was having a really good day today car was working perfect temps were fine ,brakes perfect ,everything was spot on ,even let my brother in law have a session in it ,broke for lunch ,did the usual things ,water ,oil ,tyre pressures, pad check , asked rs gus if he wanted a few laps round as i said i would take him round ,went out on the first lap and just started to wind things up , got the tyres warm and the brakes up to temp ,coming down the pit straight flat in 4th gear snatched 5th then back to 4th started to brake went for 3rd gear ,oops straight in to first at about 90mph let the clutch out reved of the clock then it spluttered then died ,tried to bump it down craner ,no joy at all ,rolled of the circuit to a marshell ,pressed the starter button , spun over like the was no plugs in it ,got no compression at all, i suspect ive done a lot of valves will look at it this week and try and get it done asap , thanks to all those who offered there help . kalliber cossie rs gus ,sean bicknell ,disco dave ,and for everybodys kind words of encouragement
one good thing came out of it though ,went to race control to have a few words with vaungh who runs donnington ,he asked how i was getting on ,told him my problems and he gave me tickets for ,barc car championship 28th august seat festival racing 29th august,and bank monday holiday car races 30th august,all in the hospitality suites with pits and paddock passes pit parking so me and my son ,nick ,will have a good weekends racing

rs jp

 

 

Not a nice thing to happen.

How much will that mistake cost you to fix it.


Dave.

 

as i said john im fooking gutted for u m8 if u need the valves you have my number m8 speak soon gus

 

Unlucky mate

 

I know how you feel m8, I done almost the same thing at Brands Hatch, apart from I was in 4th at maximum revvs going into 5th and I put it into 3rd.............end of the day for me, cracked the head in 3 places, bent 4 valves and cracked the valve guides, knackered the turbo, but I have got her up and running again, better than ever before, just in time for Castle Coombe on 10th July.

Cheers


Garry

 

will know this week hopefully ,will speak to andy at brooklyn not to bothered about the cost just want it done asap

jp

 

sure was garry, you thinking of selling your wheels anytime garry, let me know, dont like mine at all real tears lol

bad luck rsjp hope its fixed soon mate

 

i know have you feel john get well soon c u in the week

 

sorry to hear that, i remember oli doing somert simular at the pod in the s1...

T3 ended up in the back box

 

but ya ahd a good day before the problem

sorry to hear though

 

No you can't have your wheels back Only joking m8, if something came along that I liked, then you can have them back no probs. I would like some proper track wheels eventually.

 

i know where theres some nice black ones,

sorry jp,

 

Is there any way that any kind of management can prevent this happening if you put it in the wrong gear?

 

no because its mechanicaly reved by the gearbox!

 

I see, fuck that :P

 

just listened to a video of the car coming past the pit wall,dosent sound to good




jp

 

john u have mail

 

replied

 

 

soz to hear that mate

 

bad news mate, stunning car that is, saw you going round donno at an evo day.

hope its fixed soon

 

bad luck mate, hope its all sorted for you asap

 

Sorry to hear that mate hope you get it fixed and it's not to bad

Mike

 

no compression= no valves is it a big valve head mate? soz to hear that its a horrible feeling turning a car over to just hear it whizz away

 

sorry to hear about it but hope u get it sorted soon

 

Am gutted I can't get home to take you up on the passenger ride, it definitely is back better than ever.

My old stage 3 on there it should fly

 

starting to pull it apart now will know in a couple of days what the damage is ,will post the findings

jp

 

still gutted john i am

 

gus it only bothered me yesterday for a couple of hours then you have to think positive and must get on with it going to lift the head off tomorrow will post findings tomorrow night


jp

 

doh not good m8 hope you sort it soon


DAN

 

SOrry to hear that JP,i saw you when i was coming round craner,and saw you had a problem!!

Hope you get it sorted,if theres any thing i can do to help,just say,

See you at club tomorrow night..

Pete...

 

 

thanks pete
really amazed at the fiesta ,it had some serious abuse but still kept going ,made me laugh when you come down the pit straight a toot on the horn and round again ,well impressed , dont know if i will make it tomorrow its the lads 13th birthday got to do the father thing but will let you know how i get on and thanks for the offer of help much appreciated

regards jp

 

john sound m8 i could see u was gutted glad ya not botherd now if theres owt call m8 u never know :top

 

No probs John.

But offers there if you need ANYTHING!!!

Yeh we were ALL amazed by the XR aswell,even the scottish marshall (from the breifing) came over and said fair play!!

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60482

Wish it was mine that gave up insted of yours though!

So you going to stick by what you said when we had that chat???

Pete...

 

gutted to hear this john, I guess its just one of those things m8
Anyway let me know if u need anything m8
Im only round the corner. Sure it shall be sorted in no time m8