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Post by Blair on Apr 28, 2009 9:39:02 GMT
It would be nice if I could put it down to skill, but it was luck! How stiffly sprung is your car or how cold were your rear tyres that you lost it so easily through scotsman!?!? Or did you pick up a load of mud from your little off? Grass didnt look wet though. I had 1000lbs springs on rear of my xr2 and never had it let go so completely during such a gentle turn in and so little steering lock or did you come off the throttle but just cant hear it in the video? You were looking really good until then, few places off the line and then even more avoiding the spinner Not sure what lb springs I have.. the dampers weren't on a fully hard setting so the back end you think should have been easier to control. Would like to say it was mud, as it felt a really weird spin at the time as if there was little grip on the rear. Probably should have been harder on the power there though too.
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Post by xr2rep on Apr 28, 2009 9:41:25 GMT
Id rather see the airborne Evo! I was standing down at Scotsmans and heard the bang as it hit the airfencing and it sounded a real bad one - it even looked like he hit it - bounced off and rolled but dont think he did. Was incredible he then drove away with just a couple of broken windows. here you are, more like touchdown than airborne www.fat69.fotopic.net/p57838624.html
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Post by Mike Strong on Apr 28, 2009 10:45:55 GMT
Saturday was a waste in terms of re-familiarising myself with the car - but ultimately useful as we discovered the front geometry was way out (camber especially). Car was understeering all over the place in the first session so I stuck a brand new tyre on the front left, went out in the second, and completely destroyed it within about ten laps.
Car felt a lot better on Sunday but it took me about three quarters of the first race before I finally woke up and started putting in any even half-decent times. Second race in the wet was a lot better - the wet seems to suit my driving style a bit better than the dry - until the red flag. On the restart I made up a place and was looking good for another when Chris Phillip lost it through butchers and up to the chicane. Then crash-bang-wallop and that was that.
A few other things from the weekend. My car is really slow in a straight line - it was last year and still is this year even with a rebuilt cylinder head and gearbox. Car is roughly on a par with others until I stick it in fourth then I just drop back - this is compared to cars with similar gearing (short third box). I know the car is about 25kg over the minimum weight limit so I assume that is the reason - bloody annoying though.
Did in excess of fifty laps over the weekend and it wasn't until I watched the video back that I noticed the huge new gravel/run-off at the bottom of Duffus!
Those STs are a pain - especially in the wet.
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Post by dagman16 on Apr 28, 2009 12:32:20 GMT
I wondered when the STs would get a mention in that vein.
We had 2 fairly hard shunts at the chicane due to the speed difference. One admittedly was an XR2 recovering from a spin but the other was in the wet race and left tyres and assorted ST plastic bits all over the track. I believe proportionately the STs are far quicker in the wet than the XR2s and they were underestimating the difference (well, one certainly was...!). Naming no names... !
David
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Post by Mike Strong on Apr 28, 2009 20:46:07 GMT
Blair, just watched your footage from race 2 (the first part of race 2 anyway) - how close was Tim Sleigh to rolling at the bottom of Duffus! Have you got any footage from the restart?
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Post by foxymarshal on Apr 29, 2009 12:17:54 GMT
Still, gotta take the positives. The car handles well and is still in one peice, so something there to build on once the problems are sorted. Baz ;D ;D AND IT IS PINK!!!!! I love the colour so all together, ( to the tune of we love to boogie ) we love the pink car, we love the pink car, barry's pretty pink car pretty in pink car, we love the pink car as long as it runs alright!'
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Post by aland on Apr 29, 2009 12:36:25 GMT
you want to drive it foxy lol
think barry should get an award this year for driving a pink xr also for towing it to and from the hill on a open trailer
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Post by NS-R on Apr 29, 2009 13:02:09 GMT
Maybe not as crazy as you think though - it's got everyone talking about it - let's hope it get's Baz some sponsors too... I used the same idea when I had my Turquoise and Orange (before Blair copied it ) XRs! N. www.nicksandersonracing.com
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Post by Blair on Apr 29, 2009 19:05:19 GMT
Blair, just watched your footage from race 2 (the first part of race 2 anyway) - how close was Tim Sleigh to rolling at the bottom of Duffus! Have you got any footage from the restart? I have but it's nothing special. I can see in the distance the car that hit you getting out of shape but my Kumho sunstrip gets in the way a nano second before your big impact.
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Post by XR2 Baz on May 6, 2009 22:16:36 GMT
Thanks for the comments. Thought it might get noticed!
Nick, yes, it helps. Just need to make it go faster now!
Baz
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