SiB, what happened to yer car today mate at Coombe?
23-04-2007, 10:24 AM
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Hope this is not one of the last pics we get of it 
Here is one of Skyline too... hope your engine is in better shape than my front splitter!
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By the way.... at least you have gone out in Style.... This is taken from Migweb
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
Here is one of Skyline too... hope your engine is in better shape than my front splitter!
By the way.... at least you have gone out in Style.... This is taken from Migweb
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
23-04-2007, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Hope this is not one of the last pics we get of it
When it works, the car is a weapon - hopefully when numpty sees that pic he'll get some motivation back for it! I went round to see him yesterday and started to take a few bits off the car.... hopefully this evening when the cylinder head is off the damage wont be too bad!
23-04-2007, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
By the way.... at least you have gone out in Style.... This is taken from Migweb
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
There is nothing more annoying than a rude track driver and everyone who passed me got the left indicator. Apart from the clue saph coss driver who decided my left indicator was a indication to pass on the left YOU TIT.
Yeah I got undertaken by the blue sapphire cosworth as i was making my move to the left side of the track to let him pass, I do not care how fast or how much faster you are than me obey the rules like i do and everyone will get on fine.
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
2400motorsport cosworth that one was, the driver of that session was a TIT.
23-04-2007, 10:52 PM
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It was Phill, and we just had a review of his track footage and can't work out who the Mig Poster is yet. Despite some not ideal moves, Phill didn't overtake anyone on the left who was either indicating left or moving left.
Anyway, ref the car - I have some pics for tomorrow when I can be arsed
Yes no water cooling (seemed actually to make little / no difference oddly) on my T4, and yes a nice big wing sump.
Still buggered it though!
Thanks for the pic Porkie - that was seconds before it totally died. Coming out of Camp I was with Martin, then down the straight to Avon Rise my boost started dropping from 28 psi to 15 psi - hence the gap in the pics.
I should have backed off then, but didn't
Ran round Quarry ok, tried nailing it after Martin - it didn't go, just spluttered and rattled.
At that point I knew it had passed away RIP
Pulled over safely behind the cones/barriers at the Esses, and watched the car as the heat shield burnt (pretty yellow flames) and my mates watching at Quarry came over to rip the piss, the buggers!
Anyway, ref the car - I have some pics for tomorrow when I can be arsed
Yes no water cooling (seemed actually to make little / no difference oddly) on my T4, and yes a nice big wing sump.
Still buggered it though!
Thanks for the pic Porkie - that was seconds before it totally died. Coming out of Camp I was with Martin, then down the straight to Avon Rise my boost started dropping from 28 psi to 15 psi - hence the gap in the pics.
I should have backed off then, but didn't
Ran round Quarry ok, tried nailing it after Martin - it didn't go, just spluttered and rattled.
At that point I knew it had passed away RIP
Pulled over safely behind the cones/barriers at the Esses, and watched the car as the heat shield burnt (pretty yellow flames) and my mates watching at Quarry came over to rip the piss, the buggers!
24-04-2007, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SiB
Originally Posted by RichardPON
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Being me, I expect it died because I was killing the engine racing behind Martin - I managed 1 lap near/ with him before it died.
Not digging - just curious, as you seem to have no luck!
So for it to break is gutting, and not what I thought would happen (although given my track record, I did kind of expect failure of something at some point)
I think honestly, in my hunt for silly power (ie my 500 bhp target) I totally forgot to spend on everything around it. I was on a standard rad still, after 5 years of track driving in the Cossie, with high water temps even at Bedford in Feb, perhaps maybe I should have done some work on stuff other than the engine
Who know
For me, I can't afford to put it right, unless it's minor. The state of the spark plug in no 1 suggests it's not good news though.
I couldn't bring myself to pulling it apart today, so spent 4 hours tidying the garage today, in preperation for the big strip down of everything on the car. Within a week or so my car will be back to component form... never to be buggered by me again
I hope seriously hope that when you strip the head off its not as bad as thought....
I still have that mental picture of you puling away on the M5 from JJ and i at a serious rate of knots ( and we were not pussying our throttle pedals i can assure you!!!)
24-04-2007, 05:33 PM
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Real crap news mate, was intending on saying hello but didnt see you in the paddock at all.
Thanks to your tyres mainly, nothing passed me in the 3 sessions i had...
Thanks to your tyres mainly, nothing passed me in the 3 sessions i had...
24-04-2007, 06:29 PM
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hi si
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate , dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate ,
chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate
, dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate , chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
24-04-2007, 11:34 PM
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hi si
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate , dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate ,
chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate
, dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate , chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
My engine is buggered though, and I'm not going to fix it again. I think Martin should fix it though - he was going too fast for my engine to keep up with, so it's his fault I think!!
Paul J - thanks for the photos matey
Your little beastie seemed to be going very well - take it the tyres worked? How did you get on with them?
Si
25-04-2007, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SiB
Paul J - thanks for the photos matey
Your little beastie seemed to be going very well - take it the tyres worked? How did you get on with them?
Si
Your little beastie seemed to be going very well - take it the tyres worked? How did you get on with them?
Si
Tyres were a huge benifit, defo gripped better but mainly didnt go off like the Eagles do on track.
Wore the fronts about 50% i reckon, will prob be after a couple more soon, gonna be on a proper Combe track day 3rd Aug and prob an action day in between.
25-04-2007, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by StickerPaul
Is Martin's windscreen rubber coming apart there Lee????
25-04-2007, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SiB
Originally Posted by marco polo
hi si
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate , dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate ,
chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
as i said to you very sorry to hear the news mate
, dont worry your not on your own we have all been there mate , chin up and all that , i hope there isn't that much damage , im sure martin will help you out if it needs building mate he will do a good job if you chose to go that route
anyway good luck with it hope you get it sorted
is the gearbox and diffs still ok mate ?
cheers marco
My engine is buggered though, and I'm not going to fix it again. I think Martin should fix it though - he was going too fast for my engine to keep up with, so it's his fault I think!!
Paul J - thanks for the photos matey
Your little beastie seemed to be going very well - take it the tyres worked? How did you get on with them?
Si
28-04-2007, 05:47 PM
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Good tyres indeed Paul 
Hopefully see you on track sometime for a bit of fun
I'll bring the 205 though to keep things even (ish)
Hopefully see you on track sometime for a bit of fun
I'll bring the 205 though to keep things even (ish)
28-04-2007, 06:21 PM
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I was hoping to see you there, would be great to run the two cars together, should be close depending on what you've done to that Mi16 lol
When you at Combe next?
When you at Combe next?
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