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[swast4]

Ok cool Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

[Co220]

Seems like I only have to order new rear wheels if I want to switch to the wider tires.

 

Is 17x9 et30 the best option or is another ET value better looking at the space at the chassis and rear clam?

And what is the best place to order the wheels at the moment?

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

There is one thing to keep in mind if your going to buy these wheels with 255 tires and it's ceryclosr to dub frame and clam I would even say it's that close that you might have to change toe and camber for them to fit

[swast4]

I've ordered mine from Damion from wheelbase. Very helpful Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Very wet snetterton (Javelin sprint series ) 

 

Got down there on Saturday to watch Joe get some practise in ready for the sprint day, and it was wet wet wet , soaked to the bone but hey ho that is  the way it goes sometimes. unfortunately things did not start particularly well i pulled the front of the clam (near number plate ) loading the car on to the trailer ( first time ive ever used the trailer ) so there was some last minute emergency fibreglass going on even before i got to snett not the start i wanted 

 

 

 

I also got my wires crossed with the accommodation for night it seems everyone wasent staying at the track but at the only hotel in the area (travelodge) anyway Joe kindly offered me his floor, and on the Saturday night me, Joe, Richard, zoobeef and Mrs zoobeef sat on Joes bed tlking general rubbish watch saturday night takeaway with a dominoes pizza and winding richard up about his first outing in the vx. But we laughed and talked some rubbish and turned out to be a alright night considering all whilst looking at every weather app we could find

 

Race day 

 

well it was wet really wet and with Mcdonalds breakfasts in our bellys we set off and the Joe started to have Jitters about the fact he entered in J6 instead of J7. so we all called him a big girls but decided he could toss a coin to choose his final class ( he lost and he was in J6 ) 

 

sighting laps and practise done complete on r888r it was clear i had to change to the rainsports (which joe and richard forgot to bring ) 

 

Run 1 

first sprint in the wet, first time on the rainsports TOLD MY SELF JUST GET A BANKER IN its early doors and the weather s due to get better . 

so away i went not pushing particularly hard but kept everything neat and tidy and what a lap it was at that time of the day left me 2nd overall and first in class 

best start i could ever hope for 

 

 

 

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Run 1 This turned out to be my best lap of the weekend ( but not the quickest )

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

lunch came soon after run 1 and underneath i was thinking let rain let rain but i think everyone else prays were answered and the rain eased off but this left the track greasy and very slippery 

 

the rainsports did not like these conditions at all 

and to be honest i shouldent of gone out but i did which if nothing else gave me a bit of experience with different lines  and test the grip levels ( which were terrible ) 

 

run 2 

 

https://youtu.be/efhOIXtNZDk 

 

time did not improve

 

 

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Run 3 

 

didnt want to go out tbh the track was still greasy and time were not getting any better, but there were clouds lurking and the threat of rain was here so i throw the r888r on and just went for it. thanks lee and mark for helping with the change

 

not really sure what happened with the times but i knew it was not good 

https://youtu.be/ImMIg7wOXuw

 

Joe was the next car after me and i think i was the last car who did not improve on his time but joe turned it on a got a cracking lap in (he and lee did get over excited though ) 

little un sporting i thought but i can lose as well as i win 

 

watch the video all the way to the end and you will see there excitement lol 

so i congratulated Joe on a cracking lap 

 

Any way the clouds then started to get thicker and there was rain falling over the tree just beyond the the track and our class was called for our last runs 

 

i eneded up first out on our class again with other close behind 

did i want to be first out in class and miss the rain or hang off until one of the last runners ?? i offered joe who was just behind me to go first he refused 

 

then my heart sunk 

my water injection water empty light flicked on AAAHHHH 

 

pulled to one side and ran back to the garage and filled a jug of water up and took it to the car 

 

Joe had already left for his run and the current class winning car Honda civic turbo was still holding off and still behind me 

 

anyway back on to the start line and i could clearly see a dry line on the start , so lined my wheel up on the dry stuff and prayed lol can you imagine the stick i would get if joe in his na beating me 

 

so this was the all or nothing lap 

 

launched the car ok but still had major wheel spin in second gear and third 

gave the steering wheel a good tug left and right to try and feel what grip was under me and i cautiously turned in to turn one and i could see i dry line

 

so i just went for it there was a lot of grass on the right hand side if anything went wrong but the car just suddenly gripped up and i was away 

and the commitment continued all the way to the bently staright where i left the braking very late infact to late but managed just to get in round the left after the staright but couldent touch the brakes to slow down  for the nxt right as there was loads of standing water i had no where to go and had far to much speed going in and had very little option left 

 

so just turned in and hoped for the best and to my surprise it turned in but the rear stepped out big time car went one way then the other but managed to get back on the power in 4 th gear enetering the bomb hole and there was significantly more water in this part of the track then any other and i lost the rear again but managed to regain control and a i eneterd corum there was a good dry line in the middle of the track which i aimed for and carried a lot of speed in there (and as joe was asking me all day how fast was i goung through there i took a glance 80 mph ) the car was on its limit and as i went round and the corner tightened up the dry line dissappeared and yet again i found the car unsettled but manged to hang on and get the speed down for the last corner laeft the car in third and drove for the line 

 

i missed my time on the board so had no idea what was happening but it certainly felt like itr should be quicker than my first lap 

 

and it was nearly 20 seconds quicker and this put back in 1st in class with just the civic to come round 

 

as it happens he was off the pace and i took the class win from the honda integra by 1/2 a second ish so just did enough, it was a terrible lap thinking back and wish i had started the camera but forgot to do it 

 

 

 

 

 

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Final results here 

 

https://lookaside.fb...LG_chozPDvIGTgC

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the whole weekend had the potential to be  miserable  

but what really made it a lot better was the amount of banter/help etc etc in the paddock and amongst our self

 

big congratualetion to Eliott to in the class below but managed a great time in his last run great to meet you and hopefully you will be there for a few more 

 

turned out to be a very enjoyable weekend 

next one for me will be croft, 

 

will be missing blyton 

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 03 April 2018 - 11:46 AM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

We'll infortunately its time to take clam off again it looks like the wadding has given up again and going by my recept it's nearly been 2 years but last time it had the acoutafil ptx silencer infil But noticed they now do zt1 which has higher temp level

[Nev]

Good to see you getting some joy out of it.

 

Edited by Nev, 04 April 2018 - 03:17 PM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

The enjoyment has quickly turned back in to pain 

Exhaust did go particularly loud at snett so yesterday i took it off and its rattling and empty again, i think it was repacked around 20 months ago when it was done with the PTX thermal volatility stuff, but think i am going to go for the ZT-1 stuff which im hoping to pick up today 

 

also want to make my exhaust repack-able easily accessible from the wheel arch 

i did manage to remove the whole box through the arch so should be possible to just remove the middle section complete with the perforated tube leaving the rest in place 

 

 

 

[Nev]

Stuffing is just an endless bodge IMO. Best to design a new silencer that actually works better, with separate chambers and more perforated pipe (layered if necessary). I got my silencer down to 102 dB without stuffing, with your engine and using just 3" pipe I'd expect to be able to easily get < 100 dB without any stuffing, but still have < 1 PSI back pressure.

 

I used wire wool in mine, but even that melts and breaks down, so in the end the silencer design is the thing to concentrate on IMO.

 

GL.

 

Edited by Nev, 06 April 2018 - 08:12 AM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

I understand that nev but I'm would rather repack everybody 18 months rather than re-design the exhaust so it will be a case of coming up with a way to do it easily rather than re-designing it

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 06 April 2018 - 08:12 AM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

IT was 98 Db static at the beginning of the day at snett but did get louder It has been a set low as 88 Db but the sound seems to vary from track to track

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Thermal velocity have got a great range of blankets now, and now ive looked closely im tempted by the ceramic matt but looks like it has some down sides 

[swast4]

Hi Chris, What exhaust have u got? Is it a 3" Tullet? Is your exhaust decatted? I initially thought I'd have to take off my clam but I'm hoping I can remove the exhaust from under the car. I just need some time........ Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

[chris_uk]

You can yes.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

It's a decatted tubular and is significantly bigger than tullet )3")

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 06 April 2018 - 11:22 AM.