Portimao: Algarve Historic Festival 2010

[dinkel]

Michiel Campagne rushing by in his M8F.


Ex-Teddy Pillette Interseries car.


"OK Michiel, how was the run?"


Massive 8.3 without the turboes: still about 750 brake on tap.


Barbots BDA screamer

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[eglf]

What was the thinking behind the different heights of the intakes on the Can-AM cars?

[dinkel]

Really no idea, it looks the dogs though!


Roger Wills' Macca M1B in sunny Autodromo Portimao.


Some fantastic machinery in the Masters Sports cars race.


View from the passengers bridge.


Fab Daren.


Awesome Lola T70 Spyder.

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[a8hex]

eglf said:

What was the thinking behind the different heights of the intakes on the Can-AM cars?

I'm sure I've seen this done on other engines too.
Perhaps it gives a wider power band even if it robs top end power.

Acceleration is more of a function of area under the torque/revs/gearing curves than just straight power.

[dinkel]

It gives a smoother torque curve . . . as if you need that!

Michiel made a test drive before buying this Macca from the Dodkins bros: "Leave the pit in 2nd and fly around in just 4th."

Bloody hell . . . I believe it was Donnington.

Classic car mag features a 820 brake orange beast M8F. Go read all about it!

[a8hex]

dinkel said:

It gives a smoother torque curve . . . as if you need that!

You need to replace the trumpets with trombones. Then you can play with the slide to get the right inlet length at all revs.

Hey if steam engines can have continuously variable valve timing back in the 19th century why can't racers have continuously variable inlets in the 60s

(PS, that is probably what I need on the XK)

[jellison]

MMmmmmmmmmmm M8F Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Might have to tag along to Portimao next year.

[dinkel]

Hotels and F&B is quite cheap.

Should be a good blast to drive from calais


A Chevrons chase.


Roger Wills quickly dissapearing in the distance, check vid:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1484615843/gt-...


Can't believe I sat in this monster car Lola 5 litre beast weapon.

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[jellison]

dinkel said:

Hotels and F&B is quite cheap.

Should be a good blast to drive from calais

Hmmm - maybe a good test for the Griff!

[Forthright MC]

Absloute porn! Do please keep them coming A

THAT M8F....

[jellison]

dinkel said:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1484615843/gt-...

Nice. Very undulating track, lots of blind brows - Top stuff, could imagine it would really separate the men from the boys

[dinkel]

More Sports Masters:


Wanty!


Wanty even more: the Mark D. car.


GT40 always makes for a great shot.


Olli passing a B8 uphill.

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dinkel said:

It gives a smoother torque curve . . . as if you need that!

Michiel made a test drive before buying this Macca from the Dodkins bros: "Leave the pit in 2nd and fly around in just 4th."

Bloody hell . . . I believe it was Donnington.

Classic car mag features a 820 brake orange beast M8F. Go read all about it!

Nice to see you in the Algarve Dinks.

Indeed, 1st is just to get you out of the pits, 2nd likewise, 3rd is optional, 4th and 5th are the main gears. The car will do faster laps at mallory if you leave it in 4th for the whole lap, including the hairpin! Thats with the Spa 220MPH gearing in the car.

The unequal length trumpet stack was to equalise out the inlet tract length on the heads, as the inlet valves were staggered in the heads, so although externally the lengths were different, as far as the air was concerned it flowed the same distance to the combustion chamber.

Nice footage onboard one of my babies, very good sound quality.

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dinkel said:

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr Wheres the rain Dinkel?

[dinkel]

johnfelstead said:

Nice footage onboard one of my babies, very good sound quality.

You saw and heard the Kickstarter vid on board the Macca? Awesome and what a car. Best backfire of the weekend.

[jellison]

johnfelstead said:

dinkel said:

It gives a smoother torque curve . . . as if you need that!

Michiel made a test drive before buying this Macca from the Dodkins bros: "Leave the pit in 2nd and fly around in just 4th."

Bloody hell . . . I believe it was Donnington.

Classic car mag features a 820 brake orange beast M8F. Go read all about it!

Nice to see you in the Algarve Dinks.

Indeed, 1st is just to get you out of the pits, 2nd likewise, 3rd is optional, 4th and 5th are the main gears. The car will do faster laps at mallory if you leave it in 4th for the whole lap, including the hairpin! Thats with the Spa 220MPH gearing in the car.

The unequal length trumpet stack was to equalise out the inlet tract length on the heads, as the inlet valves were staggered in the heads, so although externally the lengths were different, as far as the air was concerned it flowed the same distance to the combustion chamber.

Nice footage onboard one of my babies, very good sound quality.

Hi John - I thought you Starred at the start of the vid!

What kind of spec is the Chevy in the back of Rogers M1? I am an Engine spec Geek

This is some flexible engine!

[jellison]

Found this from last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUrQrraMBI

Holy Crap that thing is just a Dragster (is it now banned), when it get grip the rest might as well not have Turned-up!!!! Daft.

Mind he can barely touch the throttle much of the time! Must be way over 600bhp going through those old style tyres even if very wide. It looks like it is on tippy-toes the whole lap!

Edited by jellison on Friday 22 October 11:24

[dinkel]

That's Michiel Campagnes GrandSport, about 600 brake and massive tires.

This is Roger Wills Macca:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1484615843/gt-...

Nice 5.7 and FIA regged. Thunder!

[jellison]

dinkel said:

That's Michiel Campagnes GrandSport, about 600 brake and massive tires.

This is Roger Wills Macca:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1484615843/gt-...

Nice 5.7 and FIA regged. Thunder!

Actually thinking about it - if it is a full on all alloy big webbered 427 (as I think it is) it could easily be 700bhp.

Massive tyres - BUT F*ck all Grip - ZERO!

Check the above vid - comments below in thread - nice.

Need some from the M8F

Edited by jellison on Friday 22 October 12:08

[a8hex]

jellison said:

Mind he can barely touch the throttle much of the time! Must be way over 600bhp going through those old style tyres even if very wide. It looks like it is on tippy-toes the whole lap!

Edited by jellison on Friday 22 October 11:24

But that is what we like to see, a massive surfeit of torque over traction and just the drivers skill to balance it.