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| posted on May 22nd, 2005 at 08:24 PM |
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It looked great with a twin turbo 996 only slowly gaining on him...even when he did, it was only the porsches legs on the straight that made the real
difference.
The way he dismisses wanting to turn up the boost, even just a touch, is killing me. 10 or 12 pounds and the 914/6 and 911 would have been wondering
what that blurr was that flew past them, not that they didnt anyway!
Nice to meet you finally C.T. and co.
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| posted on May 25th, 2005 at 09:49 PM |
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CT, you used to run 15" cookie cutters didnt you? I was wondering if you had any gain/loss in turning circle when you went to 16" fuchs or did it
make no difference at all? My tyres rub on the front of the trailing arms and I thought the extra inch in diameter might just push the widest part of
the tyre outwards enough to gain back a "bees dick" of steering lock. Or I might just be on some seriously good drugs. Oh yeah I've currently got
cookies and looking at 16" fuchs or similar.
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| posted on May 25th, 2005 at 11:54 PM |
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Any times from the weekend?
Congrats Jako.
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 09:04 AM |
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Times.
I got to the track around 11:00. I had a pee around 11:05. It took me about 10 minutes to walk from the pits to the final turn coming on to the
straight.
Jak was somewhere in the 54s as was Deiter. Still waiting for somebody to crack into the 53s. I don't think there was as much rubber on the track as
last year.
I'm sure you would've looked on Natsoft by now Craig.
Wheels.
I used to use 195/60R15 Yokohama A008R mounted on 15 x 6 standard rims, then 15 x 7 replica Fuchs and then on 15 x 6 cookie cutters. These have an
overall diameter of around 615mm and about 15 - 20 mm smaller than a standard tyre.
Now I use 195/50R16 Yokohama A048 Lotus tyres with an OD of about 600mm. That means the diameter is actually smaller and the car is lower to the
ground.
Now that I use drop spindles I do have some clearance issues with the fronts. I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle that yet but there are a couple
of options: bump stops on the shocks, more neg camber, machine 5mm off the wheels, shave part of the tyres...
CYA CT
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| posted on May 26th, 2005 at 08:53 PM |
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Thanks CT, so the drop spindles add to the track width? About how much?
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| posted on May 27th, 2005 at 10:44 AM |
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Not sure how much track they add. But I used to use 5mm spacers with 2 1/4 neg camber with the same wheels and had no clearance issues. Now I have no
spacers and 3 degrees neg and I have clearance issues.
Mind you I the shock bump stops may have limited the travel on the previous combo even though I cut them back a bit.
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| posted on May 29th, 2005 at 12:00 AM |
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Thanks CT, didn't think to look at Natsoft !!
Great times for the class.
Paul Shacklady PRB Clubman 0:46.3410
2 229 Brenden Read Clubman 0:47.1310
3 291 Greg Read Clubman 0:48.4690
4 361 Aaron Zerefos Mitsubishi Evo '02 0:50.8850
5 170 Robert Hackett MX5 0:51.9520
6 172 Frank Hutchinson MX5 0:52.8450
7 90 Simon Webster Nissan Pulsar SSS 0:53.2540
8 71 Liam Wild WRX 0:54.2026
9 136 Steven Mawson Audi S3 0:54.2470
10 106 Jak Rizzo VW Superbug 2.0 turbo 0:54.8410
11 471 Edward Schulz MX5 0:55.2570 12 179 Paul Cassimaty
Ford Laser 0:57.3560
13 33 Edwin Ip Renault Clio 0:57.5490
14 47 Tony Norman Peugeot 0:57.7160
Would love to own a clubman:thumb
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| posted on May 29th, 2005 at 12:26 AM |
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sell yer magna
Pay your debts, CxxT
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on May 29th, 2005 at 11:14 AM |
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hehehehe.......................clubman doesn't have AWD though.
Magna does!
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| posted on May 29th, 2005 at 06:42 PM |
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:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb and the ski/snow board season starts soon!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on May 30th, 2005 at 09:56 AM |
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Huh?
Followed Jak up the old road on Sunday and I thinks we will still be able to race closely on the track until his boost comes on. It was fun following
Jak around the bends. I noticed two things. 1. A swirl of air seems to come out from under his car when he stomps on the throttle and then changes
gear. It looks like a helicopter landing on a wet helipad. 2. Sparks when he hit a big bump.
I'm stoked with my car. I threw some bigger jets in the carbs and the engine has got more lively. It pulls much more strongly from 3000 rpm just as I
planned. The front end grip also feels very good but I'm going to have to go to the gym and pump a bit of iron to get used to the heavy steering.
I can't wait for the next race at Wakefield park.
Thanks for posting the times Craig.
Good luck at the Grafton Hillclimb.
CYA CT
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