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So after many months sorting my car out, I finally had the opportunity to take her out this weekend & post my 1st race tales 
. After servicing her Saturday morning, I felt a vast improvement and felt very good about doing well at S2S ...
I get to Killarney car still in full street trim, all belts on, pump fuel. Wanna see wat she does as is mos... So I get there at 16h30 only to find out the timing equipment is f@cked
. So I think ima do this anyway, gonna be some good practice and guess wat, I was right 
Killarney was completely different to the street... 
I go through scrutineering and go park. chat to a guy wit an EG ballade an ask wat is the setup there how does 1 organise a race? Probably thought to himself, wat a noob . He asks me wat's under da hood an I tell him its 2l 
,didn't ask any of the cars I ran against wat they were running, cos to me it didn't really matter,most people would probably give bullsh!t answers anyway... I was there for one thing only, to get some practice in. He asks if I wanna go, I say ja sure. I mean this is the reason I'm here...
Anyway 1st race against blue 180e wit cams...
1st gear I completely miss the lights and the 180e is off, I spin off the line, 180e probably pulled me six cars off da line
hit 2nd and I spinning like a top on a ice rink, I hit limiter and decide to just put it in 3rd now to make matters worse 3rd gear isn't where I last left it and when I eventually found it, it was relly too l8 
I basically gave up halfway down the straight. Come back around and ask the guy if he wanna go again he says ok. He asks me if I deflated my tyres and I say no and I deflate them right then and there.
2nd race...
We stage lights go green and the 180e is off, pulls 2-3 cars ahead of me but this time I get a much better launch with less wheelspin
I hook 2nd and reel him in 
end of 2nd I'm 1 car ahead, hook 3rd an I'm gone with the wind, probably 4+ cars.
3rd race against white GXI sounded like it had cams...
1st gear once again I spin off the line, GXI 3+ cars ahead thought it was over, didn't expect to reel this car in easily. hook 2nd and I pull up to his back bumper, 3rd gear and I'm next to him hit 4th and his by my front door. So that's 2-1 in my favor 
Had 2 aborted runs after that. Me an da lights weren't on da best terms
So a guy wit a red Nispec sti asks me for a run I oblige, now this car you can hear is fully worked cos it idle like a golf wit cams dunno wat else was done cos it sounded heavy..
1st run spin thru 1st & 2nd, he's easily 5 cars ahead. gap stays that way til the end. We had another run with the exact same result. Need to work on the launch cos I couldn't get traction at all.
Then raced a friend of mine wit a 2l 8v golf, he does a 14.1 at Killarney...
We launch... I get a decent launch (not the greatest), he half a car ahead, hook 2nd and we neck & neck, 3rd still the same, 4th we cross the traps with me at his front fender. Afterwards he told me he had a problem wit his car, it was missin when he get to 5500-6000rpm.
5th race against Polo
1st gear he is 3+ cars ahead, hook 2nd & I'm 2 cars ahead @ the end I was lightyears ahead.
6th race against 2 door golf was basically the same as against the polo
7th race against red FN2 Type R...
Here I get my best launch of the day after 1st gear I'm 2+ cars ahead, hook 2nd and I put 1 more on him 3rd I open more, across the traps and I'm 4+ cars ahead (could be more though)
So that was the last race for my eve & went home, not entirely satisfied bout my day but atleast I know I have loads of room for improvement...
. After servicing her Saturday morning, I felt a vast improvement and felt very good about doing well at S2S ...I get to Killarney car still in full street trim, all belts on, pump fuel. Wanna see wat she does as is mos... So I get there at 16h30 only to find out the timing equipment is f@cked
. So I think ima do this anyway, gonna be some good practice and guess wat, I was right Killarney was completely different to the street... I go through scrutineering and go park. chat to a guy wit an EG ballade an ask wat is the setup there how does 1 organise a race? Probably thought to himself, wat a noob
. He asks me wat's under da hood an I tell him its 2l ,didn't ask any of the cars I ran against wat they were running, cos to me it didn't really matter,most people would probably give bullsh!t answers anyway... I was there for one thing only, to get some practice in. He asks if I wanna go, I say ja sure. I mean this is the reason I'm here...Anyway 1st race against blue 180e wit cams...
1st gear I completely miss the lights and the 180e is off, I spin off the line, 180e probably pulled me six cars off da line
hit 2nd and I spinning like a top on a ice rink, I hit limiter and decide to just put it in 3rd now to make matters worse 3rd gear isn't where I last left it and when I eventually found it, it was relly too l8 I basically gave up halfway down the straight. Come back around and ask the guy if he wanna go again he says ok. He asks me if I deflated my tyres and I say no and I deflate them right then and there.2nd race...
We stage lights go green and the 180e is off, pulls 2-3 cars ahead of me but this time I get a much better launch with less wheelspin
I hook 2nd and reel him in end of 2nd I'm 1 car ahead, hook 3rd an I'm gone with the wind, probably 4+ cars.3rd race against white GXI sounded like it had cams...
1st gear once again I spin off the line, GXI 3+ cars ahead
thought it was over, didn't expect to reel this car in easily. hook 2nd and I pull up to his back bumper, 3rd gear and I'm next to him hit 4th and his by my front door. So that's 2-1 in my favor Had 2 aborted runs after that. Me an da lights weren't on da best terms
So a guy wit a red Nispec sti asks me for a run I oblige, now this car you can hear is fully worked cos it idle like a golf wit cams dunno wat else was done cos it sounded heavy..
1st run spin thru 1st & 2nd, he's easily 5 cars ahead. gap stays that way til the end. We had another run with the exact same result. Need to work on the launch cos I couldn't get traction at all.
Then raced a friend of mine wit a 2l 8v golf, he does a 14.1 at Killarney...
We launch... I get a decent launch (not the greatest), he half a car ahead, hook 2nd and we neck & neck, 3rd still the same, 4th we cross the traps with me at his front fender. Afterwards he told me he had a problem wit his car, it was missin when he get to 5500-6000rpm.
5th race against Polo
1st gear he is 3+ cars ahead, hook 2nd & I'm 2 cars ahead @ the end I was lightyears ahead.
6th race against 2 door golf was basically the same as against the polo
7th race against red FN2 Type R...
Here I get my best launch of the day after 1st gear I'm 2+ cars ahead, hook 2nd and I put 1 more on him 3rd I open more, across the traps and I'm 4+ cars ahead (could be more though)
So that was the last race for my eve & went home, not entirely satisfied bout my day but atleast I know I have loads of room for improvement...
