Curborough Sprint Track Sunday 12th May 2013.

I've managed too secure another weekend slot for us. But with it been a weekend prices are more so it's going be £55. At the moment it'll be for 15 cars. Club Members will be given first priority.

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I've put people's names down that have already said yes but if you could just confirm. Thanks.

Also this year I will be handing out a few trophies. Fastest coupe, craziest driving(MattM already has his name on this :-) ). And not sure for a name for another one? Suggestions please?

I'm in! Craziest driving trophy - this must be me

Just realised the date. Won't be able to make it as it's my brother's First Communion that day...

Yes please!

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Appreciate I'm a club member but don't own a Coop, so it's up to you whether you want to keep the small numbers to just Coops Paul

Paul had posted that club members have priority Jonny, so you are in.

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I've put my name down for this, I've just renewed my membership today

Also just renewed my membership.

Your membership packs have been posted today gentlemen.

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Mario

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I'm not a member, but would love to come along again guys if a place becomes available.

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This always seems to be organised when I on Stag do's

Get your name down for the 1 in July Nobby.

Is this Nobby or Begbie????

Either way the pair of you would benefit socially by having less friends.

Cheers JBT

You'll be pleased to know, no stag do's this year, although I now have a wedding to go to in Oz in November

I actually have 2 stag do's in 1 week. Edinburgh then Dublin - I'm going be hanging at the second one.....

Oswestry can't be that far away.....

Can someone put me as 2nd reserve please!!

Nick

Won't be many people that understand that one Tim I do, obviously, as it's not far from me

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Knobber!!

Just over a month away now, hoping to get a place. If I do Mrs Fishy will be coming along

Dave I'm not sure if my car will be ready for this if its not you can have my spot. I should know this week.

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Can someone put me back on the reserve list please??... ABOVE MarKo,
Begbie was joking when he put a line through my name!! Doughnut!!!

Nick

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This event is just 31 days away and only ONE person has paid.

The club has made the financial commitment on your behalf, it is your turn now.

Payment will be beginning of May for me if that is okay. Pay day isn't until the 30th. Oh the joys of changing jobs

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Cheers Paul

Dave

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If Fishy is spinning round I'll give him 50p for a ride (and he can take my Coupe round if he wants)

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Payments required.

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sorry guys but i can't make this one but will be at the next one 100% , i have moved Dave_M into my spot as he's on the reserve list .

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Space available.

Sorry guys I'm not going to be able to make this one.

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Hi add me to the list I'll take the vt6 for a play.

Good man.

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Hopefully not much spinning, just a bit of sliding, and you're welcome to have a ride, 50p not needed

Not sure if I trust myself to drive a Coupe again

Looking forward to this, Paul, let me know if you would like me to rustle up a few more entries.

Might have to Dave. Cheers

Haven't managed to get any firm bookings from anyone else just yet, can open it out to the Lotus Seven club in general if you need some numbers (money) and charge a bit more?
Doctor Frag may make an appearance as a spectator for this one, had a chat on the phone earlier

I've sent a pm to those that have put there name down but have not paid yet. So I'll see what happens over the next couple of days then we will have to open it up to other clubs.

Might have to reconsider doing the track again.

I know how hard it is to get the track.

Especially on a Sunday.

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Usually I end up jamming a drive in whatever car I bring along about 10 minutes before end of play.

Doubt I'll be doing it in a crash-damaged 180,000 mile diseasel VW bora though

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my M3 will be fresh out of the body shop.. dont fancy tracking it straight away..
sorry guys..

have fun

You were down as a spectator marco? Fancy just watching?
Bell you later anyway :-)

can do!

just give me a call later!

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Should be able to call over as a spectator for this one Paul

More than welcome mate. There's spaces available if you go around the track?

This is daft - less than three weeks away and we have just five paid

I think we need to ask for a 100% commitment from the remaining places and if its not forthcoming, it should be opened up, initially to the rest of the Coupe community and then to others.

We can't afford to leave this any longer than this weekend to open it up, otherwise there will be a very poor attendance (and I presume the Club will be out of pocket?)

How about a PM to all paid-up Club members to generate some interest? There must be a few people that might be interested who don't normally look at this area of the forum

If we're extending it to "friends of the Coupe forum", then I may be able to rustle up some interest on the Mk1 Golf forum

It is open to all forum members.

There's 4 spaces available Nigel so if you can get any more to take the empty spaces feel free to do so.

I will be paying tomorrow

Thanks but just fancied having a look at some of the mods, thought there would be different kind of cars at track than car shows

I'll be paying next week for my slot as mentioned earlier in the thread. A change of jobs and pay days has really mucked up finances.

Not a problem Alexis.

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Cobblers; count me in. I'll transfer the money tomorrow. Any lessons as to how to drive round the track will be gratefully received. I am sure to lose my front bumper on the kerbs but it will be fun , and if Fishy wants a go I'm sure that lightning doesn't strike twice (according to Ozzy Osbourne .

I'm going to be sorry......

Cheers Tim. I'm sure Nigel or Dave will give you a lesson.

If JBT turns up we can ignore the corners and hairpins (John doesn't use hairpins anyway :D)....

Sorry for the delay, I'm still keen. I've been caught up with moving house and have been trying to get an erratic idling problem sorted on the LE but it's still a mystery what's causing it. Other than that the car is good health so I'll be there and pay tomorrow if that's ok.

Stu

That's fine Stu.

Will you allow a Pink Metro to drive round? Seriously considering giving the POS a spin round a track, it weighs next to nothing and sticks to corners like excrement to a blanket

Very dodgy.... I'm sure Pinky will beat a few of the Coupes (well, certainly mine) and lead to some excellent You-Tube vids. I'll blag a ride; I'm far too old to be embarrassed, even by Operation Yewtree

Do it

Paid today....

If no one minds an rx7, and an MK Indy coming along, I might take a few slots?

IMHO the more the better, and different beasties as well

More than welcome suba.

Do it John.

Any links to this one?

http://www.curborough.co.uk/index.htm

Cool, will have a chat to my brother and let you guys know asap

One and the same place

Come on Si. We can have an interesting convoy up there

It's decided Si, you're coming Be good to see you, it's been a while.

....that's a thought, might be a lot of fun for me on the way up. Everyone else laughing at me trying to keep the car off the grass later on won't be quite as bad.....

Yes, it's been ages. What are you coming in?

Going to get this day booked up with the mrs.... Already got 2nd may off for a day blasting it round silverstone...with some bits to sort on the car first...wish me luck!

I'm in.....how do I sort out payment?

To the club's bank account please Si:

Indy has been sold as my brother didn't have time and I wanted something to drive to tracks rather than trailering. So I bought a 172 cup about 8 hours ago! It's track ready- coilovers, camber bolts, rear ARB, stainless cat-back etc etc. All for practically a few pounds I found down the back of the sofa and some furry sweets

Might get it stripped inside before then if I get chance. Should be great fun at Curborough.

Get your brother to come. Shotgun a passenger ride

Well you need to take my 172 cup out for an evaluation given all the experience you had in them

Cheers Jonny, Sounds good to me

Depends on where the Indy is, as will have to be trailered if coming from down south...if not then will share the rx7 with me.

I think the Clio will be very quick round curborough.

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Tim42 paid.

Hi all payment sent.

See you all soon.

I have invited Simon Adams, some of you may remember his Proton Satria, SAAB 9000 and TVR Tuscan from years ago? He has an Essesse spec Abarth 500 and a Morgan 3 wheeler now, so could bring either depending on the weather. He will confirm shortly but seemed v.interested.

Being as there isn't much coop interest, it's going to be great having some different cars on track

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SaabSi, I remember His 9000, quick that was!

I've not paid yet - got a warped brake disc on the rx7 back end..... Should be able I get hold of a pair of discs middle of next week. Well pay up as soon as I know, and can get them on the car.

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Just 10 of us so far then, with a week to go? I do hope this isn't costing the club too much?

11, I'll pay Pete tomorrow at Brooklands in real cash money

I hope that is subject to a handling fee? #moneylaunderer

I will pay tomorrow
Also if there's room please add a mate of mine down.

Darkside bravo 20vt

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I've not paid up yet, as me coming is contingent on getting a sticky rear calliper sorted out. The bits arrived today, so will keep you posted.

Hope you get it sorted Suba.

Swapping over my full cage to a roll bar today to make it easier for everyone to get in and out.

No leave it on. More outings for the 'thinner' people

I've managed to get some track wheels and tyres sorted for the Clio. Just an RStuner reflash, engine oil, filter, gearbox oil and CV gaiter to sort Oh and the car's now lost 60kg and counting

Although I've paid I doubt i can get there until 1pm due to childcare issues, if at all - if anyone spectating wants to use my morning's worth of paid-up time please do so...

Bring them with you Steve take them out for a few laps.

If I can make a suggestion:-
Would all the people on the list be ok with Paying a few quid extra for the folk who have dropped out?
Otherwise there will be a shortfall which isn't fair for the club to pay.

I personally have no issues with paying a few quid extra as I enjoy the event and wish for it to continue in the future.

Good suggestion John, but I suspect there will be a couple of last-minute takers for the remaining slots

If it comes to it I don't mind paying a bit more.

Decided to stick with the cage for now, spent the time yesterday driving about instead. Going to be using up old tyres for this event, expect a nice bit of sliding. My wife will be coming along to watch/help take an occasional drive if that's ok?

I would love to join you but I've got a Manager off on holiday that Sunday.
If there is any way I can find some extra cover I will fill a space.
I hope the Friday July 12th is still ok as I really don't want to half my annual mileage !

I might not be able to make this now

My strange idling problem has developed into a stuttering during normal driving. Powerfiat looked at it a couple of weeks ago and couldn't find an issue but that was before this stuttering problem.

I think its probably best not to risk it. Trouble is I have now moved to Manchester so can't take it to any of the places I used to know to get it looked at.

I was really looking forward to this too

Fingers crossed the 5 day forecast on the BBC is good, rain till Saturday then dry on Sunday!

My coupes in the garage with no mot or tax and its blocked in by 4 dead cars so I'm going to bring something special along.

RS6 maybe.

Hi there!, I'll be there.

FishyDave mentioned this to me a couple of weeks ago so I'll be along to catch up with some old faces, and re-experience some Coupe action!!

Joe

Joe! Great to hear from you again. I won't be at Curborough but sure you'll enjoy yourself.

Now there's a blast from the past! Look forward to seeing you again Joe

As I told Porky yesterday I can't make this day - unavoidable domestics . I've already paid, so if the spaces aren't taken up by anyone else no problem. Have a good day guys,
Tim

Welcome back Doc

Ok you hooligans,
Do you think I'm going to yet you hoon around Curborough without me ?
I might have to disappear in the middle of the day for a couple of hours but... Count me in !!
Just make sure it chuffin RAINS so I can tip toe round in my own good time.


I will need to give someone cash on the day as I'm working out of town tomorrow.
Is that OK ?

Nice one Tim

See you there

Now your coming it better not rain, else I might not bother. You cheat when it rains

Ha Ha !
The sun gods may be on your side this time Steve.
But i'm going lightweight this time...I'm taking the front of the stereo and removing the ashtrays.

Oh yes and my new secret weapon.. my carbontech pads.
You will hear me coming when I brake for the roundabout just the other side of Lichfield !

Rain will be in my favour with 4wd for once.

Crap.... My rear discs have still not arrived. Not sure what to do, brake not binding but sticking. Could give it a go, or just come up and spectate in the rep mobile. Is there a convoy from down south on the way up?

Also not paid anything, could I pay up on the day or not?

If they're not sticking on the road, you may as well drive it up? It's only a short lap, so if you're replacing discs and pads anyway, I wouldn't worry about them overheating lots. They'll barely get warm.

Plenty of passenger rides I'm sure. John needs to be 4 up in the RS6 to slow him down anyway.

What time does it start tomorrow? I'm tinkering with the car today to see if I can fix it. I may still come down anyway but just watch or blag a few passenger rides.

Weather is looking... erm... like this:




Should make for interesting racing/watching.

It's the rear left that is getting stuck a little when pulling away from a standstill. Either a sticky calliper or warped disc...more apparent after putting in new pads....not sure what to do really.

Yup, looks like rain in the afternoon, everyone had best set their best times first thing. What time are people arriving? I'll be towing as I have to get the Caterham to North London afterwards (needs new rear panel after slow speed encounter with lorry).
Risk it Suba, the heat might loosen it up

It should be alright Suba should straighten out with some hard braking.

If everyone can get there for 9ish so we are ready to start at 10.

I'm in.....if in doubt thrash it. odds on me being easily the slowest when it rains are......

OK for me to pay in person?

Anyone know if there is a shell station near the track?

Yes - London road, Lichfield - WS14 9EQ

After several horror stories going through my mind I've decided not to take the RS6.
I have got it up for sale and if I snap the box its another 3k of repairs.

So I am going to bring along an underdog.
Petrol
5 cylinder
Turbo
240bhp
Not a Fiat.
1.8 tonnes.

Yes mate you can pay in person.

Corrected for you...

Why do RS6s have chocolate gearboxes? Surely they should be built to take a bit of abuse

There's a saying when owning one.
Have you replaced the box yet?

If no then it won't be long.

And the box original on mine so its on borrowed time.
I bought it thinking one day the box would go but I didn't anticipate the turbo letting go 20 miles after I bought it.

T5?

Great, thanks.

Anyone want to convoy up from SW London?

How many spare spaces is there now ?

Yeah .
Very exotic so get the cameras on the ready.
If nothing else its the safest place to be in the event of an accident.

If someone wants mine Tim i can give it up?

I haven't got anyone in mind Steve.
I was just wondering if it was worth a shout out on "coupe related chat" as there's a few local coupes to Stafford who may not have considered a blast around Curborough.

Anyway what's up Don't you want to get your hair wet mate ?

Car could be better, watching the lads in a cup final in the morning then gotta take the kids back at 3pm - so all in all no time really Tim....expensive day lol

Ah well at least we can keep you out of trouble in the middle part of the day.
Surely it's got to be worth a couple of quid to hear the horrific squeal of my carbontec pads ?

Lol, just been sent a weather forecast saying its going to be rainy too, whereas my phone says its going to be dry

Have a good day guys and I'm gutted I can't be there .

Have a great day. Decided not to chance it as still waiting for parts.

What a great fun day.
Can I give a big shout out to Nigel and Paul for organising this and spending nearly all their day timing and on the flag.
Also for their advice on damping (Nigel) and tyre pressures (Paul).
To Steve (ecrab) for wimping out on our afternoon wet track coupe battle (although it was great to see your lovely Alfa).
Lastly to the owners of Curborough for placing the earth bank and gate just the right distance from the top hairpin.
If you want your grass back just let me know.
Tim

Thanks to all for a great day, just got back with rear brake complaining like a bastard....properly killed it off. Definitely a warped disc now. . Nothing broken though, which is good, but had manky
drive home in the rain, and managed to go through just over 100 liters of fuel.

Good to see some old faces, and finally get a ride in begbie's 16vt. Had fun going sideways, planned and unplanned as driver and passenger too. Looking forward to the next one.

Yes a great day Good to see the usuals, the new and the recently absent

The newly acquired Clio was fantastic. It did many laps wet and dry and took it all in it's stride. A few tweaks are needed and extra weight saving plans are already in progress. I forgot how much fun the Clio is on track; very different from the MK Indy, but I was grinning like an idiot all the same.

Fishy was on form as usual. Cheers for taking the Clio out to show me how it should be done. Highlight was watching him give Suba's RX7 a spanking

I'm glad we had no major issues with any of the cars too.

Shame I can't make the next one. If anyone is thinking of going, DO IT! A cheap day out and so much fun. If you haven't been on track before it's the perfect introduction, build up at your own pace.

Thanks to Paul for all the hard work as usual

Great day as usual. Took the opportunity to run 2 different cars this time, much to Sandy Tim's disapointment, as it didn't allow him to beat me in the wet in a Coupe.(tactics Tim)
Big thank you to Paul for organising it once again. I hope this is not this last one. If its not can members condsider Pauls efforts and only say they are going to attend if they are prepared to part with their money.
Thanks also to Fishy Dave for the ride in his Caterham, showing me how my Alfa should have gone round.
Steve

Thanks to everyone that came, great day again, highlights for me were;

Fishy Dave been bloody quick in what ever he drove,
JBT giving the Volvo death,
Jonny been a hooligan in the Clio,
Nigel pulling a quick lap out of the bag every time someone come close to his time,
Steve's gorgeous Alfa,
and been able get my fat arse in Daves Caterham for a passenger ride.

Fingers crossed today won't be the the last.

Another fun day at Curborough, thank you for the effort and cost that goes into these events.
The way that the CSCC operate their race meetings is as follows, maybe we should adopt this too?
Entrants must pay up front to secure their place, no point putting their name down without money. If they can't make the race they can have their money back provided their is a reserve who can take there place and pays in full. If no reserves then regretably they get no refund. Entrants cannot give or sell their race entry to other people either. Hope that makes sense, pretty tired today having got back just after midnight.
The day itself was great fun, good to see my wife driving with a smile on her face.
My first run of the day proved to be my fastest, although my second would have been quicker had I not taken to the grass before Molehill. Thanks to Jonny for letting me drive his Clio 172 Cup; it had been 7 or 8 years since I last drove one. The memories came flooding back as it wagged its tail (the Clios not Jonny) into every corner, great fun and I thought it sounded great.
My favourite bit of the day was driving Subas RX7. I’ve never driven one before so didn’t know quite what to expect. Off the startline I made a pretty rubbish get away getting used to the paddle clutch and didn’t use enough revs on the first run, had a fun sideways moment going into molehill with a dab (ok, a lot) of oppo and a bit of power and we got through ok (not sure if Simon thought we would!).
I really wanted to do that again and kindly Simon said yes. Another poor start, used more of the upper rev ranges this time and slightly less lairy produced a better time. Great fun, a really well balanced car that is very LOUD with pops and bangs on the over-run. I can see that this car would be very quick on a full track where it can stretch its legs.
After my two early runs I didn’t drive the Caterham until mid afternoon, but I was happy to let others drive it before lunch whilst it was still dry. I think Nigel would agree with my prior warnings that it was going to be tail happy this time due to running on old, mismatched tyres front and rear, with too much rake producing a twitchy car. Who got the fastest time between Father and Son?
Funny seeing JBT have to drive barefoot after the first run driving the Seven, his size 12s hitting more than one pedal at a time.
A pity the rain set in as that Exige 240 might have given me quite a bit to worry about producing times of 1.06s in the damp before it got very wet.
The track was very slippery in the afternoon, with the car giving me issues of both understeer and snap oversteer with not much warning of either. I was down to about 10mph to get to the apex around Fradley before drifting out onto the straight. Last run of the day I managed a spin to the infield with no damage done except to the grass and an unfortunate slug.
I must say that I was impressed with the consistency of some drivers times, this is something I need to work on.
Really hope that the July event takes place, can we pay now?

Looks like a great day!!, I'm sorry I wasn't there as for some reason I thought it was next Sunday.. errr . It wasn't till Squid pointed out the difference between the date and when I thought it was!!

Shame I missed this one, was in Ireland this weekend.

Waiting to see the times and see how the cars compared!, that's what's great about track days, a good leveller or cars

Joe

Times will be up later this week - just need to find time to type them all up

I'll drop you an email this weekend dave about sorting out an airfield day, my brother in the Indy hayabusa and my dad are keen.

It's quiet for a single turbo, ported rotary....seriously.

The clutch is a pain to pull off with, very easy to bog or spin up, as all probably gathered from my efforts.

It's a shame it was wet in the afternoon, you could have had another couple of runs, and I reckon you would have been close to the 1 min mark in the dry.

Definitely up for another session, and could get at least 3 or 4 friends to come along I'm sure, not coupes though I'm afraid.

Was great to catch up....it's been a while!

Finally found time to type up the lap times....

Sandytim, JBT and Jonny all needed two lines of times

Best time is highlighted in yellow, fastest Coupe time in green, fastest time of the day in red. Times in blue were various degrees of damp, ranging from a bit moist to standing water.



A few photos will be up later

Cheers Nigel.

Not bad considering I hadn't driven the car in anger before. With a tighter back end I could easily knock that down into the low 6s I reckon.

The wet was fun sliding about

The cilo looked great fun jonny.

Get that back end sorted and low 6s definitely.

Great day lads thank to every one there.

So not only was the Volvo not the slowest but it also beat begbies coupe?
Pmsl
And it only took me 93 laps.

Just checked - I'm around 1 second off last year's best time (road modified production cars over 2000cc) - don't forget that forced induction cars have a 1.4 multiplier to their actual engine capacity

For reference, the best time was set in an Impreza - the Sprint championships don't seem to segregate FWD, RWD and 4WD

Also for reference, the outright 2-lap record is 49.11 seconds!!!!

Some useful / useless information for you....

• Total number of runs(by FCCUK attendees) was 175
• Total distance travelled = 154.8 miles
• Total track time was 3h, 38m, 1s
• Most prolific driver was JBT with 29 runs and 25.7 miles
• With Crazyleg's efforts, JBT's Volvo did 43 runs and 38 miles, in 55 minutes and 12 seconds, averaging about 41.5mph

Some photos - most were taken after it started raining

Click for slideshow

Rock on Volvo.

That was a fun side ways day.

Some other useful information

Trip computer showed 3 mpg

So on an £97 tank covering that miles ,with 50 miles left of range in the tank, how much did each mile cost me in fuel?

Rough workings out is £3.00 Per mile.

I did 14mpg on track If you take wheelspin into account it was probably a few mpg higher as I reckon each lap was more like 1 mile

Finally got round to sorting the video and ECU logs out.

http://youtu.be/ft0bhnXYWYs

Wow ! I can't believe how much higher your top speed is down the straight. You are hitting 100mph across the line, where as I was struggling to get to 85mph.
Yet are lap times were similar !
I need more power !
NO !! I didn't just think that. Did I ?

I think I managed 87mph (on the racetrack ) down the main straight.

God only knows what speed I hit in the coupe .

I managed 89 on the start/finish. Increased rev limiter of 7400 helps as I just save having to change gear. The Indy used to do 100 across the line.

I got 70 in my Bora.

YEAH!

No idea what I was hitting, as half the time I could not work out where the finish line was. I do know that I used 4th a few times, which would mean over 100, and when I did I had brake pretty hard to get the right side of the cone to que up again.