Mazda Rotary Club

Cadwell is clearly a favourite track for many people so I\'ve been searching around for the best date/price to fit somehwere neatly in the calendar and I think I\'ve found one. The date is nearly three weeks after Japfest, so fits in quite well.

I\'d like to gauge interest before saying it\'s a definite on here.

Details ON THIS LINK (http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackday/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=593itemid=11), organised by Javelin, full Open Pitlane day for just £129 for early booking - that\'s an INCREDIBLY good price for Cadwell :Thumbs-up

I\'ll post up on here and the RX8OC to see the level of interest over the next few days/week, then decide whether to add it to the calendar for this year.

I\'m interested
1. Casey
2.

This is a fantastic track.
I\'m interested
1. Casey
2. CJR

you can put me down for this :)

1. Casey
2. CJR
3. Steve Garbutt

:Laugh The usual suspects I see!

As I had hoped, there\'s been a good amount of interest in this trackday between here and the RX8OC in just a few hours so I\'m removing the "provisional" status :yes.

I recommend you book your place asap as I have no idea how long the "early booking" discount will remain in place. I\'ve just booked my place :p . There is a growing list of attendees shown on the Javelin website, 3 more added today I think!

BOOK HERE (http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackday/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=593itemid=11)

More details later about hotel etc :wave

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID
2. CJR
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage)
6. bigpete

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID
2. CJR
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage)
6. bigpete
7. Shaunwil - PAID

:wave Shaun - plenty of time to get your FD sorted for this one :Laugh

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID
2. CJR - PAID
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage)
6. bigpete
7. Shaunwil - PAID

Quote from: Casey;852985:wave Shaun - plenty of time to get your FD sorted for this one :Laugh

Know what I\'ll be doing over easter weekend !

Shaun

I might be interested in this, is there still space for it?

Gaz- still space at the moment, and the cheaper price too. Get in before the early booking discount is removed :Laugh

I\'ll contact the Beaumont Hotel next week to ask how many rooms they have on 29.30th.

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID
2. CJR - PAID
3. Steve Garbutt - get yer finger out Steve :Laugh
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID - Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID

Quote from: Casey;853990Gaz- still space at the moment, and the cheaper price too. Get in before the early booking discount is removed :Laugh

Ok sounds good, let me see if i can get the days off work. So would we go down on the Wednesday night or something and then back after the session on Thursday?

^^Many of us stay a local hotel in nearby Louth on the Wednesday and Thursday nights. Some just stay for the Wednesday night and drive home after the event (I\'ve got a long journey so stay an extra night). Room is £44, breakfast £6. We\'ve been staying at this hotel for several years as they look after us well and the price is good. I\'ll post up details in the next week or so.

Organised by Javelin, this is a full Open Pitlane day for just £129 for early booking - that\'s an INCREDIBLY good price for Cadwell :Thumbs-up :D.  I recommend people book ON THIS LINK (http://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackday/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=593itemid=11) whilst the early booking discount is still in force.

HOTEL BOOKING; I recommend we stay at the usual place, the Beaumont Hotel in Louth. I\'ve contacted the hotel and they have plenty of rooms at the moment. Website price is showing as £44 single, £58 double, with optional brekkie at £6 p/p. Please book DIRECT with the hotel on 01507 605005, mention you are part of the "Cadwell Park Group". You\'ll probably speak to one of the proprietors, Nick or Tina. If you book direct you can get a 100% refund with 48hrs notice if you have a problem. If you book via a website you will pay a cancellation fee.

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. GreySilver Beast (possible)

Just booked :-)

I can\'t wait, Cadwell is a great track and now we\'ve got a great group of us going, will be awesome!   I was thinking of doing the Sunday, but the much better to be going with everyone else :-)

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. GreySilver Beast (possible)
11. Samoht - PAID

:Thumbs-up samoht; welcome aboard, we always have a great time at Cadwell :)

Re-posting hotel details, in case anyone missed it just above ;)

HOTEL BOOKING; I recommend we stay at the usual place, the Beaumont Hotel in Louth. I\'ve contacted the hotel and they have plenty of rooms at the moment. Website price is showing as £44 single, £58 double, with optional brekkie at £6 p/p. Please book DIRECT with the hotel on 01507 605005, mention you are part of the "Cadwell Park Group". You\'ll probably speak to one of the proprietors, Nick or Tina. If you book direct you can get a 100% refund with 48hrs notice if you have a problem. If you book via a website you will pay a cancellation fee.

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. GreySilver Beast (possible)
11. Samoht - PAID

Just an FYI, This is up to £139 now...

Still a very good price IMO  ;)


Ian.

^^ Well spotted Ian. I agree, £139 is still good, but I wouldn\'t be surprised if the price rose to the more typical £169 (or higher) as the date draws closer. Book now if you want to go to this track, one of my UK favourites :Thumbs-up

Well I\'ve had some good news this week, so I think I might treat myself to a drive around this awesome circuit :)
Ill work out how Im going to pay for it later :Giggle
:3gears-rh


UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. GreySilver Beast (possible)
11. Samoht - PAID
12. Ian.M - PAID

^^^ Great to hear you will be joining us Ian :cool

Tina from the Beaumont Hotel has been in touch with me to ask who else will be needing accommodation. She has some rooms "reserved" for our group but may have to release them soon if not taken, so please get in touch with her if you need a room asap and annotate the list below - thx. It would also help me if you stated "no hotel needed", should you be "day-tripping" or staying elsewhere!

HOTEL BOOKING; I recommend we stay at the usual place, the Beaumont Hotel in Louth. I\'ve contacted the hotel and they have plenty of rooms at the moment. Website price is showing as £44 single, £58 double, with optional brekkie at £6 p/p. Please book DIRECT with the hotel on 01507 605005, mention you are part of the "Cadwell Park Group". You\'ll probably speak to one of the proprietors, Nick or Tina. If you book direct you can get a 100% refund with 48hrs notice if you have a problem. If you book via a website you will pay a cancellation fee.

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. Samoht - PAID
11. Ian.M - PAID

1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. GreySilver Beast (possible)
11. Samoht - PAID
12. Ian.M - PAID
13 Clive -paid

Fingers crossed this is maybe where I creep the race car around for the day running in providing it\'s finished and running

:) Brilliant news Clive. I\'ve got my fingers firmly crossed that everything goes smoothly and the car will be ready for it\'s first outing at Cadwell.

Tina from the Beaumont Hotel has been in touch with me to ask who else will be needing accommodation. She has some rooms "reserved" for our group but may have to release them soon if not taken, so please get in touch with her if you need a room asap and annotate the list below - thx. It would also help me if you stated "no hotel needed", should you be "day-tripping" or staying elsewhere!

HOTEL BOOKING; I recommend we stay at the usual place, the Beaumont Hotel in Louth. I\'ve contacted the hotel and they have plenty of rooms at the moment. Website price is showing as £44 single, £58 double, with optional brekkie at £6 p/p. Please book DIRECT with the hotel on 01507 605005, mention you are part of the "Cadwell Park Group". You\'ll probably speak to one of the proprietors, Nick or Tina. If you book direct you can get a 100% refund with 48hrs notice if you have a problem. If you book via a website you will pay a cancellation fee.

UPDATED LIST

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. Steve Garbutt
4. farmboyrex - PAID
5. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
6. bigpete - PAID
7. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Lennycarloff - PAID
9. MarkB
10. Samoht - PAID
11. Ian.M - PAID
12. Clive - PAID

I\'ll try and call the hotel tomorrow to book, thanks for the reminders :)

I have just booked for 29th.
HOWEVER the person I talked to didn\'t recognise a \'Cadwell Park group\'.  After some confusion, she just booked my room anyway but not as part of a group, under my name (Tom Westmacott).  I had to pay for a double room as they had no singles available.

Casey - any idea what the magic word is to join the group?  I\'d be happy to have my booking transferred to the group if that\'s possible.

I *think* I may have taken the last single room for the 29th (part of caseys group booking).
Not sure what the magic word is... I tried "Cadwell Park", but that still led to confusion and further phone calls/email :Hammer

Ian.

:Laugh Well, I tried to make it as simple as I could. Having emailed and spoken to Tina at the hotel I don\'t understand where it\'s gone wrong :confused:

Tom - I\'ll email Tina and let her know you are part of the group and see if there is still a single in my name she can transfer you to. However, Ian.M may be correct, all the singles MAY have gone. I\'ll post back when I have a reply.

HEADS UP - THIS TRACKDAY IS NOW FULLY BOOKED!

A reserve list is in operation on the Javelin website for anyone who\'d still like to come along, subject to people dropping out.

Quote from: Casey;857321:Laugh Well, I tried to make it as simple as I could. Having emailed and spoken to Tina at the hotel I don\'t understand where it\'s gone wrong :confused:

Tom - I\'ll email Tina and let her know you are part of the group and see if there is still a single in my name she can transfer you to. However, Ian.M may be correct, all the singles MAY have gone. I\'ll post back when I have a reply.

Thanks for your efforts, obviously if there aren\'t any singles left then I\'m happy with a double, no probs.

Well done Casey for getting this promoted on here.  Final signed-up stats are
* 81 drivers (some may be sharing cars)
* 23 of which Mazda
* 10 of which rotary

Booo, wish I could have made this :spank

^^^It\'s going to be a good day - Cadwell is always great fun.

Quote from: samoht;857349Well done Casey for getting this promoted on here.  Final signed-up stats are
* 81 drivers (some may be sharing cars)
* 23 of which Mazda
* 10 of which rotary

Yeah, that\'s really good, seems a lot of MX-5\'s are coming along to this one. Nearly a third of the field are Mazdas - excellent:)

UPDATED LIST WITH HOTEL BOOKINGS

Is anyone else staying over at the hotel on the 30th? I didn\'t get the complete info from Tina, just who\'d booked, but not what nights.

I\'m in!
1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th+30th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. farmboyrex - PAID
4. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
5. bigpete - PAID
6. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
7. Lennycarloff - PAID, Hotel Booked
8. Samoht - PAID, Hotel Booked
9. Ian.M - PAID, Hotel Booked
10. Clive - PAID, Hotel Booked

I\'ve only booked the 29th.

So, this looks like the final line up for next week...Arnie_O has taken the trackday place and hotel booking that Clive had to let go.

1. Casey - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
2. CJR - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
3. farmboyrex - PAID
4. wildman10 (with feathers as talking baggage) - PAID
5. bigpete - PAID
6. Shaunwil - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
7. Lennycarloff - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
8. Samoht - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
9. Ian.M - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th
10. Arnie_O - PAID, Hotel Booked 29th

Just got the car back together last night after it dumped all to coolant out of the uim seal just as we pulled up out side the house after japfest so testing this afternoon. I should be ready

Wow, What caused that Jim ?
 
I assumed you would have a hard drive home without Power Steering. Was this related ?
 
Chris

It may have allowed  more water pressure to be available but the gasket had been made up of three bits and the seal on the water way to the turbo was missing and had been siliconed .so I was glad it went when it did:O

Yeh, you were lucky ??!! Mine always fails when I\'m miles from home !!
 
See you at Cadwell.

Are you all run in now

180 miles to go, which is the same as driving it for mapping !! Managed 920 miles in two weekends !!

How did you get on with the loom ??

Shaun

Having one fitted Saturday. How\'s your diff rebuild going ?

I\'ll be keeping my fingers crossed that all you guys have no further problems and are all sorted for next week :Thumbs-up

I\'ll be running same diff as Japfest. Will then get it sorted once I can have the car in bits again !

Just need to work out if my tyres will last the day !

Shaun

Just measured tyres and they are 3.5mm and 4.0mm so they should last the day. Will be booking trailer at weekend too :D

Shaun

Car running better than ever and just picked it up from the MOT which it passed with flying colours.so I am ready and I will see you all next week

:-)

Awesome news :D

FD mapped by Jay D at Powergains after Kerim corrected more problems. still running in with boost limited to 0.8 bar !!
 
So should see you all at Cadwell. I\'ll bring the tent as a place to store stuff.
Chris

Looking forward to this now... ZJim ill sort you out for those coilovers when I see you if your happy with that... Sorry I missed you at Japfest buddy

Not a problem. Hope they where good for you
See you there

Glad everyone\'s cars are getting sorted in time for Cadwell!

Weather forecast is cloudy, high of ~11 deg and some light rain ~1pm, but predominantly dry :Thumbs-up I\'ll wait until tomorrow evening to decide whether to keep the Falken road tyres on, or swop to the (nearly worn out now) Federals.

Anyone from the South up for a meet at Peterborough Services sometime early afternoon for a Convoy up to the Hotel?

USUAL REMINDER TO EVERYONE - DON\'T FORGET YOUR DRIVING LICENSE (both parts if you have them!) ;)

Quote from: Casey;858479...the (nearly worn out now) Federals.

Let me know if you see any deals on these in the future... I think I\'ll need some new rubber before Donnington!

I\'ll have a tow car with me too hopefully once I\'ve booked the trailer today. Not going to get time to pull the subs out but will have the back seats and still sizable boot available for stuff to be stored.

Just got off phone to CCI to book my car in for the trackday too :D

Looking forward to the day.

Shaun

Better late than never, a quick briefing document for the day. Most of you will be familiar with the contents, but it might act as a useful checklist..

(EDIT: just this minute received an email from Javelin - everyone should get this, but I\'ve posted up the stuff they\'ve sent as well; except the Javelin Cadwell Briefing, which is too large to post - file too big.)

After my car refusing to be mapped (Apexi PFC won\'t consistently talk to any datalogic or official interface setup), I\'m now hoping Jason can sort it tomorrow.  So I\'ll be leaving Worthing around 7.30pm and getting to the B&B around midnight if I\'m lucky (!!!)  (I checked with Nick just now and he\'s arranged for me to arrive late)

Anyway, will try not to disturb everyone else\'s sleep when I get there, and see you all in the morning for breakfast around 7.15am I guess.

Sorry to hear that Tom - I hope you can get it fixed tomorrow.

We normally arrange for an early breakfast, 7am, so we can get to Cadwell asap to bag an area together. Hope to see you on Thursday morning. My mobile number is on the "doc" attachment above if you want/need to txt me with any news. Fingers crossed for you.

Fingers crossed it gets sorted.

Shaun,
Looking forward to viewing your towing arrangements (I need some ideas before buying my own towing set up).
Passenger seat in the FD has your name on it sometime during Thursday, to pay you back for Castle Combe.
Chris

Looking forward to it, preferably not in the rain ! Forcast is changing every day !

Shaun

Forecast changing by the minute! Just leaving now, see some of you tonight and the rest in the morning :cheers

Just packing stuff into tow car, cars on trailer (what a faff) and having a brew before I set off !

Cya at the hotel !

Shaun

Well, I\'m out.

I took my car down to Jason two weeks ago for an FMIC and various other work with the aim of it being track-ready for tomorrow.  However due to his Datalogit PFC connectors either not being compatible with my Apexi and/or not working reliably, having fitted the parts he was unable to finish mapping it or to investigate why the second turbo often doesn\'t come in.

I\'m *gutted* to be missing out on my first MRC trackday, I was really looking forward to it.  However, I\'m not blaming anyone, it\'s just bad luck.

FWIW, the previous time I was at Cadwell, it was early December and we didn\'t get out on track til 11am as they were trying to melt the ice.  Needless to say, it was very slippery all day - yet I had a great time in my S13.  So, I\'d say it is at least as much fun wet as dry !

Hope you all have a great time, and I hope I am lucky enough to get to join you in future.

Just got home, dropped car off the trailer and got it ready to drop off in morning !

Thankyou for a great couple of days. Wasn\'t all that quick but at least the weather stayed dry. Not very warm and the fog was fun at the end of the day.

Completely shot !

Shaun

Guys. thanks for making today a great day. Malcolm, thanks for organising. Jim, glad to hear you got home okay.
 
Putting \'running in\' miles on the FD is fun at track speeds ! Other than a slight oil injector leak, the FD behaved all day and the new engine/porting/mapping were a revelation.
 
Hope you all get home safe.
Chris

Thanks to everyone who came along to support this event and provided some brilliant company and passenger rides :Thumbs-up

My brief report for the day;

Despite dire weather forecasts of anything from “Noah’s Ark required” to light rain all day, even up to the evening before this event, the weather actually kept dry for the entire day. That\'s if you discount the mist at the end of the day and the very slight drizzle at times, which was not even enough to bother using the wipers. It was darned cold and windy for the time of year though :(

The result was a damp track to start the day, drying quickly to a good level of grip around the whole track by late morning and through the rest of the day.

The only downer on the day was Jim’s (lennycarloff) forced retirement due to a black flag on the first sighting lap  :2eek . We found a coolant leak from the water pump (RX-7 FC T2) which could not be sufficiently fixed to allow Jim to get out on track at all. Luckily, it wasn’t so severe that Jim was prevented from driving home safely. Also sad that samoht from the MRC wasn’t able to make it along at all, due to a last minute mapping issue with his RX-7 FD.

I had some excellent RX-8 passenger rides with Ian.M and Bigpete â€" they must have both been putting in some very fast times, had we been doing any live timing, which we weren’t of course (trackday rules). I went out with Pete late in the day and was especially impressed as this was his first time out at Cadwell (and the lucky blighter lives only 45 minutes from this awesome track  :) ). Of course, I put his performance entirely down to me taking him around as a passenger early in the day to show him how to drive the circuit properly  ;) . Seriously though, Pete was driving the circuit as though he’d driven it many times before. It’s was also a relief to Pete that changing the whole back subframe on the car had solved a weird handling problem he’d been experiencing.

Arnie_O was distracted throughout the day by texts, updating him on the arrival of his new baby â€" I’ll let him explain that in his own time :Laugh:Laugh

I went out in CJR\'s car, which he is keeping off boost until his new setup is fully mapped. What a beast, sounds and feels fantastic, even though CJR was short-shifting to keep the engine tame. When this car is fully "unleashed" it will be amazing :mmmm.

Everyone had a big smile on their faces throughout the day and seemed to be really enjoying themselves, even when wrapped up in multiple layers in the pit area. It was actually a relief to go out on track to get warmed up  :D

I was exceptionally pleased (and surprised) with the way my car handled on the Falken FK452 tyres. They were very grippy and gave good feedback through the steering wheel, plus lots of noise to warn you when they were at their limit. Pushing them hard on 15 minute sessions did result in increasing understeer, but nothing dramatic. Everything was very progressive and easily corrected with small steering inputs. The surprising thing was analysing my video footage for laptimes this morning. My best times at Cadwell previously were 1m55s in damp conditions (Sept 2012) and also 1m55s in dry conditions (June 2011, on Federal track tyres). Put those results down to my increasing experience at this circuit and confidence in the car in damp conditions. However, yesterday, I put in a series of very consistent 1m53s and 1m54s laps (so best yet) on a clear track on my last (misty) session of the day. I\'m very pleased with those tracktimes on “budget” Falken tyres. I’ll post up some video later…..

Next trackday for me - Japfest 2 at Donington on Sunday, July 7 - see some of you there  :D

Video clip of most of my last session of the day (7 laps); getting misty and most people packing up, so see how empty the track is! Happy with very consistent laptimes, all 1m53s or 1m54s  :D

Will try to post up some video clips earlier in the day when passing/being passed by other cars....

Wow.  How consistent are you malcom. Thanks for the day out , sorry we left early but not being able to get out on track tuck the shine off a bit. Ordered new part so will be up and running again soon

Jim, just glad you, Heidi (and the car!) got home OK. A real shame that problem with the water pump had to appear on your sighting lap :(  Hope it turns out to be a simple (and cheap) fix. Good to see you both though, as always.

Final "compilation" video of several sessions, some taken from my low res camera by my rearview mirror, some from a HD camera on nearside foglight position on front bumper. Use the gearwheel on the youtube screen (bottom right) to select HD to get best quality on the foglight camera. Got some of you captured on these clips if you look carefully!

Quote from: lennycarloff;858736Wow.  How consistent are you malcom. Thanks for the day out , sorry we left early but not being able to get out on track tuck the shine off a bit. Ordered new part so will be up and running again soon

Glad you got home in one piece. Can fully understand not getting to run on the day but once your sorted the car will be back out strong and fast as ever.

I\'ll try and upload me getting cross at the guy in the carrera 4s that flatly refused to get out of the way through the corners then nailed it in the straights !

Shaun

Just been looking at the video (and uploading) and all I\'d been getting is 2:06, but I seem to have got stuck behind stuff and moved out of the way of guys behind quite a bit.

Need the diff to go back in to see just what the difference it will make.

Shaun

Here we go :





Sound isn\'t too good, not that bad considering its just velcro\'d onto the bumper :Giggle

Shaun