Rallycross - Knockhill - Sunday 30th May

[davefiddes]

I'm going to try and get to that evening as well if possible so you might have two Ultimas to pick from! (Though George's black one looks cooler and goes faster )

[gdr]

davefiddes said:

I'm going to try and get to that evening as well if possible so you might have two Ultimas to pick from! (Though George's black one looks cooler and goes faster )

Dave,
I have a mere 415 hp - I thought your's was a bit gruntier. Whatever, key is getting the thing to handle and brake especially for KH, so you don't hold up the ubiquitous Elise's through Duffus to the chicane - they certainly can't pass on the straights unless you back off.

[davefiddes]

gdr said:

I have a mere 415 hp - I thought your's was a bit gruntier.

In theory. American Speed's dyno claimed 456 bhp but the Dastek dyno figured that 400 bhp was more like a while back (thanks to Fergus for organising that ). I've got my excuses though: fitted a 6k rpm rev limiter chip rather than a 6.2k, couldn't get full throttle only 90-95% and the clutch was dragging which affected the tranmission loss calc...honest To be honest I think the exhaust ate most of the hp.

The handling through Duffus->Glenvarigill will be important. I think that lack of experience might be my own biggest problem... I've only been karting once...and am doing my first track day this Sunday.

[gdr]

Dave,
Good luck, have fun and pray that its dry! If damp, worth a play in the rain but if your's is set up like mine, needs a bit of caution to say the least. Maybe a bag of cement behind front bulkhead would help.
I too am a novice, but in the dry the Ultima quite an easy tool to use.