GavinR's Mk2 Stage Car - DVY

[GavinR]

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Uploaded the in car last night, didn't get as much as I'd like as the Tape ran out on one stage and then the battery on another!

Thanks to Carrie for the extra footage on the Ring Stage

West Cork 2011 SS3 Sams Cross

West cork 2011 SS4 Shanaway

West Cork 2011 SS6 Ballinascarthy

West Cork 2011 SS10 Ring

West Cork 2011 SS16 Ardfield

[Group4_Mark2]

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Excellen videos and write up. I always enjoye these.
Out of interest how does the experience of actually driving compare to when you watch it back on the video.

Tom

[cossie matt]

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Brilliant write up Gav

I take my hat off to you mate, I wish I had the guts to take my car to Ireland to do a rally, looks like you were pretty sensible about your speed and approach.

Maybe one day when I've done some pace notes.

Matt

[GavinR]

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Excellen videos and write up. I always enjoye these.
Out of interest how does the experience of actually driving compare to when you watch it back on the video.

Tom

Thanks
Strangely everything seems to be quicker in the video than in real life, but it helps to see where I could be going faster

Brilliant write up Gav

I take my hat off to you mate, I wish I had the guts to take my car to Ireland to do a rally, looks like you were pretty sensible about your speed and approach.

Maybe one day when I've done some pace notes.

Matt

You'd enjoy it out there and I'm sure you wouldn't have any problems with pacenotes

[dottydogmk1]

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Well done on your result Gavin - the engine sonds really crisp. Have you increased your rev limit? Re the rough idle it might be worth checking the inlet manifold for air leaks - a small leak won't affect the performance much when flat out but will have a much greater effect at low flows...As I'm sure you know! All the best, Steve.

[mexicotait]

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Brilliant write up Gav

I take my hat off to you mate, I wish I had the guts to take my car to Ireland to do a rally, looks like you were pretty sensible about your speed and approach.

Maybe one day when I've done some pace notes.




Matt

Otterburn matt will give you good practice for the irish lanes my local event i learned to make pacenotes and use them properly as a navigator on otterburn definate baptism of fire

[Graham]

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awesome well done mate

[Retromotorsport]

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great write up as always Gavin, well done to you, Carrie and Guy,

[GavinR]

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Well done on your result Gavin - the engine sonds really crisp. Have you increased your rev limit? Re the rough idle it might be worth checking the inlet manifold for air leaks - a small leak won't affect the performance much when flat out but will have a much greater effect at low flows...As I'm sure you know! All the best, Steve.

It does sound nice now, rev limit is still at 8600 but the shift light comes on later at 8000 to make sure I'm using all the top end

I spoke to Ron about the idle and he suggested the throttle linkage might have moved a fraction making the bodies out of balance which would have more effect at idle
The other night I removed the air filter, and could see a small amount of 'soot' in both trumpets on the front body, so I disconnected the linkage bars and played with the idle screws separately until it sounded better, then did everything up very tight, hopefully it won't move again

I've got the axle off as well now, levered the diff out and found the splines had gone from the friction plates so I've ordered a new set, can't remember when I last had this one apart so it's done well

Sorry to hear you've had another set back with yours, I'll have to catch up with you at Loton some time, not sure when though

Thanks

[trig]

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Happy Birthday bud the big 40 too.

Hope you've had a great day and a better evening.

[GavinR]

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Thanks Trig - I had a very good day

I got the axle back together a few weeks ago and did some other minor jobs including removing the exhaust and welding up a lot of the joints on the downpipe that aren't needed and also a crack in the rear silencer, rigged up a 9v supply for the video camera to make the batteries last longer, fitted a new intercom system (I was having a bit of trouble in Ireland hearing the notes at times) and replaced the 2 rear mudflaps which were a bit ragged

So all set for the Corinium Stages at Down Ampney Airfield tomorrow, the first time I've been there, apparently there's no grip in the dry and it's even worse in the wet - the forecast is showers

[GavinR]

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Corinium Stages - Down Ampney - Saturday 30th April 2011

My first time at this venue near Cirencester but probably one of the last events to run there before it gets turned into a gravel pit

My codriver for the day was Georgina Clark who's been there many times with her father but he was away for this one so she was happy to sit in with me after we did a Road Rally in Feb

Scrutineering was passed without any problems Friday night and we arrived early Sat morning to get organised. We were seeded Car 21 out of 50, the rest of the entry made up of the Junior 1000 Championship

Stage 1 & 2
We started off sensibly on Stage 1 with soft Hankooks on the front and mediums on the back, and spent the first lap working out how much grip there was and how tight the chicanes were. Nearing the split we were caught by an Escort G3 so we let him past and then overtook an Astra on our 2nd lap
Stage 2 was a lot better, no traffic and we were 21s faster over the 5 miles

Stage 3 & 4
Even though it was getting warmer now, I left the same tyres on and we had 2 good stages and at the lunch halt we were 8th overall but only 5s behind 4th with the top 3 having pulled away

Stage 5 & 6
With the stages reversed and a bit longer at over 7 miles I swapped the tyres to medium front and hard back to stop them overheating. There was a bit of a hold up as the organisers had miscalculated the change round time but once we were going we had what felt like a very good stage but only made up one place and lost a bit of time to the car in 4th
Stage 6 was even better, 14s quicker which put us 4th after one of the top 3 retired and we were only a few seconds ahead of the next 3 cars

Stage 7 & 8
On the first lap we caught an M3 Compact going into a hairpin but it took a few seconds before he could find a spot to pull over, and then we passed him again when he broke down in an awkward place near the finish. All this meant our time was not that good and we dropped back to 5th and the Darrian in 6th was now only 2s behind
Stage 8 I was trying as hard as I could, we hit the rev limiter in 6th down the longest straight, and went 9s quicker but it was not enough as the Darrian took another 4s from us

Final result was 6th Overall and 4th in Class
Iit was a very enjoyable day, DVY was running very well, just needing fuel and the usual spanner checks every service. George did a great job on the maps and apart from the odd delay the organisation was excellent. We were very pleased with the result and I was happy to bring DVY back in one piece as I'm out on the Middlewick Stages at Woodbridge next weekend

[Retromotorsport]

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Great result Gavin

[Paul C]

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I think i am right in saying that Gavin has got First overall today in the Middlewick Stages.

Well done Gavin, excellent result

[Retromotorsport]

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Well done Gaving