[race_prep] Our Hillclimb/sprint 205

[Matt Holley 11]

Good luck guys, It looks like it will be a nice day for it!

[marksorrento205 80]

All the best! Looking forward to hearing how it has pi$$ed all over the competition

[Sandy 191]

LoL, thanks! A trouble free day hopefully!

[Sandy 191]

Wiscombe today, first time out proper, fastest Saloon, mixing it with the quickest Sevens! (R500s etc)

 

 

Long story to follow.

[pugdamo 111 2 Cars]

That is amazing,iv read this project from start to finish and have been impressed all the way,top quality work.

[barry d 6]

top quality work. revs and gears is mental.!!!

[wicked 103 3 Cars]

... fastest Saloon, mixing it with the quickest Sevens! (R500s etc)

 

 

Impressive!! R500s are the defacto standard for how cars should handle on track...

Besides the master job on the engine ( ), the work on the suspension is impressive as well!!

The way you take it through the chicanes (@ vid of testlap) doesn't give the impression that you're driving a 205....

Edited September 9, 2012 by wicked

[Sandy 191]

Got some in car from the Go Pro. Note how little the shift lights flash (red). The green light comes on at 5k and that goes out alot too, the importance of flexibility in the delivery!

 

[wardy18 33 1 Cars]

Looks awesome Sandy, that short shift into 2nd off the start line and the pull it had immediately takes your breath away and the pull out of each hear change is epic!!

 

What happened over the finish line, lost drive??

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

It says "driveshaft fail" at the start of the video .

[Sandy 191]

The intermediate bearing moved on the shaft and allowed the offside shaft to slip out of the diff. They managed to drift it back into position and went down the road to find a garage, who spotted the sleeve to stop it re-occurring.

[oli-pug 6 2 Cars]

Looks brutally quick at all revs and so easy to drive!

[Sandy 191]

Thanks!

 

Results, C3 on page 12: http://www.wiscombepark.co.uk/results/imagesfiles/resultsmgccsw08092012.pdf

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

Nice liking Colin clutching it up in second to get it over the line

[Sandy 191]

Haha, yeah, it's really steep up the final hairpin and I think he ran a bit wide, i'll let him off this time!

[wardy18 33 1 Cars]

That Mi16 didn't stand a chance..........poor guy!!

[welshpug 1,661]

Has he been practising his starts? quicker than most rwd vehicles there on the launch

 

Guess it shows how well the suspension works even with that torque/power, do any rally cars run Colin's chassis yet?

[Batfink 201]

He's working on a customer car with the same roll cage..

[kyepan 291]

So basically, you only got beaten by a handful of single seaters... and beat all the other single seaters. !

[TT205 42]

Including beating a Hyabussa Caterham!!!

[Sandy 191]

That's about it yes. Very pleasing debut!

 

That incar was the second time Colin launched the car, first time was in the morning practice (before Paul broke it!) We didn't do any launches at Llandow. Launch control is all plumbed in, just need to add the switch/pot and test it; but not sure it'll shave alot off.

 

The 309 looked to be going well, with a pretty modest engine as far as I could tell. The Swift in the class below was a pretty serious bit of kit (ex-works car, works 1600 engine, sequential etc) with a good driver; I don't think he was all that thrilled with our get up.

Edited September 12, 2012 by Sandy

[Sandy 191]

Found someone else's clip of Colin:

[andy0075 9 1 Cars]

Looks really fast ! Love that car !

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

Inspiring car. I'm really jealous of your engine knowledge, and that you actually earn money on this.. I'm stuck at a rather boring work 8-9 hours a day just to be able to earn money to have a few hours some afternoons each week to work on engines/cars

 

Anyways, I was wondering have you ever considered using the 407 dual wishbone setup on the front of a 205, or will that be too heavy and not suited? (I'm just so impressed with the grip of my 407 even on cheap tires)

 

Also I'm very interested in how you are shortening the driveshafts. You got a pic of the shaft during and after a cut and weld process?

I'm tempted to build something custom one day myself, but I need to get rid of all the other car projects first..

[Lowercase 56]

THAT CAR IS UTTER BANANAS!