Welcome one and all to the monthly SMACS meet, held on the 1st wednesday of every month.
Usual format, meet at the H&H for 7pm, blast to somewhere nice for a coke, blast back, go home .
I've met some new people over the last month, so hope you can make it for the evening run.
I'm on nights this week though, so wherever we are at 9pm, I'll be shooting off for work at 9:30
See you wednesday guys and gals,
chris.

LIST SO FAR:

cw42
supertouring
madscientist

 

Aye. I'll be there. Just finished unpacking the essentials at my new abode! Got the DVD and hifi and TV set up but the rest of the place is still full of crap!

Anyhoo..........where should we go on Wednesday? I think we need to try some new roads out personally. Chris knows all the usual ones off by heart now and goes too fast!

 

Hey Chris......will you bring your printout from the rollers on Wednesday. I want to look at it. Just seen one side of it on 22B. Its quite interesting when compared to mine, when it was 311bhp. The curves are pretty much identical until the top 2000rpm where mine went steeper. That explains why my car was never actually any quicker in the real world. I put it down to a poor map. I wonder if it could have been improved on? Oh well.........doesn't matter now I suppose!!! I'd love to win the lottery and build a monster power engine! 5 numbers and the bonus would do!

 

There you go:


Funny you should mention about poor mapping. I was talking to Bob Rawle straight after having the rollers, and he talked me through what would happen if he remapped my car. He would basically have the torque curve rise up to a plataeu around the 2k mark, and then stay flat until around 6.5k, then drop to almost nothing. Same with the bhp too.
I have been looking at getting it remapped, and after talking to some very knowledgeable people on the subject, the mapper you suggested to me is not held in such high regard.
I think a trip down to see Mr. Rawle is in order when I can afford the £600+.
See you wednesday,
chris.

 

As for wednesdays route, I'll leave that up to you m8. How about the route you took us on that time around the top of cat & fiddle? where even you got lost
chris

 

Alright lads, I saw you on Glossop road on the way back on Sunday.
I've been in Tenerife last week so I missed out on sunday.
I'm working lates again this week, I'm itching to get out.
I've got some bad news today, where I work is shutting down!!! ARRRGH!!

 

Damn sorry to here that Stu, nice welcome back from your hols! not.

 

Put me down as a defo.
My rear brakes are being replaced as I speak.(disks and pads!)
I`ll remember to put some air in my tyres this time!

*****

 

Sorry to hear that stu .

Im also workin lates so no fun for me this wednesday, always seem to b on lates on the 1st wednesday of the month, very strange.

Neway, av a good 1 all.

Andy, could u give that cd to chris on wednesday, i can pick it up at the weekend or sumit, cheers.

Blitz.

 

Well Chris, I would deffo go to Bob next time. Like you said, the previous guy may not have been the best route for me. Cheaper is not better all the time.

Anyhoo........do you mean when we went off down through Macc Forrest etc?

Thats quite a good route.

Up Long hill, over to the Cat and Fiddle for a Coke, down half of the Cat, turn off through Macc Forrest and over through Wincle down to Bosley Crossroads. Then its a sedate plod back down the main road..............I believe its the one you came off your Bro's bike on isn't it?

What do you think?

 

barnesy, sorry to hear about your work, not going to sell the scooby are you? It seems to be the thing to do at the mo', blitz already sold, beefy thinking of it, super maybe having to as well!
Mrs cw42 drove my car for the first time yesterday, to the trafford centre, and couldnt stop grinning when she got out. Maybe it was me on the motorway, when we were doing 80 saying put your foot down, we're only going slow! hehe.
I think she now wants one, but she needs driving lessons first I think!
Saw your car in prosport *****, like me, you'll be taking it easy on new brakes!
Mad, yes, thats the route, but can you miss out the stop for coke until after we've been out for a while? I've only got till 9pm, then have to head for work, so dont really want to stop for a coke early on, we can chat on the radios anyway, as super now has a set too.
How about whaley, macc old road, cat&fiddle (from macc side) a54 to congleton, monks heath, alderley edge and a stop at the nice pub in alderley edge.(dont remember the name, but me, andy and gav stopped there a while back)
Is that ok? not too far for me to go for work after that.
See you tomorrow.
chris.
ps, the new brake saga continues!

 

Y not pop in work to me, i'll just be down the road in biddulph, i'll prob hear u all which will make me feel even worse as i listen to u all rumble by .

Neway, av a good 1 lads.

C u all soon.

P.S. I expect a full report waiting 4 me when i get in at 12 lol.

Blitz.

 

So whos out for defo tonight?
CW I didnt see your car, I just dropped mine off and left.
Thats been my 1st visit there, Pete oiled my clutch pedal and put the correct pressures in my tyres, and I didnt even ask him!!!
Thats excellent service and I`ll be taking my pride and joy to him from now on
My rear brakes where 99% worn out...Now my brake pedal feels superb.
I`ve been trying to bed them in, but yes I will be taking the braking easy tonight.

See you all later
*****

 

I'm game still. I'll be bringing the Mrs tonight so i'll be taking the braking easy aswell!!!

Since I live near Macclesfield now can I meet you all somewhere near there?

 

afternoon, just got up! ok, so, list:
cw42
supertouring
madscientist
*****
andy_s?
all up for it tonight. Meet at H&H, CW42, SUPER,*****. Then pick up andy in whaley, then mad in macc, up cat&fiddle, a54, stop for a coke, work
7pm sharp at the h&h guys, as I wont have a lot of time.
see you all later.
chris

 

I will meet mad in Macc rather than going to H&H, as can't get there for 7. How about 7:30ish at Railway Station car park Mad?

 

Thats great Super, 1930 at the station. You lot going to meet us there?

Are we going up Buxton road to the Cat or through Macc forrest Chris?

 

CW

can you rally around the troops to make sure they have posted on the NBO 2 thread as ive only got 140 cars (2 weeks) as i need to get 400 +++

hopefully we should be able to put together a SMANCS Lancs cumbrianrun for the first sunday in april will let you know on that

lordy ######

 

John, nice to hear from you again, I'm sure all those that are going will now post on the thread, wont you guys?
As for a lancs, cumbrian and smacs run out, cant wait m8, get it organised, as april is looking quiet at the mo'.

As for the drive tonight, *****, can you meet me at the bottom of sandy lane again? where we met last time.
There's only ***** and me meeting at the h&h, then driving through whaley, to hopefully pickup andy, then meet super and mad at the bottom of the cat&fiddle.
See you later,
chris.

 

UPDATE: just to recap, anybody wishing to come tonight, and your all welcome, meet has moved to the bottom of sandy lane in romiley at 7pm, and then whaley bridge for around 7:20pm, then bottom of cat & fiddle for around 7:45pm.
see you there,
chris.
sandy lane

 

Have a good run out tonight one and all. Its my girlfriends birthday so I will be thinking of you all while I tuck into a steak and some champers at the local eatery!

 

nice run guys, thanks for accomadating my early finish!
great weather up the top of cat&fiddle, why do I always end up in front!
*****, is your m8 now going to buy a scooby? or have you put him off for life nearly stacking it on the first bad corner, hehe.
see you soon guys,
chris

 

Funny you should say that... HE still wants one...
He wants to come along again....
So when is the next run out?

*****

 

Sounds like u lot had a good run out, with some interesting corner taking too, hope u were careful on the corners too chris lol.

Yeah, when is the next meet???

Blitz.

 

never take corners too fast tony, you know me m8. hehe.
cant make it out this weekend, as I'm working again sunday night, so maybe up for a midweek blast again next week?
let me know if your up for it,
*****, I'll give him a lift next time, bit safer on the corners eh!!!! hehe.
chris.

 

I was ok afterr that 1st corner... I had a funny mark on my seat when I got out... I cant think how that got there???


*****

 

 

You'll soon learn to clench tighter!

 

lol