AdamR28

No worries Welcome to ask more if you like. Yeah, I guess at a national level things might be a bit more... 'forceful', haha. Still, you'll be mixing with the mid pack straight away I should think, and you'll learn a lot very quickly! Haha, yeah the wave is for the guys who let me through when I was lapping them. Those who held me up didn't get one There are meant to be blue flags but the marshals always seem to get mixed up regarding who is where on the track... Here's another vid from the same track (but a different series), the guy's in a Mk1 Clio. It looks like Need For Speed with the massive differences between the cars, haha - I think there are a couple of different classes on the same grid though...

I thought of you when I posted the vids, hehe. It certainly is great fun, especially in the wet. Lots of questions! I'll do my best... 1) The MX-5s are SLOW in a straight line, but as you know all the fun is in the corners which is where they are awesome. In this series we all have to use your favourite Federal RSR-595 tyres - it helps keep costs down having a tyre that lasts well and copes with wet and dry conditions. 2) Did you mean 4:40? If so, it just locked up - the track was like ice. Zero feedback to the pedal and there was no chirp from the tyres! Suddenly realised it wasn't slowing down at all and had to bail out. 3) Overtaking... I think there are some specific rules, but we just keep it sensible and everyone's happy. Generally if you are weaving all over the track it's dangerous and nobody wants that. You will get people blocking sometimes but if you have enough speed / the balls you can just tail and slipstream them, wait for your next opportunity to get your nose up the inside. 4) It depends on the speed difference between the cars I find. If you're passing backmarkers they are often engrossed in their own race and don't really notice you - in this case it's your own responsibility to make the pass cleanly, so often you do it offline. This means watching them fairly carefully and thinking about the manoeuvre. If it's someone with similar pace, you tend to worry more about your line (if you go offline you'll drop back from them!) and try to ignore them, which is tricky... But to get to this point you need to look at 'the manoeuvre' and plan 2, 3, 4 corners ahead to get yourself in a position to make the pass. An example would be dummying a look up the inside, making them come across to defend, then you head to the outside on the brakes to get a better line through the corner, and because they have gone in tight you get a better exit... Or deliberately sacrificing apex speed on one corner so you can get a better exit and carry more speed through an upcoming high-speed section. These sorts of 'tricks' aren't as apparent in mixed vehicle racing, but single marque helps you develop them. If someone's behind you, you need to know where they are (that's why I have the huge mirror in that car). As soon as you don't know where they are you're likely to lose the place and it can be dangerous if you turn into them accidentally. 5) Again, for me, it's different depending on who you're passing. If it's a back marker you're probably going to be later on the brakes than them, so you just send it up the inside. If it's someone with similar pace, you'll be braking about the same place, so you aim to brake where you normally would and keep a close eye on their brake lights just in case! Same with corners really, although having to lift out when you catch a back marker mid-corner can be dangerous... See 6:48 in the second video! The next lap I deliberately braked earlier to give more space, so I could accelerate through the corner and therefore take a higher speed into the straight. You do have to put a lot of trust in the other drivers though... it takes a while to learn which ones you can trust and those you can't, but once you know they aren't going to fire it off into you, you can get super close and have some amazing battles. 6) That looked brilliant fun, very long lap!

Warped discs are pretty much a myth, it'll be pad pickup if anything. Race 1 video from the weekend... first of two class wins, 6th (out of 20) overall. We share a grid with the Mk3s and they hammer us down the straights so you have to pedal pretty hard to keep up! And Race 2... decent start for a change, lapped up to and including 3rd in my class (somehow ), took the class win, 7th/19 overall. A good weekend

Oh I see what you mean - there was only one clip of yellow since you have to be seeded to enter that route, so you'd have been doing comps for years to ride it anyway

1) The freewheel needs some 'non trials' use for a bit to bed in. The noise is the freewheel skipping, which will have done some damage but not too bad given its now stopped. 2) You might struggle to get alignment since the frame will be designed for an 18t up front, its workable though. 3) The smaller front sprocket puts more load on the chain, you need something nice and strong. What are you running at the moment?

Proper engineering that! hah

Quality

Weird, works here... but they are on their way to a new owner as we speak. In unrelated news, I'm racing at Mallory Park (near Leicester) on Sunday (20 min quali, 2x 25 min races), if anyone wants some free tickets give me a shout, got 3 and can probably get more. Timetable is here... http://www.barc.net/file_download/245/HQ+1317+MP2306.pdf

The sections are always a lot harder than the look, though. If you think red looks do-able for you, I would probably say blue is the best route for you to enter. I could do all the moves in red, but not first go, and not 3, 4, 5, 6 of them strung together within 2 and a half minutes - this is where the difficulty lies.

Good stuff Bet those taps haven't seen any use for a while!

Dammit, I was about to post that

Good solution Lesson learned though, always check inside the cranks before using the crank puller tool! The washers get held in place by surface tension of the grease, then when you use the crank puller it deforms the washer and it sticks in the crank... It will come out with some careful tapping, though.

Quality stuff and impressive work! Rather you than me working on that engine bay I wouldn't know where to start! What sort of power is it running then, about 350? Turbo is cheating by the way

It's an XE. An experienced eye I see, to recognise which side the exhaust and intakes are on to narrow down the engine choices What have you got then? The talk of steel cranks, dry sumps, a turbo and DTH TBs just above makes me think it's fairly potent

That's due to insufficient tension, which would tie in with everything else. Cheers for the heads up on those!

This - also if the hub was new on the first build, the spokes will have loosened off a fair bit through riding. With the hub bedded in, this wouldn't happen on the 2nd build. Out of interest, what brands were the spokes?

No, there's a pinch bolt on the left hand crank arm too. And what Dave said

I think it's held in place between the BB bearing and freewheel, by the cap on the left hand crank pulling everything together. The Atomz setup has a lockring though.

It's all about the lack of weight

And it's wrong wheel drive A shorter video from me... Curborough is TIGHT, really can't get the car opened up, but fun anyway:

Paul, could be coil packs. My Octavia (2L petrol) had a similar thing which was helped by them being swapped under warranty / recall.

They haven't been around long enough to have had 06 stuff.

Yep - ignore the directional arrow on all tyres and work out the best rotation direction for your own needs

thetrialsinshop.com? hbtrials?

Stick a new one on, if it's rough / notchy it'll be dented bearing races.