AMOC Super GT

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Just received the 2009 regs - the restriction on engines has been lifted. Engines no longer need to be from the manufacturer of the road car on which the race car is based.

Engine:
Free save that it must be based on a standard production engine from a proprietary manufacturer and have been fitted to a production road car

This opens up the series to the various TVR and Marcos cars that now have Chevy engines.

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The TVR series looks like it will have at least 15 Tuscans next year just for starters

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I'm not sure I recall promising to put my car on the grid. It is great that the series is looking promising and it is excellent to have another option to race our car, but I have to stress that at the moment I'm not sure where we will be racing!

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Rob - have you ever actually driven that car of yours?!!

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thunderbelmont said:

Andy - yes I have driven it, quite a few times, and every time I do I'm filled with joy when I tread the loud pedal! The last time in proper anger was back in August 2006 at Donington (Britcar V8 Supercars) where the front oil seal p'd life bloods out, and wasn't fixable at the circuit, but took 15 minutes in the workshop with the right tool! It spent 2007 & 2008 sidelined while I played ASCAR.
It is true - it's never finished a race - mostly due to the water issues which I recently found.

I was in that race in my blue Tuscan and I remember you having problems - I'd forgotten you'd been doing ASCAR since then.

Hope you get it sorted and back out there - is it your main racing focus this year?

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gt2-r said:

andyc. said:

Its not an Aston and it wouldnt be this year,What about the rookie question, is Amoc inappropriate?

Hi Andy, Not sure your question was really answered and you also mentioned GT90. To be honest most race series are partly self regulating on what's suitable for a novice based purely on the license requirements. When you pass your ARDS test you will receive a National B license and can only race in a series with only a National B license requirement.

So if Super GT is only National B then it is suitable, but it may need a National A. Maybe someone else can comment.

You definately CAN'T do GT90's as this requires an International C which is the next one up above National A.

You start with National B then have to run a novice cross for 10 races. You can upgrade to a National A after you get 10 signatures. A signature can only be achieved if you finish the race taking the flag. From memory International C requires 6 further signatures from National B races or 3 further signatures from National A events.

Hope that helps.

I haven't looked this year, but I think those licence upgrade requirements are a bit out of date. Nat B to Nat A reduced from 10 to 6 signatures - of which one can come from marshalling and one from completing an approved race school course. Int C if I recall correctly is the same as a Nat A, but requires a medical every year irrespective of age. The Blue Book will have the definitive answers...

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Subject to satisfactory testing with our rebuilt engine, we'll be doing the Silverstone round of Super GT on 30 May in the Sagaris V8

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Qualifying starts at 9am and runs until lunch at 12.05

Race 1 is at 12.50, with the last race at 17.35

Super GT qually is 11.40, the race at 16.40

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There is a compulsory pit stop and an optional driver change - so effectively 2 x 18 min sprints added together.

Not sure I'll be sprinting much in the second half with no power steering....!

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I've just looked at last year's Super GT results - no-one got below a 60 second lap (we're on the National Circuit), but Anthony Reid wasn't driving. Pole and the race win went to a Class 2 car.

We did the first shakedown on the National Circuit in October. If Darren were driving I'd say we were in with a pretty good chance. As its me and I haven't raced for 2 years, I'm not so sure!

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Well we'll soon see on Saturday, although we'll have a fair idea from testing on Friday

Not sure on the camera - the bullet cam kit I had my eye on has been temporarily taken off sale, and my old DV tape camera is a bit unreliable...

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Reid and Ellis yes - Richard C isn't on the provisional entry list. Kevin Riley in his Mosler is though...

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We had a misfire in qualifying - another engine failure.

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Not sure Mike. Something is causing our engines to fail in the same way after virtually no work. We need to understand what is causing it before we throw another engine at it. We were down on power before we lost the same piston - clearly all is not well and we need to get to the bottom of it.

The car was doing 58 second laps at our shakedown in October on year old tyres with no flat shift, so it is quick enough. We just need to identify what is causing this issue....and without losing another engine to it

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Yes we have lots of data - we run a Motec M800 with wide band lambda - a sensor in each bank

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Yes - I have the full Mosler front end, dry sump, oil pump - its a Mosler engine originally from Mike Kovac/TEC

I think we may have a mapping issue at partial throttle - excaccerbated maybe by some other factors. Both failures were after running at partial throttle - the first in the wet, the second running the rebuilt engine in and then bedding brake pads in

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A 3hr enduro for £700 is pretty good too....

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We won't be there unfortunately. Our engine is rebuilt and will be back in the car before then, but we don't have time to check the mapping on a rolling road and do a test prior to the race. I don't want to loose another engine so want to be sure we have eliminated the gremlins that took down 2 engines previously.

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We will be out again - just didn't have time to get the Sagaris sorted for this one.