fiat x 1/9...ish
fiat x 1/9...ish
owned this a few years ago and had chance to get it back for a good price so me and a mate went halves on it to share .its a tube chassis dragster made in the 80s by a well known usa vw drag racer .runnig a nitrous fed dtas40pro ecu controlled air-cooled flat four motor will be flying the dta flag at the door slammers event next weekend at santa pod in the 4cyl class
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Re: fiat x 1/9...ish
Should be fast ? Always liked the X1/9's, there's a local one here that does hillclimbs with a 2.0 engine, goes really well.
Re: fiat x 1/9...ish
it ran 10.60 with 170hp and 60 hp of gas so with the 230 hp motor and 130 hp of gas it should run into the 9s i hope we will see the gearbox is the weak spot so fingers crossed it'll hold together ....
Re: fiat x 1/9...ish
car ran fast today 9.85@137mph but pulled chute and it hit the wall not sure how bad it is but did look buggered....
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The chute caused that ?
I'll never understand why guys use parachutes when good brakes are so easy !
Hopefully it's just panel damage and nothing bend too badly.
I'll never understand why guys use parachutes when good brakes are so easy !
Hopefully it's just panel damage and nothing bend too badly.
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Re: fiat x 1/9...ish
Ouch. Sorry to see that Dannydannyboy wrote:car ran fast today 9.85@137mph but pulled chute and it hit the wall not sure how bad it is but did look buggered....
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Re: fiat x 1/9...ish
Looked like a totally clean run until that.
Pod has a lot of room at the back end, is there really a need to be using the chute at all unless you're getting out of shape and trying to use it to pull things straight again ?
Pod has a lot of room at the back end, is there really a need to be using the chute at all unless you're getting out of shape and trying to use it to pull things straight again ?
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the chute normally fine to deploy but i did it wrong today stupid mistake but let off the throttle and unloaded the car as i pulled chute .dumb mistake .but when i rebuild it ill add better brakes to the car front and rear instead of just rear single pots
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dannyboy wrote:the chute normally fine to deploy but i did it wrong today stupid mistake but let off the throttle and unloaded the car as i pulled chute .dumb mistake .but when i rebuild it ill add better brakes to the car front and rear instead of just rear single pots
So you need to deploy the chute under power ? Or after letting off ?