first time racing on a radial

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last week we transformed the Capri from a race car that we sometimes drive to a street car that we sometimes race

bit of back history, the car is fully engineered and registeredthe build follows all of the guidelines provided and the engineer ticked off everything.

the car is driven on weekend, does about 200km of driving a week.

we decided to race in the new APSA x275 class, what this meant was we would now have to weigh 3200lbs (1451kg) and race on a 275 Street Radial. the quest began, the cars usual race weight is 3050lbs (1380kg) on went the steel bonnet and boot, nice comfy front seats, back seat and a full exhaust system with not 1 but 2 cat converters! we preferred to put the full exhaust on then putting weight in somewhere else. the car weighed in at 3220lbs (1460kg) the car is now not only in full race trim, but also in full street trim, same way it gets driven on the street

we wondered what could a 4L V8, yes, 240ci V8 with 2 turbo's do on pump fuel. pump E85, direct from the bowser from United Petroleum in Rozelle.

we drove to Sydney Dragway (the car gets driven to the track not towed) and anxiously waited for our time to test. what happened with a 275 street radial? well obviously something good or i wouldn't be telling the story

we got 3 passes and didn't waste a single one, we pumped out a
8.53@161 1.38 60'
8.49@162 1.39 60'
8.42@162 1.36 60'

we were ecstatic, not only were we quick but consistent as well.

video's of the runs
track level and rear of the car (the rear looks really cool, shows what a radial tyre looks like at 260km/h, and we think we destroyed a cat as one threw some flames out ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ODlOTc7-U

from the stands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_aYDZlaEwc