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hi guys
i was one of the lucky ones i did mine around november just gone i went to my local dvla office preston told thm and she did it there and then for me and they sent log book off came back 6 weeks later lol.

email sent robbie let me know what you think?

Right then here is what happened in this year\'s event

Day one bray hill

Since the last time i entered this hillclimb i have increased the power by changing from stock twins to garrett gt35/40r and smic to vmic and all necessary fuelling parts and to finish off porting was added for better spool up.

So from last time where i came somewhat down the field i approached the start with r888s in slightly damp conditions and tried to launch with a little over 3k rpm but grip was not there so really bad start until getting into 3rd then grip at which point my time had been somewhat rubbish and after that being my 1st practice the rain came down again and so after another practice and quite a few incidents day one racing was abandoned, such a shame as was pretty confident but hey safety first.

I should point out that bray hill takes place in between houses and has quite a few stone walls to have look at hehe.

Day two sloc

In my defence i have never driven this at all so upon getting a better launch one because the sun was out and adjusting the edfc to make it a little softer but still could not get the power down in 1st or 2nd i ended up running last furthermore a local friend on the isle of man said i should be careful as along the the hill there was a dip on the right coming up to the left hander which if you hit the dip i may end up over the wall with a 1000ft drop after it so that was that.

day three mountain road

This was the best day for me because last time i was 3rd in class and felt alot more confident so the sun was out and i got up 6.30am to go and do some practice ie familiarise myself with the road again.

Then my 1st practice i was running 1st yippee and it was clear that the car was much better despite in 1st and 2nd i still could not get grip but once into 3rd the car was fabulous so then 1st timed run i was over a second in front from 2nd place which i thought went well because in this run i had the back end out at the hairpin and got it back imo very quick.

So then it was my final timed run still with over a second between me and 2nd place but all i could think about was if i can get a good launch then i could get an even faster time so im sure you can guess upto the hairpin previously it was approached in 3rd but this my final timed run i got into 4th which obviously meant higher speeds and so i ended up braking late and turned into the corner and felt the back end step out so counter steered it again the thought i had caught it so back onto the throttle in 2nd gear and were i thought i caught i hadnt so out comes the back end into a 180 degree spin.

It ended up i was 2nd place 4 tenths behind the class winner so runner up with the smaller trophy than winning but hey if you guys want to give me some tips as to getting the best launches please feel free.

If any of you guys would like to see the internal/external footage of the spin let me know.

Finally after my recent visit to the isle of man does anyone fancy a trip over again later this year and i shall see what i organise for prices hopefully a good discount.

P.S. it was nice to see in the flesh xmn\'s fortune rx7 and sorry for not getting another chance to meet up with you luba.

i have garrett gt35/40r ball bearing turbo because i wanted more power but at the same time as little lag as poss, was making 421hp 368lbft but looking forward to mapping after new engine and porting will spool up even quicker

Bb turbo\'s :rollin :mmmm :Giggle :cool

Well all being well i should be competing in the manx motor racing event in just over 3 weeks so since the last time i competed i have made a couple of changes to my rex so should more competitive.

Does anyone fancy a trip over to the isle of man?

Here is a link for the organisers http://www.manxmotorracing.com/

hi adrian nice to hear from you, your going in the right direction over from italy back to japanese hehe.

I have just started going to a meet which is in garstang adereed posted info about it http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45081 and he will be posting up when the next one is ive been to it for the 1st time last week and has alot more space then the mascrat and more interesting scenery.

:cool

so when you say uk tracks it should be fine then what about the ring i believe it has to be 95db static and thanks for your help

Does anyone know the noise level of say a 92 fd that is totally standard ?

hi there i have a gt35/40r turbo and must say spool up time is pretty quick  am just waiting to put my rebuilt engine back in the car which is now got a street port and so will be able to give some sort of comparison between running a gt35 on stock ports and with a street port, also i changed the secondary inj to 1600cc which after mapping was fine alongside standard primaries but i suppose it all depends on the map.

hth and i dont have many probs with evo\'s skylines and impreza with the 421hp im making.:Thumbs-up

here is picture of gauge in the housing o have not cleaned it yet

here is picture of rotor

thanks carl so when you talk about recess is that on the outside of the rotor?

As one of my rotor\'s has what looks like a little dent in it whereas the other doesnt have a dent so i was thinking one is for the front and one is for the back?

Also slightly off topic i think the rear rotor housing isnt going to be re-usable as there is a gorge in the housing which even though the apex seal had a fracture in it the seal was sat in the rotor still but protruding slightly out of the rotor which is what i think caused the compression loss, but the front housing i am thinking is ok so is it ok to purchase either a used or new rear housing because im hoping to re-use the front housing?

thanks again carl

just finished stripping the engine down and was wondering if there is any difference between the front and the rear rotors to look at?

The engine is 13b rew off a fd.

thanks

i have yet to see it around but i am sure he\'s posted on here and may get to see and hear it one day being down the road from me give or take 10 miles.

Are you missing her i would normski?

this is jons wife i was just trying to help out i wasnt goin to do the deal direct im sorry jon as just told me about the rules