I know i have been asked a few times before about lydden hill events.

I am racing this saturday (14th).

We start practising @ 9.00am, and then start racing about 10.30am.

It promises to be a very exciting day as there is also a stockhatch vs stockrods challange at the same time (rallycross cars against hot rods)

If anyone off here does turn up, please come and say hello (might be a bit busy, but i won't bite)

Look out for me..

si

How did you get on Si?

Did the hammer get much use?

How did you get on Si?

Did the hammer get much use?

seemed to go ok for him but will let him speak for himself...

Si

Dont know where you are based but if you are intertested Tom Airey who was British if not European Rally cross champion still has a set of rollers in his garage & does a bit of tuning for people from time to time. He played with my BX19 GTI many years ago & it went really well afterwards. He specialised in Minis with some awesome big engined ones, staggered bores etc to get max cc out of a std block

Hes about 15 miles from Winchester, I think he trades as Airey Tuning

If you are interested but cant find his no PM me & I will find it for you

This was my first real experiance of the highs & lows of motorsport.

Heat 1

Started from 5th on the grid. I got off to a blinding start and got up to 2nd position by the first corner!! I held 2nd place till the 2nd lap until i went through a big water splash, which got the dizzy wet & the car then only ran on 2-3 cylinders. I limped round for a lap till the car came back to life, but it was too late then (i also spun the car too on this last lap). I finished in 6th.

Heat 2

Started from pole position. Again another great start and i lead the pack for a full lap . I then got passed by a more experianced driver on the 2nd lap, but managed to hold on to 2nd place till the chequered flag!! (the boy did well )

Heat 3

Unfortunatley this is where the problems started.... :(

I got water in the engine bay in the previous races which got into the coil HT lead. When i left the pits and started to line up on the grid the car ground to a halt and i failed to make the 3rd race :thumbdwn:

"B" final

The good news is i made the final

Again i started from 5th on the grid and got off to a great start again. I squeezed between the cars infront (feeling like i was going to get sandwiched at anytime) and managed to get into 2nd position by the first corner. Then it all went wrong, i got shunted up the back (no real damage) and this dislodged the coil HT lead again... I was out

So to sum it all up..

I did better than expected and if the water had not got into the engine bay i would have done really well. But both myself and the car seemed quick and we will be ready to race again at croft in 2 weeks.

si

Top weekend si did really well shame i didnt get to use the big hammer on your car maybe next time.well what can i say i ve got to hand it to you si all those quarter miles paid off with your starts and you drove really well just keep it up for the next round cause you never know i might be sat there next to you ready to kick your ass thats if we ever get my old girl finished and out your garage :smashfrea

Simon,

Are you running on Yoko 48Rs?

Just that I got a set of 185/55/14s 48Rs here brand new, been mounted and then removed from rims but not turned a wheel.. Interested in buying them?

Paul..

Those r the tyres i am using. I already have a set and spares, but if the price was good enough, i suppose i could have my arm twisted for another set..

What u got in mind??

si

Thanks for the call Si...

Sorted :-)

Paul..

no probs, just got to figure out where i am going to store them now

I think i need a bigger garage and shed!!

si

Si, buy a set of marigolds, small size. Cut the ends of the fingers and with some laccy bands, they make a great waterproof cover for dizzies!

Sorry I couldn't make it, something else cropped up. :( I'd even got the sticker in the car for you

No worries jon, there will be another time...

The idea with the dizzy has already been thought of and in the process of been sorted

I just can't decide which colour to get.. pink or yellow..

si

Oh, deffo pink for you Si

right up your street is pink si :rally: It will go with the rangerover

It will go with the rangerover

shhh.. it's a secret!!

si

How about from scrappy racers...tuppa wear box..wires in one side, sealed with stuff, lid on...allows easy maintenace of electrials quickly.

Seeing it was one of those eureaker moments, so simple yet so brilliant...they took some deep water challenges and stayed running fine. All electrials were in seperate tupaware boxes

:buttkick: before you ask si (NO) mother went mad last time i took one of her boxes,but hey it looks ok in the puggy now its been painted red Anyway thats my idea ,stealing my ideas just so you think you can get away from me,well think again helmet see this,this is my back,get use to it cause this is all you ll see of me

keep dreaming ric, one day all your wishes will come true.. :haha:

si

Oh sorry si i must of been dreaming It will take more than pimp with a smoker to slow me down buddy,all i need to do is get it finished,but at this slow rate who knows when it will be finished

21st of march is the date to be ready, blyton.

Just sorted out your front calipers.

si

:slap: well its like one step forward twenty back,well tonights job is to turn it around and do the other mud flaps,and finish welding the cage in.It cant be said am not trying to get it ready cause am pulling every string i can just so i can be out for march with you looks really good from one side

looks really good from one side

Bit like Si then Rich?

:slap:

dont you mean si takes one forward and hundreds back si on ebay theres a bloke selling shot gun and wellis,and he also said if the price was right he d throw the dog and cap in as well :smashfrea show me the way to the big hammer