clubstylus

Rushmoor was great and served to enthuse me again after 2 years of very little competition , so have selected 9 out of the total of 38 events . Obviously a championship win can't come from my selection but I feel the urge to compete again.
In date order 3 from the sprint championship - 5 from the sprint challenge plus 1 from the hillclimb championship.

30th March Rushmoor 1st in class
26th April Goodwood 1st in class & new PB but no opposition
3rd May Curborough . No time recorded - half shaft broke after start
10th May Goodwood 2nd in class
7th June Abingdon . 34th overall/180 entries & 10th in class of 14 entries.
28th June Goodwood . 1st in class & 12th overall - new PB for 2 lapper 187.6 sec's
20th July Gurston Down Hillclimb Cancelled / car damage
3rd August Hethel (Lotus test track) DITTO
Maybe Brighton Speed trials - September MAYBE READY(too late now for an entry )
5th October Eelmoor -- Entry paid for this (should have stayed at home and lost the 75 quid , it would have been cheaper ) Lots of damage ------ AGAIN

You are one bizzi bee dont 4get to squeeze stoneligh in .
A meet up would be good...mike

Just had the entry list for 26th Goodwood and the 245bhp Radical that I beat last year seems to have been put into a dedicated class with other bike powered / slicks / wings cars So at the moment , unless there are some late entries , I'm isolated in a class of one (previously we've all been lumped together in SPORTS LIBRE)
All I can do then is try to beat my personal best time from last year

Or beat the Radicals time...
"are you sure you're in my class, THAT just looks like a road car".

MattD wrote:Or beat the Radicals time...
"are you sure you're in my class, THAT just looks like a road car".

Yes he certainly was a ' snotty ' chap served him right though aye

Here's the website for ABINGDON CARNIVAL 2008 so you can see what a weekend it's going to be. Free camping , a bar & B/QUE Saturday pm and plenty of good food available on the Sunday while you watch the tarmac rally and wander around the pits.

http://www.abingdoncarnival.com/ £20 FROM OUR COMPETITION ENTRY FEES GO TOWARDS ARMY Charities too

At Goodwood this Saturday there are 4 in my class ---

2lt Crossle Ford (Lotus 23 style) bhp
SBD Westfield 2lt Duratec 280bhp sequential box , weighs 500kgs on slicks -- double driven company entry
Me in the redmist

So just have to have fun

Anybody up for Abingdon this coming weekend then

The entry list shows my class has 16 entries some being 6R4's , 2.3 Duratec Caterfields , SBD's 2lt Duratec 304bhp , a Darion or Davrion ? plus an extremely quick Striker weighing 385kgs BEC

There are 200 entries all told and two Sprint courses during the day so if it stays dry , some fun will be had

Probably one of these: http://www.darrian.co.uk/

A kitcar rally car, so depending on engine it can be bloody fast.

Werner Van Loock wrote:Probably one of these: http://www.darrian.co.uk/

A kitcar rally car, so depending on engine it can be bloody fast.

Yep , I knew what they were , just couldn't recall the correct name Their reputation is well known and it is Tim Duffey who has the SSC moulds and makes our body shells . I contacted him once to enquire whether or not he would make me some carbon fibre bits for the Stylus . Had no reply but did get a snotty phone call from Peter Powell

looks like you got your work cut out to get a pot this time , Colin Early's Darrian T9 has vx vauxhall 290 bhp , and Colin is Carole Torkington's brother , family connections to get an ex-SBD engine , which was in the black SBD westfield ( road going )Dick will be a good bet for class win , say hello for me Rob to the SBD guys hopfully see them soon when I get a passout
all the best for the weekend

cheers Andy

H'mmm , well Carole isn't as quick as Dick H in their SBD 304bhp Duratec but the Darrian plus others with 2.3 's and 6R4's will be

stylussprinter wrote:H'mmm , well Carole isn't as quick as Dick H in their SBD 304bhp Duratec but the Darrian plus others with 2.3 's and 6R4's will be

I'll write a report once the full results/times sheet's been posted to me but the day is so busy with 2 sprints/200 entries that I didn't get a results sheet(they were there but all gone when I wanted one )
Suffice to say that I won nowt The front brakes jammed solid again on my first run so the first morning sprint wasn't very successful for me. The afternoon ' faster course ' was great (brakes sorted )
In 2004 on carb's I did a BENTLEY sprint of 54sec's from memory this time 53.03 . I did the ABINGDON sprint(fast course/long sweeping bends) at 57sec's in 2004 this time 47.89sec's . Can't be certain of accurate 2004 figures , it's memory only
My son tells me I was 34th from 200 entries and 10th in class of 16 Really not sure yet though . I was trading quickest run with the DARRION 300bhp SBD XE all day which surprised me . Just parts of a second on one run
Had a really good day though on a personal best basis

stylussprinter wrote:........The front brakes jammed solid again on my first run so the first morning sprint wasn't very successful for me. The afternoon ' faster course ' was great (brakes sorted ).........

Rob, what have you done to fix them?

As per my post a while back I'm convinced the route of your problem is that they are not spaced correctly and require washers viewtopic.php?f=3&t=325&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60



Alex

se7ensport wrote:

stylussprinter wrote:........The front brakes jammed solid again on my first run so the first morning sprint wasn't very successful for me. The afternoon ' faster course ' was great (brakes sorted ).........

Rob, what have you done to fix them?

As per my post a while back I'm convinced the route of your problem is that they are not spaced correctly and require washers viewtopic.php?f=3&t=325&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60



Alex

(I did a long post on it ages ago)

I sorted all that after last years problem and 3 events without incident which is why it was so confusing. If you remember I reported stripping the complete pedal box and rebuilt it , washers , spaced etc etc .
The problem turned out to be that under the ' heat ' of competition braking , heal/toe etc the balance bar thread was moving but not enough for me to see it visually . I found out by winding it back 5 turns which gave me lousy braking but no jamming THEN back until good front braking was there ---- taped up both ends to stop movement ---------- bingo ------------ no more problems all day