JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
What the f**k is in that Swift! Takes off like a stabbed rat :anguished:
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Yeah, its comical,
He came over to me after race 2 with a backhanded apology as to why he holds me up every corner, Then asked me why it doesnt handle or brake very well.........
Main reason is that he's squeezed 280BHP out of a 1.3 over head valve engine that was never meant to hit those speeds, he runs Gaz coilovers which are clearly not up to scratch.
I told him he needs to drop the power to meet its handling capabilities and he looked at me as though I'd just told him I'd shagged his wife!!!!!! One more meeting being stuck behind him and the situation needs to be sorted, it dangerous for everyone, You saw the near miss mid corner I had with him due to the corner speed difference which put me into a near spin!
Its a turbo'd 1.3 overhaed valve engine James,,,,, Goes like stink in a straight line but cant brake or corner for toffee,,,,, His mate last year got banned from the club for the exact same car, but at least this guy keeps it on the tarmac!
Thanks Andrew, Its taken me a lot of hard work and trial and error getting the car to where it is now, Just need more power!!!!!
My JMS inlet set up is for sale if you didnt have the funds to go down the throttle body and Stand alone ECU set up/
I work the tyres quite hard on the green flag lap Russ, When I ordered the AST's we went with something different to the Norm spring rate wise so perhaps its a little too stiff on the rear,
The car performs better after 4 laps and am nearing top laptimes with what in reality is near standard power, Perhaps a little softer on the rear will heat the tyres up faster and give me better ci
confidence the first few laps
Race 3 Report
This by far the least eventful race of the day, starting in 9th position myplan was to gain a couple of places and keep out of trouble, I was never going to catch the 240BHP Hondas at the front but just need a race where I didnt throw it all away on the first lap!
This I did without problems and just kept it clean throughout the race, I got awarded 2 places when James in the BMW had a coming together with the red Subaru so I just kept the times down and finished in 8th,
Although not so good finish positions I certainly had fun in race 1 and 2 running through the pack and again the car has been reliable!
16 races so far and 16 finishes. Roll on 2015 where we will see the car with more power to attack the front runners!
Race 3 video footage
This by far the least eventful race of the day, starting in 9th position myplan was to gain a couple of places and keep out of trouble, I was never going to catch the 240BHP Hondas at the front but just need a race where I didnt throw it all away on the first lap!
This I did without problems and just kept it clean throughout the race, I got awarded 2 places when James in the BMW had a coming together with the red Subaru so I just kept the times down and finished in 8th,
Although not so good finish positions I certainly had fun in race 1 and 2 running through the pack and again the car has been reliable!
16 races so far and 16 finishes. Roll on 2015 where we will see the car with more power to attack the front runners!
Race 3 video footage
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah, you really caught him in the corners! Nice driving.
Thanks mate,
In qually I took to the grass and caught a rutt sideways and put the geo out. When we checked it there was a very small amount of play in the bearing so suspect this is the noise heard on the camera. Although it sounds terrible on the audio the noise was not heard by myself inside the car so must resonate through the chassis/roll cage where the camera is mounted.
All bearings will be replaced over winter though.
In qually I took to the grass and caught a rutt sideways and put the geo out. When we checked it there was a very small amount of play in the bearing so suspect this is the noise heard on the camera. Although it sounds terrible on the audio the noise was not heard by myself inside the car so must resonate through the chassis/roll cage where the camera is mounted.
All bearings will be replaced over winter though.
Thanks Morgan, Watching the video back and wondering about the noise" can you guess what it is yeeeeet?"
I drove Snetterton in June so had to find my legs again round Corham and almost re learn the corner, Looking back at the crash footage its very clear to see now that I was just carrying too much speed too far around the exit of Corham leaving me no room to slow the car,
That corner is a little bit like a game of snooker, you have to think further ahead and slow the car earlier than feels natural, get it right and there is lots of room for mistake, get it wrong and it costs dearly!
I drove Snetterton in June so had to find my legs again round Corham and almost re learn the corner, Looking back at the crash footage its very clear to see now that I was just carrying too much speed too far around the exit of Corham leaving me no room to slow the car,
That corner is a little bit like a game of snooker, you have to think further ahead and slow the car earlier than feels natural, get it right and there is lots of room for mistake, get it wrong and it costs dearly!
182cup & 172 racecar
I always have to laugh at Andy's Swift, it's like something out of Back to the Future, pop bang GONE!!
Renault Clio 172
I'm going to go ITB's I think, rather than a half way point. I'd only be diserpointed
Russ Rallye
ClioSport Club Member
What spring rates are you running Dave?
Russ
Russ
Behave Russ, lol :tongueout:
Russ Rallye
ClioSport Club Member
Ah well please yourself! :tongueclosed: All I was getting at was I doubt its setup as stiffly/aggressively as mine at the rear and I don't have issues.
Russ
You can drive!
Russ Rallye
ClioSport Club Member
"I can teach you but i'd have to charge!"
182cup & 172 racecar
£...........
Haha,
On a serious note, My tyres that I've been using are way beyond what should be used, They should of been change 4 meetings ago so this wont help, Like I've said in other posts, To keep up in the first couple of laps I need to drive the car at 11/10th, this is due to the lower power, If the power was there I could afford to back off 5% and avoid the risk of oversteer on cold tyres.
Russ Rallye
ClioSport Club Member
For reference my rear springs are 750lb, pm's rear bearing and stiffening kit + last year ran the Whiteline arb, will be running the pms arb this year but I might also try a stiffer rear spring again something like a 900lb depending how pre-season testing goes. Iirc my old cup car used to run 1000lb rears but was so unforgiving.
Russ
Russ
Looks like you had a good day, Dave. Got rid of your race logic stuff?
I thought you had a look at it over the Oulton weekend mate, Its now off the car and sold, Plans over the winter are
Throttle bodies
Omex
Cams
head work
Gearbox refurb
all new bearings on the driveline
Going to be busy I reckon, lol
It was a pain in the backside Pete,
Poor video quality and to be honest too much information for what I need. I'm much happier just using the GoPro
No I didn't get a chance to have a proper look at it really.
Yep you are going to be a busy boy, nice shopping list there though!
Looks like I am going to be the only clio in class A with a standard engine at this rate!
You sorted an omex Dave? I'm selling one soon a 600 with loom although not sure on loom quality as not one of mine
Winter mods are already under way with the head removed ready to be sent for re work,
Camshafts sourced
ECU sourced
Phase 1 Fuel pump housing sourced
Phase 1 throttle pedal and cable sourced
Uprated fuel pump sourced
Full body and engine loom sourced
Just need to rob a bank now and get my throttle bodies ordered.
Gearbox needs to be sent of for a rebuild and the diff checked and then its just get it bolted back together and get it mapped.
Hopefully be back together around the end of January for some testing.
Camshafts sourced
ECU sourced
Phase 1 Fuel pump housing sourced
Phase 1 throttle pedal and cable sourced
Uprated fuel pump sourced
Full body and engine loom sourced
Just need to rob a bank now and get my throttle bodies ordered.
Gearbox needs to be sent of for a rebuild and the diff checked and then its just get it bolted back together and get it mapped.
Hopefully be back together around the end of January for some testing.
No Tom,
I'm keeping standard bottom end for next year so dont want to push too much on cam duration and as the average RPM will be mid 6500, The car still needs to be reliable.
Well that didnt go to plan,
Only addition to that list are the throttle bodies, so just need some time to put everything together. will update soon when the car is out of the garage
