Street Drag Racing

[tillylamp 1,809]

every year where we are they hold a street drag racing event like (street outlaws) they close one of the main streets for it to run, there's road going cars up to the pro's... iv'e taken lots of pics.....i really like the big v8 engines, also the sound and power of them....the red corvette is driven by a paraplegic guy.....he steers it with a butterfly steering wheel in his right hand, they strap his legs in, and he has a pressure pad in between his teeth as the throttle the more he bites down the faster he goes....his run was brilliant....126mph at just over 6 seconds.... 

[Meece 1,957]

You'll wear your camera out .  I remember that in Maidstone the boy racers would illegally thrash it along St Peters street. The lads would congregate along there. One night a car lost its flashy wheel trims during a race run and these disc trims went flying through the air at about eighty MPH and smashed to pieces when they hit the  buildings. Monday Morning someone  had the job of going out front and  clearing  away about two dustbin of burger boxes and random paper that had collected in the gateway caused by the whirlwind and slip stream of the car's racing along  the road.  Boys will be boys.

Edited August 12, 2018 by Meece

[Terry Ermann 994]

Good pics there, I've done a few quarter mile runs myself but on two wheels 

 

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

Still rather have a skyline great pics though

[Liamboy 1,266]

Very good. I'm not big into cars myself but got into watching street outlaws for some reason. Them lads spend some time and money on their motors. It must be some buzz. 

[Daniel cain 42,884]

Love that ford model t, Thanks for sharing, some serious coin spent on some of those motorsone day when we finish the Renault 5,she will be going to santa pod, my mate did the 1/4 m in under 13 seconds in a old T3 van with 2.5 twin turbo scooby lump,up against a 300 zx

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

6 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Love that ford model t, Thanks for sharing, some serious coin spent on some of those motorsone day when we finish the Renault 5,she will be going to santa pod, my mate did the 1/4 m in under 13 seconds in a old T3 van with 2.5 twin turbo scooby lump,up against a 300 zx

You still got the scooby? Only problem with them is the soft engines can't handle much power with the open deck blocks compared to the likes of evos, cossies even the vag turbos take great power tune ups.  the old 80s legacys came with the closed deck engines but hard getting hold of one ffs

[Daniel cain 42,884]

15 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

You still got the scooby? Only problem with them is the soft engines can't handle much power with the open deck blocks compared to the likes of evos, cossies even the vag turbos take great power tune ups.  the old 80s legacys came with the closed deck engines but hard getting hold of one ffs

Mrs filled the last one with derv len,by accident spent thousands getting it remapped, changing pumps and filters,even swapped out the lump, but never ran the same again so sold it, got half my money back, even though she wasnt running right, lad used it for sparesput that money into the volvo conversion on the gt 5,hoping to get that out on the rd by next yr, not long ago had to cut the roof off and weld on a new one from a 5 campas. They all just money pits lol. Was on the look out for a rs series 1,but they sick money these days. Will defo get another forester sti, if i find the right one at the right price

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

29 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Mrs filled the last one with derv len,by accident spent thousands getting it remapped, changing pumps and filters,even swapped out the lump, but never ran the same again so sold it, got half my money back, even though she wasnt running right, lad used it for sparesput that money into the volvo conversion on the gt 5,hoping to get that out on the rd by next yr, not long ago had to cut the roof off and weld on a new one from a 5 campas. They all just money pits lol. Was on the look out for a rs series 1,but they sick money these days. Will defo get another forester sti, if i find the right one at the right price

You sticking a t5r engine in a Renault 5????? Just stick wings on it as well haha been looking at rs turbos yesterday myself some buckets of shight making good money ford with rs is a money maker

[Daniel cain 42,884]

Engine from the 420 cheese wedge, producing 400 bhp, she runs but the shell was ruff as len,cars had 16 owners on logbook slowly getting it done

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

12 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Engine from the 420 cheese wedge, producing 400 bhp, she runs but the shell was ruff as len,cars had 16 owners on logbook slowly getting it done

Oh ok the 2lt, was there much upgrading done? And is it fwd or did you convert to rear? And did you just keep the Volvo gear box?

[Daniel cain 42,884]

8 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

Oh ok the 2lt, was there much upgrading done? And is it fwd or did you convert to rear? And did you just keep the Volvo gear box?

gearbox from Renault 21 turbo, fwd, my brother is the brains behind it all, i supply the coin

[.357shooter 993]

just got to love the sound of a v8 going down the strip.allways wanted one but will never be able to afford it.about 12 years ago i got my 2l n/a gte 16v down to 13.3@106mph which was good for an old astra

[Daniel cain 42,884]

2 hours ago, .357shooter said:

just got to love the sound of a v8 going down the strip.allways wanted one but will never be able to afford it.about 12 years ago i got my 2l n/a gte 16v down to 13.3@106mph which was good for an old astra

Love them old gte's with the digital dash..... Knightrider material

[Lenmcharristar 9,180]

2 hours ago, .357shooter said:

just got to love the sound of a v8 going down the strip.allways wanted one but will never be able to afford it.about 12 years ago i got my 2l n/a gte 16v down to 13.3@106mph which was good for an old astra

I seen a we sr nova on the road yesterday in very good condition takes me back to the late 90s lol