Im sorry man, we coached a few boys on that much we nearly had a few massive crashes on that. the highest we gave was 7 so you were in the top 10percent
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Im sorry man, we coached a few boys on that much we nearly had a few massive crashes on that. the highest we gave was 7 so you were in the top 10percent
That's what it's all about, big craic!!
We certainly had that, bet you didnt get banter like that from the other marshals lol
No, definitely not, though in fairness, another kind marshal towed us back to base, so top marks to all you guys today!!
I was the considerably bigger fella writing the times down. was wearing a grey hoodie
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Aye I was sitting 1st after the first 6/7 but it went down hill after that. Clutch just started slipping amd couldnt put the power down on any hills. Must have got a drop of oil or something on it as it sort of came back to life later on and we went from 18th I think to 10th. A lot of fixing to do for the next day out.
Brilliant event all the same. Well run and brilliant "tests"
Brilliant event all the same. Well run and brilliant "tests"
Aye lol that was me, you certainly didn't disappoint
Ah right, didn't realise that! Sorry to disappoint with the lack of 'reek'. I mustn't have her screwed far enough
@John_MK5 did yous not get finished? You seemed to be really tight with us a couple of others on the penultimate results sheet, then not there on the final one.
Ack sure I couldn't get grip anywhere but it definitely wasn't the clutch! We weren't straight all day, even in third gear, but that's half the fun!
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Ah right, didn't realise that! Sorry to disappoint with the lack of 'reek'. I mustn't have her screwed far enough
@John_MK5 did yous not get finished? You seemed to be really tight with us a couple of others on the penultimate results sheet, then not there on the final one.
No we definately finished up. The final results arent showing up on rallyscore for me. were 10 o/a on time card 4.
It was a very good event though hard on the car. 3 times the fuel pump emergency cut off triggered on big bumps, twice in exactly the same place. the floor is bent up, the sumpguard was bent up halfway round and I don't want to think what shape its in now. lost a sideskirt on probably the last test too. Great fun though. Thanks to @cauld1 .
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Did anyone get punctures on Saturday? I'm interested to know if the people who get punctures are using the same brand of tyre or anything. See if we can collectively pick out the ones with soft side walls that should be avoided in future.
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I had very well used pair of kumho ecsta kh11 on the rear and an old hankook and barum bravuris (me either) on the front. No punctures, in fairness i was only running sweep but was still going through the tests fairly hard! My exhaust on the other hand...is knackered.
Glad to hear that the event was enjoyed by competitors, makes the work our team put into it well worth it. Many thanks to all who came to it to compete as well as those who stood out all day to marshal.
Glad to hear that the event was enjoyed by competitors, makes the work our team put into it well worth it. Many thanks to all who came to it to compete as well as those who stood out all day to marshal.
..Only catching up here now.. What a day! A few frustrations, mainly with grip and trying to get moving again after a stop/go areas on upward slopes, but what a rally!.. Real endurance test for both car and crew!
..The wee Mini was mint too, very nice!
).. Well done on the result by the way, and @John_MK5 too, you's were going well!
One funny part of the day was meeting @Super at a merge and trying our damnedness to get away from them!.. You say you were trying hard to catch, and I say I was trying as hard to get away! Was a real good race pushing each other on!..... Have to say we were on fire tho!!.. Not driving fast or anything, just on actual f?@king fire!.. Just as we got a whiff of smoke, @Super was flashing. We pulled in and the smoke started coming up through the centre console and from under the bonnet!... Turns out our MX is quite the baler and had gathered up a load of grass between the diff guard and exhaust / diff etc!.. Bit of excitement and thanks again Kevin for the heads up! lol!
Finally, Thanks @cauld1 for for your efforts in organizing this!.. Pass it on to the old fella and the rest of the team too!. We realize we probably dont know the half of what needs to happen to make these rallies work, but always go home aprreciating everyones efforts!
@jayme ..Nice to know the Marshalls are there for our safety! lol!.. Dont think we would've scored highly when leaving you's, but think we might have 'arrived in style' at the finish when your test was reversed. A bit of craic with the marshalls always brightens the day up! I genuinely dont know how you's manage to stand all day watching us ejits pretend to drive, and still crack a smile!
..The wee Mini was mint too, very nice!
Along with me taking ages to get settled in and grow a set of b@lls as usual, lack of grip was my biggest frustration. I thought I'd be smart and scrub off two ancient miss matched tyres that were lying (full tread Continental eco something and full tread Michelin xv something).. Big mistake!.. There was one particular time we stopped with a marshall on a reversed test (not even sure if we had to as we didnt see it on the diagram).. and about 4 attempts to get moving, rolling back a little each time looking for a grippy bit... To add insult to injury, the two tyres have hardly suffered at all and look like they could do the same again 5 times over! lol!... Should it cost me £50 in petrol and make me dizzy doing donuts, I WILL scorch these plastic w@nkers to the wire!.... OR I could 'kindly donate' them to our very own puncture king @RComms.. (slowing him down a little in the process!Ack sure I couldn't get grip anywhere but it definitely wasn't the clutch! We weren't straight all day, even in third gear, but that's half the fun!
).. Well done on the result by the way, and @John_MK5 too, you's were going well!One funny part of the day was meeting @Super at a merge and trying our damnedness to get away from them!.. You say you were trying hard to catch, and I say I was trying as hard to get away! Was a real good race pushing each other on!..
... Have to say we were on fire tho!!.. Not driving fast or anything, just on actual f?@king fire!.. Just as we got a whiff of smoke, @Super was flashing. We pulled in and the smoke started coming up through the centre console and from under the bonnet!... Turns out our MX is quite the baler and had gathered up a load of grass between the diff guard and exhaust / diff etc!.. Bit of excitement and thanks again Kevin for the heads up! lol!Finally, Thanks @cauld1 for for your efforts in organizing this!.. Pass it on to the old fella and the rest of the team too!. We realize we probably dont know the half of what needs to happen to make these rallies work, but always go home aprreciating everyones efforts!
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Yip!.. Count us in, see you on Saturday for the re-run!So, the general round-up seems to be, rough as hell tests, really sore on cars, above average amount of damage, but given half the chance, we'd all do it again next weekend in a flash?
I know I would!!
On the subject of tyres, I think pressures should be consdiered too as running soft could be harder on side walls?.. I got the two Uniroyal rainsports and Toyo T1R's through Dungannon with 35psi in each (perhaps a little hard I know).. Then punctured one of the Rainsports on the rough stage of PMC with 30psi (tho it was really rough and wonder if any other tyre would've defied that stone! lol!)... Then for Summer lanes had 30psi all round.. the two indestructable mismatched tyres mentioned above were fine but one of the Toyo T1R's has slowly went down (dont know if it's side wall or among the tread yet!)..