Santa Pod

[JonP]

Before I put winter tyres on my IS-F, I am thinking of taking it down to Santa Pod for a RWYB day on the 19th, just to see what the absolutely standard car will do with by corpulent frame in it..

Out of curiosity, has anyone here taken an IS-F to Santa Pod before?

Cheers

Jon

[IHgs300]

Only a model one in my pocket...LOL.

Wish i was in your position Jon....Aaah well one day... :)

[Keith_W]

I'd be interested to see how you get on. The Americans prefer this sort of thing and I have seen a few clips of them getting sub-13s in standard cars.

[jetskidia]

Let us know how u get on?

[JonP]

Had a good time though the number of runs was heavily restricted by the weather, I could only get in three before I had to head home. I was getting better though finding out how much more I could take out my time will have to wait. Best time I could manage was 13.6 seconds with a 1/4 mile speed of 108.

Bloody good fun though and loads of interesting cars to look at.. Some decent people to talk to as well.

Cheers

Jon

[jetskidia]

According to this site you've got about another second to loose? And if it makes any difference they are quoting a 2007 ISF.

http://fastestlaps.com/cars/lexus_is_f.html

[JonP]

Thanks, I did see that.

I was using the auto to shift whilst I got used to getting the car going, figuring out where the exit was etc. I was planning to manually shift gears the next time and see if that helps but the weather nixed that. I also kept all the anti whatever turned on.

Next time I go it'll be manual gear changes and I will try turning off some of the electronic goodies, see what difference it makes. I might even take some of the crap out the boot next time as well though my biggest weight handicap is carried round my middle...

Cheers

[lotusdave]

lol.