Cadwell Sr2 Pics and Video
chris mason - 7/7/10 at 09:01 PM
Had a good day at Cadwell today, Highlighted a few issues with the springs which i think the pictures show quite well, but basically it ended with the
dampers bottoming out on several occasions, bringing an early end to the day.
For the 1st outing the car performed pretty well all things considering, and it appears the best lap time was 1:47 not that i was timing or anything
Really impressed with how the car handles and the 1.6 mazda lump pulls pretty well for 110bhp, top speed suffered due to the lack of power, according
to the data logger i only managed to break 100mph once recording a speed of 102mph, rest of the time it appears to be struggling once 99mph is hit.
All the speeds are logged from the gps so i take them to pretty accurate.
Looking forward to the next outing now at Oulton Park on the 4th of August (4 weeks today)
Good to meet plenty of Locostbuilders and see a nice variation of car and engines on track.
Here's a couple of pictures taken by the on track photographer, and the video should up online shortly.
Fell free to add any further pics of the car if you managed to take any 
[Edited on 7/7/10 by chris mason]
franky - 7/7/10 at 09:08 PM
looks nice? what was wrong with the springs/shocks? thought they supplied them designed for the car?
nick205 - 7/7/10 at 09:09 PM
Looks well Chris - if a little softly sprung.
What lb springs are you running?
Had you had the car corner weighted and geometry set-up?
Steve Hignett - 7/7/10 at 09:12 PM
Car looks fantastic mate!
I'm sure it'll be a piece of pee to sort the spring/damper - I suppose it being leathered round the track by someone that can drive and it
running a decent set of slicks will add to it needing a bit of fine tuning in the spring/damper area...
ATB
Steve
chris mason - 7/7/10 at 09:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by franky
looks nice? what was wrong with the springs/shocks? thought they supplied them designed for the car?
Yeah the spring were supplied with the car.
The springs were as supplied by Road Runner Racing for a road set up, the road set up uses a different mounting position for the damper, this runs
them more upright and also gives you more wheel travel per damper stroke.
When you adpot the track settings for the car, it lowers the car by approx 1" and also decreases the damper/wheel stroke.
I was aware that the springs may be too soft for my intended use, but as Road Runner Kindly offered to supply me with these to try or any other
poundage i'd like, i opted to give them a go, unfortunately they are too soft for my intended use. So Road Runner are supplying me some more to
try.
As this is the 1st track car out there, it is a bit of trial and error with set up, fortunate for me Road Runner are funding the development and have
supplied me with the kit at great price 
Roll on Oulton to give the next set up a run
The effective spring rates at the moment are working out at around 240lbs give or take a bit, a big swing is required so next i'll be trying an
effective spring rate of approx 350lbs all round
chris mason - 7/7/10 at 10:20 PM
Video now uploaded CLICK ME
It appears to be laps of a traffic filled track, but it wasn't that bad, the Caterham that i let past a lap or so in, is the one i end up hunting
down and passing at the end, a few other caterhams pop up along the way.
The best lap of the 15 i did, starts around 7:43 i hit some traffic, but it doesn't slow me down too much
For some reason You tube seem to have ruined the quality and added a gremlin in the right speaker, so if you want to enjoy the sound i'd turn
down your right speaker and turn up the left one
Chris
DRC INDY 7 - 7/7/10 at 10:20 PM
Where's the video
chris mason - 8/7/10 at 06:38 AM
quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Where's the video
Have a look at the last post before yours 
where it says "CLICK ME" be brave and give it a go
It must be too many nights out with Andy,Paul and Keith that are having an effect on you
welderman - 8/7/10 at 06:50 AM
looks good there Chris, glad you got it done in the end
Joe
Andy D - 8/7/10 at 07:08 AM
Sadly, that's the only pic I have of the car Chris..
Vid looks good. For a car so fresh out of the box it goes very well. A wee bit more power obviously wouldn't go amiss, to make overtaking a bit
less of a strain...
Keep up the good work.
afj - 8/7/10 at 07:19 AM
COOL
TimC - 8/7/10 at 08:15 AM
Looks good Mate. Time to get your ARDS test done and give racing a go in CSCC Mag7s!
DRC INDY 7 - 8/7/10 at 09:06 AM
quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Where's the video
Have a look at the last post before yours
where it says "CLICK ME" be brave and give it a go
It must be too many nights out with Andy,Paul and Keith that are having an effect on you
looks like we posted at the same time
leepo - 8/7/10 at 08:26 PM
Hi the video looks good and even on soft springs it seems like it handles good, are you pleased with it?