I'm thinking of going up to Mallory next weekend for the RGB. Does anyone know if Marc's entered? I'd e-mail or phone, but they're no doubt busy.

If you go on to the 750mc website there are the full list of competitors for mallory.

hope this helps

gary

Cheers Gazza.

That'll be a no then. Shame.

yep all ready
unfortunately by the time the 750 mc sent me the entry forms in hard copy ( pdf email version wouldnt work on all 4 computers ) no space left
even paid and had the test organised for this week but seemed little point in going as i cant do the first race, with that and the wedding i will now miss four rounds so might not even bother with rgb and convert the car to do somthing else

best regards

marc

Hi Marc,

I know of at least one person that is struggling to get to Mallory even though they have a confirmed entry. I would imagine if you are first or second reserve you would be almost guaranteed a race.

Worth checking with Robin

Cheers

Paul
(RGB No 8)

hi paul
think i am on the reserve list not sure which no. though, car is ready to go in the back of the truck and race so will just have to see, although there is a bit of question mark if my spare engine is ok at the moment, still awaiting to get my other one back which spun the bearings in the crank
hopefully see you there

best regards

marc

Yep, Id imagine as its the first race of the season there will be quite a few entrants burning the midnight oil trying to get their cars finished in time, so there's bound to be some that don't manage it and have to drop out.

yep paul was right, now entered for mallory

oooh i am back in UK this weekend...

So SWIMBO says I can pull the Spannerin gloves on this weekend -- Are we on ?

Setup in an hour practice session thats going to be a challenge but hey weve done worse

Are we Prepping tomorow EVE ?

Let me know

Regards

Agriv8

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Cool!

I was going to watch some testing at Pembrey but providing the better half hasn't made plans, I will try to make it.

TC

Good news! It will be good to see a few more "sevens" represented in RGB. I'll try and pop over and say Hi. Good luck!

- Paul

Are you not racing then Paul?

Yep I'll be there, I just meant I'll make the effort to waltz over to the luxurious MNR race transport and introduce myself :-)

youll have quite a Waltz if you want to get to the luxury race transporter as I think it is being left in yorkshire think the plan is travel light and fast!!

But you can come over for a chin wag anytime.


Regarsd

Agriv8

Excellent news! Let us know how you got on!

Someone take lots of pictures and maybe even try to film a little!?

Good luck Marc and team.

Chris.

Actually I may even be able to make it myself!

What time are the races and dates?

Thanks guys.

Chris.

Hi quick link to the days time table LINK

cheers matt

Can anyone match names to cars in the RGB?

Sadly I won't be ble to actually attend, as its my wifes 40th Birthday Brunch on sunday...

Good luck to the team

i would highly appreciate it if somebody would film a little bit of nice highlights for us poor sods living on another damp (but not so cold) island. Since motors tv doesn't do RGB.

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should be work permitting

cool see you there

Who's going?

I'm there on my Jack Jones so it'd be good to pretend to have friends!

I'm going as long as its dry enough to go in the Indy, hope theree's VIP parking

well all loaded up
we are transporting via a mates recovery truck as we didnt have time to clear out and load our truck, so any one want to pop along and say hello we will be with a white and red recovery truck sign written simon graeme auto service centre

best regards

marc

marc, how did you get on? Did everything go to plan or where there disasters!

the 750mc site doesnt seem to work atm...

ooh the suspense

hope we find out soon

well im back
Not a good day im afraid
went out for qualifying did four slow laps to make sure i qualified for race, then started to push the car first lap got baulked in traffic, second car would not rev cleanly or hard enough and started misfiring and started to pull off track then came back to life then third lap engine overheated enptied all its water and scoulded my feet game over, qaulified a pitifull 20th i think, spent all afternoon changing end can ( too much back pressure on my alloy one ) not allowing it to rev ( couldnt even get on the rev limiter ), bleading cooling system, cleaning carbs, draining fuel tank and refilling,
Started race made a great start car absoloutly flying made up i think ten or more places from the start and on the run up to the hairpin car pulling like a train then unfortunately the poor chap in front braked a lot earlier than i expected it caught me totally unaware and i ran up the back of him, cycling wing bracket bent and ripped front flexi hose off game over
all in all not agreat day. although after our tweeks between qualifying and race the car was running on song again, i guess it shows i should have been to the test session to iron out the little problems encountered, the over heating was caused we think by an airlock car has not run for a couple of months so would explain it
On the positive side
1. although the engine is not top notch and a genuine scrap yard engine we did have it running pretty well for the race and in a straight line seemed only lacking a tad on the others rather than three to four car lengths in qualifying
2. The cars turn in and traction was awsome even more so when we stiffened the rear slightly
unfortunately i was a little rusty
roll on donnington ( hopefully may be able to do a track day to ensure the overheating is fixed beforehand ) and we should be able to a little more preparation before hand
It was always going to be a long shot doing the first race with no testing, but i thought we might be able to wing it

best regards

marc

Was rather gutting to be watching from the hairpin that's for sure.

I have to say though, RGB is just awesome to watch. That T5 Mission is seriously quick. If anything catches that this season it'll be bl**dy amazing!

All is not lost for 7-shapes either - A Westy (I think) finished fourth.

Was going to post somthing last night But My laptop seems to have decided that it is not going to let me acess Locostbuilders.

Marc there is one way of looking at it - at least we have room for improvement for future races. re the track day nahh stick the plates back on and we will spend the day avoinding the undercover police Scubbies in north yorkshire

Regards

Agriv8

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marc

what engine are you running?

bad luck on the day, but thats racing mate...

hi mark running a fitreblade 919 cc

just checked the car on the scales etc everything as it left here so no damage apart from possible engine adfter over heating a wheel arch nosecone and flexi hose

strangley enough though i did actually enjoy the day, the other competitors all seemed very pleasant and the whole thing was so much more relaxed than im used too, really looking forward to getting the engine dramas sorted and having some good races, im more than confident in the chassis and suspension the car felt great, just need a few more hp and a cooler engine and finish a few other jobs on the car and we will be right up there, as timn says i dont tghink there is a deficit on running a 7 aero wise as tghe westy was pretty damn quick down tghe straights

best regards

marc

Ah is that the only engine you are allowed then?

Guess its the fireblade class you decided upon in the end then.. hehe

One thing to check is the fitment of the rad cap on the header tank, coz if you remember I had problems with the "outer" part of the cap not sealing properly and as a result if it overheated, it dumped hot water all over my feet rather than down the overflow hose (and over the track hehe)

I eventually replaced the cap for a higher pressure one with a lever lock, and that cured the problem..

No matter what, the header tank filling should not blow water out of anywhere but the hose, so I reckon you have a similar problem to me...

My other problem was the pump not moving the water fast enough, but that was cured with an EWP80 water pump...

That wont be your problem, but you may wish to consider fitting one and removing the engine impeller, as it releases a good few more hp at the top end... remove the thermostat and add the controller for better engine temperature control..

Remove that stat , we looked at that option and it hasnt got one in,

Personally dont like the idea as is some case it needs the restricted flow to work correctly.

maybe another item to place on the to test and try list is a 'Gutted thermostat' Ie running just the restrictor O. know this is OK on my V8 ( once had one stick shut on the V8 buggy ) but not sure of best practive with the bike stuff.

regards

Agriv8

Enjoy yourself this year, win Class A in the LMP next year. What could be more simple?

thing i cant understand with the cooling is the fact we ran this car last year in the same config with two people in for a longer duration and never had a problem, thats why its gotta be an airlock


best regards

marc

quite like the idea of staying in class c with the seven and maybe doing bikesports in the lmp then i can race both

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Remove that stat , we looked at that option and it hasnt got one in,

Personally dont like the idea as is some case it needs the restricted flow to work correctly.

maybe another item to place on the to test and try list is a 'Gutted thermostat' Ie running just the restrictor O. know this is OK on my V8 ( once had one stick shut on the V8 buggy ) but not sure of best practive with the bike stuff.

regards

Agriv8

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sorry to hear of you bad misfortune marc

Dont worry mate, you win some and you lose some

Will be routeing for you all year

Best of luck in the next race.


Cheers marc

matt

Hi for anyone who is interested in a race report for the RGB race it can be found HERE.

I think that phill will hopfully continue to post a report after every race. So will be worth checking in after the races.

HTH for anyone interested.

cheers matt

Marc Norton

(snigger)

Hi Marc,

Good to have met you at the weekend. Sorry your race didn't go so well

My race wasn't all that great either, had gear selection problems during the race and lost loads of places hitting false neutrals coming out of the hairpin..... Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it

Roll on Donington, cant't wait.

- Paul

P.S. Did you realise there is an allcomers race (+ practice) as well at Donington - good chance to get some practice in for the RGB race later in the day.

hi paul
good to meet you too
just changing another engine , not going to do the allcomers race it means id have to be there too early in the morning
although i may try and do a half trackday somewhere just to check if everything is ok, just depends on time still havent really finished my car properly yet and we are still finishing mathew lewis s car as we speak
see you at donnington hope you get the gear problems sorted

cheers

marc