Race Time

[m4drx]

Oh thats interesting...................:evillaugh

show him hog show him, mwhahahahahahaha :evillaugh

[shaggy]

A reasonable driver should see 12.1 on street tyres in the cerbera. a good driver will see 11.9

[BlitzBoy]

cerbera\'s can get high 11\'s low 12\'s in stock form with a good driver and some traction. I\'m not saying the RX7 shouldnt or couldnt win i just wouldnt want to put 2k in it.

If it had Nitrous maybe, Cerberas aint that good on the quarter, if it was the Tuscan then maybe 11s but Cerberas aint no Tuscan!!

check this link of actually drag times achieved

http://www.dragtimes.com/browse3.php?carmake=TVR&carmodel=all or this link with Cerberas up the pod the most they could do was mid 12s at around terminals of 112-117!!! I mean I could do 11.9 quarters all day long on low boost.
Your tripple will smoke him

http://www.pistonheads.tv/default.asp?tag=santa%20pod

Normski just make sure you are running a 1.5 way lsd with some sticky rubber, as you will munch the Standard diff in no time

[gsb876]

Very interesting race this,

I hear a triple aint that fast off the mark so you might struggle off the line Norm, but if you can get through the gears quick enough will be close.

I think its for this reason Ross still runs a Twin rotor setup rather than the Triple although Triple sees more power output ?

I think Norm has changed his diff so that shouldn\'t be an issue, will be very interested to see the outcome of this :cheers

[normski]

Well the TVR is standard. Not a super drag driver like say Dragon, but have done about 100 runs down the strip in my time, over the years. Anyway, I have managed a 12.8 with the old setup, and done few quality cock ups off the line as well. Who hasent! Going back to the point, it\'s as I thought with this TVR he is going to be lucky very lucky if he can break into the high 11 second bracket, half reasonable time for him is mid 12s, Now based on my old setup which was something around a little over half the torque and a third less power if I could manage 12.8, I may be wrong here, but I think, a half decent run for me should put me into the mid 11s box, and a bit of luck and good run would put me high 10s to low 11s runs. So! I don\'t think there is a TVR on the public highway gonna get much closer than seeing my nodding dog in the back window. :3gears-lh  

I won\'t go MAD off the line. I will wait till I hit second gear, around 25 30MPH then he can kiss my cherry red ass good night!!!!!   :evillaugh

[BlitzBoy]

what tyres you gonna run

[normski]

what tyres you gonna run

road Legal race stuff like the Toyo 275 rear on 18in rims

[20B_boy]

I hear a triple aint that fast off the mark so you might struggle off the line Norm, but if you can get through the gears quick enough will be close.

Why would that be?

[Warthog]

I have a rear set of 16\'s with the correct Micky Thompson Drag Radials on that I can sell you. Only been used for a few runs so newish. I havn\'t put them up for sale yet as I havn\'t got round to it. You interested..
Reason I am selling them is my next set will be Slicks.

[antnicuk]

only winding you up, i like to gamble, plus i have some faith in myself.  but i would still like one to try it, haven\'t found anything yet that has put me in my place.  will happen soon, but hasn\'t happened yet.

in a straight line or round the twisties, i dont mind, bring it on if think you can beat a bit of old school :driving

[m4drx]

road Legal race stuff like the Toyo 275 rear on 18in rims

is this not going to hamper your acceleration big time fella?

[M@r]{]

oooh this sounds interesting - I love TVR\'s - whens it going to happen?  

My opinion is the money is yours - if it was the 4.5 cerbera i\'d be a little more wary - 0-60 in 3 something secs and tops out at not far off 200mph!!

[stylus350]

I have twice had tussels with hard driven Cerbs. The first was at Donnington and I chased down and overtook one in my first MK1 Golf (circa 200hp daily driver), and the owner found me afterwards and tried to buy my car! The second was Elvington in my Stylus where obviously I utterly and completely destroyed it withought trying (that owner was not so impressed!).

TVR are never as fast as the magazine figures. The demo cars are always built to exacting standards and the cars they sell do not get any where near the claimed power outputs. This is a fact that follows TVR through its history with many cars falling 60+ hp short of their claims.

[DR SCHNITZEL]

the cerb at r stock 6 was doing 13s, but everything seemed slow once that bike went on and done it in 7