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More of the day here:
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Had a fun day out at the last of the season sprint at Castle Combe today. Ended up with 3rd overall and 1st in class with a 76.39 sec run
Caught up with another Locostbuilder who was double driving a slightly mad Reliant Scimitar Sabre.
The run from the pit lane to 120 mph took 10.04 secs, which isn't bad at all ....!
[Edited on 22/10/16 by jeffw]
How are you finding the sprint slicks?
Looked quick from the banking.
DSC_2646 by ettorebugatti, on Flickr
More of the day here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskKopC8U
[Edited on 23/10/16 by ettore bugatti]
Nice piccy !
Can I steal that?
Did you have a good day?
[Edited on 23/10/16 by jeffw]
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Originally posted by daniel mason
How are you finding the sprint slicks?
So, from a dirty start line, on cold tyres, round a bend and up an incline to Avon Rise
Nice work - got me motivated to get into the garage and work on mine.
Good to meet you Jeff. Your cars a well guided missile but the flamaage over the finish line was just showing off... ;-)
The start tarmac, in fact first 25m is dreadful at Combe hard and slippy, so on decent tarmac your launch would have been significantly better,
although much better and I think you'd need to swap the nomex for a 'G' suit!
My cars looking very secondhand after a hard season, and the odd attack by the scenery, lots of work over the winter, but a great finish to the year.
Team 'Light Sabre' working hard between runs...
Ettore
Any pics of 814/114?
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Originally posted by jeffw
Nice piccy !
Can I steal that?
Did you have a good day?
[Edited on 23/10/16 by jeffw]
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Originally posted by CNHSS1
Ettore
Any pics of 814/114?
Yep just like those :-)
Cheers,
Craig
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Originally posted by jeffw Caught up with a slightly mad Locostbuilder who was double driving a Reliant Scimitar Sabre.
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Originally posted by jeffw
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Originally posted by daniel mason
How are you finding the sprint slicks?
Good, after Snetterton 100 I've got cold tear on the fronts which I suspect are now shagged. It was pretty cold at Combe so they struggled with temp as well. I need to go through the front end as there is something loose/damaged which makes braking feel a little odd and I need to up the spring rates front and back by quite a bit.
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Originally posted by CNHSS1
Good to meet you Jeff. Your cars a well guided missile but the flamaage over the finish line was just showing off... ;-)
The start tarmac, in fact first 25m is dreadful at Combe hard and slippy, so on decent tarmac your launch would have been significantly better, although much better and I think you'd need to swap the nomex for a 'G' suit!
I had to heat gun mine after last Anglesey round. Fronts were carrying about 5mm of debris and dead rubber. You could really tell the car wasn't turning in as it should
Jeff
Yep good to meet you and have a look at the fury.
Looking at your car I thought your fronts are a little narrow
What diff are you running BTW?
Yeah, need bigger wheels/tyres. The Phoenix (Fury, what Fury !1!!!!!) is running 13x6 fronts and 13x8 rears currently. The plan is to end up running
13x8 front and 13x10 rears which will allow much larger tyres but it will require widening of the arches.
Diff is a 3.54 English with a Quaife ATB
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Lol, that's as bad as calling a wife by an ex's name!
Apologies Phoenix
Yeah 13x8 and 10s would help for sure. The one front had odd wear that looked like the carcass 'folding' due to too narrow a rim
Didn't realise it was live axle, assumed it was Sierra based, but what do I know can5 event get the car right!
Very impressed with the delivery, as vice free as 400hp is ever gonna be, a great package 
Thanks, people don't believe me when I say it is easy to drive (well it must be for me to be able to do it) and isn't a complete animal.
You've seen it now and can appreciate that it is a complete pussy cat 
The front right tyre had a line created by something rubbing against it (which is solved now).
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Having driven a turbod car with a little less power and wider rubber I appreciate the delivery on your car. In fact I was even more depressed when I
asked about the racelogic and you don't bloody use it! My turbo delivery is pretty savage and that's even after Dave Walkers work on the
map.
Like all these things, small tweaks make a huge difference, busy winter for me, so look forward to finding the missing seconds next season ;-)
What times did you two end up with?
81s which wasn't unhappy with although with fresher boots and a few other minor geo tweaks there would've been a 78 in it. Was suffering a
front end vibration, could've been pickup or maybe a bearing and snap oversteer out of the chicanes and Quarry most most worryingly at Camp. My
co driver had a huge moment in P2.
What did you end up on in the end? Low 70s I'm guessing?
76.39 but there was lots left on the table, especially into the last corner which we don't normally run. Should have been 73-74sec but there was something odd going on underbrakes.
Good time mate. Peg Asus always run the last corner for the October meeting, makes my bottle rattle! Seen a few in the wall there over the years.
My old Sports Libre scimitar in 2008, damp on slicks around Camp--but plenty of aero, great fun :-)
[Edited on 24/10/16 by CNHSS1]
Class Record apparently
Nice one! Will you still speak to us mortals Jeff ? ;-)
Nope
Write up from the HSA site
http://hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/news.asp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#798
And a great shot from Jack Flash Photography
That is a great photo!
It looks like you have a lot of camber on the front wheels, can you tell me how you have your suspension set up in terms of wheel alignment and spring
rates? I have recently bought an ex race car which is very twitchy on the road, needs some fettling to make it more 'relaxed' to drive on
bumpy B roads etc!
I have already installed softer springs and backed off the damping, and reduced the front wheel toe out which has done wonders so far, but trying not
to do too much in one hit!
Cheers