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Re: A race bmw 316, now S14 powered again!
overnight i removed the rear anti roll bar again, it was disconnected at brands and left that way so i figured i'd save a couple of kilos, i also tweeked the brake bias a bit more by lengthing the pushrod to the front master and spacing the rear master back a bit.
many thanks to andy/john and steve pipe for there help, they brought me a new wheel bearing and gave general help, especially needed when i went up to scruiteering without the bonnet fastened down, which caused it to fly up and tear a corner off which had be be repaired very quickly,
scruiteering was hard work, they were very unhappy with the amount of cracks in my screen, didnt like various holes in the floorpan which have been ther since the day the car was built!, oh and unstrapped my battery box lid took it off which clamps the battery down and then complained the battery was insecure!!!!!!!!!!!
for some reason i didnt really go for it in practise, i certainly know i was braking earlier than the day before, in a field that mostly consisted of spaceframed cars i qualified with a 1.27.4, 25th out of 38 and 3rd in class, the man i really needed to beat was bill who was a fair bit further up the grid bill posted a 1.24.7 which was miles faster, when i realised this i was kicking myself, leader of my class was in a different league he'd qualified with a stunning 1.20.3
that said hes not currently in the title hunt so no real concern to me, but i had a long way to go to catch bill.
race one with a 38 car grid it was certainly crowded, i got a decent start, made up a place or two, which was later negated by the fact there were faster cars that had qualified behind me, as the race went on i closed on bill i felt i had the pace to pass bill but it wasnt easy not because of bill but because of a couple of spaceframed cars inbetween bill and i revving the s14 to nigh on 8k every gearchange i was faster down the straights and faster into the esses but round the tight bits being a lot lighter they were quicker particulary the new tighter corum corner, in teh end i passed them down teh straight and had gained enough heat in the tyres to hold them offf in the twisty stuff, so now all i had to do was pass bill, something never easy, in the end though i didnt have to when bill supringly pulled off a lap or two before the end
race two, dont remember too much, other than watching bill catch me in my mirrors during the first couple of laps, i knew he would, and hoped to hang on until my tyres properly woke up, it didnt quite go to plan though, peter taylor (rs500 sierra) was limping round slowly and we caught him at the montreal flif flap thingy, that held me up, and bill siezed on it and zizg zagged through teh chicane around us both, DAM!!! i now had to work really hard to catch and pass bill but it wasnt to be, when a couple of sump bolts decided make a bid for freedom and teh resulting oil leaked caused me to pull off,
had i of finished race two my championship would of had a good boost with bills dnf in race 1, as it is things are pretty static, championship wise im still 3rd overall, i still lead the class over bill infact i've stretched out my lead over bill by a single point more.
encouragingly i matched bills best lap times so roll on brands GP
overnight i removed the rear anti roll bar again, it was disconnected at brands and left that way so i figured i'd save a couple of kilos, i also tweeked the brake bias a bit more by lengthing the pushrod to the front master and spacing the rear master back a bit.
many thanks to andy/john and steve pipe for there help, they brought me a new wheel bearing and gave general help, especially needed when i went up to scruiteering without the bonnet fastened down, which caused it to fly up and tear a corner off which had be be repaired very quickly,
scruiteering was hard work, they were very unhappy with the amount of cracks in my screen, didnt like various holes in the floorpan which have been ther since the day the car was built!, oh and unstrapped my battery box lid took it off which clamps the battery down and then complained the battery was insecure!!!!!!!!!!!
for some reason i didnt really go for it in practise, i certainly know i was braking earlier than the day before, in a field that mostly consisted of spaceframed cars i qualified with a 1.27.4, 25th out of 38 and 3rd in class, the man i really needed to beat was bill who was a fair bit further up the grid bill posted a 1.24.7 which was miles faster, when i realised this i was kicking myself, leader of my class was in a different league he'd qualified with a stunning 1.20.3
that said hes not currently in the title hunt so no real concern to me, but i had a long way to go to catch bill.race one with a 38 car grid it was certainly crowded, i got a decent start, made up a place or two, which was later negated by the fact there were faster cars that had qualified behind me, as the race went on i closed on bill i felt i had the pace to pass bill but it wasnt easy not because of bill but because of a couple of spaceframed cars inbetween bill and i revving the s14 to nigh on 8k every gearchange i was faster down the straights and faster into the esses but round the tight bits being a lot lighter they were quicker particulary the new tighter corum corner, in teh end i passed them down teh straight and had gained enough heat in the tyres to hold them offf in the twisty stuff, so now all i had to do was pass bill, something never easy, in the end though i didnt have to when bill supringly pulled off a lap or two before the end
race two, dont remember too much, other than watching bill catch me in my mirrors during the first couple of laps, i knew he would, and hoped to hang on until my tyres properly woke up, it didnt quite go to plan though, peter taylor (rs500 sierra) was limping round slowly and we caught him at the montreal flif flap thingy, that held me up, and bill siezed on it and zizg zagged through teh chicane around us both, DAM!!! i now had to work really hard to catch and pass bill but it wasnt to be, when a couple of sump bolts decided make a bid for freedom and teh resulting oil leaked caused me to pull off,
had i of finished race two my championship would of had a good boost with bills dnf in race 1, as it is things are pretty static, championship wise im still 3rd overall, i still lead the class over bill infact i've stretched out my lead over bill by a single point more.
encouragingly i matched bills best lap times so roll on brands GP
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