Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

[gen mk 1 rs2000]

Re: Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

crazy mate from the gold coast huh ??
you have only seen a vid of me driving a boat , you havnt seen me in an escort yet .

[2quick4u]

Re: Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

crazy mate from the gold coast huh ??
you have only seen a vid of me driving a boat , you havnt seen me in an escort yet .

LOL
I have seen your boat antics, and read your late night forum posts, plus I know about your fishing bait
you will always be Crazy to us, even Paula knows you as "Steve the crazy guy from the Gold Coast"

Can't wait to see you and your Escort in action mate, hopefully soon

[2quick4u]

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Yesterday was round 3 of the Tighe Cams Hillclimb series, which was back at Mount Cotton (the usual venue).

The day started out fairly wet, and everyone was well off of their usual times, but it did get drier as the day went on.

Car was a bit of a handful, but I do love driving it in the wet

I managed to get within 0.09 of my personal best, which got me second in class, was still a good second short of the class winner though, so need to try a bit harder yet, I either need more grip or bigger balls

I got a couple of in-car videos, one of the first run of the day, and the second is my 3rd and fastest run.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dSDSjSE2gEQYouTube - Escort RS2000 X-pack Cosworth, Mt Cotton Hillclimb run1.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HVyNPsCJWfIYouTube - Escort RS2000 X-pack Cosworth, Mt Cotton Hillclimb run3.

[2quick4u]

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One of the guys I race with kindly posted an outside vid of my last run, this was a couple of tenths slower than my best of the day.

(Thanks Jeff if you are looking in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7-PXwCnM5MYouTube - red cosworth escort mt cotton july 2008.

[Retromotorsport]

Re: Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

Mark the car thats quicker ... is it turboed too ???

If not back off the power for a run ,, see if your quicker then i can congratulate you on a first ,..but well done on the 2nd

[2quick4u]

Re: Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

Gary,

No the car that beat me is a 5.5l V8 Commodore, and the driver is pretty handy too.
A couple of the other guys would normally be quicker too, but a lot were slower than their best times because of the conditions, I didn't mind the slippy track so much though

I will get it there, I am starting to pedal quicker, but still feel I am not giving it my best yet, I am still braking too early, and can't seem to get a quick start
but I have got to the stage that the cars limits are showing, I keep lifting the inside rear wheel, or hopping round corners as the back end is binding up
I can see a 6 link coming later this year and will start trying to improve the car.
Danny here had some nice chassis mount Watts Linkage pivots made up (V8 super car style) so will use that, and get a 4 link kit in (could do with a sponsor to pay for some of it though, will have to get Paula's boss drunk)

Not sure if my 3.2:1 diff is really that good for this either still I only have to use 2 gears LOL

[Retromotorsport]

Re: Competing in My Cosworth Powered RS2000 X-pack

using the low RC rear end will improve your traction .. that old saying " its quicker if your corner on 3 wheels " was penned by journos.. and you know what they are like

may feel strange at first, but your'll soon get used to the car not cocking the unloaded wheels in the air.

[2quick4u]

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Round 5 of the Tighe Cams hillclimb series today, and it was a lovely sunny Spring day in Queensland.

I got off to a good start with my first run being very close to my previous personal best at 49.35.
The car was running great, but I was wondering if I was ever going to get under 49 seconds.

Run 2 I suddenly grew some bigger testicles, and took the blind off camber turn (Lovers leap) much faster than I had ever done before
I got a new personal best time of 48.56,
this put me into equal second place with Jeffs SR20 Turbo powered Datsun (we always have great battles)

I was pleased with the run, and the new best time, but I knew I had lost a few tenths by getting it very sideways through the hairpin, and driving out of it like Bo and Luke Duke

So confidence was now high, and my balls felt bigger than normal, run 3 and I felt I could improve a bit more.
Grit the teeth, concentrate, go.
It felt really good, still slid around a bit too much in a couple of turns, but braked much later, and got a great run through the leap, the time was 48.18

I was now starting to feel like I was getting the hang of this track, and suddenly I was fastest in class, for all of about 3 minutes, when I was beaten by Craig's Commodore doing a 47.8

4th run I was starting to wonder if I could get in the 47's today,
but I tried a bit too hard in my new favourite corner and had a bit of a slide to contend with, I went slower with a time of 48.36, and also watched Jeff pull out a 48.08 in his Datto, forcing me into 3rd place again ah well, there is always the next round to try again
I packed my stuff away, loaded the trailer and got changed, only for them to announce there would be a 5th timed run, Bugger!! I couldn't be bothered to try and get out for another one so left it at that.



Overall I had a great fun day out with a good group of friends, Beat my personal best, and got some serious redneck sunburn, still not got a win yet, but I am very happy

Will stick some pics up later

[trig]

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Good man

[david_white]

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Well done Mark, great write up.

Sure this car will get better and better, sounds like you need a new diff ratio though nearer to a 4.1 or so

Always gonna be hard to beat the N/A cars on these hillclimbs due to their instant throttle response but by the looks of it you are not far from winning anyway, a few chassis tweaks and you'll be there.

Are there any pics of the holden thats winning, must be quite big for hillclimbing, but obviously has shed loads of V8 grunt

[2quick4u]

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Thanks Trig, David,

Yeah some mods are coming to the car at some point, I am definitely reaching the limits of it's current suspension setup, I may also look at going to a Hilux axle/diff later too, they are super tough and have a good selection of ratios, and can get good LSD units for them
But for the moment I will keep pedalling as hard as I can and see whether I can go quicker without mods.

The Holden that blows us all away in our class is quite an unassuming looking thing, it is in full road trim, with 2 tone blue over silver paint, and velour seats
just sticky tyres and some suspension work (dunno what exactly) and whatever mods may be done to the engine
I will try and find a piccy,
I am sure it has plenty of grunt, and it does get it's power down well, but also there is no denying that the driver is very very good

[Retromotorsport]

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Well done mark,


shhh you have PM