ULTIMATE STREET CAR - Santa Pod

[Red_Turbo]

Anyone else going? be good to see some other MR2's on the day and down the strip. the last couple of years ive been have been awesome and if youve been before im sure you'll back me up!

Dates are Friday 4th August to Sunday 6th August

Its one of the biggest events of the summer and definately worth the trip

Paul

[mr2mk1chick]

I should be going for the whole weekend, but expect if i do bother to go down the strip it will be on the friday. Sat etc will be fully utilised for drinking and generally partying, and watching the other cars.

This show for me is my party weekender, rather than having to look after a mk1 club stand etc.

The funfair is cool after a beer or 3!

It is the biggest modified car event in europe, but has a chav fest reputation. but there are always some mad cars and stunnign cars to see.

[jonb-]

I'm trying to orginise a few people at bedford on the 3rd and it's my birthday 5th, i think it'd be rude not to pop over at some point

[Red_Turbo]

yeh its definately a party weekender but good fun taking your car down the strip too. theres loads of us go every year competing for the quickest quarter. last year the amount of interior trim parts and seats lying about was crazy as we stripped the cars out to shade the times down!!!

lots of drinking and i agree, the funfair and huge club/marquee is good fun. hopefully not too many chavs!

Paul

[mr2mk1chick]

hmm - 3 USC posts

admin merge or delete or something??

[matt_mr2t]

Look out for me trying to break into the 12's (probably in vein)

Will be with a dude in a Black K reg Escort Cosworth and trying to rinse him each time. Be warned - my mate(s) will probably be driving mine too. I'm the one with the shaven head!

[ryanu]

if you turned up saturday nite to camp for sunday do you have to pay for both days i mean is worth it

[Chris \'aka rustboy\' Amm]

tempted to trek down there myself and have a lil look, mate takes his mini every year and wins something, it's a RWD green mini with about 450bhp if i remember right! nuttah!

missed out on TOTB this weekend, BMW died engine is knackered cos of the nikasil/bore wear thing! but i don't think that's why it's died today! think the crap alarm/immob has bu88ered!

should have kept the MR2 turbo!!!!

[mr2mk1chick]

I think i will be going on sunday only now, spectating only. This means we end up in the public parking as the downside.

with regards to paying/camping, i 'think' if you went on sat eve you would still have to pay a sat/sun charge - but sat night there is loads to do (funfair, dance tents etc, and pole dancing if thats your thing LOL)

[Sidewinder]

Kloot and I will be there on the Saturday in my tubby. Now I've moved close to Santa Pod it looks like it'll be my second home from now on!

The funfair is cool after a beer or 3!

Aaaaaaaaagh! Not when you're camping near it, and the noise is still going on at 1am...

[gtschris.com]

Were Going... running my circuit race car for a laugh.

Can't miss the gtschris car, its black with white bonet & bootlid.

Pop across for a chat anytime over the weekend or some beers Fri / Sat night.


Chris.

[smiffy1982]

wat a weekend , really enjoyed myself fare play, full on drag cars, jet cars, and sum nice street cars too, managed to pluck up the courage to give the 1/4mile a go too, x-rated show was a good one too
nice to meet u gtschris was loving the car lol sum good times there fare play, and the burn out competition lol
aint long got back nice 4hour drive home any way heres my times

13.685 @ 100.93 << not bad i thought for my first ever attempt on a 1/4mile still messed the time, up was not expecting it to change so quick, got blitzed off the line by a r5 but i soon caught him up

13.729 @103.46 << messed the start up again lol, but managed to get the boost up a bit more (new apexi avcr fitted the night b4 and didnt have a clue how to get it to work lol)

and finally, lil more boost (almost hitting 1.1bar this time lol) and a much better start seen me hit

13.199 @ 103.88 well pleased considerin its pretty much a standard car and my first ever RWYB

all in all top event most pleased , shall be returnin next year

[Yas]

Good day out, disappointed with my 1/4 mile time but there's always next time Best i got was 13.8. 1st run wheelspinned 2nd run i reckon i got a nice launch but missed 3rd gear lol 3rd run i hesitated on the clutch+accelarater at the lights, sould have turned the launch control off and tried a manual launch I know i can get a better time just need to sort my launch/reaction time and missing 3rd gear out

I saw 2 MR2's going down the strip at the end of the day, was yours one of them 'smiffy1982'?

Yas

[smiffy1982]

i was going down the 1/4 mile on the sunday from about 10-2ish, the ques where a bit mad, mine was the black rev3 t-bar

[dai21t]

Good to see the apexi worked ok. Whats next for the car now? Great time for 1st run, the car felt quick when we tried it the night before.

[gtschris.com]

wat a weekend , really enjoyed myself fare play, full on drag cars, jet cars, and sum nice street cars too, managed to pluck up the courage to give the 1/4mile a go too, x-rated show was a good one too
nice to meet u gtschris was loving the car lol sum good times there fare play, and the burn out competition lol
aint long got back nice 4hour drive home any way heres my times

13.685 @ 100.93 << not bad i thought for my first ever attempt on a 1/4mile still messed the time, up was not expecting it to change so quick, got blitzed off the line by a r5 but i soon caught him up

13.729 @103.46 << messed the start up again lol, but managed to get the boost up a bit more (new apexi avcr fitted the night b4 and didnt have a clue how to get it to work lol)

and finally, lil more boost (almost hitting 1.1bar this time lol) and a much better start seen me hit

13.199 @ 103.88 well pleased considerin its pretty much a standard car and my first ever RWYB

all in all top event most pleased , shall be returnin next year

That’s a great time for your cars spec, well done! even more impressive considering its was your first time at the drag strip.

Great weekend away, allways a pleasure to meet/chat with Imoc members.

[MATTURBO]

I went was a great weekend wish i would of met up with some of you.

saw gtschris going up got some good times too i thought

wanted to take mine up the 1/4 but the ques wer ridiculous.

[Steve Horrocks]

sounds like a good weekend, my mate just text me, one of his nova boys running a C20LET 2.0 turbo, with FMIC, & N2o ran an 11.9, challenge is on guys!

[splashnatz]

well done with that 1/4 time smiffy. get yerself on the board if you haven't already.

[gtschris.com]

sounds like a good weekend, my mate just text me, one of his nova boys running a C20LET 2.0 turbo, with FMIC, & N2o ran an 11.9, challenge is on guys!

was that the one with no front end panels on it at all?

stuff does seem to get quicker and quicker each year at USC.

Becci (aka Ducatichick) ran a 10.2, so atleast 1 imoc member beat the Novas time