York today......
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Took The DON to the RWYB at York today to give it a run out, managed a 12.79 run in the same configuration at MITP, except with the soft cut rev limiter raised up, it seems my theory that the soft cut limiter was holding it back was true.

Also bumped into Iain of Turbominis who happened to be there with a mate of his, he was kicking himself for not bringing his mini along!

Also tried the gas later on in the day, some horrendous starts and missed gears simply through me trying too hard, but a 115mph terminal on one of the runs tells its own story.

However the day was cut short, as some of you know we had problems at MITP with it blowing a core plug out, this was put down to the sealed cooling system getting overpressurised after doing three runs one after the other. However after running it today, the cooling system was pressurised a ridiculous amount after every run, and required lots of bleeding etc, it seems we have a head gasket problem, so the day was cut short. A shame, as we would have easily won the class we were entered in, the nearest rival was doing 13.3 runs.

Some videos will be up later when I've got them off the camera.

Edited by Tom Fenton on 26th Aug, 2007.

good proving work Tom, nice to see a sub 13 run at another venue too...

:)

Tom ,i thought the first run with gas had a terminal of 117mph,


carl

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Could be right, I'll check timing slips.

Fook!

Run 1
Car as MITP, with soft cut rev limiter raised

2.301 60ft
8.477 1/8
91.48 1/8
12.796 1/4
112.45 1/4


Run 2
Missed 2nd gear
2.232 60ft
8.575 1/8
85.60 1/8
13.057 1/4
110.33 1/4

Run 3
Gas! Hooked 4th early, only used gas in 4th
2.264 60ft
8.673 1/8
87.60 1/8
12.919 1/4
117.43 1/4 (!!!!!!!!!)

Run 4
2.238 60ft
8.677 1/8
84.11 1/8
13.039 1/4
115.33 1/4

Run 5
2.190 60ft
8.950 1/8
86.91 1/8
13.267 1/4
114.75 1/4

Run 6
2.382 60ft
8.768 1/8
90.31 1/8
13.070 1/4
114.16 1/4

Edited by Tom Fenton on 26th Aug, 2007.

well done guys your getting on well now

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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Edited by fastcarl on 26th Aug, 2007.

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Low 13's you mean Carl! Low 12's I wish!!!!

Slowest time of the day was 13.267 @ 114.75mph, none too shabby.

Looking through Carl, the 60ft times are fairly consistant around the 2.2/2.3 mark.

Although the run that really takes the biscuit has to be the first of the day, really is a storming run, the best to date, and all without the gas.

Edited by Tom Fenton on 26th Aug, 2007.

i think the HG just got worse and worse,,

ps, 12s, i dont know what you meen,lol

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Sealed cooling system?

is that solidly sealed or just a very high pressure cap?

how did you measure the pressure? do you have a gauge fitted full time or somthing like a scrader valve fitted?

Tom,

Just an idea you have probably already tried. Have you got the engine and cooling system hot before you cap it, are you running a cap?

Engine i've been doing a lot on lately has a sealed system with no regular expoansion bottle. Uses a small spring loaded piston in cylinder type of volume compensation (bit like an oil accumalator). To set it you heat the engine etc to running temp ( i heat to approx 90). There is a dry break connector on the system that goes to what is basically a water filled syringe. the syringe has a screw thread on the plunger and is set approx midway as you heat up the engine. When its all HOT you bleed rads etc, take of the top up tank. Then set the pressure you want by adjusting the syringe, when its set pop of the dry break and your ready. We run this upto 3 bar as it runs pretty hot.

You even running the radiator ?

Edited by Mirage on 26th Aug, 2007.

All the problems we have had are most probably due to the head gasket, which we finally found today, with the head gasket healthy the car ran at Avon Park with no problems at all, so I'm confident with the gasket sorted the rest of the cooling system should be Ok.

So are you running with the radiator ?

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tom carl , sucking eggs as tom says but , have you enough retard for the gas when it comes in ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

very quick little mini. good work lads.

Bollocks missed it,i only live 30mins away from York raceway!

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holy shit, good work boys.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Nice 1 chap's

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If it a'nt broke don't fix it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good going, itll be interesting to see how much the n2o improves things

when are you going to get some decent tyres on it too? those 008's cant be helping

nice one guys! was this on road tyres or slicks??

Did you find more grip at york than pod?

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scary car lads, its got even more potential which scares me even more.

Back once again like a renegade master

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