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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: HAD an ok day at Donno

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Got up late
Fitted the big silencer in a rush at home to save putting it on at track
Pushed the car out of garage thought it was a bit hard to push... Had ran over my new mobile that the missus had bought me crushing the sceen...
On the way the egts and back pressure were going too high due to the stupid exhaust extension so had to back the boost off to 1.8 bar and put a bit more overrun fuelling in to help it cool down
On the way to Donno lost the big silencer off the back on the motorway
Had to turn around and get it off the hard shoulder
Still red hot burnt my hand...
Got to Donno to late for morning session so had to wait till after dinner
I went out in the beginers class as i have never driven the circuit before .
The craner curves are awesome couple of slow laps to warm everything up
Saw Porkie comming up behind in his tuned up skyliner moved over and thought he knows the track well i will tag along with him
Slowing down for some corners dont know what there called and im starting to loose the brake pedal and rapidly catching the back of porkies sky bus
Not wanting to stove his car in i left a gap hopeing the brakes would come back
Feeling confident again started to put my foot in and a Zoo rs2000 holds me up from the pits all the way down crainer ( im sure marco was driving but wasnt sure as it looked like he had no hair )
He put his hand up and gave me a wave well i think it was a wave.
Went under the bridge up the hill and just about to come up to the corner for the main straight and f$$k brake pedal to the floor
Did a bit of pebble dashing to the car just missed the wall and sat there for a minuite and had a castella( if there had been a bar there i would have had a pint )
Got back onto track came down the pit straight and was black flagged for NOISE god knows why
Any way got back into pits and the pads are on the metal
You know what that is dont ya
p155 POOR PREPERATION,
Was a laugh though need some more time at donno awesome track
I will be back 29th dec next one no noise limits so full boost yeee ha
I hope Porkie had a video camera

Glad you, the car and your wallet have escaped that near miss relatively unscatherd! Turning down to 1.8 boost must be such a pi$$er, a total mare, I feel for you, I do, straight up, I'm not jealous OK? I'm NOT jealous.



Tinweevil

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1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.

Jesus .
A close shave there Daz.
Still look on the bright side.
No injury's and no panel damage.
Apart from the rather large brown streak's down yer PANT'S.




Any luck with the photo's of under your car .

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2009 Mini Clubman Cooper S Daily Driver.
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
480Hrs @ 14/03/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.

Working on a ratio of just 7Hrs a day not including driving to the Sprint.
That equals to 68 days that doesn’t include weekends.
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Project 13B Sprint now back on.

Glad you're ok

damn , i was hoping for a good video there.
glad you and the car missed though.

FULL boost and a FULL set of new pads i hope !

had me worried there for a mo!!