2022 Race Season

[Clarkey]

That looks bloody fun . Flappy paddle gear box they wouldn’t touch you . I’d contribute for a SJH large erections sticker on the car somewhere. Lol
Will definitely come and see you this year
Post the dates if you haven’t all ready

Thanks Stu,
Yes, was great fun.
Would love sequential as said before but not allowed now

One day though,
Be great to have you involved in the car

I’ll sort dates

 

[Clarkey]

Gearing looks a bit of a compromise, if they were a little bit longer you wouldn't need 4th or if they were shorter you could actually use it. It's mid range punch seems to be it's strongest point. Looks like loads of fun tho.
I'm very jealous..............

Gearing is our biggest issue, one of the reasons I looked at sequential, was to get better ratios.

I have a JC5 as my spare box with a M factory diff. I’ll give that a try at some point but for the moment the JB3 is what it is.

Still so much more to come from the car for sure.

 

[Clarkey]

Here are the dates guys
@gordini stu

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[Steve Swan]

What type differential are you running at the moment?????????????

 

[Steve Swan]

A cursory glance at JC5, JB3, JB5, JB1 and JB0 Renault Gearbox Ratios seems to suggest 2 basic types gears wise and a few final drive ratios, which one are you using. Don't see anything obvious standing out for a chop shop job.

 

[Clarkey]

A cursory glance at JC5, JB3, JB5, JB1 and JB0 Renault Gearbox Ratios seems to suggest 2 basic types gears wise and a few final drive ratios, which one are you using. Don't see anything obvious standing out for a chop shop job.

Gripper diff Steve.

Standard 3.7 FD,
There is a company called Baciromano, who do make different final drives for the JB3, I feel like it’s bit of a gamble and probably looking at £1500 /£2000 to buy and have fitted.

 

[Clarkey]

Qualifying here

 

[Clarkey]

Castle Combe yesterday and very nervous going out with a max grid of 42 cars and some very quick Castle Combe regulars joining in the fun.
Qually was hectic with so many cars but managed the front row

Race 1
Typical shocking start going from 2nd to 8th in about 30 yards !!!!!!
Head down and on the back of Tricolore Clio and plaques by backmarkers , meeting them at the worse places.
Then on the final lap and head I sing into the final corner , the Clio got held up and a sprint to the line had us 0.040 seconds apart.
Video to follow

Race 2
Much better start but still work to do trying to pass a MR2 roadster and the Clio.
Got past them into second place and the lead Castle Combe boy in his Civic was gone….
2nd overall and 1st in Tricolore

Car was mega and looking forward to Snetterton end of the month.

 

[andybond]

Good to see another strong performance Clarkey!

 

[Clarkey]

 

[Steve Swan]

Thinking out loud, have you tried 2nd for start? The clutch won't thank you of course, but it may stop the explosion into wheelspin. A longer 1st would be great

 

[Clarkey]

Thinking out loud, have you tried 2nd for start? The clutch won't thank you of course, but it may stop the explosion into wheelspin. A longer 1st would be great

I’ve not tried it Steve in 2nd.
Wouldn’t risk it in a race for fear of stalling.
I’m trying to sort somewhere to set up the launch properly and just practice. 2nd would be an option to try then

 

[Steve Swan]

Try it in the wet first.everybody is a little calmer.
You could also try upshifting early rather than flogging a wheelspinning horse.

 

[Clarkey]

Try it in the wet first.everybody is a little calmer.
You could also try upshifting early rather than flogging a wheelspinning horse.

The launch actually works ok in the wet as the others are struggling to get the power down.
Tried going 2nd early and she bogs down as not on boost.
Appreciate the feedback steve

I need to be a lot calmer as well, hard not to bury your foot when everyone going past you

 

[Steve Swan]

Finding a quiet place to practice starts would be the most sensible start point. It's always going to be a balancing act.
Makes me think back to hillclimbing in the mid-late 90's
There were 2 guys both with 2 litre Caterhams (red tops) one had all the bells and whistles tech wise at the time and a Swindon Engines Motor which would have been around 275bhp no problem
The other car was very well made, but home made and had no tech and probably about 20hp less.
The first guy used his tech to the limit all the time, the second had some of the best throttle control I had ever seen and as a consequence was always a tenth in front wet or dry. I am not trying to dismiss tech here, far from it, but you can never underestimate good driving. I was always a bit of a hammer thrower and was lucky enough to have driven a couple of single seaters, but did not have a deft enough touch for them.
I count myself lucky that I started in Hillclimbing, then added sprints and finally went racing. I was always quickest on a clear track, a lot of racers I know get a bit lost on their own, because they have always only raced. It's hard to explain, but if you are in the lead you just need to stay there to win (easy to say I know) when sprinting and hillclimbing you are always trying to go faster than before.
I would think you have probably heard this tip before, in Qually if there is someone who is just a bit faster than you, If you find them (usually Qually ends up looking like the actual race) if you have caught up to them, let them get away, then try your damnedest to catch them, if you can you have just outqualified them without actually passing them, I used that one regularly.
The other one is that if in a race you are see-sawing to the guy in front, try to work out where he is quicker and work on that, it is usually a mistake to try to capitalize on the places where you are quicker, as you are probably nearer the limit, trying to find time in these places usually results in an off....
I'm still jealous by the way..............

 

[andybond]

Swindon Engines Motor

The same Swindon engines that did the Vauxhall BTCC car engines ?

 

[Red21]

I agree with Steve, try a few sprints or hillclimbs to home in or to practice those starts and log the data.
I've just re watched some of my starts on YT and some of the data I logged and the highest launch rpm I had was 3200, and yes I had wheel spin but the box still runs a standard open diff with Yoko A48 that are probably past their best.
To give you some numbers, my best ever 64 foot start was 2.39s (set 2008 Avg 2.75s ) and on that same day the best start in my class was 1.98s with a Evo on slicks and a few other extras., so if you need to practice those starts speed events are your best bet.
As for 2nd gear starts , I either stall or completely bog down so don't often do it.

 

[Steve Swan]

The same Swindon engines that did the Vauxhall BTCC car engines ?

The very same, no expense spared car, but he never beat the other guy, who was smoothness itself, on a much lower budget.

 

[Clarkey]

Thanks guys

I’ll get the 1st start uploaded, but I didn’t realise how much wheelspin we had in 2nd gear as well.

I’ve certainly got to learn less throttle but when you hear and see the cars passing, easy to get excited and bury the throttle making things worse.

My start in the 2nd race was loads better, concentrating on throttle control to limit the wheelspin.

 

[Renny 5]

If you haven’t got anything to log any data you can use a Draggy box. They’re cheap and very accurate and I’ve used it in the past. Here’s mine from 2years ago running cold AD08r’s on a damp road.