New Hot Marques date

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:36 pm

I added some pics in the gallery section too.....

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:37 pm

Great afternoon, good mix of cars. Those Porsche's are helluva quick. Thought the elise was nippy you look in mirror no Porsche glance back and there 2.

Ed cheers for the advice on the tyre pressures and the loan of the guage. wasn't much grip when they were hot lowering the pressures made a big difference.

Mckean is that a nuclear reactor you have under the hood? Boy is your car quick, apart from Rossy Bee's Caterham not even the GT3's could live with your pace. Flames on the overrun are cool although they have rather singed my eyebrows

Cheers

Clarkie

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:18 pm

BTW, forgot to ask . . . what happened to Mac? Headed off for petrol about 4pm and never returned! Everything okay?

mac · Post by **mac** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:24 pm

Nope afraid not. I've been plauged with under body temps for the last two years now - at the last SIDC day I had to be towed out the pit lane!!!

Despite doing a cool down lap and then driving toward powmill at 40mph when I came to the junction the car just cut out. I knew then that it wouldn't start and was getting a touch concerned as I was blocking the junction.

Fortunatly Neil (4mm) was just coming back from a fuel stop and pushed me into the side of the road. After a battle of wills I finally got Neil to leave me and go enjoy the last 30mins of the track day.

About 40mins later the car was cool enough, started and got me home.

Sorry for those who I promised pax laps to.

Mac

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:30 pm

Any idea why your having underbody problems?

I have seen mods that may help.

First is chopping a big flap out of the undertray - crude but effective!

Second - leave the trays off - bit risky for my liking

Third - cutting some 2" holes in the bottom of the clam along the bottom edge at the rear. Helps draw out ht gasses - don't like the idea of chopping the clam TBH

Forth and most preferable - making up some spacers for the undertray so the joint between fornt and rear tray has an air gap... 1/2" should do it. That will draw a load more air thru the NACA ducting.

Fith - Heat wrap the zorst - but this will just move the heat somewhere else...

mac · Post by **mac** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:34 pm

Rich, its the modded head and the hard driving it gets round Kh.

It points towards fuel evapouration, so shielding the fuel filter will be one and perhaps re-routing and replacing the current fuel lines with braided s.s. ones.

I'm also considering putting a pacet fan unit in one of the side pods to aim moving air through when the car is stationery rather than just using convection alone. (it's an S2)

Mac

PS: Had a great trackday up to that point - started playing around with the throttle mid corner

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:44 pm

You could try some of the ned stainless braid pipe cover, it'll just push over the fuel lines and provide the same heat protection as braided and fit easily. Also you'll get thsoe anodised jubilee clip covers you have always wanted! (Also should be cheap!)

I would be careful of fans in the side pods, could reduce the flow at speed, might be worth a bit of ducting and intake from separate intake in the undertray? Or an open is arrangement to give some flow, it just won't be as efficient.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:55 pm

i had a fantastic day again. So many people asking for passenger laps, so little time to actually get through you all. I was kept busy all day, but i do enjoy scaring folk

Ed gave me a big sweaty hug after abusing my car for 5 minutes. he jumped out of it screamy about racing the blue GT3. i think he's hooked. Will post up video's tomorrow.

Only downside for me was the black porsche turbo. Amazingly quick in a straight line, but a real pain through the twisties. I tried speaking to the guy about it (i threatened to barge him out the way through duffus. he laughed. dont think he knew how serious i was

) but he didnt take any notice, so ended up complaing to the pit wall guy. Its not something i like doing, but he really got in my way, and rubbed me up the wrong way proclaiming that we was ultimately faster.

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:57 pm

Another superb sunny day at knockhill . I felt the pace and cars were much faster than the previous CE nights I have done . Lost my black flag cherry for running the lights .

Massive thanks Mac for showing me the correct lines round, I was much smoother afterwards and did not have any more interesting moments at the chicane . Apoligies again Mac.

I enjoyed giving the pax laps , sorry to those pre-mac. Dezzy it was good to have some glamour at KH

Blaque I think my TPS is knackered , it was impossible to drive in traffic without stalling. Went to pick up my mate and it would not start even after doing a reset. I waited for the car to cool and it was ok-ish .

Did anyone else get a fright from the mud all over the road to Powmill?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:14 pm

As part of my on going quest to get rid of stuff, I have a K series 48mm plastic tb with a working TPS sitting infront of me. Let me know if you want it.

Rich

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:18 pm

tenkfeet wrote:Dezzy it was good to have some glamour at KH

I'll pass on your regards . . . I'm sure she'll be flattered

tenkfeet wrote:Did anyone else get a fright from the mud all over the road to Powmill?

Thanks for the warning, but we were stuck behind a truck and so were not at the kinda speed where it would have caused problems. The only problem it caused was the smell!

dlogan · Post by **dlogan** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:52 am

Fantastic session, great weather, great cars.

Found the driving standard to be pretty good, GT3s and the M5 didnt like being passed by little kit cars and that black 911 turbo was awful through the bends, sat behind him for a few laps near the end until he locked up at Mcintyres and went straight on and off through the gravel

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:16 am

ed wrote:cheers also goes to rossybee, the snot moibile is rapid an loved my pax laps, soo planted

More than welcome, Ed

Was impressed by your clapping hands seal impersonation every time the tail came out

Have to agree with you Neil ref the black 996 turbo - held me up something terrible on the twisties, unfortunately I was carrying a pax at the time so he was gaining about half a car length on me up the straight

- I wanted to get past him to have a go at the silver nutter 911 - as you said at the end, they wouldn't understand that if they lifted & let us past on the straight, we'd gradually disappear due to quicker lap times - hey ho & all that tho'

Brilliant day - mucking about with the tyres a bit made things a bit twitchier than usual (was 4 wheel drifting thru Clarks most times

and managed a wee spin at the hairpin - caught by Sanjoy

) but got used to it & drove to accomodate it

xtreme · Post by **xtreme** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:54 pm

As posted awesome day!

Really enjoyed the session, busy but good fun.

Frustrating when you are faster through the twisty bits only to struggle on the straights, had to laugh when I caught the TVR and passed him, then he flashed me to get out the way on the straight. I pulled over to see how he went through Duffus, with a few expletives about how I was bloody faster overall ! Going through duffus he was well out of shape and ended up spinning out into the gravel

Enjoyed chasing Ed, was keeping up near the end! Definately faster through duffus after his tips, and prefereed the chicane with the bollards in place - found it easier??? Still not the best through the hairpin tho, feel I am braking too hard and messing up the entry with a lack of exit speed as a result! Need to practice that a bit more!

And had to laugh when I saw Neil catching up just to prove he could pass me (easily!), then once past slowing down for his cooling down lap...

Havent had bad weather at KH this year

Bring on global warming

Good to put names to the faces, buts what we all wanted to know was:

Dezzy - Did you $h4g her ????????

Cheers

Barrie

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:25 pm

was great fun on track

the elise was keeping up well.
Was slipping sliding through alot of corners - i am sure my tyres are completely dead now!

did u like that slide Ed?

was fun catching cars under braking and through the twisties

Saw the TVR spin off - hehe - was following u

Cat didnt realise that he had gone off - he was that hidden by the dust and stones!

he was well out of shape on alot of corners.

was fun following fellow SEers

just made it to the petrol station at kinross - crawled there at 50 mph all the way

was fun in the sun

Phil