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Over the last 5 or 6 months I have been asked by many people when I was going to race again. My answer was always the same.. “When the car is ready to race”. I was not going to be rushed but today was that day. Along with a few others and the team from G&D we headed up for a test and tune session at Heathcote to try out the latest incarnation of the car.
Mods currently are only: G&D CAI Pacemaker 4480 comps G&D race exhaust G&D Race auto with custom hi-stall 4.11 Diff gears. G&D Custom tuned AU Edit That’s it basically, nothing opened and nothing hidden. It’s running the original factory head, cam, injectors and leads. Even the cam’s dial in unchanged. End result.. the car ran 14.83@92.10mph pretty much straight off the truck. There is still a little bit of work to be done with some more bolt-ons and the motor is still 100% unopened (for now) so this is just the beginning. It compares very well with what Hamo got in his unopened AU (14.80) with a very similar setup so I think we are on the ball for our first time out. For all those that supported and went out of their way to help, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the encouragement and assistance. It has made a huge difference and the fun has only just begun. You know who you are and I can’t thank you all enough. This was simply to try out the current tune and to get some track time to sort out anything we needed. There is so much more to come. Finally, to all the guys at G&D Performance. Thank you for your patience, your hard work and your belief. This is the beginning of the fruits of your labour. I can’t thank you enough for what you have created here. It has been a long road to just get to the beginning but looking at the results has certainly shown me how good you guys are. You all know the future plans and you all know just what this little black car will be capable of when we really start work on it! 2006 is the “Year of the Ford” at G&D, I think 2007 is looking to be more of the same ![]() I want to also make a special note to Joanne, Russ and all the guys at Heathcote raceway (along with the G&D guys) for their help today. The car missed the entire morning session when one of the wheel nuts on the read refused to come off and shredded itself onto the wheel. 2 hours later, one mangled wheel nut, a welder, breaker bars, jacks, chisels and a rather damaged wheel later we were good to go. G&D Jet lent me his wheelnuts, the guys from Heathcote interrupted their lunch to scruntineer the car and I was given first shot at the after lunch session to make up for it. When thanked they all simply said it was no big deal. The truth is it was a very big deal. Both the Heathcote and G&D guys went out of their way to make it possible for me to run today and I appreciate it very much! Thank You.
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Congratulations Shane, we all know how long you have waited for this!! Glad to see you are back at the track and having fun (well at the end of it all!)
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Good work, that bloody wheel nut was unreal...
14.8 is a good start for unopened, this is where we started with Hamo's AU6 14.80 before we cracked the head off.
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You crazy guy!!! Bloody congratulatios!!!! :sm_headba :sm_headba
After your painful wait for so long its finally very good to hear.Time to pull out some heavy artillery.
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Does it idle at 4000rpm on the freeway? or somewhere there. Congratulations anyway.....start preparing a new head and cam! open that motor up! |
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As for the freeway, its going to run at about 2400rpm at 100kph, pretty tame actually. Only about 19% increase in revs if that.
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Finally! Been a long time coming... Good to hear the result. Will we see it at The AFF Drag Nats?
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Yes, it will be back for the nats.
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fantastic time for an unopened VCT. Cant wait to see what this car does once its finished! Well done shane.
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congrats on your time dude, any idea what a stock I6vct would run?
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Where the hell are my donuts?
Sounds like you had some fun to start the day, and it just gets better from there, a few little tweaks here and there, no sweets till the 9th, and we should see some quicker times. A long time in the making, but a brilliant result for the 1st track run, well done to all.
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Congratulations on the 14.83 Shane!!
Sorry I wasn't out there today with you all but I was a little busy enjoying a bit of luxury in a Phillip Island Penthouse ![]() Well done Shane and to all the guys at G&D ![]() Krissy.
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Congrats Shane.. Go and show the others how it's done with out craking open the head
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Is 14.8 good? I've never been into drag racing, so I'm a bit oblivious to how it all works and what it is in comparasin to. Going to seem like a stupid question, but if a stock vct does it in 15.9 seconds and yours does it in 14.8 seconds, 1.1 seconds doesn't really seem like much of an improvement. I'm sure it is, but I would have thought the margin would have been greater. I'm just after a little insight into the importance of the times and what the times really do mean.
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Well done mate. Not the easiest thing to get AU's running these times, but yourself (with the help of others) seem to make it look simple. Great time and good luck with the next step :1syellow1
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LOL, i was hoping to see you post up a 14.00 flat time.. isnt that what stiddy has ran?
I think i need to take my AU down to G&D soon. Shane can you refresh my memory, and tell me what time best you ran with all the old mods? |
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i think that came out wrong.. probably sounded like i was paying you out.
I wasnt... just curious. i am worried about the 4-11's i am going to eventually get when i am cruising on the freeway doin 110 up to gippsland... going to be sittting at 3000 rpm i reckon. |
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Well done Shane i will be looking forward to see u run at the nats in a couple of weeks
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well done Casper, there is plenty left in your car
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Running on street tread Casper?
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so you have gained .2 from 4.11's, hi stall and changing from JMM gear to G&D ? Doesn't seem like much but I guess if you are happy with it then good on ya. I thaught JMM had played with the cam timing on it when it was there, I think I remember reading that somewhere.
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It doesnt really matter now anyhow as I dont plan to continue down the unopened path too much longer anyhow however, for the moment, it is 100% factory stock. Quote:
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Well done mate...14.8 from an unopened I6 is a good time, and you have beaten your old PB. Congratulations mate and well done G&D. I'm confident you will better that time at the Nats. :sm_headba
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Well Done Casper.
Im sure there is plenty more to come...
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Congratulations Casper. Welcome to the 14s.
It's a good feeling isn't it.
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