Chimay, 13-15 July, 2007 - Page 2

zefarelly · 17 Jul 2007, 10:52 (Ref:1965605)

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Originally Posted by amaskell

Unfortunately, after making the trek all the way to Chimay I managed to lose the distributor drive teeth on the camshaft of my Anglia
even those of us that couldn't race and had to settle for the joys of chimay beer instead!

Welcome Adam, ( I think its Adam anyway ? and you brother Craig ?) any ideas how/why the cam gear let go ? normally the Distributor drive gives up first, very dissapointing for you however.

although I agree, Chimay is a great tonic in times of woe!

terence · 17 Jul 2007, 14:21 (Ref:1965761)

John - we're out for our first race of the season at the Silverstone Classic in the Griff so if you're around it will be great to see you and other 10/10thers. Just taken it for it's MOT and having not raced it for 2 years myself, I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it. The car's a beast on the road as it detests going under 70mph![/quote]

I was,nt aware of anywhere on the GP circuit that would seem quick at 70 Lak!

zefarelly · 17 Jul 2007, 14:39 (Ref:1965773)

the right turn by the fence after scrutineering, sorry, safety check bay, is quite tight !

John Elwin · 17 Jul 2007, 14:44 (Ref:1965778)

Hi LAK,

Yes, your old car looked fine & at least lasted the distance & kept out of trouble (I think!). Looks like Chimay is secure for the future so you should have an opportunity to return - unless you are planning on going to LM Classic next year. At the moment it's the same date....

All things being equal I shall be over for Silverstone Classic so will come & sek you out. After that it's Goodwood, Reims & Spa.

terence · 17 Jul 2007, 15:22 (Ref:1965800)

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Originally Posted by zefarelly

the right turn by the fence after scrutineering, sorry, safety check bay, is quite tight !

But only in an artic.

Or did you mean in the paddock Zef?

zefarelly · 17 Jul 2007, 16:00 (Ref:1965825)

in the paddock . . .behind pit lane end

terence · 17 Jul 2007, 16:10 (Ref:1965834)

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Originally Posted by zefarelly

in the paddock . . .behind pit lane end

Ah! But theres always the h/brake!

johnh875 · 18 Jul 2007, 00:05 (Ref:1966178)

Sorry for going a bit off topic (

) but seeing as there are a few Falcon racers in the thread I thought I would take the chance to ask - what sort of race weights would they run at? I remember reading that they were homologated with a ridiculously low weight originally and I was wondering if anyone got near it?

terence · 18 Jul 2007, 05:21 (Ref:1966258)

I havnt a clue on the weight John,but having done quite a bit of work on one years ago for Martin Thomas,I doe know they were carved up pretty brutally,lots of Fibre Panels,Inner front wings were very nearly not there!I,ll ask Martin what the weights were.

simon drabble · 18 Jul 2007, 06:52 (Ref:1966283)

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Originally Posted by terence bower

I havnt a clue on the weight John,but having done quite a bit of work on one years ago for Martin Thomas,I doe know they were carved up pretty brutally,lots of Fibre Panels,Inner front wings were very nearly not there!I,ll ask Martin what the weights were.

Leo Voyazides car was pulled up by FIA for having all the fibre glass etc so I think that school of thought has changed!

terence · 18 Jul 2007, 07:02 (Ref:1966285)

Knowing Martin ,I have no reason to disbelive that!

rogerwills · 18 Jul 2007, 07:35 (Ref:1966304)

Someone told me at Chimay that they were homologated at 950kg.

Jeremy Hall · 18 Jul 2007, 08:04 (Ref:1966329)

Homologation1250 for the Falcon states the weight at 980 kg.

terence · 18 Jul 2007, 08:06 (Ref:1966333)

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Hall

Homologation1250 for the Falcon states the weight at 980 kg.

Welcome back Jeremy,thank,s for that ,I cant get hold of Martin Thomas!!

Jeremy Hall · 18 Jul 2007, 08:54 (Ref:1966364)

Homologated weight on form 1250 is 980Kg

rogerwills · 18 Jul 2007, 08:55 (Ref:1966365)

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Hall

Homologation1250 for the Falcon states the weight at 980 kg.

May have been on Chimay beer number 3 when I was told 950!

amaskell · 18 Jul 2007, 09:52 (Ref:1966397)

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Originally Posted by zefarelly

Welcome Adam, ( I think its Adam anyway ? and you brother Craig ?) any ideas how/why the cam gear let go ? normally the Distributor drive gives up first, very dissapointing for you however.

although I agree, Chimay is a great tonic in times of woe!

Hi Zef, It's Andy and my brother's Steve. Really not sure why the cam gear went. I had the same problem a couple of years ago. The car was fine on Friday when we arrived at Chimay but when i tried to start it on Saturday morning to warm it up before practice it would fire and not start. After much panicking and changing of condensor, rotor arm, plugs, disi cap etc and five laps of towing the car around the paddock it started. Unfortunately by this time i'd missed practice and had to go out in a different session. My brother went out and did a few laps then we changed and as soon as i pulled out of the pits it was misfiring and wouldn't pull more than 7500rpm. Further inspection showed that the rotor arm had about 30 degrees of free travel as the teeth had badly worn on the cam and hence the timing was all over the shop.
I'm wondering whther there is a blockage in the oil gallery. Anyone experienced anything similar?

zefarelly · 18 Jul 2007, 17:20 (Ref:1966693)

Appologies Andy!

I have notice oddly worn cam gear teeth, I put it down to badlly machined Distributor gear, but you'd expext after 40 years everyone would know the standard ! It could possible be the meshing position ? maybe the dissy sits too high or low in the block?

at least its nice to hear someone whos not running Electronic igniotion !!!!!!

Anyway, hopefully it will all be sorted for Spa if your all going ?

amaskell · 18 Jul 2007, 17:52 (Ref:1966719)

I find points bounce a good artificial rev limiter!!!!

Sadly won't be doing Spa this year as i'm moving house but will be out a lot more next year. I'll be thinking of you all there though...

One question Zef, what rear springs are you using? I have standard springs but with an extra leaf in but want to change them for two reasons, firstly all those leaves weighs a lot and secondly one of the springs has gone a little soft. I'm guessing that the cortina springs are the same size as Anglia ones?

terence · 20 Jul 2007, 02:47 (Ref:1967964)

Single Leaf Carbon Fibre !!

**Peter Mallett** · 20 Jul 2007, 03:06 (Ref:1967967)

What are you doing up at this hour?

Off topic comment alert
I have to type this or my brain will explode!

Can you run single leaf springs Andy? Also do you run the levar arm dampers or can you change to uprights?

I would have thought a soft spring with multi adjustable dampers would be a way forward.

Thanks for reading, you've been a wonderful audience. Don't forget to try the veal and tip your waitress. We now return you to the topic

terence · 20 Jul 2007, 04:16 (Ref:1967983)

I,m worried about The Classic next weekend!

.I also go through spell,s of not needing much sleep,unfortunatly ! Not sure but I think the Cortina springs are longer/wider,do you have to run multi leaf? Wheres Gordon when you need him???

amaskell · 20 Jul 2007, 11:21 (Ref:1968264)

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Originally Posted by terence bower

I,m worried about The Classic next weekend!

.I also go through spell,s of not needing much sleep,unfortunatly ! Not sure but I think the Cortina springs are longer/wider,do you have to run multi leaf? Wheres Gordon when you need him???

I have to run leaf springs, but the number of leaves is free. Sadly i have to run lever arms but am very furtunate to have a pair of adjustable lever arms from my fathers old superspeed car!

morninggents · 20 Jul 2007, 12:33 (Ref:1968315)

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Originally Posted by amaskell

I have to run leaf springs, but the number of leaves is free. Sadly i have to run lever arms but am very furtunate to have a pair of adjustable lever arms from my fathers old superspeed car!

Andy
I have a copy of the homologation papers here for the Anglia Super and the description of the rear suspension spring just says 'Semi-elliptic Leaf'. However, there is a photo (poor quality) of the rear axle which shows multi leaf springs. Would this not mean you would have to run multi leaf to comply? If yes, does it mean you also have to run the same number?
Peter Wray

graeme · 20 Jul 2007, 14:32 (Ref:1968390)

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Originally Posted by rogerwills

Chimay Trophy which was a bit of an all-comers race with some more modern cars on sticky rubber.

What's the regs for the Chimay trophy? Might I get in (even as a guest, to bulk up the grid) in an underpowered Caterham...?

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