Silverstone GP Mon 16th November ? Any other PH`ers going ?
Discussion
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I took Friday off to have a day out at Litchfield - went for the service and ended leaving at 8pm with an upgraded intercooler and remap to the latest version as well as steel brake linings with Castrol SRF fluid.
Car was a beast on the MAHA rollers - Iain thought we may get 640 to 645bhp as it was 624bhp last time it was checked after the Stage 4. Bearing in mind I still have OEM downpipes (with cats) in place, we didn't expect more.
So 30 mins of tinkering on the dyno gets 673bhp and 630lb/ft torque!! The OEM turbos were absolutely flat out so it was agreed to retard the timing by 1 degree for gearbox safety and reduce engine bay heat leaving me with a meagre 656bhp and 617lb/ft torque!!
Steve - make yourself known.
Lets hope its dry!!
David
Car was a beast on the MAHA rollers - Iain thought we may get 640 to 645bhp as it was 624bhp last time it was checked after the Stage 4. Bearing in mind I still have OEM downpipes (with cats) in place, we didn't expect more.
So 30 mins of tinkering on the dyno gets 673bhp and 630lb/ft torque!! The OEM turbos were absolutely flat out so it was agreed to retard the timing by 1 degree for gearbox safety and reduce engine bay heat leaving me with a meagre 656bhp and 617lb/ft torque!!
Steve - make yourself known.
Lets hope its dry!!
David
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if you've booked a garage, may I please dump
.Great day and thankfully stayed dry.
I didn't get a chance to say hi to everyone, I was either on track fully enjoying the car or out to Shell getting more fuel!! Managed 58 miles on my first tank of V Power!!!!
It was a busy day on track but no waiting so all good.
Nige - sorry the day didn't go well for you.
Roll on next time.
David
I didn't get a chance to say hi to everyone, I was either on track fully enjoying the car or out to Shell getting more fuel!! Managed 58 miles on my first tank of V Power!!!!
It was a busy day on track but no waiting so all good.
Nige - sorry the day didn't go well for you.
Roll on next time.
David
Well, that didn`t go as planned 
Drive flange sheared on the gearbox, never had that before. Unfortunately it was on lap 3...
What made it worse was the conditions, it was bloody perfect ! Dry, cool and no queuing apart from a short sting in the afternoon when the car dropped fluid.
I WILL be going again, Spoke to Chris at Circuit days and they are planning on doing another Silverstone GP early next year, so I`ll start another thread when I know the days and try again
I do apologise to those of you who tried talking to me, fortunately, you all seemed to understand when I said `please, don`t take offense but I don`t want to talk right now`. I wasn`t having a particularly good day.....
Managed to jack out the drive flange with 4 bolts and sockets.
Once out, the problem was obvious
The end had sheared off, leaving the circlip in the diff. This is pretty odd, that part doesn`t take any load and as the broken off end is where it should be, I don`t believe the flange had come out a bit THEN sheared.
What made it worse was, I had spares. At home..
Todays job is to inspect for spline damage in the diff, if it`s all OK I`ll refit a spare output flange and get it back on the trailer ready for Brands in 2 weeks.
Drive flange sheared on the gearbox, never had that before. Unfortunately it was on lap 3...
What made it worse was the conditions, it was bloody perfect ! Dry, cool and no queuing apart from a short sting in the afternoon when the car dropped fluid.
I WILL be going again, Spoke to Chris at Circuit days and they are planning on doing another Silverstone GP early next year, so I`ll start another thread when I know the days and try again
I do apologise to those of you who tried talking to me, fortunately, you all seemed to understand when I said `please, don`t take offense but I don`t want to talk right now`. I wasn`t having a particularly good day.....
Managed to jack out the drive flange with 4 bolts and sockets.
Once out, the problem was obvious
The end had sheared off, leaving the circlip in the diff. This is pretty odd, that part doesn`t take any load and as the broken off end is where it should be, I don`t believe the flange had come out a bit THEN sheared.
What made it worse was, I had spares. At home..
Todays job is to inspect for spline damage in the diff, if it`s all OK I`ll refit a spare output flange and get it back on the trailer ready for Brands in 2 weeks.
What a cracking day, 1st time for me on the GP circuit and i was a bit "tentative" to begin with. Finding out all day where i could and couldnt get grip, go flat out through corners and/or miss the corners completely
Had my lad with me for the day who, to be honest, was a lot braver than me to begin with. the fact that it was my car, my brakes and my money that was paying for it.....
thought the day went great, the briefing seemed to be "have you all done a trackday before, ok then off you go"...seemed to work as i didnt see any bad behaviour out there at all....awesome driving by everyone
shame about the delay at the end of the day, hope everyone got sorted, Ginetta (??) b
k deep in the gravel and the 3 series with what looked like a suspension failure.This all meant the last hour or so was like the wacky races....excellent fun.
I took a bit of vid throughout the day and will post up later.
Darren (black MX5)
Had my lad with me for the day who, to be honest, was a lot braver than me to begin with. the fact that it was my car, my brakes and my money that was paying for it.....
thought the day went great, the briefing seemed to be "have you all done a trackday before, ok then off you go"...seemed to work as i didnt see any bad behaviour out there at all....awesome driving by everyone
shame about the delay at the end of the day, hope everyone got sorted, Ginetta (??) b
k deep in the gravel and the 3 series with what looked like a suspension failure.This all meant the last hour or so was like the wacky races....excellent fun. I took a bit of vid throughout the day and will post up later.
Darren (black MX5)
Edited by HaylingJag on Tuesday 17th November 08:33
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