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Old 26 Dec 2022, 19:12 (Ref:4138251)   #301
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Old 26 Dec 2022, 19:15 (Ref:4138252)   #302
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Yup there's loads in the grass at the top of the Kemmel Straight.
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Old 26 Dec 2022, 19:57 (Ref:4138253)   #303
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Old 26 Dec 2022, 22:46 (Ref:4138260)   #304
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Fifty may be. Knowing that some components have a limited time of running, like exotic conrods, its not only a matter of replacing the bearings. May be I'm wrong, but it seems that when you go beyond the 8 K mark, things change. A good pre-heating system is great value for money.
That sounds about right, I seem to remember that Lairy was approaching 40 hours, so Mike was just being Mike….
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Old 26 Dec 2022, 23:59 (Ref:4138262)   #305
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And we're looking at £8k for a refresh/rebuild? Above that it's exotic territory?

Obviously the answer is always "it depends". But as a ball park figure?

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Old 27 Dec 2022, 09:31 (Ref:4138284)   #306
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A few years ago I spoke to Wilcox engineering who built Mike’s engine & I seem to remember it started at £5k, but normally was about £8k for a refresh if nothing major was found.
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I once walked around Spa looking for my clutch slave cylinder that fell off in a race (that I did finish). The amount of "stuff" at different parts of the circuit was amazing, from bent con rods (complete with various parts of pistons) to starter motors was amazing !
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Old 27 Dec 2022, 11:27 (Ref:4138298)   #308
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A few years ago I spoke to Wilcox engineering who built Mike’s engine & I seem to remember it started at £5k, but normally was about £8k for a refresh if nothing major was found.
I seem to remember Mike mentioning Scholar too. If i'm right, he had his gearboxes refurbished in the London area. Everything focused on reliability, performance remaining compliant all time.
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Old 27 Dec 2022, 12:33 (Ref:4138302)   #309
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That sounds about right, I seem to remember that Lairy was approaching 40 hours, so Mike was just being Mike….
I thought he said he had taken it out for one last run before a refresh, pushing the hours to the limit, and something failed resulting in the need for more than a refresh and some significant cost.

Maybe I misheard what he said.
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Old 27 Dec 2022, 13:21 (Ref:4138303)   #310
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I once walked around Spa looking for my clutch slave cylinder that fell off in a race (that I did finish). The amount of "stuff" at different parts of the circuit was amazing, from bent con rods (complete with various parts of pistons) to starter motors was amazing !
Is the red water still there?
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Old 27 Dec 2022, 16:07 (Ref:4138312)   #311
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Nope, water is so expensive nowadays, they changed it for beer!
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I thought he said he had taken it out for one last run before a refresh, pushing the hours to the limit, and something failed resulting in the need for more than a refresh and some significant cost.

Maybe I misheard what he said.
Nothing failed on Lairy, we started it & drove it onto the lorry that took it to the auction. The auction house also filmed a.video of Lairy driving around the grounds of the auction venue.
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Nothing failed on Lairy, we started it & drove it onto the lorry that took it to the auction. The auction house also filmed a.video of Lairy driving around the grounds of the auction venue.
Must have misunderstood what he said then. Unless in the time between Mike had had somework done or done something himself.
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I once walked around Spa looking for my clutch slave cylinder that fell off in a race (that I did finish). The amount of "stuff" at different parts of the circuit was amazing, from bent con rods (complete with various parts of pistons) to starter motors was amazing !

I used to walk the circuit the evening before most races, when possible, and had a few good finds - my best was probably a transponder I spotted at Brands - although a certain Mr Dolan of this parish actually beat me to get his mitts on it - and a Snap-On 10mm combination spanner at Anglesey....
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I used to walk the circuit the evening before most races, when possible, and had a few good finds - my best was probably a transponder I spotted at Brands - although a certain Mr Dolan of this parish actually beat me to get his mitts on it - and a Snap-On 10mm combination spanner at Anglesey....
I didn't even have to walk the track at C/Combe to find something, I was out for qualifying and braked hard for the first corner and a club hammer appeared from under my seat into the footwell and got under the clutch pedal, I drove back round into the pit lane and handed it to my mechanic with a smile
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One of my drivers went on track one race with his mobile in his pocket. Not there when he returned of course so he went for a track walk at lunch time. Came back with his mobile plus my missing 8mm Allen Key that my mechanic definitely, absolutely, completely, "no Max I just don't do that" did NOT leave on the kart's floor tray

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Years ago I sold a Delta to new driver . We tested the car at Mallory and it went fine . They still went off and rebuilt the car . Went back to Mallory and crashed the car as the throttle jammed open . They ordered loads of spares of me and when I asked what had happened they sheepishly said that a screwdriver had gone missing in the rebuild . Guess what it reappeared and jammed throttle open .
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Having done some races with 911's which have floor articulated pedals, this kind of unwanted object has always been a concern. Still, driving an Alfa I've been caught once by a bearing, and old one, stuck between the clutch and the brake pedal. A good vacuum cleaner is really useful sometimes…
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I may have told this before, one of the famous cider makers in our area had a crash on the road that finished in a court case, in his defence he said that his jack Russell dog had got under the clutch and brake pedals and he couldn't stop his pick up truck !
He was found guilty anyway as he was 4 times over the drink limit
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I think the dog was teetotal
The driver said he couldn't put up with the dog yelping when he tried pushing the brake pedal down harder
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