Clive's 400 BHP Super GT RX-8 Race Car

[clive]

Nope garage is nice and dry so no idea how this all got like it to cause so much grief, time and money.   

[Grant Monkhouse]

Great to see you work out the kinks, I guess racing wouldn’t be as fun if you didn’t have to fix/improve your car and then really enjoy the actual racing part of it.

What’s the new dunk graph look like versus the old one?


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[boosted]

Nope garage is nice and dry so no idea how this all got like it to cause so much grief, time and money. 

Ive noticed with mine when changing engines the wiring plugs seals are rubbish they go all soft and loose. Mine played up after in got and absolute soaking on the trailer on the way back from a trackday...

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[kev-yorks]

By default when working on electrics I add a liberal coating of dialectic grease to any connectors I'm working on, it stops corrosion issues in there tracks and as a bonus makes future disconnecting / reconnecting easier.

[clive]

Thanks Kev, I will get some and unplug the connectors and give them a smear.
Grant, haven't overlay'ed sheets, I'll find out if I have better low and mid range next week on the Donnington track dyno by the seat of my pants

Changed all the springs yesterday for 12Kilo Fronts and 10Kilo for the rear plus new rear pads which uncovered that my two piece discs had cracks so I renewed the rotor rings.

Pushed out the wheel arch damage which was worse than it looks in the picture so that needs some plod to get a bit of shape back plus my mate Steve will spray the bumper Monday after sorting our the damage to that yesterday.

God I need a sponsor, Christeen has cost a fortune over the last few weeks-------taking away the damage from the last race, what's the saying, "speed costs"     

   

[clive]

Just about ready for Donnington on Saturday, hopefully I will get a chance to see some of the other racing as the event has a really interesting program.

For anyone coming along, my qualifying will be at 10.20 / First Race 13.40 Second Race 16.45

Here's the whole race program timetable attached  below on a PDF   

[rote8]

Here's hoping the recent mods bear fruit  . Good Luck, wish I could be there to see you trounce the opposition 

[Casey]

Good luck at Donington Clive 

Sorry I can't be there as we have a Colchester Utd home match on Saturday 

[Lisa]

You can follow it live on Saturday https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/183921

[boosted]

Good luck and have fun.

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[boosted]

Woohoo! Pole postion.

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[boosted]

My bad tsl said red flag..Clive had Pole..then it updated after in 3rd position...strange.

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[Casey]

Watching qualification on TSL - just finished. Clive managed a 1:20.33 after 4 laps but then there was a red flag (hoping Clive wasn't involved) and he didn't resume on track after the session resumed. Clive was on Pole after the 4 laps, but slipped to 3rd by the end of the session, as other cars managed to put in 8-9 laps and some improved their times.

Odd that the Pole sitter, a subaru, put in a 1:17.977 in only 2 laps, but has an exclamation mark by his entry? Not sure what that means?

[boosted]

Ok i carried on with hoovering at red flag..didnt realise it restarted...Clive will have todo 1 of his famous starts!

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[boosted]

Woohoo...race win...got no finger nails left!

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