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Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Squeaky bum moment on the way into paddock at 16.50.
Some of those other cars are fast, that winged bmw, the caterham and the cayman in particular.
Whoever was wearing the open face helmet.....it's hard to be sure from the video but it looks like your turn in is a little early at mclaren and this is slowing you down through clark, leaving you open to being overtaken down the straight?
Was it the use of the kerbs at graham hill that led to the disqualification?
Also, one of you is using 2nd gear at druids, the other isn't. Would be interesting to compare your laptimes / splits to see which is faster. Could well be that 3rd gear is both quicker and easier on the car?
Mclaren is mega tricky to get right, seems to be a million different lines through there and it's VERY slippery on the outside. Probably the corner that scared me the most.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
We had to miss the second round of the season at Croft as Nick got married, so we're now looking forward to the next race on Saturday 20th July, at Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire. We've also entered the remaining races of the season at Donington Park, Snetterton, and Silverstone.
As neither of us have driven Cadwell before, we've taken the opportunity to join the official test day on the Friday, which will give each of us valuable track time to learn what everyone calls "the mini-Nurburgring". One thing that we discovered at Brands Hatch was how little time you actually get to learn the track and practice. If you only enter the race you get 25 mins to Practice/Qualify, which of course is split between two drivers so at most 5/6 laps each before the race, not a lot at all! The Friday test day will allow us to get some dedicated seat time (2x35mins each) that will hopefully translate into better results.
However, I've stripped down, ported, polished, cleaned, and refreshed a new cylinder head fitted with Piper 285H race cams, so we want to get that onto the car to give us some more top-end power. They say it'll be worth an extra 15bhp with the factory ECU. The entry list for our class is 6 cars strong (2 x BMW 318s, 2x Toyota MR2s, a Pug 106, and ourselves) and we think they're all running at the class limit so every bit of power is welcome.
If you'd like to see us race, tickets are £12 per adult, £8 for 12-15s, and children go free. If you enter voucher code 750MC you'll get some discount off those prices - https://cadwellpark.msv.com/CP-19-750
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Good luck. Stay off those kerbs ;-)
One thing to note: the idle is rougher now (as expected) so wouldn't recommend these camshafts on a road car, we've had to set base idle 100rpm higher to keep it stable. Piper do a milder profile - 270H- for road use. The engine does sound better under load and definitely has that race car burble - I'll try and get some better video when it's all settled down.
A final few bits to finish off tomorrow and she'll be race-ready:)
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
I think my old man even won a trophy at Cadwell once (for coming second in a class of two ).
We’ve agreed the next upgrade is a standalone ECU with variable TPS and replacing the MAF with an IAT sensor.
Van is packed, the trailer is prepped, we're off to Cadwell after work on Thursday
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Thanks!
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Race - 3:20pm - http://www.theresultslive.co.uk/750-motor-club/2019/cadwell-park-20-21st-july/race-6-saturday
I'm starting the race this time, with Nick bringing her home.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
We’ve been suffering with an overheating problem on the car since we first got on track yesterday and whilst we’ve improved it, the car is down on power and won’t rev past 6k. Struggling to break the 2min barrier.
To top a crap quali session off. Nick didn’t come in when he was supposed to and when he eventually did, the session was red flagged so I didn’t get to set any times. I then had to do two laps behind the safety car as a sort of ‘naughty boy’ punishment in front of everyone.
Bollocks.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Both myself and the G40 got stuck behind the orange MR2 for a few laps, he was quick in a straight line but wasn't confident on the brakes so was stopping quite early for each corner. The G40 got past him on lap two and I did on lap three. Unfortunately, by that time the rest of the field had disappeared up the road so all I could do was try and pull away from the MR2 and make it to the pitstop. I just tried to set faster laps each time and not get in the way of the leaders as they came through. It's quite disheartening to be so far off the pace, but I guess that's motorsport.
I came into the pits on lap 11 and handed the car over to Nick, who after our mandatory 1 minute stop went out and set our fastest lap of the race, which was nice as the car was still running hot and possibly down on power. Unfortunately for Nick, a Pug 205 binned it out of the last corner into the barrier and brought out a red flag, and the race was called after 15 laps. 3-1/2 hour drive for only 4 laps, he was gutted.
Still, we didn't finish last (on pace) and got a signature on our upgrade cards - 5 more and we can race at Spa!
Results - http://www.theresultslive.co.uk/750-motor-club/2019/cadwell-park-20-21st-july/race-6-saturday
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Best of luck at Donington, I would try and make it for that, but we'll be spectating at the British GT the following weekend so unlikely I can get a pass out for two consecutive weekends.