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Saw on Ultimate that they ran 7.99 at 177 mph thats almost 285 km/h !!

Awesome!

 Johan

Wow  :o please tell me somebody filmed it  ;D
Matt

More importantly, this was at full weight, full PRA spec, at a PRA event and backed up by an eight-zero pass! I was there and it was amazing - totally without drama, like all the truly fast runs.

Awesome!!!!

What an awesome acheivement, any more details??

where abouts on ultimate is it hiding?

It was awsome to see,the 8.02 previous pass was pretty special to watch,and they predicted that it would be the backup for a new record and it was,I got video from the stands and actually managed to hold the camera reasonably still which is coming shortly,Jo is justs uploading it now. ;D
The most impressive part is the 60ft was nearly a 1/10th down on there best so lots more to come still ;D

cheers richie

Here's the video, Congratulation to everyone at VW Paradise for this amazing acheivement 

It was certainly a special moment to witness this event.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5nT8fRW0vM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5nT8fRW0vM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL)

AWESOME,congrats to the Lauffer-team.

damn that almost looks easy...
congratulations!

SWEET!
What a freaking AWESOME accomplishment! Hope they're on cloud 9 for a week ...

Thanks for posting the video!

TxT

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Awesome run .. What 60feet are you talking about richie? Looks very smooth on the starting line  :)

Udo

According to numbers on the ultimate thread they ran a 1,2689 and 5,20 at 1/8.

Absolutely astonishing. Very smooth.

Thumbs up!!!

T

Johan is correct it was 1.2689, and the best that we know of was a 1.17XX (don't remember the small numbers)
So there's a tenth straight away   :)

Thank you everyone. Jo is correct about the a 1.17 60 ft being are best. We have done it numerous times but this track could not hold it. So we had to use plan B and make it up on the upper end.


Jason

Must be a nice clutch . It looks like it hooks not so strong when starting, as i said very smooth

Udo

So cool! Congratulations to the whole team!

Congratulations 8)

Yes, FINALLY a 7 second pass! Congrats to the Paradise crew! 

I thought the same thing... looks almost "soft" when it launches.

Am I going mad ? Thought Eric Calabrese in Red Baron ran 7.97@179mph recently ??  ???

I'm not as famliar with the different classes as I should be. Can anyone give me the short explanation  :D am guessing it has to do with weight / floorpan or tube chassis / power adders etc ?

Anyway not taking anything away from the Paradise Crew an awesome achievement from a dedicated team that have been around a longtime now pushing the limits for the VW flat four.

By the way, are these guys now members of Scat's exclusive 7 second club ?  :)

Congratulations all round.

I'm guessing that what was meant was the VWP team finally hit their seven-second goal.  Eric Calabrese ran a sub-eight second mark previously, but this was the Paradise team's first milestone hitting the 7-second range.

I believe that that the Lauffers were the first to run <8.00 at a PRA event. The Red Baron's sub 8 was not done at a PRA event.

Exactly........ We were the first to do it in PRA pro mod trim

As for the soft launch. The track was falling apart. Gravel was being dragged out from the pits and being spread all over the track. Every pass we kept softening up the clutch & taking boost out. It was a total crap shoot that day for getting down the track.

Jason Lauffer

D'oh! You're right, I failed to mention that component in my vague general rambling. Lol. ;D

What ever happened to my phone calls?  ???

Way to go guys!  :)

Sometimes less is more!