Class B at Avon
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Ive had a hand in helping a friend with his B class car. He did well running a 14.9 but missed out on the win by .03secs.
Anyone know what won the class? Sprocket, Keith, do you know?
Oh and well done Keith on 3rd.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

14.9, oh colin wright won't be happy, i guess yours is a very lightweight car? think colins quickest was a 15.4? but 14's....thats quick, last year the winner was a 15.1 things are getting faster.

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

According to the BMC website, Class B was won by James Bond !

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."

I bet he had some help from money penny and Q...hahaha (you knew it was coming)

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

What kind of spec are they running to pull a 14 in a 1275(93)?

Cheers Paul, disapointed with my times this year, planned to go a wee bit quicker rather than slower.

The guy who won is on the right in this picture



Didn't know his name but it's James Bond according to the BMC results. He was driving a Mini Van XDL 392L (think it was light green or grey) I didn't see it run but briefly spoke to him at the prize giving. He said it was an old Metro engine with an old 296 cam he had lying around and a head.Had been rolling roaded at 75bhp (don't know if flywheel or driven wheels) Said he didn't know what final drive he was running as it was just the standard Metro box, he did say he was in 4th over the line. He said it weighs about 500kg and is his daily driver.

It would be interesting to know more.

14.914 sec 1/4 mile @ 91.38mph, NA 1293cc on 1.1/2" SU's (all steel and glass shell)

I seriously doubt it!

Cheers Keith, I dont believe 75hp, must be a bit more than that at the wheels - atleast 85 Id say even with only 500kg

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

I think my car must be heavier than the moon, need to try and get it weighed! I've got just under 120 bananas at the flywheel so the only progress now will be weight loss.

Paul, what final drive is your friend running? I'm thinking of altering the final drive for MITP and can't get my head round whether to go higher or lower. There isn't much torque so I'm leaning towards a 4.3 (running a 4.1 just now and only pulling 6,900rpm over the line)

Cheers,
Keith

14.914 sec 1/4 mile @ 91.38mph, NA 1293cc on 1.1/2" SU's (all steel and glass shell)

Wheres your peak power Keith? I think 4.3 would be too far for you, Chris (my mate) runs a 3.7 on 13" wheels but we are changing that soon.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

75 at the wheels!?!?

Mine is 88 at the wheels on a 3.65FD, changing into fourth a little before the line, but the car is a heavy muther hubbard compared to the top runners.

I would like to know what makes the 14.96 too, clearly weight has a lot to do with it.

I have no idea where i stand in class B as BMC again dont seem bothered that there were many other entrants that want to know their results.

a couple of years ago my friend won B class with a 15.5 sec run, basically a standard MG metro engine with a home ported head, skimmed head (but no idea on CR, he just had it skimmed) a 276 cam and a 3.4 final drive

I asked for the rest of the results last year and got nowhere... late on Sunday afternoon last year hollis said over the pa that I was in 5th place but they don't release anything to confirm positions lower than 3rd

I'd love to know where I came, I'm fairly sure we did fairly well in class A in my car

OK, Chris has a fully worked crank and rods the same as mine, Omega pistons (1293) and Selby full race head. 120 bananas @ the fly on Lynx Racing RR. Car weighs around 550kg.
More power to come and more weight to be lost. As his water temp was a bit high Lynx retarded his ign by 4 degrees which lost around 15 bananas.
He had never driven this engine before and the only running in it had was on the rollers, we believe he can easily do mid 14s at Pod next month

Paul

Edited by paul wiginton on 14th Jul, 2009.

I seriously doubt it!

14.914 sec 1/4 mile @ 91.38mph, NA 1293cc on 1.1/2" SU's (all steel and glass shell)