Anyone got a cure for wind noise at 166mph?

[m666 edd]

Whilst going down bruntingthorpe runway I seem to get a fair bit of wind noise through the window at 166mph

Here's a couple of vids from the day:

Whole run - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSzxVpOBOs

Launch & bend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQOg3r8xrk

[Hagasan]

Whilst going down bruntingthorpe runway I seem to get a fair bit of wind noise through the window at 166mph

Here's a couple of vids from the day:

Whole run - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSzxVpOBOs

Launch & bend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQOg3r8xrk

You must have been ok with the wind noise on that run then? I only saw 165 max ;-)

[m666 edd]

Haha yeah. That was just one of my many runs. The gps was pretty bad at updating. Managed 166 recorded at the beams on at least one of the runs.

[Silver Surfer]

Well done Ed... Certainly did Kevin proud after all the mods he has done to get the car to current state.
I am sure the gearing he has changed to lower ratio allowed the car to accelerate on the straight better.
Did you get into 5th just before you cross the laser timer or well before?

SS

[TheSebringOne]

Slow down may be!

Seriously, going at that kind of speed, then probably no?

[SILVER BULLET]

Well done Edd, sounds like you had a fantastic day, I believe regular buttock clenching will help with your high speed wind problem .
Hope to see you at a future S. West meet,

Cheers,

Ian

[Papalazarou]

Well done Ed,

makes me want to get up there and have a go. I watched the videos at Pete's earlier; god your exhaust is loud! Sounds pretty good though. I was amazed how quick that GT3 was next to you! Didn't think the performance difference was so great.

Cheers,

James.

[m666 edd]

Silver Surfer:
I was in 5th gear at around 130mph, by the end of the video the revs are at an indicated 8000rpm but it does seem to over read so I believe that was around 7700rpm. The 4.4 final drive definitely helped but the JDM gearing probably didn't. Either way the car is in a high bhp powerband on every change so the difference would be minimal.

James:
Which video had a GT3? They all look the same to me
The black porsche only managed 167 when I look closely at the number on the beams, it just got to that speed a lot quicker! Probably all that downforce affecting it's slipperiness. I believe the other porsches were modified.

I didn't do any hard launches with a car beside me, I probably should have!

[Papalazarou]

Edd, it looked like a dark blue 996 GT3. You came past him on the first part then he came past you maybe a couple of hundred yards onto the speed run straight.
Obviously hard to know from a video.

Cheers,

James.

[paulc]

Sorry not had that problem yet!! Hopefully one day.