Pre-Season Testday.

Pre-Season Testday.

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loon

Original Poster:

2,300 posts

276 months

Sunday 23rd February 2003
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Rockingham, 28th Feb (Friday), anyone going ?

Nildram

293 posts

261 months

Sunday 23rd February 2003
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Me :-) But then you probably knew that already...

AndrewD

7,537 posts

284 months

Monday 24th February 2003
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Please have some respect for those of us who will still have 4 weeks to wait for our cars

I thank you.

loon

Original Poster:

2,300 posts

276 months

Monday 24th February 2003
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Andrew, it will be well worth the wait ! Trust me.

Nildram

293 posts

261 months

Monday 24th February 2003
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Andrew - is it an SR3 you are waiting for? If so, what's the spec?

AndrewD

7,537 posts

284 months

Tuesday 25th February 2003
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Hi, yes an SR3 Supersport. It's got the dry sumped 1500 engine, gear drive oil cooler, forward facing roll over bar stays ('cos me 'ead don't need crunching), data logger, and other bits that seemed important at the time like removable steering wheel, carbon/kevlar rear undertray, brake bias adjuster, additional quiet silencer, coming with slicks and the 'intermediates'. With the SR3 spec Brian James trailer. Oh, and it's a nice pretty rosso red

Decided not to go for the air jacks or dry break refuelling as I'm not intending to race it as yet but no doubt may be drawn down that windy path in due course! Also decided not to go for the adjustable koni's as I heard mixed things about these, and to be honest I thought it might be overkill on a car so nicely balanced and with my driving skill probably not yet able to exploit such an option but very likely to get confused by it instead!

Nildram

293 posts

261 months

Tuesday 25th February 2003
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Once you start accessorising with those things, it's hard to stop! You did well to avoid the air jacks and dry break refuelling as these aren't needed in the Enduro races any more anyway.

You'll have a lot of fun with that. But just remember, a Clubsport is much cheaper, a little slower, but even more fun :-)

AndrewD

7,537 posts

284 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Cheers Adrian!

But why is a Clubsport even more fun?

Also, notice you're near Aylesbury - me too (near Winslow)! Do you use anybody in particular to help look after the car?

Nildram

293 posts

261 months

Wednesday 26th February 2003
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Clubsport is more fun because:

1) Louder engine, and you sit closer to it.
2) Revs higher.
3) Not significantly slower in a straight line than the 1500, and quicker than the 1300 SR3 due to lower weight and less drag.
4) Runs on dodgy cross-plys, so sideways action is a must.

All IMO of course.

AndrewD

7,537 posts

284 months

Thursday 27th February 2003
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And any advice on local maintenance options????

Nildram

293 posts

261 months

Thursday 27th February 2003
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I think G-Force are based in Aylesbury, and are running a Radical or two this year. There's also a TVR race team based at Westcott. My car is looked after full time by RSR in Grantham...

AndrewD

7,537 posts

284 months

Thursday 27th February 2003
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Cheers!