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@@The_Cotswold_Engineer The camera looks better than I remember 🤣 Yeah it wasn’t great. Race 2 was better for visibility and a full 20 minutes. Hopefully have that up tomorrow 👍

Have to say it was as hard mentally as it was physically. Best thing about it though, is the 70s Roadsports lot are awesome people to race with. I have a lot of confidence in them all and we all have a lot of respect for each other so as long as you can control your own car, it’s as safe as racing can be 👍 Crazy conditions though

I’ll have to go to that next time!! 😂

It’s nice just having a ‘to do’ list which is cleaning the car 🤣 Yeah pop over and say hello 👍

Frozen Solid for Cryo Treatment.

Quaife won't last 2 laps...junk

I’m not aware of anything like that and with our regs it has to be standard gears so not much I can do…

It’s managed 60 minutes of racing so far. Not much option other than chancing an original set….

​@Tomkitek i wouldn't use Quaife.......but BEST of luck

I tend to buy the V-Power the week of racing and add an octane booster. Being on a very tight budget, Sonoco (or dolphin tears as we call it) it’s very expensive

@Tomkitek But You have not fixed the problem with the FUEL. Pump FUEL ,absorbs Air like a Dry Sponge absorbs water

@@gj91471 Yeah agreed. Our regs restrict what we can do to the engine so work well on pump fuel. They are only ever set up on Vpower or BP Ultimate

@Tomkitek Shell V-power is very chemically unstable........it was not Shell's idea to put Nitrogen in fuel.....they stole that idea.

Yeah I’ve been looking into this. In the past the carbs were burning the filter backfiring but I think this was an engine issue at the time….

Thanks! Its always fun trying to chase them

It’s a 1658cc Ford Crossflow. All steel with twin 40 carbs but regs restrict us to 32 chokes.

It’s an AP racing clutch. It’s either on or off which is a bit of a pain.

@@Tomkitek OK thx. I'm running std std 7.5" Helix which lasts approx 6 events, so two clutches each season. Thinking of fitting Lotus Twincam 8.5" clutch & flywheel this winter to see if that improves longevity. As you say the AP race clutch is a bit too off/on for road use. 👍

Yeah. Did my fastest laps in that race

@@roythomson1426 There’s nothing worse. Could be very nasty!

@@Tomkitek I was hoping to make it down to croft to see you racing but I had other commitments. Next year...

@@roythomson1426 If the cars working I’ll be there 👍

He’s so fast in the Anglia! He pushed me all the way to the end

@@stuartnaylor3969 The Lotus is twin cam so smoother power delivery and he is approx 70kg lighter which always helps. I was forcing him to go defensive on the last corner so I could take a wider line and get earlier on the power so I could try and stick with him down the straight.

Cracking race there, you were all over the back of that Elan! Guess lap 10 was were the power dropped off a little, then the filling fell out of the sandwich 😂. Some might say a rose between two thorns...😁🙃! But probably only us TVR nutters

@@The_Cotswold_Engineer It was a fun race. Always nice having a close battle for a few laps

@@limjamrace Yeah made him sweat a bit! I’m actually 40kg overweight. Would need a new bonnet and doors to lose that. Power wise we are actually very similar. The twin cam just picks up revs smoother

Thanks 👍

The engine is great. I can apparently rev it even more but prefer to shift at 7k rpm to hopefully keep it in one piece for longer 🤣

Hi Tony. Great to meet you. The clutch on the car is incredibly aggressive. It’s either on or off. As a race driver excuse, after putting the engine back in the clutch pedal biting point is a little different but I think it was driver error more than anything.

Yeah I had my eyes nearly closed waiting for an impact at the start.

Yeah it was great to meet you. Nice to see so many TVRs on display. Car ran well. It’s was crackling a lot in the second race which you’ll see and I lost a backplate on one of the Weber’s so the fuel mix was out. Luckily over fuelling so no engine issues! I’ll show it in a video 👍

@@The_Cotswold_Engineer Get a car out with us! Loved racing my Spitfire

​​@@Tomkitekah, that explains it. There was some visible 'vapour' coming out the back on the last 4 or 5 laps as you were approaching the complex. I'm off to read the rules.....😅

Cheers mate 🫡

Haha. Beer soon mate 👍

@@Tomkitek Yes please

@@thechunko6796Sweet 🍻

@@robertdavies9594 Had to try and redeem myself

@@limjamrace Drove angry after stalling it 😅

Haha!

@@johngibson3837 Hi! Yeah it’s a Ford Crossflow 👍

@@jimmydesouza4375 The regs are intended to as much as possible keep cars to their ‘factory’ specification. Adds a bit of a challenge for people but it also stops people with deep pockets ‘buying’ race wins with a heavily developed car

Thank you so much!

Yeah I’ll show people the gears out the box in the next video. Yeah something went wrong in my video edit, that music was meant to be over a part showing me remove the engine but when I’ve saved it, it all seemed to get muddled up and I didn’t watch it back until it had uploaded to RUclips 🤦‍♂️

Thanks for the offer! But yeah, it’s all sorted. Ready to race at Croft this weekend 👍 I’ll hopefully post a quick update before the weekend

My videos upload has been a bit late. I’ll be at Croft. Can’t wait! 👌

I hope so too!

Thanks! Really enjoyed it

Haha. Our race was merged with Historic Touring cars. The Anglia I think was a pre crossflow car? Was very quick and really well driven

I was desperate to see if the engine was ok and if so let it tick over for a little while to cool down

It was going really well but it will just come back stronger. I hope 🤞 😆

Haha they really do!

Yeah 2000e box. I’ll take some pictures. The get the gear selector better I use a quick shift kit that’s brilliant. It’s from Milton Racing

We are actually similar power outputs but the Lotus lot are a good 80kg lighter than me at the moment

Yeah 😭

It was driven so well and never gave up. Pushed me all the way to the end

Is it running a 1600 pre crossflow or a crossflow

@@stephenfloat1260 I believe pre crossflow. But it’s to FIA touring car specs so very well sorted

Thank you

Yeah standard 2000e. Thanks for the recommendation! I make these videos to gather the knowledge for everyone to use and benefit from. I’ll definitely look them up thanks!

Who needs brakes? 🤣

Yeah no sign it was about to go. Luckily a bit lower in the rev range when it went so the engine survived. Scared I’d buzzed it but it ran to about 8000-8500 rpm which is what is ran to on the dyno so all good 👍

@@Tomkitek luck one that for sure. Also sounded like you weren't hard on the throttle either which was a good thing. How long till the next race? Is more midnight oil going to be needed?

It’s a standard 2000e gearbox. Initial look seems to suggest a gear stripped looking at the metal that fell out the oil drain point 😭

It was all feeling very good

Yeah I was very happy after all the issues I’d had

Motors great now I’ve sorted the cooling issue out. The nose camera was just a friends I cable tied to the front 🤣

The car felt great. I was really confident in it, even with the brakes cooked by the end!