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Great news Ian best of luck getting there never mind the rally!!

1600 ford s / pug / saxos are in the 52

Thanks i wasnt saying it for effect it just true is you compare time from other race series in 2ltr class tin tops. Prob will have a car ready for next year as the Rally car is the focus currently.

.? LoL funny enough I have a car that would suit this championship.........Mallory lap times weren't that impressive to be honest 2 secs a lap quicker is about right for a good clio.

or the best thing to attract more competitors so you don't have lots of expense to be competitive..........

Kit is like the cup racer set up apart from the steering rod end correction but I'm sure the different hub corrects it on them.

197/200 is about 110kg heavier than an equivelant Mk2 so would stay with a Mk2...

My box ran a std clutch cover and clutch net paddle plate so assume std bearing. Will take a pic later but I have put a 172 helix paddle plate and clutch on for when it goes back in as if it ran a std cover before it should work. So I'm assuming its a std thrust bearing.

Agree on both counts 20k and counting and not competed in it yet.!!! But if its as quick as my Mk1 out the box i will be more than happy....

Will be good to see if this has changed the handling and confirm the moving bearing was the cause.

So you have like a grub screw clamping the bearing in place, would it not domage the bearing? Could you not just use bearing lock.

Personally not compared side by side and compare material etc but im sure that is as everyone has said the same thing. Steve at SWR mentioned it also and said problem wise they were chalk and cheese.

I have been told by many that the std F4R crank is very poor and doesnt take much to bend out of tolerance, car will still run OK and only have a marginal decrease in power (Not really noticable) but will put extra load on the center bearings and increase the likelyhood of spinning a bearing...

What have you done? has it changed the handling ?

Well 4k suspension slicks (not list 1Bs) and a couple of championships. Still no issues with surge so don't think that's the best analogy. In all seriousness there are so many factors but if engine healthy, oil pump good and right oil levels there should be an issue.

I will let you know early next week when the pumps off.

Oil was always millers 10/40

years of competition have proven it to me. oh and it has a stack pressure with real time high and low alerts and recall. Never an issue and mint bearing shells when refreshed.

Shimming the pump up hot oil pressure on mine from 4 to 6 bar hot. Cold idle did increase but 6 bar cold idle and the car was always warmed up before use so no issue. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Even the remaultsport manuals say the gp A spring give 1-1.5 bar oil pressure increase.

That would indicate something fundamentally wrong rather than needing to up the oil pressure.

All std with pump mod is all it needs, suggest there's other reasons for low oil pressure at idle and surge.

Surge isn't an issue with a correctly working pump and std sump set up and oil levels. Hot oil pressure is the only recommendation with an oil pump mod.

Interesting. Hot idle isn't the issue its hot op at higher revs so this should work.

Nylon shims are recommended with the xe from the likes do SBD etc. think the f7 shims were only a couple of mm say 2 std washers thickness.

Any diagrams / exploded views as the only pump I have is in the engine. ;-)

Sorry Ian your in car look like 3.0 vs 3.8, I have the uprated spring in my F7 so must be a solution for the F4 without going dry sump. Hope fully a simple solution.

Care to elaborate?

Strange rate as the rear dampers give 1-1 wheel rate in there position? usually you go for spring rate proportional to the weight distribution front and rear. So if its 60/40 the 600F and 400R for example as the starting point...

OK but for the works F7 cars/S1600/F3 it was a renault mod with an aim of the 10psi per k rule but nothing for the F4? they must have done it for a reason and surely to the F4 with the likes of Sodemo. Godneys cars was 3 bar hot with thick oil when the recomendation rule of thumbe is nearly...

Mine rate 70/80 psi hot with 10/40 millers oil( which matches the 10psi per k revs rule of thumb ) and never leaked bone dry, guess its who built it that makes a difference as the seals will be rated far higher than than. I'm thinking Godneys was running far too low at 3 bar hot using 10/60 oil...