SIDC on 17th December at Knockhill 9am to 1pm
Discussion
slipstream 1985 said:
im comming to watch now so see you there. picking up the car in the afternoon as its having some last minute work done,
Who you coming down with? Meeting us in the morning for the drive down?i had a nightmare last night that my floor was leaking again, I checked the car tonight, floor is fine, got a drip from the one bloody seal i didnt replace on the whole car, the rear window, so will bang some silicone in there in the morning
hollowpockets said:
slipstream 1985 said:
im comming to watch now so see you there. picking up the car in the afternoon as its having some last minute work done,
Who you coming down with? Meeting us in the morning for the drive down?i had a nightmare last night that my floor was leaking again, I checked the car tonight, floor is fine, got a drip from the one bloody seal i didnt replace on the whole car, the rear window, so will bang some silicone in there in the morning
not sure yet alarms set for 5.20. half tempted to leave now and kip in the car at the track. means a better time for getting up!
edited to add il meet yous at marks in the morning, the two of you can bung all your stuff in my car that you don't need
A few photos from yesterday:
There's a few more here if anyoe is interested: http://www.flatoutphotography.com/gallery3/KH0911
John
There's a few more here if anyoe is interested: http://www.flatoutphotography.com/gallery3/KH0911
John
Thanks for organising again John – another great session, and Knockhill again living up to its 4-seasons-in-one-day reputation. A few wee videos that have other cars in the frame. For folks unsure about KH track sessions (or at least the SIDC, TrackScotland and Dreadnought ones that I go to) they’re not always this busy; for much of the time you’re pounding round as the only car on track (or so it seems), but that doesn’t make for very interesting video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrBIUfZVGw
Just after the track opened, so damp and slippery - Clio, Atom, Grey Elise, Audi, Scoobie, Evo a nd the usual Elise-fest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CgWu7kQVo
Dry line appearing, and this session was with ‘p1doc’ as passenger. Picked some busy times with Clios, Elises galore (a blue one with some slidey action), Megane,Minis etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-9gXN8jlA
Dry now, and Elises, BMW, Clio, Mini, Scooby etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmBO65uTvXU
And the last minutes of the day with the inevitable Knockhill rain back on again, with a Mini and Elises.
And I do have to confess to being the cause of one of the stoppages
. In 35 years of driving rwd cars I’ve never lost the back-end…but yesterday I popped my cherry 
. Car had sat in the pits for a wee while and felt a bit rough pulling away but a few blips of the revs and it cleared. But first lap out down through Duffus and the car needs some throttle just to keep the back-end in track, only when I pressed the pedal nothing much happed except the car starting to rotate on a trailing throttle. Took a little time to sink in that the motor had cut out and 6.3 litres gives a LOT of engine braking so not quick enough on the clutch. But I guess even if I was quicker on the clutch and just coasting I’d probably not have been able to get round either. Once beached I knew I put a new fuel pump in days before but I could see I had pressure, so I was guessing just fuel vaporisation in the hot carb. I was pretty sure I could get it started given a little time, but difficult to signal ‘hold off the reds’ to the marshal. Anyway, after maybe 5 minutes of trying it did fire back up and I got going again, but by that time the reds were on. Sorry folks. 
The car has always been tricky to start when hot and I’d routed some fresh-air pipes to the carb ages ago. But I had the engine out last week and this time thought it might be better to route them to the air filter (the quest for every last one of these horsepowers!) having kind of forgotten about their initial purpose. More fool me.
Anyway, despite the deep embarrassment of going off track I had a great day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrBIUfZVGw
Just after the track opened, so damp and slippery - Clio, Atom, Grey Elise, Audi, Scoobie, Evo a nd the usual Elise-fest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CgWu7kQVo
Dry line appearing, and this session was with ‘p1doc’ as passenger. Picked some busy times with Clios, Elises galore (a blue one with some slidey action), Megane,Minis etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-9gXN8jlA
Dry now, and Elises, BMW, Clio, Mini, Scooby etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmBO65uTvXU
And the last minutes of the day with the inevitable Knockhill rain back on again, with a Mini and Elises.
And I do have to confess to being the cause of one of the stoppages
. In 35 years of driving rwd cars I’ve never lost the back-end…but yesterday I popped my cherry . Car had sat in the pits for a wee while and felt a bit rough pulling away but a few blips of the revs and it cleared. But first lap out down through Duffus and the car needs some throttle just to keep the back-end in track, only when I pressed the pedal nothing much happed except the car starting to rotate on a trailing throttle. Took a little time to sink in that the motor had cut out and 6.3 litres gives a LOT of engine braking so not quick enough on the clutch. But I guess even if I was quicker on the clutch and just coasting I’d probably not have been able to get round either. Once beached I knew I put a new fuel pump in days before but I could see I had pressure, so I was guessing just fuel vaporisation in the hot carb. I was pretty sure I could get it started given a little time, but difficult to signal ‘hold off the reds’ to the marshal. Anyway, after maybe 5 minutes of trying it did fire back up and I got going again, but by that time the reds were on. Sorry folks. The car has always been tricky to start when hot and I’d routed some fresh-air pipes to the carb ages ago. But I had the engine out last week and this time thought it might be better to route them to the air filter (the quest for every last one of these horsepowers!) having kind of forgotten about their initial purpose. More fool me.
Anyway, despite the deep embarrassment of going off track I had a great day.
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