Silverstone GP Tuesday

[Rusti Evo]

Will be there with Wayne.

Forecast heavy showers - so it will be amusing to see what the R888s are like through the puddles.........gulp

[UltimaCH]

Pics and videos PLEEEEEASE

[Pb3]

Hi Rusti, I assume you are there for the Goldtrack day session?

I will be there for the evening session, but I am not driving (or taking the Ult)! Any chance of a passenger ride if I get there in time?

No rain yet, I heard the whole week was going to be p!ss poor, so we may be lucky.

Cheers,
Phil

[G32 ASH]

hi stuart

have you had those head gaskets done already?

[Pb3]

G32 ASH said:

hi stuart

have you had those head gaskets done already?

Yes, that's what I was just wondering... now back to work...

[Rusti Evo]

Head gaskets done and pick the car up from garage 7.30 this evening - straight to hotel - silly tight timing I know.

Got the day with Mike Wilds who knows a thing or two about Group C type stuff so should be good. Mike is doing the evening with Russell Hird in his fabulous Ruf RS.

Also fitted the new super improved lifters with forced lubrication to the needles from that terribly nice Mr Charles Dunn.

[Crazy of Cookham]

Hi Rusti
Say hi to Gav. He will be the one all over you in that black BMW. The Dunn's will have fitted a secret restrictor device to your engine which will be activated as they pass you around Stowe.

[bluesatin]

Don't let the black BMW pass!

[GTWayne]

As long as we don't have rain it will be the BLUE BMW M3 to watch out for
The GTW needs a re-map since installing the new roller cam and so Spot II will again be pressed into service and after first meeting young Dunn Junior @ Brands last year I am looking forward to meeting him again and comparing notes
I am hoping to have the GTW ready for Goodwood on the 24th of this month but I need to get it quieter first

[Steve_D]

GTWayne said:

.....I am hoping to have the GTW ready for Goodwood on the 24th of this month but I need to get it quieter first

Have just finished re-packing my silencers so will bring it along on the 24th for a sound check.

Steve

[Pb3]

Hi Rusti

Got there to see you going round in the last session...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4T0hVePP0

Wondered why I didn't see Wayne, now I know, bad luck that.

[Rusti Evo]

Phil, sorry we missed each other - it would have been great to meet up.

First thing, Mike Wilds treated me to a half hour masterclass on just how silly fast an Ultima really can be To experience the guy finessing and dancing the thing on the limit was absolutely awesome.

Silverstone unfortunately exposed my driving inadequacies and as you saw I bimbled around like a complete willy. Some of Wayne's kill maim destroy I have no fear of dying, driving style would be useful. Perhaps I could get an enormous pair of bollocs sewn on by the NHS

R888 tyres fantastic. If Ray West can get rid of a tad more understeer and some rear body roll it will be joyous.

Goodwood, Top Gear, Goodwood then Snett - wot fun

[Gulf -LS2]

your out there doing it, thats more than most of us so respect...

[GTWayne]

Rusti Evo said:

Perhaps I could get an enormous pair of bollocs sewn on by the NHS

No Stuart, it is a frontal lobotomy you need, an extra pair of larger testi's will just turn you into some kind of side show freak

[Steve_D]

GTWayne said:

....No Stuart,......an extra pair of larger testi's will just turn you into some kind of side show freak

Scared of the competition, Wayne?

Steve

[GTWayne]

Steve, if I have told you once, I have told a million times; It is not a competition ( you need some special kind of licence for that apparently ), just a bit of fun

[Crazy of Cookham]

Hi Wayne did you see that flash of Gav's BMW as he passed. He damm quick normally, just imagine what he would do if unleashed in one of our Ultima's.

[GTWayne]

Crazy of Cookham said:

Hi Wayne did you see that flash of Gav's BMW as he passed. He damm quick normally, just imagine what he would do if unleashed in one of our Ultima's.

Watcha Brian , indeed, I did see Gavin go past me in the first session and then I returned the gesture in the second session. In all fairness, he was having problems with his tyres initially and the fact that he was on his 16th visit to the GP Circuit and I was on my first probably didn't help me any but once he got sorted he was certainly going well. I was unable to continue after the first two sessions on two counts; Oil starvation brought on the dreaded death rattle + I had two slicks showing canvass so I had to sit it out and wait for home time
Not to take anything away from young Gavin but I do feel that to get the best from an Ultima it has to be studied and learned and is a very different drive to a BMW, but it would be interesting to see what he might make of a stint behind the wheel of a proper car , may be Stuart will let him pilot X8 the next time they find themselves at the same venue

[Crazy of Cookham]

Hi Wayne

Hope to join you on one of these days soon. Gav tells me 19th August at Brands is the next, are you up for that one, I hope to be back on the road for that. I am a brands virgin myself so would be looking for any sort of guidance and will have the pace of a shopping trolley.
I know what you mean about tyres I have done Silverstone with a set of fronts on canvas, it turned the Ultima into a lawn mower.

[bluesatin]

Here you are Brian!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNolOSiJAc