Scottish Elises

Google Video (so streaming and pish quality) but free

1st one - 2 laps, one following Gordon, so you can see how much quicker he bloody is (git)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3145895093

2nd one - a wee montage of me arsing about (although I had run out of battery by the afternoon, when I was really going for it!)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9777328050

Good effort mate

Wooo hooooo. That silver s1 looks like a real beast. Look how well it handles. Looks real quick too. Is it up for sale?? What??? It is!!!! Someone better snap it up fast coz it's a belter

(worth a try )

Yes, it's much quicker than my car with virtually no compression...



Having no luck mate? That surprises me - I would genuinely say that it's the very best S1 I know of anywhere. Hope you get enough to buy your cateringvan racer <ooops - how did I guess that!>

Shug wrote: Hope you get enough to buy your cateringvan racer <ooops - how did I guess that!>

You must just be clutching at straws. My lips are sealed.

Nice vid Shug.. I don't feel to bad with my slow-coach 1.17.. given second just wasn't happening, I only had 0.6 bar ~ 190 on tap at EF on the Sunday.. but hey - our lines weren't too different either (not saying much given size of circuit..) - tho I was still tippy-toing through Pates and Hannahs.

look fwd to exchaging some pax and following you round next time.

I'm still down about 70 horses (bit of a mystery at the mo ) but at least I now have some decent bft per/tonne to play with... hopefully I wont let you get away from me too quickly..

All these Tyre R engines do make for some glorious tunes - new engine should be a belter

Best
Jon

gordon wrote:

Shug wrote: Hope you get enough to buy your cateringvan racer <ooops - how did I guess that!>

You must just be clutching at straws. My lips are sealed.

New career in pest control! - he'll be taking out low-flying birds for farmers everywhere

might be a need for that sort of pestcontrol if theres out break of bird flu mind farmers are tight bxxxxxxs

Neilp

Here is my vid - a sort of slow-mo version of Shug's ..

Right click - save as - about 7MB..

http://lbmracing.com/videos/lbm_shakedown.wmv

might want to try that link again.....

Top stuff!

Expect me to be hanging around your car looking for a pax ride the next time I see you at a track day..... always loved the Esprit....


Dave.

Lawrence wrote:http://lbmracing.com/videos/lbm_shakedown.wmv

thx - wasn't watching there

Graining/blurred footage very deliberate for a nice 70's technicolour sort of effect.. and lets me cobble together footage from about half a dozen laps.

First time in car (anywhere), only got on for an hour as I didn't get out until 1 due to running extrenely late.. and it had been first outing for me since previous May..still a bit of rust in there to work out b4 S'stone in August..

Most laps involved me not making second or short shifting into third with total power drop off + lots of swearing. Not much power neither.

Gearchange hopefully now sorted.

tedbakerman wrote:Top stuff! Expect me to be hanging around your car looking for a pax ride the next time I see you at a track day..... always loved the Esprit.... Dave.

No prbs m8 - now boost leaks taken care of and running 1.2 bar (not 0.6) then it will be interesting to see how she goes with 310bhp/300lbft next time as opposed to about only 190/150 max... she should be doing 350-380 but she'll still give us both a scare.. Unsurprisingly - she's a bit heavier than your lot - tho still ample power for her 970-1000kgs approx. Trick for me is to carry enough pace through the turns to make best use of the straightline.. she has racing brakes.

OT - I'm slowly taking her up to 400-450bhp GT2 spec


This car tho isn't a works car but actually one of the oldest surviving privateer Esprits in the UK.. tho some of the spec comes from Geroge Howard-Chappal @ Lotus GT1 in the 90s. Race primarily in the 750MC RS series for last 10 yrs on and off.