andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

[andypipe]

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Back on the rollers tomorrow night to finnish the mapping. Will let you all konw how it gets on

[Retromotorsport]

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Just claim you was doing a burnout

[andypipe]

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well what can I say ... Fantastic and sensible drive in Race one, after getting a healthy lead over the 3rd place class D car and biting at the bumper of Steve Danns turbo Golf Andy backed off to save both car and Class D 2nd place 19th overall from a starting field of 41, with Richard Brent in a comfortable Class D lead Andy had no chance to close unless the ultra reliable Brent Pug had a problem.

To give you some idea of how good Richard is .. he was testing and instructing at Coombe the week leading up to the races. In a Mini he was lapping in the 1:24's 2 up in car, the same car with just the driver in did a fastest of 1:27 ... Like we say, Richards a bloody good driver in a fast car.. to the point where he is leading the overall championship

Race 2... ermm whoops, a spin meant Andy had to work... and he did, when he rejoined the circuit he was infront of a Renault 5 Turbo .. the driver of which later on said ....
\\"I saw Andy re-join and thought ' ohh i'll tag onto him and get him to lead me round' but he just pulled away, nothing i could do to catch him or stick with him\\"

Andy drove through the pack untill he was 2nd inclass and then the smoke appeared, with us on the pit wall trying to get a sniff of the smoke..
was it tyre smoke? ...damaged body or broken panhard ...
was it oil? ... engine/gearbox/diff
2nd time round after the smoke appeared and i waved Andy closer to the wall ... sniffed and its oil, also the closer visual gave us a clue that it was a halfshaft bearing seal gone or the bearing broken up, but as he was still charging at this point it lead me to belive its just the seal
Next time round and with all of us leaning out the wall telling him with various hand signals to carry on ... he soldiered on at a reduced pace.
This left us counting the minutes and 'ing that the Marshalls didnt black flag him.
The Flag dropped on another fine win for a 5th gear missing Rod Birley and we waited for what felt like ages for Andy to take the flag.
He came round a bit running a bit quicker than he had the last few laps as he thought the car creeping up in his mirrors was a Class D runner.. it wasnt,
After crossing the line Andy picked a safe place to park off the track, being sensible and not leaving oil on the circuit when he didnt have to.
We all went back to the pits to wait for him to be towed back.. he may have been towed but he got another brillient 2nd in class..

To sum up .. well done Andy, 2 brillient and sensible drivesdrives (ok one little cock up) which leave Andy in 2nd place in Class D in the championship but also 5th overall ...

Yes, Andy is [COLOR=\\"Blue\\"]5th overall [/COLOR]in a championship where half the field have more power, more money and less crap from people like me

Andy... well done, The team

PS, Andy also beat 3 Sierra Cosworths in Race 1 ..

Championship positions
http://www.rodbirley.com/2008_Points.htm

Just found this on the net. Didnt think it was that bad

[Retromotorsport]

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Thanks to Andy and family for turning up to a charity event on sunday .. some photos before the opening of the fete are here ....
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthre...y-Paul-and-Ian

Thanks again Andy

[david_white]

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Here's a few pics from the other evenings mapping session at track n road. Gotta say Steve got the car running super sweet very quickly and the engine characteristics have been transformed. If I was in Andys class I'd be very worried....

The prop and I believe a half shaft are being sorted tommorow and then it shouldn't be long before we see the mapping finished off and get a power run or two to see what she does

Thanks to Gary and the Guru for coming down as well, it was a trouble free evening (apart from prop) and great to get the escort back in business. Andy even managed a nice practice start in the car park and the car sounded awesome

Lots of expectant faces;









Proof that there was still daylight when we left track n road, a real first!!!

[Graham]

Re: andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

i think its called a burtons prop!

[Toymex]

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Thats what happens when you drive the wrong wheels

[Pushrod King]

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Must be something to do with the dodgy diff you fitted Andy.

[Dan]

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thats a shame, must be revving something silly as i thought it went to about 8.5k on the old engine

[Retromotorsport]

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Due to the extra revs, the mapping was aborted due to the propshaft oscilating .. its all mapped at low revs, it only became apparent at the higher end. soon be back there though for the full map

[Dan]

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and???

[mervhill]

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Ooo, super, I like dyno results

[span style="color: black;">Dalek]

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Good Luck and looking forward to the results

[dobuy]

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may the (Newtonian) force be with you

[andypipe]

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Off to the rollers. Will report back soon