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Silverstone is such a large venue that both the National and International layout can be used at the same time, so not uncommon to find two club meetings on the same weekend. The 750MC Summer meeting at Silverstone National (22/23rd June) was cancelled owing to the full resurfacing work ahead of the British GP.
Who's racing?
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Firstly, now that my Novice cross can come off it's time to level up my gear with a custom paint job on my helmet. Here's the design that we came up with. The brief was "Red, black, and aggressive". Think we nailed it. Love the way they've incorporated the F into the main design.
Secondly, I've got a new engine to build
This was an engine that I disassembled earlier in the year and have had the parts sitting around for ages waiting for me to get on with it. The idea is to have a bulletproof bottom end that'll go on forever, and a high-performance cylinder head that'll eventually take ITBs when we decide to move up a class.
I sent to the cylinder block to my machinist, who along with a basic deck skim has overbored the cylinders to the next standard size up (78mm to 78.25mm) taking it from a 1.6 to a 1.61 - phwoar. I know that sounds silly but the weight of the removed material outweighs the increase in piston size, resulting in a slightly lighter engine and a higher compression ratio.
The new pistons are not forged but I've taken the opportunity to buy forged connecting rods. The conrods in the B6 engine are the weakest point by far, so a lighter forged set is definitely the way to go.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Best of luck for 2020.
This thread is a really insightful look into the reality of motor racing. You clearly have skills (and presumably tools and equipment) that I could only dream about.
Can I ask, why didn't you use genuine con rods? Are the forged ones better? Da dum, tsss - I'm here all week!
The whole rotating assembly (crank, rods, pistons, rings etc) has been balanced to within 1gram. Crank has been polished too.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Set up a dial gauge on the end of the crank with it all pushed all the way one side...
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
Will you be getting up t't'north next year, e.g. Oulton?
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk