15:08@87.5mph out of it (60ft 2.16 1.8th mile 9:55@72mph) I also have a 998cc 1965 Austin Cooper, so I may have to take it to the Pod...all 55hp of it! Happy New Year and looking forward to seeing you tearing up the tracks next year. Take care
@@Thecarislife Forgot to say...Every car is different but what works best for me is basically driving around the water then just spinning the tyres a couple of times (dry, just to get the gravel and crap off the tyres) my best 60ft is a 1.8 seconds with bones stock 165 tyres at around 22psi
@ianbrown9082 I’m hoping to be at the track enough this year to try all of the advice I’ve been given. One of the best bits of drag racing is the people. It’s been amazing
@@Thecarislife I started in the early 90's when you could easily get 30 runs in a day allowing you to try all manner of setups...Yeah, try that now!
your volvo will have the same engine as mine, Awful MPG and slow😂 The 2.3 turbo engines and M90 gearboxes the later 940s came with are much more workable, i plan to swap one into mine.
B200f. It’s exceptionally reliable but that’s it 😂. Maybe I should have done something like that rather than buy the bmw. Or perhaps a bmw m54b30