Venom XR

I had the chance tonight to see how my 156.5rwkW translated real world. I decided on a bit of a cruise toight, and whilst heading up the highway towards St Marys, the familiar twin lights appeared in my rear vision mirror. It was a white XR8, AU Series 1. He spent a lot of time hanging on my arse, even with lane changes presumably checking out the new kit.

As luck would have it, we got ahead of the traffic and stopped as some lights - well, I stopped, he was still a little behind so he had rolling momentum. Lights went green, and he punched the throttle, so I responded.

The result?

One surprised XR8 owner - my plates give away what XR variant I own (guess he won't know if it's HP or VCT) so he knew his extra two cylinders were useless!

Ok, so mines modified. Both cars were manual. But a win is a win.

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XR6VCT

Hehe Nice stuff their Venom. You certainly have got some nice numbers out of that HP.

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XR8chic

Hey mark.... bring your baby down to eastern creek next wednesday.... I want to see what she can do!

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anakha

Yep, run what ya brung and hope ya brung enough.

So you going to bring it to the Creek on Wednesday night for a little friendly competition?

Venom XR

Not this Wedneday, hard trying to get home from Wynyard to Penrith, then getting the car - need to take a day off. Will do soon though.

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Mr Sparkle

Freaky 6!!!

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XR_Strider_GuY

Good stuff Mark, AU1 XR8's are pretty fast too. Definitly got a fast 6 cylinder there.

Goes to show theres power to be had in these Inline 6's.

Reading about races makes me weep at the moment. My baby isn't running right. Can't wait till it's running properly.
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HSE2

With at least 12 more rwkw and a lighter car you should have won. And I would still like to know how your car picked up that much. That is a bloody good exhaust you have

Venom XR

It is a mystery. I can only think that it's a mixture of a factory special (one of those engines that gets built a little better than the others) coupled with a great Herrod exhaust system. I fully admit to being a little under-skilled in the drag arena, so I'm sure theres still more potential to be unleashed. It is certainly a lot of fun.

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HSE2

So you have no dyno run before the mods I take it? Shame would have been good to know what it was out of the box! Special car you have there mate!!