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[Potatoes]

Big fan of the skinhead, always wanted to be tough!

[rob999]

Make sure you get a pax with Martin S, he's an ex F1 test driver.

[MartinS]

I'm more like a lawn mower engineD go kart driver, but will have a spare helmet with me.

Weathers looking dry at the moment thank god!

 

Martin S

 

Edited by MartinS, 06 November 2014 - 08:51 AM.

[Potatoes]

Having a Disaster!

 

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Edited by Potatoes, 06 November 2014 - 09:15 AM.

[Potatoes]

...I don't know how to delete posts!

Edited by Potatoes, 06 November 2014 - 09:16 AM.

[Potatoes]

I'm more like a lawn mower engineD go kart driver, but will have a spare helmet with me.

Weathers looking dry at the moment thank god!

 

Martin S

 

 

I'm there, I'll be the lost looking chap with the rental helmet wandering toward the nearest VX220 parked up in the pitlane

 

Really looking forward to it!

[P11 COV]

I'm more like a lawn mower engineD go kart driver, but will have a spare helmet with me.

Weathers looking dry at the moment thank god!

 

Martin S

 

 

 

So do I put the Federal RSR's back on or stick with my road Khumos?

[MartinS]

I'm on R1R's at the mo which are brilliant in any weather, but though the journey up Saturday looks very wet I may well stick the old 888's back on as its looking dry on Sunday.

 

Martin S

 

[Potatoes]

Great morning with you guys today, I really appreciate you taking me in and showing me so much of your cars today. Martin, thanks for being so kind to take me out and show me what your car can do, had a blast! Absolutely awesome motors, I really enjoyed it!

 

Bargi, I hope you got the pump sorted in the end and got a few laps in!

 

I've got a few pictures from the day I thought I'd share:

[christhegasman]

And I can only echo what has been said above Had a great time some stunning laps with Martin Was great to get out for a spin on my local track 😀 Hope everyone got home ok ?

Edited by christhegasman, 09 November 2014 - 05:07 PM.

[deano01]

Nice to put some faces to the names. I had a blast out with Martin today and anyone looking for a vx and is wondering how well they handle, Martin, Paul and Bargi will show you.  A trio of vx's going round Donny was impressive to see , especially when the only match for them was each other.

 

I had a great day, thanks peeps.

 

Nice to meet you today Potatoes and good luck with your search.

[P11 COV]

Nice to see you all guys. Bargi got the charge cooler pump fixed and had some good sessions this afternoon, including getting black flagged for noise. He was trying very hard at the time and me and Martin were chasing him.

 

Lovely weather and a great day.

[P11 COV]

Martin ran out of talent,    which I must admit is not a common occurrence.

[Potatoes]

Glad Bargi got out... and that Martin retained his talent whilst I was in the passenger seat! Totally got the bug today, thanks again Martin, Paul, Ray, Chris and Dean!

Edited by Potatoes, 09 November 2014 - 07:13 PM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

How much over was bargi on with the sound ?

[Bargi]

phew, what a crazy 24 hours, it was almost like this TD was not supposed to happen!

 

Supposed to drive up Saturday afternoon but when I got to the car the battery was completely dead.

Bought a new one from Eurpoparts but was out all afternoon so could only fit it at 5pm, at which time it was pissing down rain.(I live in London, car lives on street)

Spent hour and a half fitting the new battery only to find I'd pulled the earth strap out from the lug that bolts to the terminal.

It's now 7:30 at night and still raining and I've not got anything to big enough to re-crimp it.

Find a smaller lug that came with a car audio kit, try crimping it with my Halfords special tool, which bends it and buggers up the lug

spend another couple hours in the pouring rain trying to fix it but it's now too far gone and I'm losing the will to live.

It's now 9pm so I resort to calling the AA and hope they have a correct tool.

AA- Sorry sir you don't have home start, that'll be £84

sigh, so hand over my CC details and wait.

11pm AA turns up, doesn't have a crimping tool but between pliers, side cutters and vice grips we bodge a fix and the car comes to life!

6am this morning I leave for Donington, arrive, sign on, sighting laps, first session and I notice the car is overfueling and stuttering really soon into the session and down on power.

Pull in and check to see there's water in the charge cooler tank and it's so hot I can barely touch it!

Get the top off and water almost steaming and actual tank is too hot to touch... notice no water being pumped... ready to cry... there is no God!

So spend the morning troubleshoot and fix/bodge it! here

Hurrah, car goes like stink and no stutter! 

Big thanks to Patatos brother who spent most of the morning turning the car on and off while testing

 

So strange one with the black flag, I did 2 sessions and both times knowing where they have the sound check I purposely drove the car as hard as I could down the start finish straight to see if the exhaust would trip it.

Tried shifting at different times before, after and at the mic, all fine.

Go out for a 3rd session with Martin and Paul, we're all sitting bumper to bumper gunning it down past the mic with me in front and black flag comes out.

Spoke to the sound marshal and who says they pulled me for induction noise.

I asked if they were sure and if it wasn't the exhaust? Response was def induction, exhaust fine

I had 3 more sessions and drove no differently to previous and all fine.

I've just got a CS cone filter and Harrop (which should be quieter!)

I suspect it's was the VX convoy sucking down too much air

 

Good day in the end, great meeting the other VX owners and potential ones!

 

 

 

[NickB787]

did you check your Inlet tempos on the way home?

[Bargi]

did you check your Inlet tempos on the way home?

 

But of course here

[Bargi]

Just to add to this adventure, when I first pulled out after fixing the pump the car really splutter and was playing up.

Looked at the dash and no speedo!

While fixing the the pump through the rear wheel arch I must have knocked the abs sensor wires. 

Turns out as long as you don't let the engine drop to idle it'll run fine

made for interesting drive in traffic home

[fiveoclock]

phew, what a crazy 24 hours, it was almost like this TD was not supposed to happen!

 

blah blah blah blah

 

 

 

Why didnt you call me, I could have been over in 30 mins. Next time