Hey guys!
Just wondering who is coming out to play at RS3?!
going to bring a 1985 in silver with elford turbo kit and enter RWYB or The RWD thing.
pushing an old motor hard so not expecting a prolonged engine life but its just a bit of fun. :driving
Never dragged a car before so its gonna be lots of learning!
few pics.
Hope to see you there!
Ollie :Thumbs-up
cool, where did you get the strut brace?
i will be there on the Monday not entered for any events maybe next year!!
Mark
Looking better than when I saw it last mate.
Good job,
Gareth
:Thumbs-up looking pretty tidy
Well :cool bro,think there will be a few 1st gens at RS3 in all forms and sizes,from mundane to radical... :wiggle and I will be bringing the rusty ol 7....
Going on the Sunday. Not doing the RWYB, thought i\'d save myself the embarassment. Maybe next year!
Looking forward to it. Anyone driving up from the Bristol area on Sunday morning?
Quote from: DominicGoing on the Sunday. Not doing the RWYB, thought i\'d save myself the embarassment. Maybe next year!
Looking forward to it. Anyone driving up from the Bristol area on Sunday morning?
If you are proud of your car then its no embarrassment to take it up the strip...... :spank I dont care if I run 20 seconds up the 1/4.... :Talking1 ,at the end of the day I will have a smile on my dial..cos I :InLove my 7.. :cheers
True......
Too late to register now though presumably. Are you dragging yours oldone?
Quote from: DominicTrue......
Too late to register now though presumably. Are you dragging yours oldone?
I thought we registered on the day - have I dropped a clanger then ? :rolleyes:
Never to late to register,suppose i will be running in the RWYB,the other categories are so serious... :rolleyes: and I just want to have some fun,will be spinning the wheels with delight..... :cheers
Prof, dunno.... just thought you\'d have to register in advance.
Hmmm... could this be my first trip up the strip? :3gears-lh
Was just gonna go along and eat hotdogs all day :cool
Quote from: DominicHmmm... could this be my first trip up the strip? :3gears-lh
Was just gonna go along and eat hotdogs all day :cool
Even if you do one or two,you will be happy... :mmmm I dont want to break my car either as its my daily driver and nowhere near drag racing specs... :yes ..but it aint gonna stop the fun... :Thumbs-up
I\'ll be bringing 1 or 2 of these babies!
(http://www.schneidersoehne.com/ssp/papier/sortiment/karton/img/Carlsberg.jpg)
...oh and my FD :D
Will be bringing FD but not planning to run up the strip this year as still not got diff brace sorted and had serious wheel hop trouble last year...Will be tempted but MUST RESIST.... :Nono! ...Certainly last year you registered to run on the day, so assume will be the same this year.
Quote from: AdriansturgessMUST RESIST.... :Nono! ...
Is the words only woman use........... :spank :rollin
Just to clear up, You can register on the day, But on monday the cut off time is about 12 pm to get your run in, It starts at 10am. So if you are coming on Monday get there early to get checked over and signed on.
I will be bringing the Elford Turbo, But as I am doing the timing over the weekend i will not be running. anyway i think it has the wrong engine hence my ignition timing issues !!!!!!!!!!!!! good luck everyone. I will be watching you all from the best position...
Quote from: oldoneIf you are proud of your car then its no embarrassment to take it up the strip...... :spank I dont care if I run 20 seconds up the 1/4.... :Talking1 ,at the end of the day I will have a smile on my dial..cos I :InLove my 7.. :cheers
Fair play,. i am tempted but no 45\'s on the car yet so i might wait until a meet a santa pod (can push her home then!)
be very interesting to see some times though gonna try and get there early on the monday coming from Northampton way.
Mark
the strut brace is the end plates from a 3rd gen with box section mild steel between them, took about an hour to create and cost a tenner!
will do a how too if people are interested?
Another elford! only just sorted the timing on mine, Why you think you got the wrong engine?
so who wants to play who got fastest 1st gen other than tim! :god
Ollie :)
Well that would be me If I was there!
really Don? how much boost you running?!
One of the vendors other than Timmy is running a staunch 1st gen with big slicks...................... :cool
Ooohh so the rumors are true Era?! I think i am just putting the pieces of the puzzle to gether about that \'certain\' vendor.
Dom how come you wont be coming?
I am hyped to see some decent 12a\'s turning up and giving it a belt up the straight.
cheers, michael.
Yes sir...is it not ime for you to retire as you have a long journey ahead of you tomm ?
yeah pretty much mate! Am looking forward to hooking up with you all. Have been talking on this damn computer for too long and sharing a few beers and taslking cars will be great.
cheers, time to hit the hay!
have a good journey mate :)
I\'ll be bringing the 1324cc\'s of fury :D ... no, not an over bored FD. I\'ll be in the daily drivel 323 as the rest of the cars are either
1. in parts
2. no mot
3. no tax
4. no insurance
5. all of the above :D
Quote from: MikeLMRhave a good journey mate :)
I\'ll be bringing the 1324cc\'s of fury :D ... no, not an over bored FD. I\'ll be in the daily drivel 323 as the rest of the cars are either
1. in parts
2. no mot
3. no tax
4. no insurance
5. all of the above :D
That is so poor an excuse bud............ :spank
the yella 323 is properly in bits LoL and you know where the rx is :) well some of it will be at RSIII ;)
Quote from: MikeLMRthe yella 323 is properly in bits LoL and you know where the rx is :) well some of it will be at RSIII ;)
All of it should have been at RS3 !,not just the wheels....... :Typing
Oh Mike, so cloak and dagger. i think I have sussed out what car/engine combo a certain vendor will be bringing to the \'stock\' this weekend too. he, he, he.
At least we can look forward to your 323 pulling 30foot wheelstands next year huh?
I hope so !
Quote from: travellinbobyeah pretty much mate! Am looking forward to hooking up with you all. Have been talking on this damn computer for too long and sharing a few beers and taslking cars will be great.
cheers, time to hit the hay!
Have a safe trip down, Be good to meet up somtime over the weekend
If you look at my thread in this section i think the title is "elford pics" you will see the general picture, It was only when i read an artical in a mag last week that the penny dropped. the car runs out of go in the higher revs. I have messed with new carb rebuild, checked all the turbo boost etc, Timing, advance, then when reading it said that there were 2 different types of 12a, a small port to 81 100bhp and an extended port from 81 115bhp. the later elford kits were deigned with the later engines even though they did do them on the early models as well. So I would take a good guess that that is my issue.........................
Quote from: Jimmys-RX7.co.ukthe strut brace is the end plates from a 3rd gen with box section mild steel between them, took about an hour to create and cost a tenner!
will do a how too if people are interested?
Another elford! only just sorted the timing on mine, Why you think you got the wrong engine?
so who wants to play who got fastest 1st gen other than tim! :god
Ollie :)
Quote from: Jimmys-RX7.co.ukthe strut brace is the end plates from a 3rd gen with box section mild steel between them, took about an hour to create and cost a tenner!
will do a how too if people are interested?
Another elford! only just sorted the timing on mine, Why you think you got the wrong engine?
so who wants to play who got fastest 1st gen other than tim! :god
Ollie :)
not so hot with a welder would pay you for one though :Thumbsup!
would like to play maybe non turbo\'s?
Quote from: mpk490pnot so hot with a welder would pay you for one though :Thumbsup!
would like to play maybe non turbo\'s?
no need for a welder ... looks like a hacksaw and a drill is required at the most :)
mmm will that be strong enough? i know theres not much pressure but i dont want anything falling on my engine!
i guess some plans would be good
mark
i just copied the 3rd gen design that clamps a bar between the two ally supports, just cut a bar to length, drill and bolt. paint if desired.
jobs a gooden.
:yes
Ollie
i found my elford ran out of puff at high end too, my problem was the stock fuel pump dropping pressure at high end, so i put a bigger one in with a fuel pressure regulator as the carb is really sensitive to pressure change.
Quote from: Jimmys-RX7.co.uki found my elford ran out of puff at high end too, my problem was the stock fuel pump dropping pressure at high end, so i put a bigger one in with a fuel pressure regulator as the carb is really sensitive to pressure change.
Mummmm, that sounds interesting.. I didnt give that much thought as it was carbed.. Do you think the small port engine also would give the same problem. Mid range it pulls like a train untill about 5500 or so
erm to be honest you might not need to rev as high to make the power, i dunno with more boost mine wanted to rev higher and it pulls to about 6500 which is were i shift, i will tell you after i get a dyno run in!
but my standard system would lean out at high end as the fuel delivery was not high enough.
Ollie
Or the fuel pump had the pressure but not the volume under pressure..... :)
ok here are the results!
i was \'X12\'
REACTION 0.374
60ft 2.448
330ft 6.842
660 ft 10.296
mph 1 72.43
990 13.175
mph 2 90.59
quarter 15.757
i was running FD wheels and tryes on the rear cos i had no traction with 14"s :3gears-rh
How did the other 1st gens go? :driving
Good to put some names to some faces!
Ollie :yes
Good to meet you on Sunday Ollie. Enjoyed watching your Elford going up the strip very nicely, your times were very good.
Here\'s my stats for my second (better) run:
Car X36
Reaction 0.600
60\' 2.627
330\' 7.430
MPH1 61.30
660\' 11.397
990\' 14.707
MPH2 81.25
1/4 mile 17.63
Got a reaction time of 0.18627 on my first ever run......yeeeehaaaa! :burnout
Pretty chuffed with time considering the car is completely stock and no weight removed. Great fun. Nice to meet you in person and some of the other club members and rotary enthusiasts.
Domonic, were you in the very tidy blue gen 1?? I did see you run a couple of times, I was doing the timing all weekend, I actually walked past you when you were waiting to line up, but by the time i came back down you had already gone. i was going to have a chat with you. Looked a very nice original car.
Ollie it was good to have a quick chat, you seemed in a bit of a hyped up state, dont know if it was nerves or stress. It looked well down the strip though, very similar times to haywood and era\'s gen1\'s i think....
Ollie, managed to see you run down strip and saw your car in the pits but didn\'t manage to find you to have a chat ... the car looked very good anyway Congrats on the time :Thumbs-up
x122
reac .55638
60 2.416
330 6.618
mph 73.36
660 9.9755
990 12.757
mph 90.48
1\\4 15.27
mmm i think we need a 1st gen leader board!!!
yer had just burst a rad hose on the previous run so was a bit nervous!
the engine survived, poor thing is on 100,000miles and getting the beating of its life... :evillaugh but it pulled through to live another day.
gonna strip down a spare block and start working on a fresh motor soon so fingers crossed there is more to come.
OLDONE: you know how much power your car makes as we have similar terminals?
Cheers
Ollie
Alban, yes was me in the blue 1st gen. Shame didn\'t get to meet you. Based on your avatar yours must have been the elford by the club stand, cant be many of those around in such good condition, very nice.
Ollie, I like your idea of a 1st gen 1/4 mile board. Maybe this could be a sticky in the 1st gen forum. Good luck with your fresh motor, r u going to do any porting?
Seems like i missed most of you, got there around 1100 on Monday and left after the rain :reallymad
i was near the rolling road and then near the club stand for the end of the day
hope to spend more time as the santa pos meet
times are looking good guys
it was good to se the haywood series 1 as it has a ported 13b with a 48 carb should be simular to mine (just mines not as defening!)
will run it down the strip once the carbs are on :Giggle
Mark
I managed to get hold of you (guy with the radio who stopped you in the pits and pointed you in the direction of travellinbob!) the car was looking good ... very nicely restored.
your 13b shouldn\'t be as deafening unless you\'ve peripheral ported it likes Carls :Giggle
ah yes thanks mike caught up with bob in the end
i had my daughter over the weekend so i could only make the monday but as i say hoping to get down for the whole weekend at santa pod
Mark
ps thanks for the coments on the car always good to hear :yes
Quote from: borgueOLDONE: you know how much power your car makes as we have similar terminals?
Absolute no idea,will go down to REWORX to get on the rolling road.......could have prepared her for the drags better,the ol rusted one was in daily driver trim,conservative timeing,choking air filter,full interior trim and cheap MOT tyres.I came to ROTORSTOCK to see the guys,not really to race.Maybe next time I will prepare for racing and not :guinness .....laters :D
Quote from: oldoneOne of the vendors other than Timmy is running a staunch 1st gen with big slicks...................... :cool
I was expecting a 3 rotor :cool
Quote from: 20B_boyI was expecting a 3 rotor :cool
And me....... :rolleyes: