MrChaos said:B spec was good racing
So spacecadet related elsewhere that in the post-race interview it was disclosed that the third place Sonic was on a junkyard engine swapped in after the first motor popped during qualifying. That seems right up this thread's/forum's alley.
In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
Where's the info about the Sonic engine change? Tony R. could possibly have finished even better with a "good" engine.
DeadSkunk (Warren) said:In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
Where's the info about the Sonic engine change? Tony R. could possibly have finished even better with a "good" engine.
It's in the post-race interview that was on the livestream. It'll probably be a couple weeks/month, and then the runoff races will be chopped up and posted on the SCCA website for viewing; but I'll try to remember to post the link here.
I dunno if there necessarily have been much more performance available. iirc, There's no ECU tuning allowed, the 'allowed engine tweaks' are even more minimal than SpecMiata, and the Sonic's already run a pretty good sized restrictor, since they're 1.8L compared to 1.5-1.6 liter engines they're competing against. I think the comment Roma made was to the effect of "B-Spec is one of the few places where you can grab a junkyard engine, and have a chance to be on the podium".
sleepyhead the buffalo said:DeadSkunk (Warren) said:In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
Where's the info about the Sonic engine change? Tony R. could possibly have finished even better with a "good" engine.
It's in the post-race interview that was on the livestream. It'll probably be a couple weeks/month, and then the runoff races will be chopped up and posted on the SCCA website for viewing; but I'll try to remember to post the link here.
I dunno if there necessarily have been much more performance available. iirc, There's no ECU tuning allowed, the 'allowed engine tweaks' are even more minimal than SpecMiata, and the Sonic's already run a pretty good sized restrictor, since they're 1.8L compared to 1.5-1.6 liter engines they're competing against. I think the comment Roma made was to the effect of "B-Spec is one of the few places where you can grab a junkyard engine, and have a chance to be on the podium".
dont forget having to run restrictor plates.
In reply to MrChaos :
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....Was anyone else cringing that Richard was wearing a ring while working on the car?
Wheels and ride height make all the difference.
10 out of 10. Would daily. I miss poverty spec hatchbacks. Darned SUV and monster truck obsessed 'merica.
In reply to frenchyd :
Endurance racing isn't real racing??
I've done champ events and now the LDR endurance series and I promise you its real racing.
Trent : I miss poverty spec hatchbacks. Darned SUV and monster truck obsessed 'merica.
Quoted for absolute truth. Europeans think automatic transmissions are for disabled people.
Also posted today: "Project Binky episode 33 will follow soon after the conclusion of our Bargain Racement series in November." Yay!
Intro scene driving to the track is expletive awesome!
Oooh, Cadwell Park. Only went there once shortly before I left the UK, but it's a superb track.
Argh.... Grindrod sounds very familiar but I can't place the name.
Pete background: Have watched many British Rally Championship videos as well as a few rallycross videos
An older guy just parked his race car in front of me.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Argh.... Grindrod sounds very familiar but I can't place the name.
Pete background: Have watched many British Rally Championship videos as well as a few rallycross videos
Ian Grindrod. Co-driver, not driver. Co-drove many events for Jimmy McRae and Malcolm Wilson amongst others.
BoxheadTim (Forum Supporter) said:Oooh, Cadwell Park. Only went there once shortly before I left the UK, but it's a superb track.
Yup, nuts isn't it. Great watching cars come up 'the mountain'.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to MrChaos :
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....Was anyone else cringing that Richard was wearing a ring while working on the car?
Not really, but I cringed pretty hard when he hammered the axle nuts on with an impact wrench.
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) said:BoxheadTim (Forum Supporter) said:Oooh, Cadwell Park. Only went there once shortly before I left the UK, but it's a superb track.
Yup, nuts isn't it. Great watching cars come up 'the mountain'.
It's even better when you're in the car 
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Well, once the fog lifted - we actually only got 2/3rds of the day I went there because the part around the mountain was in dense fog.
gearheadmb said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to MrChaos :
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....Was anyone else cringing that Richard was wearing a ring while working on the car?
Not really, but I cringed pretty hard when he hammered the axle nuts on with an impact wrench.
They talked about it. Four ugga-duggas.
loose rule interpretation time!!
Nick "Smokey" Blackhurst
The rear brace thingy counts as a stabilizer bar, if I were doing scrutineering. It is a device installed to increase roll stiffness, ergo stabilizer (or even stabiliser) bar. I can cite references to non tubular stabilizers as well.
When I had my A2 Golf, I did the thing with a 3x24x.125 plate welded into the beam. (roughly 75x600x3 if you are using measurements based on an 18th century French estimation of a quarter of the world's circumpolar perimeter instead of an 8th century French estimation of a king's anatomy) It made the rear roll stiffness hilariously stiff, on a chassis that already lifted a rear wheel under cornering, so it was largely redundant. I could pick up an inside rear by jerking the steering smartly while at walking speed. Fun car when you are 29 going on 15.
Yeah they lost me with this last episode. Taking a series explicitly designed to be accessible to people without a lot of money and throwing in parts that most people couldn't make or afford to have made, plus an expensive data logger... Ugh. Seems rude.
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