Burpspeed Version 2: Race Car Build

[Whiteley]

Good going chaps, glad things came together

 

[Jay Payne]

I love our car :approve:

 

[Jay Payne]

Good going chaps, glad things came together

You sir are a hero!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Thanks for your wheel studs.

 

[Whiteley]

Welcome, glad I could help!

 

[Ady182]

Well done fellas

 

[Black Phoenix]

Congratulations. After a lot of problems last season you had deserved.

 

[mitsiman]

Well done lads - nice to see someone keeping the Clio end up, must be that petrol additive of mine! I'm off to see whats up with ours, thanks for the belt.

 

[Jay Payne]

FLOL, that is going in the report.

Thanks for showing us some of your secrets

 

[Nafoff]

Good day then?

 

[Jay Payne]

Yea the two days went well. car got better and better everytime we went out. We understand it a bit better now. Was damp for quali but lovely and sunny in the race.

Full report very soon

Quali: 11th
Race: 6th
Fastest Lap: 1:23.8

 

[Jay Payne]

A very poor quality video facing rearwards. Front camera s***s itself as soon as you show it a kerb.

 

[Bluebeard]

Well done lads. Glad it went well and you all came home in one piece.

(I got your text jay, cheers. x)

 

[MarkCup]

Nice one Jay, good work and excellent result. Must be so satisfying when it all starts coming together and working how you want it to.

 

[Jay Payne]

Im still buzzing from how good the car was. Catching and passing that Integra and then holding him off was the icing on the cake for me. Learning all the time, starting to feel comfortable being bumper to bumper.

I think 6th was as good as we could of expected, even if we'd qualifyed higher. The first 4 cars are in a different time zone.

 

[Whiteley]

DC5 was struggling to stay with you there!

You wouldn't believe how much I want to race. Shame I can't use mine as it is, original engine needed etc.

 

[Jay Payne]

Could do mate, as an invitation entry. Or plenty of other series out there

 

[Silent_Scone]

Great work, nice to see you giving the tegs a run for their money

 

[Cupman29]

Nice rear footage and some close racing too!

Car sounds amazing and well done on the finish position.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Awesome bit of video there guys! Loving that first lap at the bottom of crainer curves, awesome line giving the teggy some dirt! Need to mine done even more now after being there yesterday!

 

[chrispy.clio]

Excellent result! Well done guys

 

[Tony Hunter]

Awesome bit of video there guys! Loving that first lap at the bottom of crainer curves, awesome line giving the teggy some dirt! Need to mine done even more now after being there yesterday!

Hope you enjoyed the experience of a full day Nick.

Getting in amongst the Tegs is good news.

Felt sorry for Andy who's Clio got smashed for no reason at all,and Ian's Clio who's engine went sick on him.

 

[shiftspark]

Nice one fellas !

OT do you use 75-90 semi or full synthetic ? Ta

 

[mitsiman]

Hope you enjoyed the experience of a full day Nick.

Getting in amongst the Tegs is good news.

Felt sorry for Andy who's Clio got smashed for no reason at all,and Ian's Clio who's engine went sick on him.

Anyone want a lesson in “Attention to Detail”?

The reason that T&J finished where they did was attention to detail, proper detail, not the peripheral stuff, like are the wipers polished!

My motto (for 30 years) on any of my racecars has been “everything works – just”

Before every race I check everything; everything!

Before Donington everything worked – just, apart from the “charging” lamp LED, I checked the alternator and it was charging, I re-checked the belt and it was tight, so everything working (apart from the LED)

I had fitted a larger radiator but on testing it was better than the old one so no problems there.

In the practice session the car overheated (off the gauge), I thought that the radiator was the issue and spent ten minutes trying to work out plan B, old rad back on air lock etc? but on checking found that the alternator belt (which runs the water pump) had failed. With no lamp I hadn’t spotted the failure and resulted in a P30 grid position, Simon hadn’t even been out in the car so we were seriously disadvantaged for the race. It does not end there please read on.

Jay kindly lent me a belt as I had damaged my spare trying to put it on in a rush and I fitted the donated one with no problems. As we had not got 3 laps in for both drivers we were allowed to put Simon in the car for 3 laps (maximum allowed) it was raining so with wipers and lights on he managed to ascertain that the car was OK and that no damage had been done on the “overheat”.

We started the race at the back of the grid, I put my main beam on and went for it! After 1 lap the car would only rev to 6500, after 4 it was down to 6000, clearly the engine was sharged. We pitted and Simon got in the car, I said “run it until it blows up” by the finish of the race the car was on 2 cylinders and when it cut out in the pit lane it wouldn’t restart. I had resigned myself to a new engine.

This morning I find that the main alternator feed to the battery is sheared, hence no charging! We had run 3 laps practice and the start with lights on, on the battery only. I connect a new battery, start the car and it runs sweet as a nut to the rev limiter.

If the charging LED had been working then we would not have risked an engine, would have spotted the problem straight away and we would have been up there with the Burps! – ATTENTION TO DETAIL!

 

[Adey.]

so is the led shagged or is it not working because of the alt to battery feed?

 

[mitsiman]

Dunno yet but LEDs dont generally fail, Ill have a look tomorrow after I have given myself a good kicking! Just thought; maybe LEDs dont like the charging circuit or cut-off switch?

 

[Fred@BTM]

the stock alternator connectors ALWAYS break off the loom, one of the first things we bin on road converted track/race cars

 

[Meek_racing]

Mitsiman, are you the chap running the Jenvey ITB's and wire mesh filter?

 

[mitsiman]

Hi Fred,
Its the only bit of French wiring that we have on the car! I reused the cable because it had the ends on - should have known better!

 

[mitsiman]

Yes we run jenveys and the wire mesh filter

 

[Fred@BTM]

wire mesh?

 

[mitsiman]

It'll stop a house brick!

 

[Meek_racing]

Yes we run jenveys and the wire mesh filter

Ah ok, we had a little chat with you towards the end of Friday, I had no idea you were in Worcs area! Sorry to hear about the race.

Lol at Freds comment.

 

[Fred@BTM]

as in chicken wire type stff with no filter?

 

[Meek_racing]

It'll stop a chicken yes

 

[Fred@BTM]

sweet, like the old race cars used

 

[mitsiman]

it works - just!

 

[JackJack]

Similar to this?

 

[mitsiman]

OOOOH yes! - look at the catch tank at the back - proper race engineering!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Lol,throw a spud at them and get chips out the exhaust.

Anyway,caught you pissing in our fuel tank,pics to follow.