The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

ikeane wrote:So is that the team thing out the window?
We'd be up against some high bhp cars but participation is whats important.

We will be in the 2.0 litre NA class and will be able to hold our own there.
The team thing (open class) will obviously be only for participation and promoting FTO Ireland - We're not likely to kid ourselves that we'll be able to compete with EVO's and Skylines.

How many do you need on a team?

ikeane wrote:

Muad_dib77 wrote:but as the car stands now I'm sure there loads of people faster than me..

I dont really have anything on my car that gives it any more oomf but you have to start somewhere...

Is anyone entering a car with that little bit extra???

Just out of curiousity - is everyone entering 1/4 mile driving a manual mivec? I'd be interested to see how a tip or manual GR would do.

ikeane - there shouldn't be much of a difference between a standard and modified FTO - in fact the best way to make an FTO quick on the 1/4 mile is to loose some weight - rear seats, spare wheel and tools, boot floor, carpets, any extra ICE, low fuel load and try and run on 16's rather than 17 or 18's.

Myfeckin FTO wrote:....run on 16's rather than 17 or 18's.

I would have thought that it would be the other way around, especially at the sprint start from standstill ?

Kace wrote:

Myfeckin FTO wrote:....run on 16's rather than 17 or 18's.

I would have thought that it would be the other way around, especially at the sprint start from standstill ?

Nah - smaller diameter and lighter wheels is the way to go. Many of the drag cars in the UK run 15's with slicks. You need to keep the ratios as low as possible. I ran against two very similar spec Teg R's last year and the Teg R on 15's was significantly quicker than the car running 17 inch aftermarket (& heavy) alloys. Teg R's also have very low ratio gearboxes which also helps significantly - they are flat in 4th at end of 1/4 mile while the FTO Mivec is still in 3rd.

I ran with 17's last year - albeit they were lightweight forged mags - this year I'll run standard 16's with a lower diameter on the front. The rear won't make a difference.

looks like i'd be fecked with 19's if i ran!!

New Team To The Group :

Teams :
1/ Cruiseirl
2/ Racershaven
3/ DTDirl
4/ Manic Motors
5/ Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club
6/ ISDC
7/ Modz.org

attend only are ye going the night before or that morning , another meet at last

Dave wrote:looks like i'd be fecked with 19's if i ran!!

Dave.. I'm thinking I might put the standard rims back on the front for the event If decide to go racing..

Here's a thought...Maybe I missed it ..but are there any costs involved .signup fee perhaps?

Muad_dib77 wrote:

Dave wrote:looks like i'd be fecked with 19's if i ran!!

Dave.. I'm thinking I might put the standard rims back on the front for the event If decide to go racing..

Here's a thought...Maybe I missed it ..but are there any costs involved .signup fee perhaps?

i couldn't simply do that cos i'm running the brembo's so a standard rim wouldn't fit.

Muad_dib77 wrote:Here's a thought...Maybe I missed it ..but are there any costs involved .signup fee perhaps?

Its €50 per person to enter the 1/4 mile drag

Myfeckin FTO wrote:How many do you need on a team?

5 on a team. Add your name to this list if you want on the team:

TEAM ONLY
1: ikeane
2:
3:
4:
5:

Put me down for the team but if CJ,Dave or Maud decide to race and want to be on the team then il stand down - il just whip everyones ass5s on me own

TEAM ONLY
1: ikeane
2: gfalls
3: IrishGirl
4:
5:

Fair play lads, can't wait to hear these Mivec roar if ikeane's is anything to go by !

Is this definate? I'd go for sure... the old GPvR needs its lungs clear out.

Russ

RussMan wrote:Is this definate? I'd go for sure... the old GPvR needs its lungs clear out.

Russ

seems to be alright....

question is, do we stay overnight or not?

Yes this is very definite, Travellodge is 40 per room a night, how ba

Cmon people, 2 more...

TEAM ONLY
1: ikeane
2: gfalls
3: IrishGirl
4:
5:

Guys, entry form and Ts&Cs now available for download from fto-ireland.com:

http://www.fto-ireland.com/downloads/customperfshow.zip

CJ

ikeane wrote:Cmon people, 2 more...

TEAM ONLY
1: ikeane
2: gfalls
3: IrishGirl
4:
5:

I reckon MyfFTO and Jay Version R will fill that team up nicely...

Dave wrote:

ikeane wrote:Cmon people, 2 more...

TEAM ONLY
1: ikeane
2: gfalls
3: IrishGirl
4:
5:

I reckon MyfFTO and Jay Version R will fill that team up nicely...

Oh yeah definitely...! see what happens when you are on holidays, you miss out.

So Now it should look something like this:


1: ikeane
2: gfalls
3: IrishGirl
4: JayVersionR
5:MyFTO

Nice one, i'll have door graphics for your cars !

Ie :

FTO-Ireland1 for ikeane's door and so on...

is anyone staying overnight at this???

Here i'd like to race at this... whats the story? Just fill in the form and post it away? Is there a limit on the number of participants or am i ok to go ahead? Sprint or Comp?


Thanks