Een tijdje geleden had ik al een paar foto's van RIPS laten zien met hun nieuwe dragrace machine maar
nu is hij dan eindelijk klaar,het is een RB30 motor in een dragrace frame.
Ik heb even wat gekopieerd van www.gtr.co.uk.

Worlds fastest RB??? R.I.P.S build almost complete

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We are almost ready to strip the dragster back to the bare frame for sandblasting and powder coating, the first meeting we can go to is in early September so we'll have to pull finger as there's still lots to do.









The engine is exactly as it came out of the world record holding RIPS 240z:


We'll be starting off gently in the highly competitive Competition dragster class in NZ where there are some very low 6 (almost 5 second), 230+ mph cars to race against.
Due to the size of our engine (180 cubic inch) initially, we'll have some start line time advantages which will get less during the year as we improve.

The goal for the first year is to run very low 7s (enough to claim the fastest RB in the world off the HKS 180sx) possibly do OK in the NZ Competition dragster championship and then move on to 6s and 200mph as our next goal if I'm still in one piece

We know the car will create alot of contrivercy due to its old school look and modern 6 cylinder, some of the old V8 boys will hate it for sure, but some of them are already being very supportive, possibly because they see us as no threat, that might change if we do well at the track though, time will tell.................

This is how it was last time it raced with a blown alky big block, 6.6 @ 202mph:

Zo geweldig dit!
Die 240Z dat ie heel blijft, als je kijkt naar dat punt van weg rijden!!


Johan

Hij heeft wel eens erger meegemaakt!

Een paar woorden van de eigenaar over de 1e keer op de dragstrip;

Just got back from the strip.

I had to sit a new competition unlimited licence and have officials observe me doing a burnout, reversing and I was only allowed to soft launch and run to 1/2 track, I also had to deploy the chutes on the 3rd pass.

I'm pretty sure it was the 1st meet of the seaon for the track and it was super slippery, no prep or VHT etc so I was warned to take it very easy.

I had no idea what to expect so was very cautious, we turned the boost down to 17psi (wastegate pressure) and took it very carefully.

I passed all my licence tests within 3 x 1/2 track runs (10.1, 9.2 and a 9.3, all at around 125-130mph)) I was then allowed to run a little harder if I was comfortable.

On the 4th run still with 17psi (1st ever unrestricted pass for the car) it ran 1.21 60ft spinning the tyres hard, it got pretty nasty so I pedalled it and spun pretty much all the way to 1/2 track where it got all out of shape, I backed off and coasted through with an 8.8 @ 138mph which betters the current track record and NZ record for my class (current track record is 9.2 and current NZ record is 9.02)

To beat the record on my 1st ever proper pass in a rail was awesome, its sure very different to drive than the 240z and its going to take a lot of getting use to but we'll slowly chip away at it and see how it goes.

We will go back next weekend to a test and tune day and have another go, then the following meeting is the NZ Nationals which is a huge 2 day event, if we run under the current record and back it up at that meeting we'll be able to claim a record.

Oh, btw, its just on 300kg over minimum weight for my class which is a little more than I expected but it looks like we'll be ok even carrying all that extra weight.

Onwards and upwards.......

Rob
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Update deel 2;

We took the new FED to Meremere for licencing passes and 1 gentle test run.

The FED (Front Engined Dragster) has a fully water cooled, streetable RIPS RB30 in it, its the actual motor from the world record holding 240z, its been cleaned and re-painted only, we didn't even change the spark plugs or oil so this motor has done ALOT of hard work over the last 2 years.

I had to sit a new unlimited licence as it was a new type of car for me, On the licencing passes your not allowed much power off the line and you must coast past 1/2 track, I'd also never driven anything like this before so I was quite nervous and more than happy to take it very easy

Licencing passes:
10.1 @ 105.86mph
9.26 @ 123.56mph
9.25 @ 136.29mph

The track record for my class (DD/D) is 9.2 and the NZ record is 9.02 so we were pretty happy with the licencing passes.

I was then allowed to do a soft run and go further than 1/2 track if I was comfortable, I tried but it was real slippery and I got into trouble at just before 1/2 track, backed off and coasted through with an 8.87 @ 138.88mph

Here's some pix: