Doug's Near Miss

Doug's first run of the day at AFF Heathcote Drag Day 2009.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 871
• productions
• doogstar
• julza
• ford
• xr6
• turbo

[Belfort23]

hey was just wondering if you know what wheels doug has? they look good

5stars

[871productions]

hey mate, the wheels are Speedy Infernos (19") cheers

[doogstar]

Hey that's me! I will never forget that day. That's what you get for trying to run in street tyres when you have 380rwkw. It behaved a lot better with the MT semi-slicks on. I ran an 11.6 that day if I remember right.

[bdl6969]

Very Nice , Love the xr's with out the XR spoiler.

[battlefever91]

even if you could shift as fast as an auto box and launch as well with a manual setup, turbo's lose boost when you shift, so you're going be slower either way you look at it.. but in the end manual is a more exciting to drive on the street, and that's where it counts if it's your every day car

[FormulaVeeRacer1200]

@xX3movamp1reXx auto is faster for drag racing unless u have 3hp..

[FormulaVeeRacer1200]

@871productions i believe u mean (spinny) infernos... grat car

[itshardtothinkofanam]

fastest car in the would is an auto so shut your mouth i dont care how fast you can shift cockbags

[xX3movamp1reXx]

@marek0086 yeah keep on trying to make urself out as an expert when 2 guys have already told u that it aint what ur saying u dont know shit shut ur mouth

[xX3movamp1reXx]

@xr8brisbane i can, my dads cortina ran 12.6's and one of his mate's had same thing but it was an auto and it was runnin 13 flat

[xr8brisbane]

@xX3movamp1reXx personally i'm a fan of manuals and prefer to drive them, but on a strip nobody could possibly say that a manual is quicker

[marek0086]

@xX3movamp1reXx~ Its not the weight of the Torque converter!!!.... The power is lost through fluid-friction!!!!!

[xX3movamp1reXx]

@marek0086 actualy it is the torque converter that suck alot of the power away it weighs twice as much as a manual flywheel and clutch put together and then theres the slack in the hydrolic process that sucks more power away my choice is manualy plus u have more control over the gears then u do in an auto, dont matter if u have manulised it its still gotta build up the hydrolic pressure to change gears