Ross Nicol
GT40s Supporter
Hi Guys
Thanks for all the kind words and interest in my car.The photos captured the weekend well too. I was apprehensive because of all the unknowns- will the car be reliable?, after nine months of no racing, can I get up to speed with my driving? Will the car be stable in corners without slicks.
After only 3 laps of qualifying before the big prang and red flag I had a lap time of 1m 32secs, by the end of the last race I had this down to 1m 26.9 secs. Now I can tell there is a lot lower lap times in the car and myself, so watch this space.Now down to questions 1/ Paint colour is Venom Red as used on the latest Ford Falcon XR8 cars.
2/ The trumpet covers were sourced from a local racegear supplier called concept racegear.I supplied one trumpet for them to use as a template.Actually note the springs on either side of the trumpets holding the covers on, these were formerly used as valve or tube retainers in guitar amps.As you guys will know sometimes what seem like great Ideas go pear shaped and this was one of them.The springs didn't hold the covers on securely enough and they fell into the throttle linkages jamming it open.This finished the last race 4 laps early for me.I have now riveted them on.I wouldn't race without the covers on though as a visit to the kitty litter after an off track excursion could deposit nasty little stones in the throttle bodies without them.
They do look good though too.
(A message for Gary Gibbs)I tried dropping the clutch at 3-4000 revs and the ratio is too tall for the clutch to overcome and spin the wheels,hence my adjusted starting technique is get the car rolling before applying the max torque.
I have to modify the end of the dash so my hand can stay on the knob while selecting 4th and 5th gear, to overcome some minor problem missing the 4th gate.
There is a lot of stone chips on the front clip so am investigating protective Ideas for the front clip.Maybe a good forum topic.
I have developed a lot of good Ideas while building the car and hope to pass on as many as I can to forum readers now I have a bit more time.
Regards Ross
Thanks for all the kind words and interest in my car.The photos captured the weekend well too. I was apprehensive because of all the unknowns- will the car be reliable?, after nine months of no racing, can I get up to speed with my driving? Will the car be stable in corners without slicks.
After only 3 laps of qualifying before the big prang and red flag I had a lap time of 1m 32secs, by the end of the last race I had this down to 1m 26.9 secs. Now I can tell there is a lot lower lap times in the car and myself, so watch this space.Now down to questions 1/ Paint colour is Venom Red as used on the latest Ford Falcon XR8 cars.
2/ The trumpet covers were sourced from a local racegear supplier called concept racegear.I supplied one trumpet for them to use as a template.Actually note the springs on either side of the trumpets holding the covers on, these were formerly used as valve or tube retainers in guitar amps.As you guys will know sometimes what seem like great Ideas go pear shaped and this was one of them.The springs didn't hold the covers on securely enough and they fell into the throttle linkages jamming it open.This finished the last race 4 laps early for me.I have now riveted them on.I wouldn't race without the covers on though as a visit to the kitty litter after an off track excursion could deposit nasty little stones in the throttle bodies without them.
They do look good though too.
(A message for Gary Gibbs)I tried dropping the clutch at 3-4000 revs and the ratio is too tall for the clutch to overcome and spin the wheels,hence my adjusted starting technique is get the car rolling before applying the max torque.
I have to modify the end of the dash so my hand can stay on the knob while selecting 4th and 5th gear, to overcome some minor problem missing the 4th gate.
There is a lot of stone chips on the front clip so am investigating protective Ideas for the front clip.Maybe a good forum topic.
I have developed a lot of good Ideas while building the car and hope to pass on as many as I can to forum readers now I have a bit more time.
Regards Ross