j-k Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Arron and I are off to Keevil Airfield with the rally car on saturday to take part in this event... http://www.fatalbertstages.co.uk/Default.aspx We are car 47 out of 93. So fingers crossed that we have a good one and the new gearbox is up to the job.... So those of you not going to PE for the rolling road can see the Live results, if you are interested ,per stage, (obviously after the first stage has finished !!) here http://www.fatalbertstages.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=541 Its a very early start ....leaving the medway towns by 04.30 latest[] for the 150mile trip down there. So lets hope its worth it... jon
Dalthegooner Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Good luck guys. Hope everything goes well for you [Y]
mark_sheepwash Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Good luck J-K and Arron - will be thinking of you on Saturday as I sip my Guinness in Dublin [] Edited to say LOL the Fat Albert stages LMAO [] - is that a prerequisite in getting into the rally []
j-k Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 Good luck J-K and Arron - will be thinking of you on Saturday as I sip my Guinness in Dublin [] Of course you will.....yeah right...have one for me matey jon
markie Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Have a great time, sure you'll do just fine[Y] especialy with that nice dog box[] Mark & Lin
matthew_buckland Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Loads of Luck, Hope you do well, Most of all have Fun[Y]
darryl_martin Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Good luck. Did I see the car in Frindsbury on Saturday, about 11:15??
deani_age Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Good luck to Arron (AKA the Guru) and Jon (AKA JK). Kent Scoobies May the force be with you. Lets hope the dog is the b***ocks. Regards Dean PS now have Electric Winch, Wheel Rack and Fold Down Wheel Arch brackets waiting to be fitted to trailer.
j-k Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 May the force be with you. Lets hope the dog is the b***ocks. LOL....Thank you Oh wise one....
HOL Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Good luck guys, Just keep the 'loud' pedal on the floor more than the 'screechy' one and you'll be fine.
j-k Posted July 29, 2006 Author Posted July 29, 2006 morning campers....or is it the middle of the night?
Wee Jock Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Morning dude! Hope you have a good day out! [Y] Im stuck in the house with a torn calf muscle, cant even drive my scooby! [:'(]
j-k Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 A good day out...but with a fair share of problems.. I will explain more tomorrow....as im knackered and going to bed.. jon
Nudge Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 havent had internet access for a couple of days. I diddn't realise you were at keevil, i live just round the corner from the airfield, heard you all going round today. never mind hope you all had a good day
j-k Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 Well here goes.... Got to Keevil nice and early after leaving Arrons at 4.30am[].. Got the car off the trailer and took it to noise control, where we got through easily (for a change). Then we had to queue for scrutineering.... The scrutineer was a pain in the harris...we didnt have a front number plate on the car and so it was deemed not to be road legal and therefore a fail(Please bear in mind that we were not going on ANY public road during the event????) Also there seemed to be a problem with our turbo restrictor which was not wire sealed, and so the scrutineer wanted us to strip the turbo so he could check the diameter of the restictor to make sure it conformed...at this stage, arron was getting very wound up, but i will let him explain that later. After lots of running round, shaking of heads, and grovelling to the scrutineer, we passed and could begin our day... We put the car back together and set about getting ready for the first stage. Off we go into the first stage, and after about 2/3rds of the way round the first lap Arron noticed the temp gauge was at maximum, so we retired from the stage and took maximum time (14 plus minutes instead of 8) Back in service , we had 40mins to get the car sorted. we thought the problem may be with a sticking stat, because the rad was cold on one side. We eventually concluded that it was no more than an air lock in the system so it was filled up and off we went again. Stage 2 had to be taken with care , just so that we could keep an eye on the car and temperature... The car ran faultlessly for the rest of the day...the new gearbox was absolutely fantastic.. As the day went on we were getting much faster (even though the tyres were going off)...with Arron sliding the car beautifully through some corners.. We overtook a few competitors as the afternoon progressed and on the last stage we took over 20 seconds from another scoob ( bear in mind cars start in 30second intervals).. I managed to get some good in car video footage that i will try and host later... If we hadn't had the 14mins for the first stage, we worked it out that we would have finished about 15th overall...which would have been a bloody good result. The next event will hopefully be in about a months time...but again it's a non spectator event...sorry. Jon
mick_weatherill Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Well done arron and jon cant wait for the pics . Shame the next event is a non spectator event .
granby Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 I've got some spare number plate fixings if you need them [] []
deani_age Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Well done JK and The Guru! Obviously the driving lessons Deano 666 and I gave Arron during our Brands Hatch Trackday last month worked. Arron must have remembered not to do anything we did, when we drove him round (the bend). Next time though, remember to take the car off the trailer. It'll improve your chances of winning? PS Can I have your autographs?
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