12 car

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:45 pm

yep
we enterd the turd in one last friday. remeber this 1300 is the one with the duff engine we used a sump full of oil :shock: and well down on power but still only droped 19 min for the hole night. and most of that was down to me wrong sloting us twice on the last section we also missed a coad board :x on the same section that missed board put us from 3rd to 8th :roll: out of 12 cars. but still had good fun v6pop did drive the turd well with just a few moments when thare was mud on the road

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:00 pm

pic of the turd moring after

Marinanut · Post by **Marinanut** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:33 pm

Well done guys! Top job.

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:58 pm

the start was a bit frought when a new porche reverst in to us on a roundbout still he did not stop but just pi** off wiard :?

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:07 pm

v6pop has just text for us to go to the pub and bring tools for front suspension i think he liked the set up on my one and is gonig to copy it

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:39 pm

What's the suspension setup then?

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:17 pm

just a set of over shocks on the front and hevey dutie shocks on the back the ones with the coill spring in them but it is a mk3 with anti roll bars and that helps i have't lower it dew to the lanes we even bottomed out on friday with the pot holes

v6pop · Post by **v6pop** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:59 pm

Great fun night out!!!
As craig said the old girl was way down on power due to one of the pistons missing a large chunk of metal :shock:
Replacement engine sitting in the garage so it was all or nothing with this one,so it was a steady run down to maidstone trying to avoid the traffic jams on the motorway to arrive at the service station/starting point to sign on and pay our dues.
On leaving the station on our first stage we hit traffic at a roundabout,I stop behind a new Porsche which then desides to reverse into us,putting a nice crease in his bumper and knocking our spots out of line!??!

So on we travel as fast as the old girl will give us which most of the time is good enough as the lanes are mainly one car wide and twisty.
The car handled well,steering surprisingly light and positive,suspension well damped at the front but over sprung/under damped on the rear making for some interesting handling traits when pushed hard over bumpy/uneven lanes....helps keep you focused!!

It seemed like no sooner had we started it was all over,me getting a good sweat on from heaving the old girl around and total concentration on the dark road ahead,craig doing a brilliant job of plotting and guiding me through the lanes from the map,shouting out the way in true rally style.....yeah,bl00dy good fun

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:32 pm

yep if only my shouting had any thing to do with the road, 1/2 the time the call was to soon or just on top of the bend. the scale of the map makes it difficult to work out how bad a bend is lee hated my building call :? as he got confused and would try to turn as he came to them :roll:

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:34 pm

Sounds like you had a good night! Well done Team Turd!

Ben

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:55 pm

dont big us up ben we smell bad enough with all that oil burning

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:12 am

Fair play tho for getting the job done! I'd still love to do this but not for a while! Too many toys at the moment!

Ben

crashbang · Post by **crashbang** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:25 pm

hi just got results we was 4th untell the last tc and then droped 8 min

a pc all down to me giveing us two wonge slots and put us in 7th over all
how do i put them on hear they are in microsoft excel???

TrialsMarina · Post by **TrialsMarina** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:03 am

When is the next one I would not mind having ago in my 1.8 Coupe.
Mine has a sunroof would that be a problem and do we need an MSA licence.

Regards

Martin

~Sam~ · Post by **~Sam~** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:49 am

Crash, take a screenshot of the excel sheet and then post it like a regular picture, alternatively send me the excel file