Lotus 7 club quarter mile day at Avon Park tomorrow

Lotus 7 club quarter mile day at Avon Park tomorrow

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dannylt

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291 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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Surprised to not have seen it cross posted here, but it looks like quite a few Caterhams are going to the Avon Park open day.

See www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=105908

jackal

11,249 posts

289 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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too many egos, too little time....
i shall be on the bog taking a dump





but good luck danny, hope you show them a thing or two

dannylt

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291 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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Blimey, that's harsh... and they can't all be as bad as you

I figure a couple of runs down a drag strip every few years is worth a laugh... if just to realise how much more fun track days are!

dino ferrana

791 posts

259 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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Wish I could go there are some pretty awesome machines going!

jackal

11,249 posts

289 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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opps, just noticed that this isnt buzzez !

Yob Tar

85 posts

227 months

Saturday 10th June 2006
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Anyone know how Dave Hersey (Townley) got on?

jackal

11,249 posts

289 months

Sunday 11th June 2006
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NICE ONE DANNY !

big thumbs up for the duratec + ammo !

Edited by jackal on Sunday 11th June 00:42

mic

376 posts

240 months

Sunday 11th June 2006
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Dave Hersey had problems with the fuel system and left early.

dannylt

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Sunday 11th June 2006
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Good to meet you Mick finally! I consistently did 11.7s on road tyres which would have meant 3rd overall, but for Dave Edmands' gearbox failure. He very kindly lent me his slicks to beat Arnie and I got the winning 11.3 straight away... which was about all the clutch could manage! Great fun, and very hot.

jackal

11,249 posts

289 months

Tuesday 13th June 2006
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LMAO:


Dave loves to dispute all power figures except anything from HTR. On this occaision I cannot agree his attitude was a sprit of cameraderie, it was much more but a compelling urge to see me lose and go home without the trophy. I admire his resolve and that of his henchmen for that though, it makes for an amusing event.

The Duratec was stunning and I am certain it is as powerful as claimed. How much of the top end can be attributed to sheer grunt, and how much goes to my lack of a toneau cover is an unknown, but be sure I do not wish to undermnine Danny's success, but based upon Daves engine output, drag and weight are still clearly the most influencial factor in terms of times and ET speed. Sadly a car designed for drag racing, with no front wings and the front wheels of a bicycle, would have prevented me from legally driving 300 miles to and from the event. Not retrofitable for next year though......

The speeds and times between Danny and I at 1/8 made for the most intersting reading - I appear to be more accelerative but with less traction in the first half, with other elements coming into effect in the second 1/8th. Its for this reason I think I'll be back next year when I've got a few of the trick bits bolted back on the car I simply did not have time to implement this time around.

It would however, have been a more interesting day had Graham Ford, Paul Gibb, the V8's and Adam Hay's car been there, and we both would have surely lost to some of them.

K2RUM - The car of two halves.










edmandsd


Looking at your times/speeds v Danny's it's transparent that his is the faster car for he's pulling an extra 5 mph over you in the second 1/8th - that's a lot in drag racing.

You talk about poor sportsmanship but then enter your car in the under 260bhp class having publicly reported a figure of 263 bhp at Steve Greenauld's. You need to face facts, your car is a mid 11 second car that wont crack 120 mph terminal speed. In it's current state of tune it will quite frankly never break the 10 second barrier regardless of your claims (In fact its no quicker than when the car was featured in CCC in the mid 90's).

trackcar

6,453 posts

233 months

Tuesday 18th July 2006
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dannylt said:
Good to meet you Mick finally! I consistently did 11.7s on road tyres which would have meant 3rd overall, but for Dave Edmands' gearbox failure. He very kindly lent me his slicks to beat Arnie and I got the winning 11.3 straight away... which was about all the clutch could manage! Great fun, and very hot.


Just noticed this thread .. Danny have you seen we've got a Cerbera under 12seconds? (3 runs all at 11.9secs) thought you might be interested as an ex Cerbie owner

dannylt

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Tuesday 18th July 2006
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Cool! How? Dodgy tyres? I'm hoping for sub 11 next year

trackcar

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233 months

Tuesday 18th July 2006
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Nope .. std road tyres was at santa pod rather than avon park though if that makes a difference..?

dannylt

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Wednesday 19th July 2006
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Sounds good! Hard to compare even the same place on days with different weather I think, but that's still very good going - presumably 420+ bhp?

trackcar

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233 months

Wednesday 19th July 2006
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Yeah it's consistently 418-420 on my dyno.
Sorry to hijack the thread .. back to Caterhams now

dannylt

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Wednesday 19th July 2006
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I'll bring up my Caterham to your dyno some time so we can see how it compares to Emerald/Track'n'Road. Look forward to seeing it!