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[sidecar steve]

Round 8
July 11-13
Host: Boss302
Venue: Gotham Park Batcave

[kalbfellp]

Smallnails is going to deliver the cars on Tuesday night and we will see what repairs need to be done.

What is happening with Maggoo's gear? I can source one if someone can give me his contact details.

Phil

[oswald900]

kalbfellp, on Jun 30 2008, 05:31 PM, said:

Smallnails is going to deliver the cars on Tuesday night and we will see what repairs need to be done.

What is happening with Maggoo's gear? I can source one if someone can give me his contact details.

Phil

Ill try and contact him tonight

[boss302]

Looking forward to running the event next week. Will be organising drivers and marshalls tonight for racing next week. Qualifying will be this weekend. I'll post the event schedule after tonight. Stay tuned................

[kalbfellp]

The cars are now here! Boss has most of them,I have the sick ones here to repair tonight.

Not to sure about Manimals car though,the guide mount is broken off the chassis,will see what I can do.

Surprised to still see a few cars without the rear tyres glued on to the rims.

Phil

Edited by kalbfellp, 02 July 2008 - 12:38 AM.

[BMR]

kalbfellp, on Jul 2 2008, 12:37 AM, said:

The cars are now here! Boss has most of them,I have the sick ones here to repair tonight.

Not to sure about Manimals car though,the guide mount is broken off the chassis,will see what I can do.

Surprised to still see a few cars without the rear tyres glued on to the rims.

Phil

My tyres were glued , is it still holding ? There was one body screw that works loose could be worth checking to be sure it doesn,t end up in the slot.
Going by the Auslot posts or lack of a post - Antony,s car is still going well , the Capri flag post repair is hanging in there . I did read that the flag was tight on his car , the screw in the top that retains the flag could be a bit tight ? I didn,t want to file out the hole as its a thin tube repair , filing it may have weakened it so I thought it would be better tight than weak , the screw may back off a 1/4 turn and help ? Best of luck everyone.
PS how do the braids look ? I have a spare flag with braid on it packed with the cars , to get the flag out the body needs to come off as there is a retaining screw in the top of the flag. Did Brad find the mudflaps ? They can probably come off for your round Phil

[kalbfellp]

I only have the cars that need actual repairs,boss is looking after the main pack with cleaning etc.

Manimals car looks like it will be a runner now with a Carbon fibre brace on the repaired guide pivot.

Phil

[boss302]

OK

Schedule is:

Check all cars by Friday night - brief run to ensure all is well. Get repaired cars from Phil at lunch time.
Qualifying - to be completed by Sunday night - results to be published before the British Grand Prix starts.
Racing - Wednesday night. Results published Thursday morning unless Phil has another late night.

Track has been thoroughly cleaned and will get a final wipe over before qualifying and once again before the race.

There are certainly some interesting creations in the box!

Ooroo

Bruce

[kalbfellp]

Manimals car is O/K hope the repair lasts.
Mopars interior is back in place.
Magoo's car has a new loaner gear,will test on Thursday.

More tomorrow night.

Phil

[MOPARDEVIL]

kalbfellp, on Jul 2 2008, 11:10 PM, said:

Mopars interior is back in place.

Ohh I didnt even know my interior was out of place? What happened?

You also mentioned phil that some tyres were not glued, Is mine still glued as I glued them.

Thanks
Greg

[smallnails]

We noticed when we unpacked them the other night that it was floating around in the body, must have come loose in the last few laps of the race, because we didn't notice anything majorly wrong during your heats!

[boss302]

Did a few familiarisation laps last night in readiness for qualifying. Track at 13.2 volts. Very grippy.

Phil's Corvair was the pace setter at around 5.9's. Sprint, Hell Razor (wild child) and Epsix Capris were next at around 6.3's but I think will get close to 6.1's or 6's with a little more time (Hell Razor capable of 5's if it could put the power down). BMR Torana nicest to drive (running similar weight to what we regularly run down here) and I think will be well up in the results. Imugford Charger also nice to drive. Devious Dave quick - would benefit from more weight. Quite a few cars hovering in 6.4/6.5 range. Will have repaired cars from Phil tomorrow and will give them a run tomorrow night. Imkouwell Torana motor looked like it was going to flame out on lap one. Bright light (fire!) under body, pulled over and a bit of smoke. Gave it a few good revs and it came good. Ran about 15 laps with no further trouble - perfromed reasonably well. Hope it lasts. Wife loves the Anglia!

More tomorrow night - happy trails.

[BMR]

Horses for courses , My cars nice to drive ...That sounds promising . Now I just need to find a way to make it nice to drive on all the tracks and then the 2009 proxy is in the bag ....wheres that crystal ball and magic wand gone from my daughters toy box ?

Sounds like Imkouwels car is getting ready to provide some hot entertainment .

[Sports Racer]

Once you get used to Hellrazors car (only takes about an hour or two ) you should be able to take a good swipe at the lap record. Wicked little beast but it hangs on through the corners even when pushed really hard.

Cheers

Paul

[kalbfellp]

Sorry Paul that car is not even in the race for the laps record! The record for the old Shemore track9Now Gotham Park) is 4.87! It is held by me driving a Lola 310 Can Am car running an Inter 32 chassis. Best plastic chassis time is 5.26 by a Slot It Porsche 956.

Phil

[boss302]

OK - Just finished testing the last batch - frikkin 0 degrees in my shed tonight!!

Magoo Capri - going really well low 6's and quite easy to drive. Little bit skitty on tyres but easy to reel off consistent laps. Mannimal Escort - body too tight on chassis (this is main issue), tyres need gluing on, two wheels around corners. Gonna be a challenge.
Terry Newso Audi - very smooth low 6's but runs out of puff. Should feature in results but deslots around turn 2 (uphill corner) might cost it a lap or two.
McGregor Capri - unbelievably fast & hard to control. Low 6's - would be a lot better on an open track. Should be up there though if drivers can handle it.
Small Nails - low 6's. Consistent car which should do pretty well.
Sports Racer Calibra - we have a new favourite folks - dropped into 5.8's and I think there is a fair bit left in it. The thing just grips and goes.
HMCSAT - struggling for grip but managed 6.88 on lane 1 - Phil will know that is not a bad time for this car.
Mopardevil - This is a real excitement machine. Very low 6's and I really loved driving it. Most drivers should be able to cope with it so expect to see it at the pointy end. Will post comments tomorrow night on all the cars.

Ooroo

[oswald900]

Did Magoo's parts end up getting there ?

[smallnails]

no parts has turned up at my place still

[oswald900]

smallnails, on Jul 5 2008, 11:15 AM, said:

no parts has turned up at my place still

He sent some but to Phil

[Sports Racer]

5.8's with my car - WooHoo

I finally build a car that suits the Tassie tracks and it's faster than Phil's car. That's worth a medal just by itself I reckon!

Thanks for the great news.

Cheers

Paul