ESC and retro day @ santa pod 18th of July

[dave j gtt]

Whos going ?

Good look Scoff :smokin:
http://www.eurosportscompact.co.uk/entries2010.php

I won't be there as funds are limited at the moment, I am sad to be missing this day out. I'll be welding a little patch and finishing a few things for my gtt's MOT this week.

Hope the weathers good for everyone
and theres someone going who can take some good videos and pictures:burnrubber:

davejgtt :cool:

[DeanGT5]

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Got back a few hours ago from Pod, it was a good turn out apart from only being five Gt's there.

[rs250nut]

Anyone know how scoff got on?

[Markey Mark (BD)]

I've been there all day with Scoff, Rob and Glen (HI 5), has been a fairly good day but there was a strong head wind so terminals for all of the cars competing were down.

Glen started off with a 11.6@118mph but after that never really moved from that no matter what he done to the nitrous, i watched another 11.7, 11.6 and 11.5 all at 118mph.

Looks like Scoffs gearbox gremlins have come back to haunt him, struggled with second gear all day, seemed to not be able to shift at high revs again. His best for the day was another 10.5@139mph with a best terminal of the day of 140mph.

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Was a good day out and catch up. Good to see his car pull a decent trap with all the inner changes its had since rtoc... shame about track conditions.. Good to be home, scoff tried to kill me on M6.. :crap: i think the 4am starts are killers..

[Scoff]

Thanks for the help today guys, much apreciated :) Car was generally OK, engine going fine just gearbox letting it down for the first few runs again. Finally got it to shift half decent toward the end of the day. Not reviewed logs properly yet but car felt to be better in the mid-range as I'd hoped it would. Gearbox was apart last week after shreading 3rd gear while mapping in the changes, so not sure if something has been disturbed, just not shifting as nicely as it used to. Needs a bit more investigation.

[stu21t]

congrats scoff. :agree:
on a side note, i spoke to pete doughty today, my synchros for 1-4th are going up to him tomorow to have some teeth removed.
will let you know how i get on.

[Scoff]

congrats scoff. :agree:
on a side note, i spoke to pete doughty today, my synchros for 1-4th are going up to him tomorow to have some teeth removed.
will let you know how i get on.

Please do stu, I am after hearing reports from people who have done this.

[stu21t]

will do m8.
he said he might also b able to convert to dog engagement as well.

might be worth you getting that done to a spare box if you cant sort yours out.

[Scoff]

a bit of ESC action from sunday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CyJTGosw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Jp1TYhupI

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Im going to buy Andy Nics Bro a belt and a new shirt... :laugh:

[Scoff]

By the way, in that 2nd video glenn (C1J with EFI) ran a 1.68 60' !

[rs250nut]

By the way, in that 2nd video glenn (C1J with EFI) ran a 1.68 60' !

What size slicks? 24?

[Rob@Backyardracing]

What size slicks? 24?

23" my old ones...

[GTphil]

By the way, in that 2nd video glenn (C1J with EFI) ran a 1.68 60' !


I thought that launch looked good! :eek:

I got all excited watching those vids :wasntme:

Must be awsome to take part in something like that!:)

[allanr5gtt]

just looking at the esc rules. could you enter with a vag conversion r5?

[allanr5gtt]

sorry just seen that Engine must be from same manufacturer as body.

[rs250nut]

sorry just seen that Engine must be from same manufacturer as body.

How poo is that

[allanr5gtt]

yeah i was thinking vag r5 with awd, a b16 r5 would be pretty interesting as well :laugh:

[Rob@Backyardracing]

would be almost poinless now as there increasing the weight in the ESC series fairly soon (if thats what you was building the car for that is)

[Dave Reed]

would be almost poinless now as there increasing the weight in the ESC series fairly soon (if thats what you was building the car for that is)


Mmmmm sounds like someone has been complaining about light cars!! They probably don't like the fact that 2 R5's are hot on their heels :D

[Scoff]

Mmmmm sounds like someone has been complaining about light cars!! They probably don't like the fact that 2 R5's are hot on their heels :D

Hey dave, some of the other cars wern't that much heavier than us! One of the corsa's was lighter infact. I think they all thought that we would be much much lighter than them all.

[Dave Reed]

Hey dave, some of the other cars wern't that much heavier than us! One of the corsa's was lighter infact. I think they all thought that we would be much much lighter than them all.


Hahaha yeah I bet they did ;) I'm sure they can't believe it, a renault thats fast and don't break every 2 seconds... :scratch:

Surely the idea of these sort of things is to keep it at everyones level (sportmans), not just the big boys who can afford to spend 10k on bearings etc!!!

[stu21t]

what does yours weigh scoff?

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Mmmmm sounds like someone has been complaining about light cars!! They probably don't like the fact that 2 R5's are hot on their heels :D

lol.. There not just increasing it for the fun of it, they want the series to go MSA... The ESC doesnt have many rules as such and is just a thrown together series by Santa Pod.. They weighed all the cars at last event to just get an idea to what weight limit they can run when the rule book is writen up..

Stu: have a look here.. http://www.eurosportscompact.co.uk/techtest.php

[Rob@Backyardracing]

All above weights are with drivers...

[Dave Reed]

Yeah I understand what your saying, but it's up to you what car you use at the end of the day... Just seems like these things at Pod always get too serious for not alot of return.. but then that's my opinion :D

Also I bet they base it on/near the heavier cars.... I still say someone has probably mentioned somethink..

[Rob@Backyardracing]

yeah its a real can o worms` on the santa pod forum, but all the esc guys have been warned well in advance of santa pods plans with the ESC series.

the weights will prob end up very similair to the hks weights, (i.e 1039kg) which will likley see some cometitors leave, which is a shame, as im sure spectators want to see the best the country has to offer, not just the portion that are happy to add 100kg+ to the there cars to meet some regulations.

im not sure why santa pod wants to make the series MSA certified, and bring in rules etc, rather than leave it as it is, whats in it for santa pod? :confused:

[Scoff]

It'll kill the series as we know it. It'll either attract a new set of competitors or it'll die all together. I don't imagine any of the top runners will continue to race in it. Most are short of the weight and the vast majority are no where near with the other MSA requirements.

[Rob@Backyardracing]

why do you think santa pod want the change? a safety thing? i cant seem to understand how they benefit from changing it about from how it is now

[Hi 5]

why do you think santa pod want the change? a safety thing? i cant seem to understand how they benefit from changing it about from how it is now

certain people in the esc want these rule changes :crap::crap::crap::crap::crap::crap::crap: am trying to lose weight not put it on lol

[Rob@Backyardracing]

well of course, any of the racers who are over the weight will no doubt welcome the new rules as it will make there cars more competative instantly

[dave j gtt]

yeah like all rule changes................................ benefits some, ruins others :scared: :(

[dave j gtt]

a bit of ESC action from sunday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CyJTGosw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Jp1TYhupI

NICE :cool: keep up the good work Scoff ;) :burnrubber::cool2: