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Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:19 am
by guru_1071
should have had some of mike youles 'cv nut undoing stopper wheel spacers' fitted!!! :lol:

Yorkie 'S' wrote:That can't be the fastest way around the circuit !!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsternu ... otostream/

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:52 pm
by Tim Harber
guru_1071 wrote:should have had some of mike youles 'cv nut undoing stopper wheel spacers' fitted!!! :lol:


...and increase the track a bit to boot. I've banged on asking about this problem over the years and I don't think there is a simple answer

Strikes me that what was the posh 'S' option over the standard arrangement is doomed to failure. I mean "Do the nut as tight as is humanly possible and then some more" is setting some sort of serious stress in the whole arrangement.

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:54 am
by 251 ENG
The nut was still on the thread , it,s just that the the threaded end of the CV had snapped off . That happened right in front of us , Bill Sollis was driving and still managed to put it on pole .

Drive flange was still in the wheel

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:56 am
by guru_1071
id say that technically he had put it on pole before this happened! :lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:10 pm
by 251 ENG
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:13 pm
by guru_1071
after some faffing, here is the first lap or so from my incar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgE6eBRSXo&feature=plcp

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:17 pm
by mk1coopers
Looking good, sounding great :D

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:24 pm
by Pete
..and actually sounds like a Mini, some of the front runners are pure DTM ! :lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:54 pm
by Vegard
Avec le Weber???

It's obvious that your cheating posh shaved front tyres work Rich. Next time... :)

Sounds great though, and I would've thought that the power deficit would be more clear. Great going!!

I'll get some pictures up.

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:35 pm
by fricsman
Guru, any reports on how the 'bus' performed?

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:02 pm
by guru_1071
fricsman wrote:Guru, any reports on how the 'bus' performed?

it went great, did over 500 miles, cruising happily at 50mph and doing about 16mpg

it did start to use a bit of water on the way back, but we where able to keep topping it up from the on board water tanks, so no real issue.

the rad has got a leak in it somewhere, so ive currently got it in bits, i got a new thermostat for it as well as i think that was sticking

ive got a spare rad, which also has a leak, so next time im off work im going to take it to the rad shop and hope the guy can fix it cheap.

nothing beats been able to sit in the comfort and dry, whilst it arsed it down with rain outside all night, its a thousand times better than a tent, thats for sure :lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:39 pm
by fricsman
Great to here the coach served you well. Any photos of it at Brands?

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:48 pm
by surfblue63
The Guru Bus at Brands

Image

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:10 am
by mk1coopers
Having been granted 'permission to board' the bus at Brands I can confirm that the inside is also pure class 8-)

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:09 pm
by Tim Harber
Anglo French race on TV tomorrow Motors TV 6PM on "Full Speed Racing" . Someone record it for me pls.

Sanwa Trophy on 17th August also in "Full Speed Racing" prog

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:11 pm
by guru_1071
mk1coopers wrote:Having been granted 'permission to board' the bus at Brands I can confirm that the inside is also pure class 8-)

after your dad was piped aboard i think he thought he was at the henley regatta!!!

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:11 pm
by guru_1071
Tim Harber wrote:Anglo French race on TV tomorrow Motors TV 6PM on "Full Speed Racing" . Someone record it for me pls.

Sanwa Trophy on 17th August also in "Full Speed Racing" prog

tim, i cannot record it, but promise to watch it for you :lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:32 pm
by mk1coopers
guru_1071 wrote:
mk1coopers wrote:Having been granted 'permission to board' the bus at Brands I can confirm that the inside is also pure class 8-)

after your dad was piped aboard i think he thought he was at the henley regatta!!!
:lol:

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:51 pm
by Dean
i be watching that, i but its starts at 5:50pm

then at 6:55 there is mini challenge racing

Re: Brands Hatch Mini Festival 16-17th June 2012

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:26 pm
by fricsman
Thanks for putting the photo up Surf Blue, bus looks good.