***TRACKDAY, Goodwood, Saturday, 31 August***

[Casey]

Thanks for posting that up Chris. It was really good to see both the RX-4 and FC in action on track. Clive was certainly pushing hard through the chicane, even putting 2 wheels over the kerb and onto the grass on one lap Seeing the RX-4 suspension working hard and the chrome glinting in the sun was quite a magical sight :Thumbs-up

[Paul-Tll]

Thanks for posting that up Chris. It was really good to see both the RX-4 and FC in action on track. Clive was certainly pushing hard through the chicane, even putting 2 wheels over the kerb and onto the grass on one lap Seeing the RX-4 suspension working hard and the chrome glinting in the sun was quite a magical sight :Thumbs-up

Made my day too. good to catch Clive and all:wave
Paul

[lennycarloff]

Was that taken with your slightly burnt camera, because it has a yellow tint to it and it\'s got the look of a mazda add from when clives car was new , it so works.  I am sure I remember someone saying that they wont be pushing to hard such a beautiful car  :Nono!


Jim

[stormcloud]

A short clip of the RX-4 whilst on my BF cooling down lap.

http://youtu.be/Bxx5MgFuL7I

[re japi]

Very nice vid. Loved when that camera car went brab brab brab

Btw, is RX-4´s chassis and suspension near/similar to FB´s? Just wondering...

And that event looks amazing! Maybe my next years holiday trip...

[clive]

Thanks for the taking and posting the video\'s and the comments, blimey Chris has some patience to film me creping along behind like he did :god  

As some of you know, I only took it on track to hopefully bring a smile to some faces who would never have expected to see an old standard car like the RX-4 actually venture on track :Giggle  

Jim\'s comment is absolutely spot on, it really does looks like a seventy advert.

After six years on the road and only seeing static photos of the RX-4 it seems quite bizarre to see it "moving", well if we can call it moving:eek:, I was even able to watch the aeroplanes up in the sky, something that would not have happened in something quicker where I needed to concentrate, corners were still fun though :chat

Yes the front end is like a Gen 1 but the rear is a solid axle on leaf springs and it actually handled very nice with a tendency to understeer which I would have expected anyway.

Turns out, taking the RX-4 on track had a huge benefit after all as it showed up a fault I had never picked up on the road:Hammer,

 I was really puzzled on track that in third and fourth it would not manage much more that 6000 revs and just put it down to lack of power, turned out all the time I have been driving it the secondary butterflies have been stuck completely shut and they have been for the last six years!!!

After playing with that carburettor over the weekend I now have an RX-4 flying machine that happily revs off the clock, its literally come to life and feels like a turbo been bolted on  :chat.

Wow, I enjoyed the car before, but now I can shock some people whilst out and about, like I said "not an ornament"  :driving