In practice Oli had a mild leak of gear oil and engine oil, so we managed to fix the worst of it for race one, but still suffering from a boost spike, which saw it peak at over 20psi....so we backed off the boost to be safe.
The altenator also died, so I shot off to my workshop and grabbed a couple to try, fitted a new unit and we where away mins before the call up.
As ever Dave was flying with no real major issues, and both of them qualified well within a massive field.
Race one started with a major shunt of a number of cars at paddock at the start of the race, Dave got a small battle scar and managed to avoid being written off like many of the cars involved, but Oli shot through the field, emerging out in front of Dave and making up around 6/7 places......!
Safety car came out straight away and they saw the majority of laps behind that, while the dead cars were cleared, as soon as the SC came in, Colin Tester made a mistake in his sierra cosworth and the M3 claimed 1st where it remained.
Dave caught Oli up on the long straights and Oli waved him through (very gentlemanly) but only after dispatching a few BMW's first...!
End of race 1. Dave reported that the brakes weren't too sharp, so a quick bleed and fluid change put that problem to bed!
Race two and no problems, Dave fighting with a 306 GTi6 all the way to the end (please don't mention the 306 passing him under a yellow flag) and Oli romping away behind them.....gaining pace lap after lap.
End of race 2! Both drivers over the moon with the cars again, Oli on cloud nine to be out there and reporting that the new rear end upgrades are working well.....
I had to rush home straight after the end of race two for a family party, but long enough to congratulate the code red boys.
Well done geezers!
Clarkys vids on youtube too.
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sounds like fun.... you going to tell us the rear end upgrades???
Originally Posted by Sam Fish
Finally sorted for today, and Dave pretty much gave it sh1t or bust.
