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Should have come and said hello to us!

We're on at 10:30, 11:50, 14:45, 16:50 F1 demo 12:35, 14:00

Thanks Darren, assuming you'll be there?

lol, this is last years thread - ignore my comments:oops:

curious how myself and slickpete are on the list given we'll be at brands hatch

stock bottom end is strong enough, I'm running one at the moment ... held up the last race, compression is still good so let's see how it lasts. that's 630rwhp at 1.5bar

so have you ordered new 5 bolt downpipes to suit?

what's your budget

Joel - you coming?

looking forward to this, mine looks vaguely the right shape now thanks to Jimmer and judicious use of a large hammer!

I wouldn't fit another turbo till you figure out why they're being eaten up. Have the turbo oil lines been replaced?

Either the turbo's are not getting oil or there's crap in the oil for them to eat the bearings that quickly

yes, will be a signed on passenger as part of normal track day rules. will need a helmet too

I'm thinking of doing a test next friday at Castle Coombe, make sure everything is working properly, bit more seat time, adjust brake bias etc before the final round at Brands Hatch on the Sunday. So then i started thinking about doing some fundraising as well and came up with the following; A little raffle where all funds go towards test day / getting car fixed properly with the winner getting the following Join me for the day at Castle Coombe inc passenger laps throughout the day as we play with the setup Ticket and pit pass to Brands Hatch final. Pit pass allows you to wonder amongst all the TimeAttack cars in the garages and allows you to stand on the pit wall for the best seat in the house Would people be interested? PS not sure if this would be allowed from a committe perspective, so please mods let me know what you think too

it's the other way around that's the problem, easier to lose weight at the rear vs the front.

noise - can't tell, there's no interior anyway so it's noisy :) no heated screen, but you shouldn't do this if you care about that. Never had problems with mine though saying that

Thanks for your help on the day, sorry didn't get a chance to chat. hopefully it'll be less frantic at brands

Yes, expansion bottle not pressurised and needs an overflow if fills. Check your rad cap if it's filling too much, what are the water temps doing?

Lithium based, it's ridiculously small, and much more powerful than the redtop 20 I had before

Mine was 1370kg last time I weighed it, not much changed from then, I have another 20 kg ish ready to come out when I have time to fit some new parts. That was with all fluids and a full tank of fuel Actually, my new battery only weighs .5kg, so that saves another 4kg from my redtop one

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Long story short, it was a mission just to get to Donnington. Having broken my spare engine in the build up to TOTB, sourcing parts and family holidays, Jimmer and I stripped down the replacement engine last Saturday to the short block, and rebuilt most of it with my parts. Sunday was finishing the assembly and getting it in the car, Monday finishing the install and getting it running. Tuesday, fix brakes (replacement cylinder needed on pedal box). Wednesday collect car. Thursday take car to Noel. Friday, Noel maps car and I collect inthe evening on the way to track. Not driven the car in this week, with different brake pedal ratios and engine pushing a conservative 633rwhp, 600ftlb (wheels) on a stock block. We kept the revs to 7200 to try and preserve the bottom end, even though power is climbing. Did I mention I've not driven around Donnington before :eek: First session Track is extremely greasy and quite frankly terrifying, manage 2 laps before the engine cuts out, and Link ECU is flashing the engine light. I get towed in, hook up the laptop and can see it's lost the CAS signal, check under the hood and the fan has eaten into the CAS loom! Soldering Iron out, we get it fixed in about 10mins but the session is over. Jimmer checks everything over, we add missing stickers, wash the car and wait for the next session Second session Track is dry! We keep my michelins on anyway as my R888's are getting to the end of their life. Session went really well, steadily getting faster, starting to have some fun. Start pushing the brakes but despite our best effort altering the pedal box, there's still way to much rear bias, the harder I brake, the rears lock up. Other than that, no problems to report. Our cooling system mod from the last event is working very well, coolant only hitting 81deg, oil 60deg. Noel checks ecu logs and mocks me for not using full throttle very often! We use the time between sessions to wire widebands into ecu Qualifying session R888's are on, suspension stiffened up. I go out and immediately there's a problem, the rear is slding all over the place on corner entry, even when I'm not going very quickly. Doesn't seem to be improving so I come in and soften the rear setup. Back out again, feels a bit better, but now I'm on another outlap with some fast lapping cars, I tuck out the way of the flying scoobies, find the corner is rather tighter when offline, hit the grass, and spin, narrowly avoiding the orange subaru on my way back across the track and hit the wall. Cue 30mins at trackside waiting to be recovered Finally get back to the pits, and we start inspecting the damage. Quick check with scrutineers if i can run without a boot, then get cracking on moving metalwork off my rear wheel, and taping up edges, reattaching / removing bits as needed. Also need to rewire my fuel pump switch as that got torn off during recovery. Pete and Paul also lend a hand while I pretend to look busy and sweet talk scrutineers Final We go back out looking like more of a pickup than a 300, still it's worth it. I enjoyed the session, but the brake issue and knackered 888's were holding me back. I was faster on the michelin road tires in the morning :( still, the engine didn't miss a beat, just need to do a compression test post event to see if it's changed from before. Big thanks as always to Jimmer (aka Powerzed) and Noel (Turbonoz) as none of this is possible without their support

lol at the tap comment, if you look closely, the front also took a good shove from the wall. photos and vids being uploaded now. damage from what i can see FRONT front light smashed, headlamp panel has moved slightly, bumper still in tact though! REAR rear qtr caved in, taking the light, bumper, backbox and arch with it. Tailgate came off largely in one piece, just mounts broken. exhaust being hit seems to have cracked my downpipes too :(

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arghhhh!!! Huge thanks to Jimmer and Noel for their help today, without them I wouldn't have even got there today. Thanks as well to Pete and others who were drafted later, writeup/pics/vids to follow. Big well done to Bob too who consistently got faster during the day and got 3rd in the final :thumbup1: now back to arggh, arghh, arghh!