procomp
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 08:23 AM |
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Donnington trackday 17th June
Hi any one else doining it. Should be a few westfields locosts kits ect .
Looks like a verry busy weekend with so many events going on around the country and even a small race in france.
Oh and it's farthers day.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 09:14 AM |
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I'll be there, with I think, three other Westys. Hoping for good weather..
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procomp
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 10:23 AM |
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Hi i saw from the wscc thread there where a few westfields going.
Also hoping for good weather as we are only going to see if our latest attemt at finding suitable pads for the willwood powerlites is going to
work.
Will be good to see you there.
Cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 11:01 AM |
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Which pads have you tried, I've been through Smarts, Poly A's and am now on Poly E's.
Smarts overheated
A's no feel, too grabby. Possibly need to be properly warmed up..
E's, so far so good.
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procomp
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 12:49 PM |
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Hi have tried them all with out any real success. Am now trying some modified ones.
I see from a thread on the wscc that some one was looking at getting mintex to do a batch. But i would assume that they meet with the same problem as
our selfs that unless we wanted a verry large number they where not interested.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 01:05 PM |
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Yes, someone was trying to organise something re Mintex brakes, not sure what the outcome was. We'll have to compare notes, See you there..
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procomp
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 01:09 PM |
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Hi any ideas if it's on the national or gp circuit . I had assumed it was national but customer says it is the gp layout.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 10:25 PM |
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National, according to the Donny website..
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procomp
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| posted on 14/6/07 at 09:05 AM |
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Hi this trackday is now fully booked.
Hopfully filled with kits rather than tintops.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 14/6/07 at 10:21 AM |
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Latest BBC weather forecast for Sunday looking promising. The BBC wouldn't lie would they! 
One Westy has dropped out, so there could be a place available. Not sure if they have a reserve list or not..
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Jici
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| posted on 14/6/07 at 01:34 PM |
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Hi guys,
I trying to buy a second hand BEC.
Donington is the first event I can go.
Could you tell me if their are usually second hand stands at Donington ?
Thanks for the info
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procomp
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| posted on 14/6/07 at 02:01 PM |
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Hi this paticular day the 17th june is just a trackday. There will not be any cars for sale. Or any manufacturers present (except myself having
fun).
You need to stick to your original plan of attending the kitcar show later in the year.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/6/07 at 03:39 PM |
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Matt, nice to meet you. Heres a short vid from the day, following one of the Procomp
cars..Cllicky
Towards the end, there is nearly Porshe/Porsche contact!
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/6/07 at 04:33 PM |
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is it your oil light, the orange one that kept flashing on corners? Good vid!
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Andy D
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| posted on 19/6/07 at 06:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
is it your oil light, the orange one that kept flashing on corners? Good vid!
'Fraid so, it illuminates as the pressure dips below 25psi. Not good, but I've got away with it for about two years. Good ol'
anchor!
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procomp
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| posted on 20/6/07 at 12:41 PM |
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Hi Andy i sent a message via the WSCC service but ill ask here also. (dont think it always works )
Dont suppose you got any footage of our cars from behind when thier was one of the regular drivers onboard. As the fotage is with a inexperienced
driver trying the car out for the first time.
Any footage of even one corner would be good. Just to see what the rear dampers where doing. Was supposed to have the datalogger on but took wrong
memory card so that was no use.
The last sesion was a good one when i caught your car and the blue one. Didnt think he was going to let me past at all at one point.
Nice to have meet you guys.
cheers matt
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Andy D
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| posted on 20/6/07 at 03:15 PM |
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Matt, I've a fair bit of footage following one or the other procomp cars. Which one's which? I think you said there was a standard zeetec
and a tweeked one. What tyres are they on?I know I could hang on to one, but the other was way too quick. Last session was my lad Pete driving, and
Mark was in the blue car. His first visit to Donny, he was struggling with understeer, as well as circuit knowledge.
Will see if I can put together some more video.
Some pics, spot the difference!  (From the rear they look the same, apart from the locost obviously.)
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/6/07 at 05:34 PM |
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Just read the brake pad discussion, but I dont know what calipers you are using.
I have modded some mintex volvo 240 pads to fit my raceleda 4 pots (same as outlaw and cat motorsport and bremsport? ones I think) they are 3mm short
(which is odd as the caliper cutouts are the same according to drawing as hispec ones and they use the volvo pads!! ) so i use a packer on the
unloaded end of the pad, and they need a small mod to allow for the keeper bolt/pin.
plus is these pads (MGB522 iirc) are available in all the decent mintex compounds. I am using 1144 as its mainly for road use, but I failed to
remember to fade them in properly and they go a bit wooden now when hot, which I have not found with these before, so I think I need another set and
to fade them in properly!
certainly stop it well though, just not quite as good a feel when hot as I have had before with mintex compounds.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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procomp
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| posted on 21/6/07 at 07:33 AM |
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Hi Andy the slower of the the two LA's was the one with a large dent below the rear N/side light.
It would be any footage of the quicker one that would be nice from the last session.
Hi Nat the calipers we where running are the willwood powerlight which ony have pads available from willwood. None of the pads they have are
suitable for use on cars like these IMHO . So after many test's we tried a set of modified pads that are available from the rest of the ussual
companys and found a massive improvment.
Is it not lotus elise pads for the outlaw calipers or is that one of the hispec calipers. I rember buying some lotus pads but cant remember
who's car and calipers they where fitted to.
PS the pics are top Darryls slightly quicker car with Darryl driving.
Middle- Steve L's slower car with Ally driving it for the first time.
And bottom steve E's car with me driving and Steve E in the passenger seat.
cheers matt
[Edited on 21/6/07 by procomp]
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Andy D
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| posted on 21/6/07 at 03:07 PM |
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Matt, I've prepared another vid, sadly the slower of the cars again. (fast enough for me!) Can't get into my photobucket account at the
moment, so will try and post it later. Doubt it'll be of any value to you, so just sing along and enjoy the scenery..
The last session, driven by my son Pete, sadly had a camera on board, complete with a flat battery! 
Re Brakes, We both felt the Wilwood Poly E's performed well, plenty of power, plus good feel. But we also both felt the track wasn't
giving good grip, so weren't standing too hard on the middle peddle!
Edited to add, Photobucket now working click
HERE for Donington Part 2
[Edited on 21/6/07 by Andy D]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 22/6/07 at 09:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by procomp
Hi Andy the slower of the the two LA's was the one with a large dent below the rear N/side light.
It would be any footage of the quicker one that would be nice from the last session.
Hi Nat the calipers we where running are the willwood powerlight which ony have pads available from willwood. None of the pads they have are
suitable for use on cars like these IMHO . So after many test's we tried a set of modified pads that are available from the rest of the ussual
companys and found a massive improvment.
Is it not lotus elise pads for the outlaw calipers or is that one of the hispec calipers. I rember buying some lotus pads but cant remember
who's car and calipers they where fitted to.
PS the pics are top Darryls slightly quicker car with Darryl driving.
Middle- Steve L's slower car with Ally driving it for the first time.
And bottom steve E's car with me driving and Steve E in the passenger seat.
cheers matt
[Edited on 21/6/07 by procomp]
One of the hispec calipers uses the lotus pad, but that is quite a bit smaller (think its their ultralite 2 pot jobbie). I will just double check when
I get home but I am 99% sure that's the case.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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Andy D
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 02:19 PM |
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I think the faster of the two Procomp cars makes an appearance late in this clip;
HERE
This was a short session after a stoppage due to Porky going into the redgate gravel trap!
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procomp
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 08:42 PM |
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Hi thanks for sorting through the vids.
The last one was enough to let me know what i needed to know about the rear dampers.
Could have been worse for the porker. He could have had his wheel fall off on the first lap of the day .
cheers matt
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