Yeah its not worth taking damage,i had somebody run down the side of me and push me wing onto the tyre really bad.I was 2nd to last so wasn't wasting £55 on a few points lol
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Yeah its not worth taking damage,i had somebody run down the side of me and push me wing onto the tyre really bad.I was 2nd to last so wasn't wasting £55 on a few points lol
Me at Harewood today improving my fastest by 2 tenths, plenty more to come though, hopefully down into the 70.something soon..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hko-...ature=youtu.be
Looks good Ben, I liked the camera angle as I felt like a passenger lol
Nice bit of driving there Ben. Great reaction at the end lol
Booked onto cadwell park 24th august if anyone fancies it with a few novas
Went to Castle Combe again on Friday with the Astra and some mates in their Clio's. Had a brilliant day, with just a few hic-ups. A little off which damaged the O/S, caused by a split front oil seal which wet the tyres. Managed to find another seal in a motor factors locally, so whipped the bottom pulley off and did it before lunch. Then must not have leaned on the tensioner bolt enough, as it loosened and let the timing slip. Very Very lucky with that one though, so threadlocked and re-timed it, then back out.
Last session of the day we wish we filmed, as the Marshall's seemed to have no issues atall with a full on race between me and a friend on an otherwise empty track.
Astra is for sale now if anyone is interested, as I did my ARDS last month and will be racing a different car.
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...psgndzqgmw.jpg
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I love that Astra Craig!!!
First time posting here, copied from my project thread, hope that's ok with everyone.
So Monday at Cadwell,
Anyone following Iain's build thread has seen my shonky old Nova next to Iain's.
As I don't have a trailer yet I hired a flat bed with ramps to get up to Cadwell 360 mile round trip.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...FD9F3D3EB7.jpg
Seconds after this photo was taken, Dog spotted a cat the other side of the truck and the chase was on!!!!
Made it to Cadwell, we couldn't get in until 8pm cos of the British superbike meeting which sucked balls, we got the "Team Shonky Vauxhall" gazebo up and Iain fired up the most pathetic disposable BBQ's I've ever seen, after a lot of BBQ starter (Harvey's brake fluid) we managed to eat and consume a few ciders. We were discussing the weather and hoping for a dry day, we decided, it didn't have to be sunny, just dry.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...A62E10FC4B.jpg
We got a decent space in the tiny paddock, there are no garages at Cadwell so we threw the gazebo up for a bit of protection from the rain, as it turned out it wasn't rain shade we needed but sun shade!! roasting hot!!!
This was my first outing on the 888's so I took it really steady while setting up tyre pressure, after a bit of jiggery pokery we got to 28 hot on the front and 24 hot on the back, this worked really well and the car felt stable and planted at all times.
Anyone that's not been to Cadwell needs to go, it's an amazing track, a real nice mix of straights and corners, a great track for testing all round capabilities.
Highlights of the day include,
Passenger ride in Iain's car, where I ended up being the bad luck charm and my added weight on the passenger side destroyed the inner CV (see Iain's thread for an explanation)
The guy in the Nissan 370Z coming up to Iain in the pits and admitting he was disgusted at himself for having to let a Nova through as he had a "3.7 litre engine and couldn't get away from an old Nova"
Another guy in an MX5 telling me my car was unbelievable fast in a straight line and good round the bends I just needed to "hook up a lap" which Iain took delight in interpreting that I'm a scheise driver and my car needs to be driven by someone who can drive (him)
Anyway enough talk a little video of my last session, my brake fluid was completely shot by this point so I was lifting and coating a little to try and take it steady, also camera postion has been altered for the next event.
https://youtu.be/FpaRY5UwlDk
For some reason I can't inbed videos?!?!
So last round at Harewood yesterday, everything was back on song and felt stronger than it ever has done, this proved true when doing a new PB on my 2nd practise run. After lunch and the first timed run gave me another new PB with a 70.57 which was enough to win the class. Really happy with the car at the minute, a few improvements over winter and should easily see it being a sub 70 second car at Harewood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkykAhKlcbg
That's a good time Ben ,Matthew Pinder did a 71.12 in my old sport many years ago
Blyton Park 11th Oct. Few Novas, mk2 Astras etc going. Should be a good laugh.
Looking forward to it :-)Quote:
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Paul..
Race for pink slips?
Do you dare?Quote:
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Paul...
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And a shocking bmw
If it makes it there!
Probably 1 Nova there due to dirty drop outs.
Bloody gay bastards
Are spectators allowed and what time does it start please?
Free for spectators. 5er for a passenger wrist band. I think driving starts at 9:30 or 10:00 and carries on to 5:30 with a lunch hour.
Just woke up sleeping in the tow car, me and 3 mk2 astras here so far including Harvey and Paul's rally weapon that he's gonna lose to me racing for slips.
You broke yours first. I dont want it now :-)
Enjoyed the ride out with you until it broke.
Paul..
Good, cos I didn't stand a chance, I need to revise my spring rates and damping to get mine handling similar to yours.
Has turbojolt got home yet? Lol
Spring rates are pretty much the same, tyres make a difference (albeit less so due to slicks) and so does the diff. I think a trackday at somewhere like Blyton with time spent testing and tweaking would allow you to do what you want although might need to look at the rear dampers themselves. Remember also that my car was setup for my style of driving thats a little less aggressive than yours Id say.Quote:
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I was very impressed with your speed / committment through Port Froid.
Paul..
Got a text about 10 saying he had been delivered safely home by Green Flag.Quote:
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I'd love to see the recovery blokes face when he turns up and Leigh tries to blag that his starter motor 'just fell off including all wires' so can't try and restart it. lol
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I bloody love that corner lol Gonna email you to discuss spring rates now so I can keep an eye out for second hand lol
Haha he never mentioned about starter just said loadsa lights came on and he was raging as hed been dumped in a car park lol
Half a story, his extreme weight saving meant by 10am the starter motor had fallen off, after bodging it in once I recommended removing it so not to cause any further damage, so rest of the day was done by bumping it lol
Lol what the hell has he been doing to balls the starter ?! lol
Not bolting it in.
The starter was bolted in my amazing track talents shook the bolts loose...p.s blagging is a art and I'm up their with van gogh
What did the Astra's go round in if you were timing at all?
1:12 I managed in mine earlier this year.
last race of the year for me and it was a championship race. Been a good season and topped it off with probably my best race to date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnD8BRTVShE mines the blue and white car that starts at the back
enjoyed watching that ! not been up Buxton for a few years now, glad to see the formula still going, i raced in the first ever 1300 saloon stocks at Buxton (home formula) , and we had to race with the minis due to low numbers lol looked a good turn outQuote:
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mine at first race lol[IMG]http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/..._4227459_n.jpg[/IMG]
get yourself back out there mate its picked up grid wise over the yrs. ive been racing them 5 yrs now and have raced with 30 + cars did you race with chris emery and phil loweQuote:
Originally Posted by pete17
Yes mate raced with phil and chris, lenn, and speedy built a new one but dont think he did more than a seasonlol
speedys is still out there think the 304 that i go under has it. phils car is still going strong and is the orange and black corsa in that vid, 12 yrs old now lol
rolled mine going over the start/finish line which pretty much killed it, sold up after that for a break, before 1300,s did rookie rods and super bangers and did the annual jump once too lol[IMG]http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/..._1410744_n.jpg[/IMG]
braver man than me always thought about doing the jump but ill stick to racing the stockcar
yea stick at it !! do you do skeggness or bellevue? raced at both on away days with buxton, good weekends away with the buxton lot!!!,Quote:
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you will have to tell Phil i said hi!!!
race skegness coventry and barford now mate no belle vue or stoke tho #politics, im good friends with phil so will say hi and chris emory built my first car
Anyone with a Nova fancy Donington 6th May?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0uLTb5VDmhY
my first win a few weeks ago.big up the novas lol