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[Imkouwl]

Cars arrived today nicely packed Aastes
Thanks for taking such good care of our precious cars

Edited by Imkouwl, 25 March 2009 - 09:23 PM.

[manimmal]

good stuff!!

can't wait to see numbers appear.

[rick1776]

Are you still planning to leave the NSR tyred cars out in the sun so that the MJK tyred cars have a chance of being competitive.

[datto16]

More pics pls...

Something about looking at a large group of cars.....

Care to pass on some first impressions of the group..?

[smallnails]

THe nsr cars need a good few rounds under their belt before the Mjk onslaught begins!!!

[rick1776]

Im happy to come around and do a few thousand laps with the NSR tyred cars just to bed the tyres in.

[Imkouwl]

datto16, on Mar 26 2009, 03:05 PM, said:

More pics pls...

Something about looking at a large group of cars.....

Care to pass on some first impressions of the group..?

To be honest I only looked at the top row of cars some very interesting ideas I will reserve my Judgement until I drive them which should be on Friday for the time trials. Then Saturday Arvo for the race. I will probably have a good look at the cars during the week to make sure there all within spec, but Im comfortable enough with aastes to have done the right thing.

Cheers

[Imkouwl]

Time Trial results


1 manmmal Astin Martin Ortmanns 5.237
2 hoffy 360 MJK 5.332
3 the Stig Supra NSR 5.405
4 Rick1776 Mosler MJK 5.423
5 davidb Astin Martin Slot It 5.478
6 jaz lamborghini MJK 5.488
7 Imkouwl Lamborghini MJK 5.523
8 old slot Jaguar MJK 5.558
9 chenglaw Mosler NSR 5.615
10 tazracer Saleen MJK 5.620
11 wizardgm Supra H/M 5.625
12 dgrey McLaren Slot It 5.642
13 lenny br 360 NSR 5.654
14 triggy 360 H/M 5.664
15 datto16 astin Martin MJK 5.721
16 Nimrod Megane MJK 5.725
17 ronan Mosler Kellys 5.812
18 sidercar NSX MJK 5.816
19 haystack Mosler NSR 5.865
20 Mexico2000 NSX MJK 5.878
21 bmr 350Z MJK 5.945
22 Antony 5.947
23 homern13 350Z Ninco 5.993
24 gah5 Jaguar MJK 5.994
25 terry n Mosler MJK 6.029
26 slittleh McLaren MJK 6.067
27 devious Ascari Slot It 6.465


I have also found some cars that do not comply with the clearance rule, while some are very minor and probably due to lack of building skill. Other are to severe to ignore and will have a CG advantage. I will seek advice from the committee on this issue.

Racing tomorrow, this will be very interesting as some of the slower cars where very stable and easy to drive.

Edited by Imkouwl, 04 April 2009 - 06:09 AM.

[The Stig]

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not comply with the clearance rule

How come they complied at round one,have the tyres worn so much after only one round?

[hoffy]

whoo hooo...Hope some of this rally luck is rubbing off

[BMR]

The Stig, on Apr 3 2009, 11:22 PM, said:

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not comply with the clearance rule

How come they complied at round one,have the tyres worn so much after only one round?

Big rev over powered motors , too much weight = fast tyre wear . as some cars are entered with barely a wisker of clearance above the minimum of 1.6mm , I would guess that some are low already because it wouldn't take much to rip the softer tyres down fast . I haven't seen the cars yet so Im guessin here but I must say I thought a few would get too low mid way through the proxy and need new rubber . The turtles of the pack may shine through in the end when all those fast rabbits need to stop under a tree for a tyre break Makes it all the more interesting I think .

Edited by BMR, 04 April 2009 - 02:27 AM.

[smallnails]

I think the tyre thing is down to the track owners...............if it is going to touch track or braid then you have to change the tyres or not run em,

You got to remember also, high powered cars on ferrodore is like running on a truing pad for a full race!

[Imkouwl]

The Stig, on Apr 3 2009, 10:52 PM, said:

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not comply with the clearance rule

How come they complied at round one,have the tyres worn so much after only one round?

BMR, on Apr 4 2009, 01:56 AM, said:

The Stig, on Apr 3 2009, 11:22 PM, said:

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not comply with the clearance rule

How come they complied at round one,have the tyres worn so much after only one round?

Big rev over powered motors , too much weight = fast tyre wear . as some cars are entered with barely a wisker of clearance above the minimum of 1.6mm , I would guess that some are low already because it wouldn't take much to rip the softer tyres down fast . I haven't seen the cars yet so Im guessin here but I must say I thought a few would get too low mid way through the proxy and need new rubber . The turtles of the pack may shine through in the end when all those fast rabbits need to stop under a tree for a tyre break Makes it all the more interesting I think .

smallnails, on Apr 4 2009, 05:37 AM, said:

I think the tyre thing is down to the track owners...............if it is going to touch track or braid then you have to change the tyres or not run em,

You got to remember also, high powered cars on ferrodore is like running on a truing pad for a full race!

OK All is good , in the spirit of racing and as the track owner it is up to me to decide if the cars are allowed to run or not so heres my explanation, with out flamming anyone. Most cars do comply some of the sidewinder gears didn’t pass and I made a comment early on when asked by Aastes about the clearance rule. that even some standard car out the box wouldn’t pass. There is one car in question who has built his car to be very low and IMO has made a bad choice in tyres and will probably need a change of tyre if not at the end of round 2 definitely at the end of round3. So well done to all that managed to comply with the rules. LETS RACE

Far out Hoffy I can see your head from here

Edited by Imkouwl, 04 April 2009 - 06:40 AM.

[BMR]

I think Hoffys car needs a dob of glue on the axles On ya Hoffy


To quote Smallnails -
You got to remember also, high powered cars on ferrodore is like running on a truing pad for a full race!
Hee hee how true - at least the wheels on all the cars will be perfectly round for round 3 of the proxy

[hoffy]

BMR, on Apr 4 2009, 11:29 AM, said:

I think Hoffys car needs a dob of glue on the axles On ya Hoffy


To quote Smallnails -
You got to remember also, high powered cars on ferrodore is like running on a truing pad for a full race!
Hee hee how true - at least the wheels on all the cars will be perfectly round for round 3 of the proxy

And also considering that Wayne chucked in a handful of dolomite for each 500ml of ferrador he used....

Hows it go again Rick, Hat, Coat...

[chenglaw]

Hmmm, interesting time results. In the first round the difference between the Top and Bottom Qualifier was only 0.77 secs and now in this round it's 1.23 secs. which seems to suggest that Imkouwl's track is showing up the speed differential between the cars much more - longer straight? Also noticed that the MJK-tyred cars are getting right up to the peaky end this time. Should have an exciting battle coming up.

[manimmal]

(Insert picture of me with $h!t eating grin here)

But seriously, it goes to show how different grip surfaces make such a difference. I'm chuffed!

Now i'm nervous to see the results!

[BMR]

manimmal, on Apr 4 2009, 05:58 PM, said:

(Insert picture of me with $h!t eating grin here)

But seriously, it goes to show how different grip surfaces make such a difference. I'm chuffed!

Now i'm nervous to see the results!

Just got home from the proxy - track record got a hammering is all Im allowed to say any more than that and Imkouwl will smack my hand with a large wooden spoon

[rick1776]

Congratulations to the winner. Congratulations to all the drivers who drove real well, especially in avoiding the Besa Brick with wheels. 148g whoosh, my steel chassis 1/25 TransAm doesnt weigh that much!! When you got nurfed by it you knew about it. Must admit it handled like it was on rails, partially because after running on the lanes there were noticable ruts in the track surface.

Lets just say that I dont think the winners car will be returned to the owner. Eveyone wanted to keep it. On this track it was a bullet and in a class of its own.

[lenny broke]

Howdy Men
Here's the results for Rnd 2. Sorry no bracket lap scores



I'll leave report to Imkouwl and others
LB

Edited by lenny broke, 04 April 2009 - 07:05 PM.