Clive's 3 Rotor 700BHP Monster Thunder Saloon Project

[Eccentric shaft]

Tuning in! Go get' em! 🏁

[clive]

Here's something never seen before 

[clive]

Sorry to the people who follow the car as it's a late report, but work got in the way 😉

As some will know we had to abandon the first race due to a broken rear disc then had to start from the pit lane after everyone was out on their first lap. Bizarrely I won the Class and now am joint leader in the Thunder saloon championship !

So it was off to Castle Combe for the Monday, initially having a gentle run in qualifying getting used to my new found power as unlike Donnington now we had the boost turned up, wasn't too worried about the grid position as I "thought" I would work my way up during the race having won races there before, WRONG ! The weather chucked everything at us from nice sun, torrential rain and even hailstones!! So what tyres do we run then ? Jim and Jon changed tyres twice but as my local weather man (you know who you are 🤣) was convinced the heavens were going to open, I went for wet weather tyres, WRONG 😱, got out onto a bone dry track that then stayed that way ! Even on wet no grip tyres I was straight up to 7th from 11th but as the laps went on by lap 5 I could actually smell the rubber as you will see below, my tyres were literally melting !! so I pulled off 🤬.

Race two was no better and because a car was stuck at the chicane and then a Civic punted me off under a yellow and it seemed like I only got half a lap in proper, because we trailed around behind the safety car for ever, mind you I had the bit between my teeth and over took 4 cars out of the last chicane on the run to the flag.

Plus side is, the car ran faultlessly and is good to go in three weeks' time at Cadwell Park up in Lincolnshire 👍.

[clive]

Shouldn't ever break a rear disc again as I have found that with just 2.5mm off the overall diameter, I can get the RX-8 front discs on the car which are also fatter.
Jim thought they looked close to fitting and he was right :mrgreen:

Here they are dummied up

[Eccentric shaft]

Well done! Was wondering why you didn't show up on the screen at Donington. 

[clive]

Race Car with Pit Crew 😁

[clive]

Race 2 Combe video.
Didn't really get into my stride but still saw something approaching 150 on the straight, so it now has some grunt!

[clive]

[clive]

I know some of you are local so maybe interested that I'm out at Brands Hatch 4th/5th May at the World GT event- After a very disappointing and very wet weekend at Cadwell Park, I will be out racing again with the Classic & Modern Motorsport Club Southern as a " Super Saloon"  against what looks like a 40 car grid!

Saturday:-
11:25 - 11:45 CMMS - Super Saloons, Tin Tops & Intermarque Silhouettes Qualifying
15:40 - 15:55 CMMS - Super Saloons, Tin Tops & Intermarque Silhouettes Race 3

[clive]

Sums Cadwell up, a dejected looking Jim 

[Casey]

A few pic from Clive's outing to Brands Hatch last weekend. Sadly, Christine was up to her old tricks and was holding back engine power  Even so, Clive managed to qualify 23rd on a grid of 42.

Car 51 in the last 2 pics had a scary moment as Druid's, facing the wrong way!

Race Pics:

[clive]

After the diffuser came off at Brands we are now upgrading to a big one piece diffuser as used on Radicals, so something designed in a wind tunnel rather than my garage    Here's the old and the new

[Casey]

Looks the business, Clive 

[clive]

Looks the business, Clive 

Thanks Malcolm.

The original was a messy, four pieces. This one is one piece from half way along the fuel tanks and should be more effective out away from the rear bumper.     

[MattScott]

Hope you find some reliability again soon

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