Any major changes made to the car? New motor or updates?
Chris.
just to let everyone know we will be away at lyden hill racing from 11-30 am tomorrow and will return 1pm monday
best regards
marc
Good luck!
Any major changes made to the car? New motor or updates?
Chris.
Best of luck. Too far for me to travel.
engine no 3 now in 
new rad
and new airbox
still loads of other stuff to do but not enough time so will have to wait for another race
cheers
marc
Out of interest, which airbox have you gone for? AB Performance??
The tea boy's got to stop at home too 
as too fr to travel and work comitments Fri and Mon. )
Good luck Marc dont forget to collect some data !!!!!!
Ps see you later .
regards
agriv8
yep ab airbox, nice bit of kit, not too easy to fit mind as the carbs are inside the airbox
cheers
marc
Are you guys racing on Sun also???
yep there both days
Go get em Marc, good luck.
Regds
Ian
Im there (if i am allowed out) on sunday see you there..
Geoff
Good luck Marc, I hope to come down and watch.
Steve.
cheers evryone see you there
best regards
marc
Hi Marc, what happened!!! Went to Lydden today and heard you had an accident.
Is it bad?
Steve
I hope all is okay?
Chris.
hi everyone
yep unfortunately made a mistake and ran too wide onto the dirt on the start finish line and clouted the barriers hard very hard
the good news is the chassis has now been race destruction tested 
had a different engine and airbox in and that was a definate step forward, spent most of qualifying just building up the revs on the newly rebuilt
engine and getting used to the circuit again only been once before in 1998, great little cicuit for spectators though , i decided to try a few
diiferent settings for the race based on quailifying but unfortunately went a bit too radical and made the rear too loose for the corner leading onto
the start finish line where i went through a bit too hot, the back end got sucked onto the tyres on the exit which then pulled the front end in.
it was a big hit
the pleasing thing is how well the chassis held up ( doesnt appear to be bent at all )and the fact i only have a few bruises
from initial inspections
damage is mainly
wishbones
bodywork
two suspension brackets
and two dampers ( ripped in half )
the biggest problem is that with current workloads and my fast approaching wedding im not sure when we will find time to fix the car
going to have a proper look at the car tonight to fully acess the damage
best regards
marc
Gutted... glad you're ok though!
Are you sure that the future Mrs N will let you out again? I hope that she didn't see the impact!?
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Are you sure that the future Mrs N will let you out again? I hope that she didn't see the impact!?
Ouch!!......... so very glad, apart from bumps and bruises, you are OK Marc!
Lydden is a 'small' circuit, but, even for the experienced, it can catch you out, and is just a tad unforgiving.
I hope the bumps and bruises are mended by the time of your wedding... 
Excellent news that the chassis stood up to the 'test' though!
ATB Fozzie
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Originally posted by marc n
hi everyone
yep unfortunately made a mistake and ran too wide onto the dirt on the start finish line and clouted the barriers hard very hard
the good news is the chassis has now been race destruction tested
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Did the seatbelt mounts hold
Glad to hear you are OK Marc.
I hope you'll have better luck next time.
Gergely
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Originally posted by marc n
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Did the seatbelt mounts hold
yep certainly did, ive got two 3inch red strips on my shoulders where the belts dug in
Glad your OK Marc take it easy ( hows your back ?).
Gald the Chassis and side protection did its job.
Let me know if you need any help.
regards
Agriv8
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Originally posted by Agriv8
Glad your OK Marc take it easy ( hows your back ?).
Gald the Chassis and side protection did its job.
Let me know if you need any help.
regards
Agriv8
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Originally posted by TimC
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Originally posted by Agriv8
Glad your OK Marc take it easy ( hows your back ?).
Gald the Chassis and side protection did its job.
Let me know if you need any help.
regards
Agriv8
Iain - it's all your fault! Look what happens when the Tea-boy doesn't attend!
Glad to hear your ok Marc.
Steve
Glad you are ok...
Tks
If MNR need a greater RGB presence now, there's still time for me to build mine to comply, for me to do my ARDS test and for us to arrange some
sort of factory support package.........
Or maybe not!
[Edited on 23/4/07 by TimC]
ouch, sounds a bit nasty!
glad to hear you're fine though
Glad to hear your ok Marc.
We had the track debut of the Vortx at a supersprint at Eastern Creek on the weekend. We finished 3rd outright from 103 entries and were only pipped
by a Formula 2 car and a supercharged seven.
The driver hadn't even seen the car until the morning of the event and had never driven this style of car let alone a BEC. So we are pretty
happy.
He loved the car and wants another go as soon as possible.
Sonja
well damage is actually minimal now we have stripped the car and inspected
two arches
centre section of bodywork
nosecone
left front lower wishbone
left rear lower wishbone
front pushrod
steering rack housing
sierra steering arm on rack
but unfortunately we just dont have time at the moment to fix it
best regards
marc