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this turned out to be a great weekend ,

got there friday evening ,me in the mini and the girls on backup in the stealth van ,had to learn how to get the tent up which caused great hilarity ,but in the end all snug .

saturday was blue and clear at first then turned a touch manky in the lunch time ,still got in 4 runs ..
first run was a 2.467 60ft 14.6@95.11,got the det light so backed off in 3rd
then some more 2.548 60ft 14.96@95.21(missed gear )
2.704 60ft 15.83@94.41(left line in 2nd!!lol)
2.375 60ft 14.32@96.06( first good run)

and that was it for saturdays racing, did a spot of mapping in matts car ,it responed well ,rain kicked in,so a spot of lainging took place ,and running around in the rain looking at other cars .
hilarious convos took place after dark and had a great time .really good to chat to mike and phil wil and ben and all the usual suspects .

sunday arrived and it was clear blue sky from back to front and side to side ...damn right !
out for a bit of morning thrashtasticness...3/4 turns richer on carb ...

first run 2.438 60ft 14.35@96.45
2.408 60ft 14.44@96.99(backed off at 300ft)

decided at this point that around 14.3 was my best on 9.5(was actually crossing line around 8.5 psi )
time for some more boost / risk ....


first run 2.473 60ft 14.1@101.99 (turned to 15psi at mid track)

at this point had total brain fade ,and turned boost knob anti clockwize and then lost the place for it !! ooops

stopped for lunch ,and met paul and lads ,had good chat with them,and then trolled back to go racing again ,

next run was my best race of the meeting

in the other lane was denis (got the name right ) in the blue k engine mini ,
we both went for it on the light and it was denis ahead by a half car ish ,
highly adrenalised( eg giggling like a girl) , i managed to forget my boost level until he started to go
away from me ....

i looked down and saw to my horror ...7psi !!!!! BASTARDO!!!..

i started winding on boost ,and after a turn it climbed and i started to catch up a bit ,

oops 18 psi back down to 12 up to 15 ,

interestingly it was going blimmen well on the higher boost but i didnt really feel it was safe on 15 yet alone 18 ,not been mapped nor nuffin ,the only reason it lived was i had the timing down to 18 odd on 15psi i think ,

so then hammered along a couple of car length back i reckon and came out the top end llike that ,bloody BRILLIANT FUN !
denis had a bloody big grin and i did too .
ran 2.416 60ft 13.947@103.79.
very nice to have nic and tony etc to say well done to me for the 13s ,really encouraging and nice cameraderie ..

so that was about it , watched some other racing , oh heard tom hooting with glee in his car after the 12.3 , i thought at first he had got his genitals caught on the gear lever ,then realized he was jubilating .

so tent down and off ,used 15 quid of v power to do the whole trip 75 miles and all racing so happy with that ,the girls had a great time and all i hear ,is ''when is mini in the park we want to go!"

regards robert

Edited by robert on 14th Jul, 2008.

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

Yeah, you did Nic.

It was a good weekend, well done on the times Rob, and everyone else, im gonna try to speak to more tm guys at mitp. I spoke to quite a few but unfortunatly I was to drunk to say who. :)

Need to get a move on with my car!

Edited by Ben. on 14th Jul, 2008.

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heres dennis and i just off the line about 60ft ,those falkens arent that bad ,but could be better i fink ..

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

All your pics look well good, what camera is that one taken with?

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Yes impressive improvement in your times Robert, lets see what MITP can yield !

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that race was awesome! you cant beat it when its proper back n forth action (oooh-er) could have went either way! (ooooh -er again!) made my day!

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

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

Robert your car has yet again really impressed me, and well done again on that 13 sec run.

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Congratulations on the 13s run. We were whooping in the stands, got some strange looks.

The pioneering is paying off.

Are you still running helical drops Robert?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

thanks tony ,it gets harder to impress from now on lol

thanks paul ,yes i am still on the helical drops ,no problems so far (gets 2 miles down the rd and grinds to a halt like last year lol)

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

I think Jukka is still on the helicals as well as Harry? (and Robert)

Edited by turbodave16v on 16th Jul, 2008.

Yes, I am still on helical drops but oil pressure fed...
Robert, Evo...whats the weight of your cars race ready?

Bimmer Twinky headed and turboed A-Series:
http://www.minifreunde.at/harry/projects.htm

660kg empty tank ,had 3/4 tank in it so plus 4 gallons so 674kg i reckon harry .oh plus 85 kg for me as well so 759 total on the line weight .

heres a link to the data log harry

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=232559

Edited by robert on 17th Jul, 2008.

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

no idea, normal all steel mini part from the front end. on the sunday i took my passenger, rear seat and sub-box out the boot. power to weight compared to a DC2 integra with the old engine i was pretty confident it was around the 750kg mark with sub/seats so your guess is as good as mine.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

Bigs congrats on the 13 break through Robert.

Back once again like a renegade master

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

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

I doubt you will get any slippage - you're up at what, 1600lb min clamping force? You'll need at least 200lb ft - or more with a fresh plate... Mmmmmmmm. Target for next year maybe? - to get clutch slip LOL.

Edited by turbodave16v on 24th Jul, 2008.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.