Heathcote Headlines...CLUBVX DID IT IN STYLE!

[Plan B]

CLUBVX goes….12.93 @ 106mph! Richard just rang me and he is still as sick as a dog! But nothing could stop the smiles. He's like.... "I've got the time card!!!"

Good stuff guys!

I'm not sure of all the details as the phone range up there isn't the best. Richard should be back about 8pm so the details will follow!

Matt’s doing well too I hear.

:cheers:

[Justice R8]

Originally posted by Plan B
CLUBVX goes….12.93 @ 106mph! Richard just rang me and he is still as sick as a dog! But nothing could stop the smiles. He's like.... "I've got the time card!!!"

Good stuff guys!

I'm not sure of all the details as the phone range up there isn't the best. Richard should be back about 8pm so the details will follow!

Matt’s doing well too I hear.

:cheers:

Well done Clubvx, especially with a heavy HSV. Great effort guys:beer:

[r8ls1]

Congrats to CLUBVX & G&D Performance :goodtime:

That's excellent for a Clubby in full street trim unopened engine with a MAF

:thumbsup:

[schwarzy]

Nice work fellas!

I spoke to Dunstin earlier today and he was saying that Matty was having some hassles hooking up, and that Richard was hitting low 13s.

Congrats once again on the 12 Richard.

Hooroo, S

[Krizto]

Well done mate! So what are we looking for now .... low 12's ???

:thumbsup:

[Rate]

Please only use this thread to discuss Richard's (CLUBVX's) time at Heathcote.
Any general Heathcote meet discussion should be posted in the Heathcote review thread: http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18599

[MR-LS1]

Great work Richie!!!
i was there to witness the run and the smile on his face said it all!!!

[SPJ]

And on the last run of the day they bettered it with a 12.90! :thumbsup:

[Criso]

Top effort ClubVX nice time is the track still slippery
Cheers Criso

[large]

Well what can I say Ritchie. Congratulations mate. Looks like G @ D have done some great work on clubvx. Good on you Ritchie. Couldn't be happier for a nice bloke.
Cheers Large.

Pushing the heavy clubby with street rubber to 12.9 is madness. Imagine what you could do with a spool and Slicks. Bring it on Ritchie.

[EXECJIM]

Well done richie:thumbsup:

I could tell the other nite your ready for it:burnout:

[HRTSEN]

Hello

First of all I would like to.....acutually I would love to thank G & D PERFORMANCE for a job well done on my car. More specifically I would like to thank Glenn Everitt for all his efforts/time/workmanship and conversations and of course advice that he has invested in me and my car over the past 12 months or so. I gave Glenn a goal I wanted to acheive with my car and he did it! THANKYOU. Words are not enough to describe the friendship developed between myself and Glenn.

I insisted on having the first bolt on ls1 powered m6 to crack a 12 on daily street tyres and I got it.:bounce: I would also like to point out that G & D Performance even more now with the added resources and expertise of Matt Jackson can cater for most of your ls1 or any other performance related needs. The group of G & D Performance really gave me a confident feeling of acheiving my goals and assisting me the whole way. Also a big thanks to the behind the scene guys at G & D Performance Steve, Jake, Daniel and all the others who I can not remember your names right now....THANKYOU. :dance:

I would also like to thank a couple others along the way for pushing me to acheive CLUBVX's goal and that is AQICSS & LARGE for keeping me up to speed on Thursday nights, KRIZTO the movie director, HUGGIES, ROBVXR8, SIDEWINDER, DUNSTIN, SCUD, GMVPSS and JUZZY. I would also like to say thanks to PLAN B for your phone call after CLUBVX got a 12 and also the pm's and posts with JUSTICE R8 over the last week or even less than that.

Also everyone their today that congratulated me THANKS SO MUCH, it was the sort of congratulations I would get after banging Pamela Anderson! All the congratulations really goto G & D Performance as I am only the owner of the car....G & D Performance undertook the task of making my car a 12 second car and also drove it to that goal on the day.

And before I get criticism from many that I am a "bench racer" no I am NOT, I did have a few runs today but couldn't even beat my pb of 13.3, beleive it or not I nearly had to pull out today and was going to have the AQICSS team bring my car to Heathcote for me due to ill health. I AM HAPPY I MADE IT!

Also it was good to meet you KIWI for the first time, and also my regards go out to Statie, I hope all goes well in your repairs.


""""""TOUCHDOWN""""""

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[juzzy]

Congrats Richard, it was great to see a smile as wide as your boot.

I was dissapointed that I did'nt see any tears in your eyes though.

I'm impressed
regards Juzzy

[Justice R8]

Rich

I am impressed, BUT I would have been more impressed if you posted this

I ran 13.3 BUT I got to bang Pamela Anderson!!:lol: :lol: and I would have had tears in my eyes.

[Krizto]

Originally posted by CLUBVX
[B]I would also like to thank a couple others along the way for pushing me to acheive CLUBVX's goal and that is AQICSS & LARGE for keeping me up to speed on Thursday nights, KRIZTO vthe movie director ....

Dude, you have no idea how p!ssed I was that I wasn't there to catch the run on the video .... I had planned on coming down after the wedding last night in Shepparton however after Nina (My girlfriend) catching the brides bouquet, the cousins started on the double bourbons for me, hoping to get a surprise proposal out or something ... no suck luck :beer:

Oh well, I'll be there for you 11 second run mate :driving:

Cheers, Chris

[MattJ]

Its days like these that make you work harder and harder, its clients like Richie that make it so much easier.

good on you Richie... whats next?

regards,

Matt.

[HRTSEN]

Hi Matt

A Radar Detector because my car pulls 12's on the street all day!:lol:

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[huggies]

Time Slips Will be posted up later
Well DoneRich and all who's involved You Archived Your Goal :thumbsup:
WHOOO HOOOO !!!

[large]

Come on Ritchie whats the next goal????????

Blow that thing mate. cheers Large.

[mavss]

Congrats CLUBVX.

After what I saw yesterday, I've been giving some thought to tuning up the ol' girl myself & wrote down the G&D Performance contact details off the side of your car.

BTW : Is G&D a sponsor of this forum & if not, may I suggest someone address this oversight :)

BTW2 : What IS next for the beast ;)

[Modena]

Originally posted by mavss
BTW : Is G&D a sponsor of this forum & if not, may I suggest someone address this oversight :)

They are a sponsor:

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/images.ls1/banners/gnd.jpg

[AQICLS3]

What can I say it was awesome Ritchie.........congratulations:goodtime:

Thanks for the lift up and the good times we have had together.......always plenty of laughs.:yup:

Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy

Cheers Erik & Troy

[dean]

Well done Ritchie :thumbsup: Now you will have to try a night run for that mid 12's :cheers:

[Pooga]

Well done bloke!

Would have to be happy with that!

You have certainly set a precedence.

Good to see you kept the MAF too.

Cheers,

Pooga.

[grassy]

Good stuff brudda, shame I didn't get a mention for advice :bawl: Oh well I might as well keep it to myself in future :stick:

[Brett SS]

Originally posted by juzzy
I was dissapointed that I did'nt see any tears in your eyes though.

I think there were more tears in Richie's eyes when he watched Glen doing huge burnouts for the 12 second passes. :lol:

Congrats Richie, I know you have been waiting for this moment and you have thoroughly earned it. Now lets get it to Calder soon and run some 12.7's. :thumbsup:

[WA VTGEN111]

Congratulations
It is always a thrill to set out to achieve something like this then reach the goal. Well done..
Competition is a funny thing - before you know it we'll all be aiming for 11"s:)

[KeenGolfer]

Congrats CLUBVX, great job.

[stoo'SV8]

I don't know any of yas..wish i did :)...but from all i've read on this post a BIG Congratulations is in order..ON YA ClubVX..awesome feeling i bet!!! :bow:

Regards,
Stoo

[SPJ]

Another thing that has not been added was that the 12.90 and 12.93 were into a 20+ MP/H wind...

Most cars were down 2/3 MP/H than useral so there is still alot more left in this car!
Cummon Richie! Lets see how far it can go!:thumbsup:

[Modena]

Originally posted by DuNsTiN
...were into a 20+ MP/H wind... I think you mean KPH

[HRTSEN]

To Modena

How are you? Actually their were stages of the day when we were at Heathcote that it reached up to 21mph headwinds!

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[Justice R8]

Originally posted by CLUBVX
To Modena

How are you? Actually their were stages of the day when we were at Heathcote that it reached up to 21mph headwinds!

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

Richard

Bottom of the slip will tell you windspeed for each run.

[Fabio's CV8]

Hey Ritchie,

Let us know when you and Glenn are gona hit Calder!

We will be your support crew! :)

[dean]

Originally posted by Justice R8
Richard

Bottom of the slip will tell you windspeed for each run.

The highest wind speed I have on the slips was 37.4 & the lowest was 14kph

[HRTSEN]

Hi

To Justice R8: I have records of between 19kph and 38kph head winds on my timecards

To Pooga: after our several pm's, looks like a good idea we kept the maf on hey and I am more than sure you will be happy with your maf sensor too

To Grassy: your car is a screamer....if I took your advice I would be looking for a killer timecard like 11's!, your car is off its nut compared to mine!!!

To Brett SS: A special thanks to you for advice you gave me along the way, much appreciated.

To Dean: In CLUBVX's current form I KNOW that a 12.8 WILL be acheived in better conditions and a 12.7 "SHOULD/COULD" be possible at say Calder Park at night with under ten degrees?? Hope I haven't started a flaming war now for typing 12.7!

Once again thanks to all the replys and congratulations.

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[TROY]

Well Done Ritchie!

I told you , you could do it!!!

First unopened "street trim" LS1 with NO SLICKS to do a 12!

Woo hoo!!!

[HOWQUICK]

Originally posted by AQICSS Jnr
Well Done Ritchie!

I told you , you could do it!!!

First unopened "street trim" LS1 with NO SLICKS to do a 12!

Woo hoo!!!

hey AQICSS whatever....Delco did it over 6 months ago ;) and one of his customers again over 2 months ago.....:sleep:

[Sidewindr]

I think it is the first M6 ... the 2 Wa cars were A4 were they not ? :)

[HRTSEN]

Hello

To Sidewinder: CORRECT!

That is why I am so happy!

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[mavss]

and you wanted to get rid of it !!!!

Well, it's gonna cost the dealer an extra coupla grand now, aint it :hide:

[AQICLS3]

Originally posted by HOWQUICK
hey AQICSS whatever....Delco did it over 6 months ago ;) and one of his customers again over 2 months ago.....:sleep:

HOWQUICK whatever..........if you read the thread it is the first M6:slap: :nutkick:

[Pooga]

Originally posted by CLUBVX


To Pooga: after our several pm's, looks like a good idea we kept the maf on hey and I am more than sure you will be happy with your maf sensor too



You will see on Thursday Dude! My car will be ready and tuned on Thursday! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Even with my cam I would be happy for 12.9!!

Good work mate!

[HOWQUICK]

Originally posted by AQICSS
HOWQUICK whatever..........if you read the thread it is the first M6:slap: :nutkick:

it would read like this then?

"Well Done Ritchie!

I told you , you could do it!!!

First unopened "street trim" LS1/M6 with NO SLICKS to do a 12!

Woo hoo!"

As I have posted....well done!

[Ghosn]

I think we have found the 'REAL' Australian Idol "Ritchie!!!" :bow: :bow: :bow:

Well done big bloke :bounce:


:cheers:
Damian

[HRTSEN]

Hi

Me the Australian Idol? Don't I need an Afro for that?:shock:

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[Old Kiwi]

And the extra weight of the hair would cost you that 0.1sec:lol:

[matlowth]

Nice work! :)

Out of interest, what sort of tyres were they, and what sorta 60ft times were u running?

Other thing was how hard were the gear changes - were they flat shifts, or fairly conservative changes?

Cheers,

matt

[Robos R33]

Originally posted by matlowth
Nice work! :)



Other thing was how hard were the gear changes - were they flat shifts, or fairly conservative changes?

Cheers,

matt

Not too sure of the tyres, but some nice burnouts getting them hot:cheers:

And conservative gear changes, i dont think chirps into 4th justify conservative

[KiWi]

Well done to Glenn for running the 12 second pass. Too bad it wasnt done with stock diff gears and the owner running the 12 sec pass. Probably would of made it even more sweeter. :stick:

Well Done CLubVX

Simon

[HRTSEN]

Hi Simon

How are you?

Your comment is like me saying its too bad your car is running now with an aftermarket clutch to obtain its 13.2! Mate who cares what clutch/diff gears one has as long as you are happy with it yourself! Congrats on your 13.2 though as it is well deserved, I acheived a 13.3 in my FAT and HUGE HSV at the start of the year.

Yeah it is very unfortunate it wasn't done with stock diff gears as they had a huge whine in them and would have pissed us off all the way to Heathcote and back, my headache would have been a lot worse!

When I decided to change my diff gears....like other items in the drivetrain I took G&D's advice and opted for either better items that lasted longer such as my clutch which has been holding up AWESOME with 100% hard street use in mind or items that would help me push my car into the 12's everyday. I have 3.91 HSV GTS diff gears in the diff to do this, the exact same type as offered in a VX GTS.

I assume you have also made ?some? changes to your VX SS to obtain 13 second passes???

Now once again to all, I would have loved to drive my car into the 12's this is no secret, but seriously I don't give a **** who does it.....ITS DONE! I had a couple goes but was simply too ill to even do better than my previous best times.

Good luck with your car next time at the 1/4 mile track if you do run it again? Since you do not have a full ls1edit tune performed yet you will be deep into the 12's once you get it done, if done properly that is!!!

Your car will simply pull away from mine like a bullet and I will be most happy for you as I am feeling lonely in Victoria with a 12 second un-opened ls1 m6 on street tyres at the moment!:bounce:

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[KiWi]

I look forward to joining you in the 12 sec club ritchie as do many other people.

Just remember buddy im NOT having a go at you im simply stiring the pot :stick:

P.S remember what i said to you at Heathcote? :thumbsup:

Love you buddy :cheers:

Simon

[HRTSEN]

Hi Simon

hmmm???:stupid: I forgot what you told me at Heathcote? Honestly I did forget probably because I was sick on the day.

What did you tell me?

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[KiWi]

i will rub it in (i mean tell you) on thursday. :stick: relax ritchie its cool im playing.

Simon

[HRTSEN]

Hi Simon

Ok 99% I will be their tomorrow night if work doesn't hold me back. You keep playing because all I have to say for now is "GAMEOVER!":flip2: :flip2: :lol: :booty:

regards,

Richard
CLUBVX

[AQICLS3]

Hey Simon

Tell us the truth you have LS! edit dont you........:bash:

Also diff gears give you no extra in a i/4 mile time.

Cheers Erik

[SPJ]

Originally posted by AQICSS
Hey Simon

Tell us the truth you have LS! edit dont you........:bash:

Also diff gears give you no extra in a i/4 mile time.

Cheers Erik

:lol: After umming and ahhing i put him under the pump...it came out...:p

A partial Edit...Check his sig...been updated with the 'real' RWKW output...

:flip3:

[Justice R8]

Originally posted by DuNsTiN
:lol: After umming and ahhing i put him under the pump...it came out...:p

A partial Edit...Check his sig...been updated with the 'real' RWKW output...

:flip3:

He must of got one of those cheap Tunes!!:moon:

[SPJ]

Originally posted by Justice R8
He must of got one of those cheap Tunes!!:moon:

LOL...From what he told me it was a sort of 'fix up tune' as his car was running rough...

I am just going from what i have been told...Simon will have all the answers :cheers:

[sandmanls1]

well done big guy sorry wasn't there to see it..

[Brett SS]

Originally posted by matlowth
Nice work! :)

Out of interest, what sort of tyres were they, and what sorta 60ft times were u running?

Other thing was how hard were the gear changes - were they flat shifts, or fairly conservative changes?

Cheers,

matt

Hey Matt,

He was running Sumitomo HTR Z II road tyres, and the best 60' time was 1.88 with some in the 1.9's as well. I don't think there was any flat changes involved but they were not conservative at the same time.

Brett.

[dean]

Originally posted by Brett SS
Hey Matt,

He was running Sumitomo HTR Z II road tyres, and the best 60' time was 1.88 with some in the 1.9's as well. I don't think there was any flat changes involved but they were not conservative at the same time.

Brett.

Thats the same 60' times as me (on the same brand of tyres). I did a 1.9 60' on B530's. Maybe thats the limit for street tyres. :confused:

[Robos R33]

Originally posted by dean
Thats the same 60' times as me (on the same brand of tyres). Maybe thats the limit for street tyres. :confused:

Seems as though the Sumo's are the go, i'm running them too, best 60 footer of 1.94.:nyuk:

[matlowth]

Yeah - this is true at the risk of going a bit off topic, does anyone know roughly the cost of these suckers in 17/255's?

matt


Originally posted by Robos R33
Seems as though the Sumo's are the go, i'm running them too, best 60 footer of 1.94.:nyuk:

[Robos R33]

Originally posted by matlowth
Yeah - this is true at the risk of going a bit off topic, does anyone know roughly the cost of these suckers in 17/255's?

matt

I can get them for about $270 each, PM if you cant beat it:deal:

[KiWi]

Originally posted by DuNsTiN
LOL...From what he told me it was a sort of 'fix up tune' as his car was running rough...

I am just going from what i have been told...Simon will have all the answers :cheers:

What Dunny said it is not and i repeat NOT a TUNE or LS1 edit. I will be gettting my EDIT/TUNE from F1 Performance.

I had "issues" and asked for them to be addressed. Such as fuel and O2's and ignition problems. I have no real gains just maybe a lil bit in 3rd for between 3500 and 5000 thats it i still have the typical low down slug just make up for it with some "Scud" shifts :stick: remember some people are getting 210+ with exhaust package and Some Cold air. anyway i just got what my car was suppose to run in a way its not a power enhancement it putting my car where it should be :moon: SIMPLE *note*

As it isnt a forum sponsor (thankfully) i wont name them to discredit them.

Anyway life goes on. Bring on 12's

Simon:moon:

[Brett SS]

Originally posted by TeamKiwi
I have no real gains just maybe a lil bit in 3rd for between 3500 and 5000 thats it

Hey Simon,

I hate to say but a gain between 3500-5000 rpms in 3rd will also be in every other gear that you have. You would probably spend a lot of your time down the track in that rev range too so you would have ran faster cause of this.

Still ran an awesome time though mate, hope to see you in the 12's soon when you get a proper edit done. :hide:

Brett.:thumbsup: