Chris
11-05-05, 09:47 AM
I have made it back from Germany and Belgium, only just though, the car took a real hammering over there, it has only been built for a month and it is nearly scrap! First problem, after about 6laps of the ring I was running low on fuel so off I pulled and started to drive to the fuel station, put the brakes on and there was a grinding noise from the brakes, I had chacked all the brakes just before I left and there was plenty of life left in them. So the car got took back to the hotel and I stripped a caliper, the pads were fine, I then stripped the N/S caliper and the carbon part of the pad had been ripped from the pad backing plate completly, I think this might of been due to the heat lol. So the next morning I went to a local OPEL garage and got some pads at a cost of EUR105 :!: Fitted them, but by this point the track was closed due to the 24hr race which was on this weekend.
Second, just after fitting the pads checked oil and water, a nice milkshake mixture in the header tank, but the car had been running ok so I was happy. Two days later we now have the same mixture in the oil cap, gutted.
Third, after having a flat out spell down the autobahn (was very happy with the GPS speed I got :wink: ) the car gets stuck in 5th gear. Ring the AA and the 'Touring' (AA equivilant) turns up and the car drops straight out of gear, DAMN. So I followed him to an OPEL garage and for a safety measure we put in a litre of fluid. Nice steady driving it should get me home, then on our way to a campsite we stopped at some traffic lights in Munchengladbach (Dutch/German border) and we could hear something rattling in the bottom of the box, ggrrrrrrr. So I pulls over, thinking of what to do, rings Stu (cheers mate) and decides fuck it I'll just drive. It got me to a campsite, where I stripped of the selector box from the top, the selector bar for 5th gear was jammed but I couldnt see the state of 5th gear itself. I had loads of little metal filings on my hand so something got chewed up somewhere. Put the box back together and the rattling stopped. I was happy at that.
Lastly, We went to a show at Circuit Zolder in Belgium last sunday, it started raining, so I put the wipers on and the linkage failed, so after a bit of bodging I managed to have a single wiper (sort of) lol. Stayed at the show and I decided to do some sprints, I dont know how long they were but I got 13secs @ 139km/h.
Other than all the stuff above I had an awsome time and am looking at booking to go again :lol:
Chris
Second, just after fitting the pads checked oil and water, a nice milkshake mixture in the header tank, but the car had been running ok so I was happy. Two days later we now have the same mixture in the oil cap, gutted.
Third, after having a flat out spell down the autobahn (was very happy with the GPS speed I got :wink: ) the car gets stuck in 5th gear. Ring the AA and the 'Touring' (AA equivilant) turns up and the car drops straight out of gear, DAMN. So I followed him to an OPEL garage and for a safety measure we put in a litre of fluid. Nice steady driving it should get me home, then on our way to a campsite we stopped at some traffic lights in Munchengladbach (Dutch/German border) and we could hear something rattling in the bottom of the box, ggrrrrrrr. So I pulls over, thinking of what to do, rings Stu (cheers mate) and decides fuck it I'll just drive. It got me to a campsite, where I stripped of the selector box from the top, the selector bar for 5th gear was jammed but I couldnt see the state of 5th gear itself. I had loads of little metal filings on my hand so something got chewed up somewhere. Put the box back together and the rattling stopped. I was happy at that.
Lastly, We went to a show at Circuit Zolder in Belgium last sunday, it started raining, so I put the wipers on and the linkage failed, so after a bit of bodging I managed to have a single wiper (sort of) lol. Stayed at the show and I decided to do some sprints, I dont know how long they were but I got 13secs @ 139km/h.
Other than all the stuff above I had an awsome time and am looking at booking to go again :lol:
Chris