Is that a technical term?

 

Yep, an Engineers term understood internationally and by EVO people too.
Be ballistic this weekend for your dad.

 

Welcome to exe-tc club Rob - it's good stuff.

Martin

ps. told you your springs were too hard!!!

 

Some simple pics from today:
Thankyou to my sponsors:


Just FAB

This has a mid mounted Nicholson Maclaren engine!

The V8...


Can't get the video's up yet, bloody AOL....

Graham

 

Do I spy new brakes!! Looking good

John

 

No, bog standerd of course.
The car was quicker last year!!

See what tomorrow brings.

The car is very hard to drive now compared to last year.

 

Great hard day of real hillclimbing with lots of ups-n-downs.
Ups in competition for me was a 3rd in class, a rear diff that stayed in one piece, and most importantly, a personal best @ 58.37 secs.
Ups socially was a great weekend of being back with the Hillclimb community, great company.

Downs:
One of my AST's has gone wrong, lost the damping adjustment on the NSF, and having a sit in Pete's fab EVO, it fits me perfectly. My wife said 'dream-on'.....
For some reason Pete wasn't interested in swopping my Sti + a year's pocket money.
I thought I might squeeeeeze into the 57's, but not today.

Next meeting is Prescott where I'm not too good, so it will be another tough one.
Huge class:
Audi V8 that blitzed the class record by a light year, 2 x EVO's, 4 Impreza's, a Legacy and a BMW M3.
Time to post the video snaps (some of them are great) but AOL won't let me yet!

Graham

 

PB, Well done Graham, i wish i`d of come now to have a watch, nevermind..

 

When is shelsey walsh?

 

Paul:

Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb - The 2007 Season

Richard

 

Graham

Absolutely two days of petrolhead heaven!

I will post (when AOL permits) my final run - somewhat over ambitious entry to Triangle - but a 2.11 first 64 feet (shame the remaining 1475 yards of Loton were not as good) - still great fun and a good "learning experience".

Now, I can justify the Khumos as I have four flat spotted Falkens

Good to see you, Rob and Pete.

That Audi is quite a piece of kit..............................

Richard

 

Just back from the weekends racing, was a mixed bag with good things and bad. Good things being going well on Sunday setting consistent quick times and a PB of 58.10 despite the dredful launches, the new exe-tc suspension being excellent and irononing out every bump on the track whilst still allowing fast cornering. Getting to see everyone again and have the crack, and it stayed dry!

Bad things, not being able to do a lauch under 2.20 again all weekend, pushing too hard on competiton day resulting in spinning off in the first run and another very slow start on the second bringing in my slowest completed run of the weekend @ 58.87 when it actualy counts, frustrating to say the least as I'm sure your meant to go faster not slower?!?

The A4 made mince meat of the record rather unsurprisingly despite Roy's best efforts and I think it's safe to say that will be the way the season goes from here on. Graham, Mr 'the end is nigh I'm going to be dead last' himself drove his new rubber to back to back PB's on the competitive runs and came in ahead of Pete and myself with his consitent smooth driving which is rewarded at Loton as oppose to Pete and I locking up, spinning off and taking grassy detours by driving like loons which we might get away with somewhere else but not at Loton as it proved today, so hats off to Graham he produced the goods when it counted and was consitently a second ahead of me to the first split at triangle which is where it counts.

My Dad's quattro is just insane and he loved every second and got quicker and quicker as the weekend went on I think with more experience in the car he will be able to give the top runners a scare or 2 later in the season.

So all in all a good informative weekend and a good laugh the season is now underway and I can't wait to get back out there, I'm at MIRA next saturday for the first round of the Midland sprint championships a track I love to drive which should finaly kill off my already toasted kuhmos leaving me the dilema same tyres again or slicks at more than twice the cost and risk of shattered transmission but ultimate grip. We shall see.



The white goods class

Lunatics corner

Pics from the practice day but you get the Idea,

Pete with his trademark 3 wheel cornering

Like my school reports, must try harder!


Rob.

 

Rich, I took a good pic of you but the camera focused on the armco and your all blurred, oops. Nice to see another RA locking up and spinning off, I can blame it on the car now rather than myself!

 

Most enjoyable weekend of looning...
Prescott will be far harder for me to steer my Sti and as for Shelsley...

You big bhp guys will shread me.

Graham.

 

Glad to hear you all had a good weekend and came back in one piece!

Actually got my car back yesterday and drove it for the first time today. Not happy! still things to be resolved, well fed up. Was supposed to be at Curborough tomorrow.

Martin

 

been following this thread since it started.
you guys must have a blast ( great time ) in every weekend

 

I've only just found this thread, so I've just had a good half hour's reading thank's guys If your season's still running when get home I'll have to come and have a look see. Trouble is, I'll probably get that urge to start throwing away pound notes


The Daddy In more ways than one, apparently

What's the story with that baby then, it's obviously the real deal What sort of spec is it? Unless your Dad want's it kept secret of course

 

Martin, sorry to read this about the 2.5. Must all be trying yours and Helen's patience to say the least.
Fixable?

Carlos, it is not every weekend (for me) but Rob is almost doing every weekend this year!
Easy when you are young!!
The House needs attention now, so that is the Project over the next few months, plus the wife will then be more tolerable for the Next Stage which still won't be an EVO.

Graham

 

It's a Dialynx SWB, it is the body of Keith Murrays old car which holds pretty much every closed roof record on the hillclimbing circuit. It's the 20v quattro 2.2 5 cylinder engine on a original swb sport box. Fibre glass panels it weighs only 901 kgs, and puts out over 600bhp. It's just awesome and I have been asked to dual drive it at an event or 2 .

It would be an amazing experience, but after driving the Zen impreza it would take quite something to scare/impress me!

 

It is a Dialynx is it? I didn't think it was, mainly because of the steep windscreen

How did they do that then, it's not a quattro/80 Sport cut'n'shut is it I know that's how Audi did it* with the proper ones

600+bhp I bet when it's in a bad mood that beast can dish up some proper understeer Not like the mickey mouse stuff a scoob puts out

I've been in a Dialynx engined quattro (passenger seat only). Trust me, if the road versions have got enough grunt to give a chap the ******* your old man's shouldn't be too shabby

*I always wondered if there were some strange looking Audis knocking round Ingolstadt that used the leftovers, i.e; coupe from the B pillar forwards and 80 to the rear

 

Well boys, now that I have beautifully flat spotted tyres (Doh!), I have a genuine reason for binning the Falkens and replacing with some more suitable rubber.

Looking at the permitted tyres in the "Blue Book" am minded to go for either the Kumho Ecsta V700 or the Toyo Porxes R888.

David Marsh (BMW M3 3.0) was recommending the V700 to me on Sunday.

Previously Graham (911) has also recommended these, but my main query - is there an issue in running the car at National B meetings with permitted tyres from List 1B?

With either of these fitted will I be excluded from the class (Roadgoing Saloons over 2000cc)?

From List 1A the options (I think) are:
Kumho Ecsta 711 or Toyo Proxes T1-S.

Any guidance on what I am permitted to use is always appreciated

Richard

 

Richard
If you use tyres from 1A then you can run in roadgoing, if you use 1B's then you will be classed in mod-prod, I believe.

Just fitted 'shaved' Toyo T1's to mine to run in roadgoing.

Martin

 

Martin

Thank you for clarifying the rule for me.

I need to stay in roadgoing as I get enough drama with 280 bhp and "sensible tyres"

Toyo T1s it is

 

Martin is dead right.
I hillclimbed on TSi's and they were great, did my own 'shaving' though....
Graham

 

Graham

I have found a supplier of T1-R and T1-S and a local rally preparation firm in Telford can shave for me.

Which is the more suitable R or S?

Richard

 

I've heard the R's are so good.
But I know the s's are great when i had them.
Before you buy, call David at BMTR in Perry Bar and ask him about the demon 1A's Will Hall has on his Westfield.
Same price as Toyo.

For me i would go Toyo.TR1S

Graham

 

Thank you Graham (much appreciated!).

 

Graham

Spoken to BMTR and they will buff/fit/balance 4 x T1Rs for £400.

215/40 ZR 17s.

Ordered and done

PS The T1-R has replaced the T1-S.

Richard

 

That's an odd size, I wish they did that in sticky rubber.

 

Rob

17" Tyres

V70A Kumhos are available:
225 45
205 40
235 40
245 40

Toyo T1-S are available:
LIST A
225 55
205 50
215 50
225 50
235 50
205 45
215 45
225 45
235 45
205 40
215 40*
235 40
245 40

LIST B Proxes R888:
215 45
225 45
235 45
205 40
235 40

Dunlop DO1J/DZ02G (List B) are available:
215 45
225 45
235 45
245 45

As far as I am aware the *Toyos/List A are the only ones available in a 215/40 profile, and combined with the Powerstation set up I have suits the car very well (for what I need anyway

I am having them fitted 28th April prior to Shelsley (12th May) and Loton on the 20th May.

It will be "interesting" to compare with the old Falkens - I found the car squirmed much more that I expected.

Rich