Quite an eventful day with plenty of CS'ers there. A very damp start with rain until about 10am - then the sun came out and the track was fully dry by lunch which was great.
The track was slippery as f*ck early on, especially with R888s - but once dry it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be, especially with the fast chicane on the first turn.
A few damp pics from early on, various people took them throughout the day on the same camera...
Until I went out again as the track was drying out and I had a massive bang/clunk while braking going into the Tarzan hairpin. I thought the driveshaft had snapped initially, managed to get it onto the grass - but when I got out the wheel had come clean off and was up in the arch with the brake disc resting on the bottom of it!
The odd thing is, I torqued them all up before going out, and all the other wheels were still tight. We couldnt get the wheel to stay on as all the threads in the hub were f*cked - the four wheel bolts were found on the hairpin too!
In the meantime, Andyrg had been out on track and had major issues with his 225 engined Mk1. It was the end of the day for him as he later found out cylinder four had a hole blown in it. Luckily he runs the same widetrack setup as me, and his car had been brought down on a trailer so he kindly lent me his hub to do the rest of the day!
After swapping it over lunch I was back out on track, although I used the Williams wheels on the front for the rest of the day...
We then had word of Whiteley being on the back of a recovery truck - turns out his gearbox sump plug had managed to come out and loose the oil :dapprove:
Although, he managed to nip out and find a new sump plug with some more gearbox oil - once fitted he was back out on track also! In the meantime, Andy had stripped the engine down in his car and found the damage to cylinder four...
A bit more track action...
Now to take it all apart again and replace the hub so Andy can have his back :boring:
The track was slippery as f*ck early on, especially with R888s - but once dry it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be, especially with the fast chicane on the first turn.
A few damp pics from early on, various people took them throughout the day on the same camera...
Until I went out again as the track was drying out and I had a massive bang/clunk while braking going into the Tarzan hairpin. I thought the driveshaft had snapped initially, managed to get it onto the grass - but when I got out the wheel had come clean off and was up in the arch with the brake disc resting on the bottom of it!
The odd thing is, I torqued them all up before going out, and all the other wheels were still tight. We couldnt get the wheel to stay on as all the threads in the hub were f*cked - the four wheel bolts were found on the hairpin too!
In the meantime, Andyrg had been out on track and had major issues with his 225 engined Mk1. It was the end of the day for him as he later found out cylinder four had a hole blown in it. Luckily he runs the same widetrack setup as me, and his car had been brought down on a trailer so he kindly lent me his hub to do the rest of the day!
After swapping it over lunch I was back out on track, although I used the Williams wheels on the front for the rest of the day...
We then had word of Whiteley being on the back of a recovery truck - turns out his gearbox sump plug had managed to come out and loose the oil :dapprove:
Although, he managed to nip out and find a new sump plug with some more gearbox oil - once fitted he was back out on track also! In the meantime, Andy had stripped the engine down in his car and found the damage to cylinder four...
A bit more track action...
Now to take it all apart again and replace the hub so Andy can have his back :boring:
