Oulton Park Gold Cup - August Bank Holiday

[Oneball]

I’ll be racing the Mini at Oulton Park this BH Monday, I’ve got 2 spare weekend tickets if anyone would like them.

 

[Chuffer]

I’ll be racing the Mini at Oulton Park this BH Monday, I’ve got 2 spare weekend tickets if anyone would like them.
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Good luck with the racing . They guys I know are there racing the Torro Rosso March 74B . Davis Mercer should have been running his Raynard but numerous problems with with car has side lined it .

 

[Oneball]

Good luck with the racing . They guys I know are there racing the Torro Rosso March 74B . Davis Mercer should have been running his Raynard but numerous problems with with car has side lined it . View attachment 13188

Ill go have a look.
Tickets gone.

 

[Chuffer]

Glad the tickets found a good home .

 

[Chuffer]

Hi Oneball , how did it go at Oulton Park ? Good results I hope . The March 74B guys notched up two firsts and two thirds over the weekend .

 

[Oneball]

Hi Oneball , how did it go at Oulton Park ? Good results I hope . The March 74B guys notched up two firsts and two thirds over the weekend .

Fun but slow and lost the clutch in the second race but made it to the finish. Just starting to get back into driving after almost two year gap. Got a test day at Snetterton next week for some more practice and next race at Mallory 19th Sept

 

[antijam]

Like the Facel Vega cabrio.

 

[Derek Nicol]

Like the RX7 FB.. i had one of those, ive still got the engine from it in my garage.

 

[Oneball]

Like the Facel Vega cabrio.

It’s actually a coupe

 

[Oneball]

Like the RX7 FB.. View attachment 13254i had one of those, ive still got the engine from it in my garage.

Isn’t that usually the broken bit?

 

[Derek Nicol]

Isn’t that usually the broken bit?

Usually, yes... mine had a full rebuild, bridgeport and a new Weber IDA carb.

 

[Oneball]

Usually, yes... mine had a full rebuild, bridgeport and a new Weber IDA carb.

I hear people take about “Bridgeport” a lot with Wankels. What is it?

 

[Derek Nicol]

I hear people take about “Bridgeport” a lot with Wankels. What is it?

Its a way of opening up the intake port to maximum size but leaving a support 'bridge' for the rotor side/corner seals to travel across.. see pic..
As well as giving a power boost it also makes a distinctive 'Brappy' engine sound.

 

[Chuffer]

Fun but slow and lost the clutch in the second race but made it to the finish. Just starting to get back into driving after almost two year gap. Got a test day at Snetterton next week for some more practice and next race at Mallory 19th Sept

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A real bummer about the clutch giving out . Like you say , everyone missed out on a lot of track time due to damned Covid . Great pics , I love the Facel Vega , what great cars they are . The real Renault Alpine is a little cracker too .

 

[Oneball]

A real bummer about the clutch giving out . Like you say , everyone missed out on a lot of track time due to damned Covid . Great pics , I love the Facel Vega , what great cars they are . The real Renault Alpine is a little cracker too .

Think the clutch is probably lack of use, the slave cylinder seems to be sucking in air.