Sports Racer Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Here's the times for each car on my little test figure 8. This was done last night on a cold track and the cars weren't cleaned so don't read too much into the times. I'll take photos of the underside of each car so you can see what chassis they are running.On the weekend I'll redo the shakedown run with each car's tyres cleaned (roll them on sticky tape) and post videos and comments. The results of that run will determine the starting order for Round 1.CheersPaul Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 I just hope my tires hold up this series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 What tyres are you running? Your car was silky smooth to drive. Probably the quietest car in the group. Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi62 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 good to see the MG maintaining my lack of form and being 2nd slowest!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 11 hours ago, Sports Racer said: What tyres are you running? Your car was silky smooth to drive. Probably the quietest car in the group. Used NSR Supergrips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bov Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 Yay - Tony's the fastest so far... Er, yeah - the other Tony..... as usual... Cheers, Tony. Quote Cheers, Tony. There's only two questions: 1. What direction do you go 2. What's the Lap Record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArroldN Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) Well looks like my Alfa will be in the hunt. I sure hope so. Tony, Tony, Tony. 3 cars in front of me and about 5 cars right on the bumper. If this was without cleaning the tires no telling how things will shake out. Thanks for the preliminary shake down. UM Tony on NSR Rubber. I hope what I read about Urethane/Yellow Dogs being the tire of choice is true. "Only Time Will Tell" Edited August 21, 2020 by ArroldN Quote MOPAR or NOCAR YES IT'S A HEMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 Your Alfa was weird to drive. It felt like it had no weight to it and "floated" through the corners. With most cars you can feel how heavy they are when you drive them so it's easy to get them to drift. Yours felt like it would easily tip over before it would hang the tail out but it kept on hanging on. These times don't mean much. There are a few Canberra cars in the proxy and testing on the real tracks show they are faster than mine. A much better test is how long it takes to do 15 laps on my track. Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gunn Posted August 21, 2020 Report Share Posted August 21, 2020 Looking at past event seems the stronger cars at the start can go of a bit towards the end , mainly due to tyres being to small at the start gentlemen, look up the history chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancelot Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Im anxious to see this proxy. Thanks for organizing and hosting. With everything going on, take necessary precautions and Everyone stay safe. Lance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) The shakedown run has been done. This is the qualifying order for the first race next week - Wednesday 2nd September at Alvaro's track. Brumos was the fastest, doing 15 laps in 34.29 seconds on my little test track. I took videos of each car + comments when doing the qualifying. I just need to work out how to import 18 x 70 Mb files to yahoo. CheersPaul Edited August 24, 2020 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) Paul, thank you for the run. I’m sure qualifying was beyond close. Good luck to all the builders on raceday Edited August 24, 2020 by Brumos RSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) Videos and comments of each car during the shakedown run. Youtube is giving me grief trying to view all of these. Some work, some don't but they are all public. 32coupe https://youtu.be/_wVE6zlME18 als https://youtu.be/Q85dCWHBulg aloha https://youtu.be/zTigy4aT_XY alvaro https://youtu.be/qyTP04idboo arroldn https://youtu.be/Ivdk0QhMZoQ bov https://youtu.be/lzCU-l4LVWM brumos rsr https://youtu.be/E3E4p-U7K7Q curef99 https://youtu.be/yv3duay1I7g davep https://youtu.be/fStRRl5Jb2M jimmyslots 1950 https://youtu.be/J12UfGzldeg lancealot https://youtu.be/As8B-IoqGGs pepsi62 https://youtu.be/tzyJ0O-QbJc peter gunn https://youtu.be/_2-fu6EcEyU reek455 https://youtu.be/of-Bzk23A_8 shaynus https://youtu.be/uYvUFvKp2QU sports racer https://youtu.be/vP-xwPbKVMY sticks https://youtu.be/4yQ9kbCIGjM supercharged https://youtu.be/VQGDMyPbVD8 Edited August 24, 2020 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi62 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 nice job on the videos Paul, some quick cars in this lot. The squeak is probably rubbing rear tyre I would think, could be front axle rubbing on the grub screws perhaps???? Good luck to everyone in the race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 It's the rear right tyre rubbing. I'll put a spacer on the axle to limit the sideways movement. It's not a performance mod but it will stop someone getting the sh*ts with the noise and wanting to throw the car through the window. 1 Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curef99 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 slowest car but on the video it looks stable and easy to drive... let see if the inverse gear does not kill the pinion before the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks for posting the videos Paul! Sounds like there are some well sorted out, fast cars in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reek455 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 I'm not able to view the results, it starts to come up but then goes away and I see this: fetch?filedataid=50018&type=full I can watch the videos and looked like an ok run but they all look pretty good. Regards Rico Quote I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Oscar Wilde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Curef, your car was easy to drive, slight noise when turning left, like it was skipping across the track. Will be totally different on another surface so don't be too disenchanted with your slow lap time on my track. Rico, your car was 4th fastest. Edited August 25, 2020 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Round 1 will be tomorrow night. New post started. Cheers Paul Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Paul i cannot see the posting of qualifying resolute. Wish you all the best. Aloha Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) You qualified 13th, took 0.7 seconds longer to do 15 laps than 5th place qualifier so it's close. Round 1 is tomorrow, that's when we find out who has the fast cars. Edited August 25, 2020 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks Paul for all your efforts, its much appreciated. I looking forward to all the racing Good luck to all the entries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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