my new nova

[jimmy2006]

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A little while ago i bought some split rims from Dan (Pintoman) and got Plough Lane to paint them for me ,Thanks Guys,i have got some tyres fitted this weekend ready for Trigs trackday,i have gone wider on the back,its something we have been pondering for a while but thought it may cause the front to push on a bit with more rear grip but recently there has been a very fast 205 in the DMN and i noticed he is running the same size front and rears so have decided to try it

wheels look good

[Toymex]

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That was close enough for me ,tbf i think he backed off as he had no reason to race me ,i think thats what you call being experienced

thats not close! bill gets much closer than that

i'll tell ya what though if bill got that close you were going well to keep him behind you, its like trying to shake off a bull terrier when he latches onto you!

[Graham]

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thats not close! bill gets much closer than that

i'll tell ya what though if bill got that close you were going well to keep him behind you, its like trying to shake off a bull terrier when he latches onto you!

[Toymex]

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Just found a pic from Brands,didnt realise Bill got that close

[Toymex]

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Well I'll certainly do my best, with so much adjustability i bet it will take a while to get it right.

As for sub 50's I think I'll Be happy to get round at full power in one piece lol

Im sure it will take a while to set up to your liking but once its sorted it will be rapid if you get a chance go and watch the sillouettes they are excellent to watch and take no prisoners i can vouch for that first hand

[Toymex]

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Its a bit difficult to fit a cover with the trigger wheel and dry sump pulley but something that i will attempt in the near future as for rear tyres i think its just a case of going a bit quicker than i used to and the rear just struggling, but plans are afoot to address this so hopefully be a little quicker next time

I was at Brands yesterday and had a quick nose at the car, my immediate thought was worrying about the lack of cambelt cover if you were to ditch it in the gravel. Fingers crossed it's ok for you.

I love it's low wide stance though.

I watched quaifying from druids and it did look a little twitchy on the rear at times.

I'm not really an expert but would dropping rear pressures allow the tire to move a litte more and generate some more heat in them?

[jonboy]

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Cheers James i had a real good laugh trying,if you can get the pug to handle anywhere near as good as the silhouettes it will be seriously rapid i think Matt moore did a low 49 in his shp mk1 escort Cossie powered ,cant see any reason why you cant get the pug near those times

Well I'll certainly do my best, with so much adjustability i bet it will take a while to get it right.

As for sub 50's I think I'll Be happy to get round at full power in one piece lol

[Rich_309]

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I was at Brands yesterday and had a quick nose at the car, my immediate thought was worrying about the lack of cambelt cover if you were to ditch it in the gravel. Fingers crossed it's ok for you.

I love it's low wide stance though.

I watched quaifying from druids and it did look a little twitchy on the rear at times.

I'm not really an expert but would dropping rear pressures allow the tire to move a litte more and generate some more heat in them?

[Toymex]

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Thanks Ian the first race was a bit of a fluke but i will take whatever i can get

Great write up and well done acheving your goal with your lap times , plus a great result in the first race

[Toymex]

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Cheers James i had a real good laugh trying,if you can get the pug to handle anywhere near as good as the silhouettes it will be seriously rapid i think Matt moore did a low 49 in his shp mk1 escort Cossie powered ,cant see any reason why you cant get the pug near those times

Good write up, I really enjoy hearing your progress, well done for beating your pb lap as well.

[105Ian]

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Great write up and well done acheving your goal with your lap times , plus a great result in the first race

[jonboy]

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Good write up, I really enjoy hearing your progress, well done for beating your pb lap as well.

[Toymex]

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Well another highs and lows day for me at Brands yesterday ,the Qmn were on track with the intermarque series which consist of some very quick spaceframe machines like the shp mk1 escort,not having raced for 18months i was a bit nervous going to qualifying what with all these quick cars,but as soon as we got on track the nerves soon dissapeared,i was lucky that i got out early in quali and started to push quite soon its 1 of my failings im like a kid in a sweet shop as soon as i get on track (this normally results in me spinning on cold tyres) but it paid dividends today as after only 4 laps a bmw gt race car had a very expensive moment on the back straight which resulted in red flags session stopped.As luck would have it i had managed to squeeze in a high 54 sec lap which resulted in me qualifying in 11th overall but first in my series .So to the race and i really was bricking it now as i was right in the middle of some very fast cars and had the likes of Malcolm wise,s escort cosworth and the very fast Gavin Thomson in his 205 behind me .We did the installation lap and i was on the outside of the grid so as soon as the green lights went out i had a few cars come past on the inside into paddock and i still couldnt get to the inside to try to protect my position on the run upto druids so a couple more got past ,but this was no more than i expected after that i managed to get into a rythm and was holding my own.It was a pretty quiet race for most of it i could see Bill Richards in my mirrors who is in the qmn so thought i may be in for a battle to try to keep him behind but i could see his pit boards down the straight and he was 15secs ahead of his class runners so didnt need to battle me so he backed off,i then went into fuel conservation mode as i wasnt sure my tank was big enough.other than getting lapped by the 2 front runners (one either side in a nova sandwich )battling for the lead at Druids the rest of the race was uneventfull.I had managed to finish 17th overall and 3rd in the Qmn and had managed to win my class .Most importantly and the goal i had set for myself was to improve my lap time which i did I had managed to do a 54.2 so was happy with that.That was the high,now the low,race 2 ,starting 17th on the inside of the grid but with Bill richards on the outside and the other class d car behind me ,i got away from the rolling start pretty well and held my position to Druids where Bill was later on the brakes and was level with me on the outside i went in a bit quicker than i should have on cold tyres trying to fend Bill off as i knew if he held the outside i would have had to yeild into Graham hill but just ended up spinning at Druids ,so the whole field flew past so i rejoined with a bit of redmist and set off trying to catch up ,the car had been a bit lively on the back all day and i should have known better but being the Amatuer i am i pushed really hard a car had blown up putting fluids down going into surtees and i nearly went off on that but got away with it then going into Paddock on of the Silhouettes came past and i tried to follow him into Paddock ,big mistake the back just came round ,i tried to catch it but no joy so there i was flying backwards into the kitty litter, day over .
So all in i guess it was a good day i am hoping it had stalled before i hit the gravel and that as i went in backwards that the gravel hasnt lifted the timing belt and damaged the engine ,i have got to sort the loose rear end but think there might be a 53 sec lap in it if i can which should be good enough to challenge for the class if i can keep it on the black stuff

[Toymex]

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Cheers Tom ,didnt get any vids mate the camcorder played up just aswell as i missed a gear and buzzed the engine just dont tell Andy ,it really is a cracking engine you must get to see it in action soon ,i cant wait to see what these 1800,s are like

[tomreid]

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