GavinR's Mk2 Rally Car - FLY

[GavinR]

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And Gavin , next year, Windy 1st, you follow him to 2nd ... thats an order

Ok - I'd better start saving for some new suspension, some sticky tyres - and some sunshine always helps

[Retromotorsport]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicuK...eature=relatedYouTube - Bring me sunshine.

Thats one part sorted

[GavinR]

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I had a day off today to get everything ready for Pembrey tomorrow so I spent most of it changing the pedal box

I'd bought a secondhand Gartrac one off a fellow Turbosporter last October and when the old one was out of Fly I could see a lot of differences



The one in front is Gartrac and its all a lot more substantial. More significantly, the master cylinders mount horizontally instead of at a slight angle, and there's no need to cut 8mm off the rods as they are further away from the pedal

Having a close look at my old one, I could see another break in it, and the bias bar & brake pedal bush were seized up so I think every time I braked, the brake pedal itself was binding instead of the master cylinders



Because the Gartrac one has moved the cylinders, I had to extend some brake pipes but it all went together in the end and is well bled

I'll discover how the bias is set in 1st Practice tomorrow

[Tazman]

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All the best for Pembery

[GavinR]

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Finally got the right bits to connect my camera to the computer, so I've put all the in-car from Millbrook on YouTube

See http://www.youtube.com/user/dvy759

The best 2 are probably Stage 8 over the jump, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Gzw7iG__AYouTube - Millbrook 2008 SS8.

and Stage 10 the quickest I went all day, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsORFRLjGekYouTube - Millbrook 2008 SS10.

[GavinR]

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I was out at Pembrey a couple of weeks ago...

Saturday was 1.75 laps and it was very hot all day. My class was made up of Gary Thomas (the current Midland Speed Champion) in his Lotus Elise and a local guy in a Peugeot 309

For Practice I went out on my rally slicks, getting a 132.16 and 130.17, but the Lotus was doing 124s along with Windy and CossieMatt in their Mk2's so I thought I should be a bit closer to them

During lunch I removed the sumpguard and lowered the front suspension back to the normal Sprint setting (I put it higher for Millbrook), and fitted my sticky tyres

1st Timed Run I did 130.32, slower than 2nd Practice and the 2nd Timed Run was only a little better on 129.78s, the Lotus got down to a 122.89s and the Peugeot was well behind

Fly was all over the place, not getting much grip from the tyres and the conclusion was it was just too hot for the soft tyres but I doubt I'd have been any quicker on the rally slicks

The other problem with doing 1.75 laps of Pembrey is that the main straight is too long for my gearing - my top speed is 110mph, whereas Windy and Matt were getting to 123mph and I assume the Lotus was going even quicker

Sunday was nice and cool so everything was working better and it was only 0.75 laps

1st Practice was 56.60s, a second quicker than 0.75 laps on the Saturday and the Lotus was only on 56.18s so that was a bit more like it

2nd Practice was 56.02s, but the Lotus had woken up by now on 54.60s

I didn't improve much after that, setting 56.08s and 55.95s in the Timed Runs

But I got some good points for the championships (the Lotus isn't in my class) and the brakes were working perfectly

Next plan is to get my rev limit increased so I have a higher top speed with the same rear axle so I'm off to HT next weekend to get this done

Next event should be Shelsley Walsh on 5th July if I get an entry

[GavinR]

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I popped into HT on Sat and got my Rev Limit increased now to 8600rpm (Ron said that 8750 would be too much for my engine ) but this still gives me a theoretical top speed of 119mph and should allow me to hold it in 3rd over the line at Loton without worrying about changing to 4th

And I met a few Turbosporters there (Clint, Broadmoor and a couple more) which was good

I managed to get an Entry for Shelsley on 5th July (not sure how as I know a lot of people who didn't ) so that's my next event, just need a bit of sunshine as it rained both times I went there last year

[Barn]

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The foods good tho uncle Gav

[mervhill]

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Matt revved his YB on standard crank and rods to 8750 for years Gav, did Ron give you a reason as to why you couldn't rev it beyond 8600? Still another 600rpm is good

[GavinR]

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Matt revved his YB on standard crank and rods to 8750 for years Gav, did Ron give you a reason as to why you couldn't rev it beyond 8600? Still another 600rpm is good

That's what I was thinking of when I asked for 8750, but Ron knows my engine inside and out so if he says its not a good idea then it isn't

8600 should be enough to be a bit quicker on the Fat Albert at the end of July and I won't need to change the axle

[GavinR]

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I was out at Shelsley Walsh yesterday for the first time this year

The weather forecast was not good, rain early on followed by heavy showers, but when I arrived it wasn't too bad and a walk up the hill showed it was damp but nothing worse, so I put the slicks on and ready for 1st Practice

There were 3 other cars in my class, Peter (JamieCRX's dad) in his Honda CRX, Tony Hart in a Renault 5 Turbo (who'd beaten me at Loton in the damp, and is currently leading my class in the Midland Speed Champ) and a Blue 205 who I'd beaten a couple of times last year

1st Practice and the track was drying out nicely, but there wasn't much grip off the line, so I only managed 3.00s to 64ft, carefully up through the left handers to reach the Esses split in 25.77s and 71mph, drifted through the Esses and up the Finish Straight to set a time of 39.65s and 81mph (finally beating my 79mph from last year ). This left me quickest, with Peter setting a creditable 40.65s on his first time there and Tony was on 42.74s with the Blue 205 well behind

Practice at Shelsley is always a bit strange, they run 12 batches and you pick 2 batches to Practice in - I thought I was being clever and picked Batch 4 and 9, hoping the track would be completely dry by Batch 9, only to have a heavy shower dampen the track as I was queueing up

Peter had set 39.28s and Tony 38.24s in Batch 8, but all I could do was go carefully again, 3.09s off the line, 26.08s at 69mph into the Esses after braking very early, got some good traction out of Top Ess and went over the line in 39.59s at 83mph. I was happy with this, going slightly quicker in wrose conditions

Barney and Sarah arrived in time to see me getting serious during the lunch break, removing the passenger seat, intercoms and Plumbed-in Fire Extinguisher to save some weight and they bought me a nice fry up to get me going for the Timed Runs

1st Timed Run and although there were still a few spots of rain around, the track was completely dry even through the Esses under the trees, but worried that there might be another shower before the 2nd Run, I thought I'd best get my foot down on this run . Fly picked up nicely off the line in 2.51s, tried not to brake on any of the left handers but just lift slightly, I arrived at the Esses in 23.25s at 79mph, a good line out of the last one and over the line in 35.90s at 82mph - to say I was chuffed would be an understatement, especially when Tony only did 37.26s and Peter a 38.32s

2nd Timed Run and it was dry again, so another quick time was needed just in case Peter or Tony went a few seconds quicker. Even more grip off the line this time, but not enough revs so Fly bogged down slightly, but 2.58s was still good, a bit more bottle through up to the Esses in 23.10s and 79mph, and better out of Top Ess to cross the Finish in 35.62s and 83mph
Peter went quicker again with 37.54s as did Tony on 36.50s, but I got maximum points for the Championship

On the day, I was 2nd in Class behind Martin Depper's 166bhp 16v Mini as all the Mod Prod Classes were amalgamated

[GavinR]

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And a bit of in car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZClhaDzHLyEYouTube - Shelsley Walsh 5th July 2008.

Next weekend I'm out at Loton Park on Saturday and Curborough on Sunday

[team_zi]

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Jees thats one quick Escort Gavin. Nice driving too. Glad the rain didn't spoil the enjoyment.

[Tazman]

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cool vid Gavin

Sounds like you have some busy times ahead

That reminds me I must pop down and see the rest of the in car from Millbrook

[Jamie CRX]

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Nice vid Gavin - it looked a bit slippery for RWD cars!