It went pretty well - never the fastest boxer engined car but was well driven and quick enough to capitalise on others issues to get good results. It didn't get used very often. A good source of results and information from this era can be found in old AROC magazines (Gary will remember these) - the...

Nick Sismey's Sud got written off at Harewood Hillclimb - John was driving it and had a big accident (rolled several times).

Going back further:-

Phil Rowley - Sud Ti
Alan Marshall - Sud Ti (rebuilt into a 33)
John Liddle - Sud Ti (rebuilt into 33 'Partsbox')
Andrew Thorpe - Sud Ti (ex Napolina Dealer Team car)

There are others.....

Ted's car was Class C, then B - then owned and raced by Dave Thomas, then owned and raced by Ted once again.

The blue car referred to was Andy Steavensons - also raced by Paul Fasey.

The Sud with Sally Bishop was Nigel Cottee's - not sure where that ended up.

That's a shame - but sensible given the weather!

It'll be power at the flywheel calculated from the dyno load - 135 is very respectful though

I hadn't factored in that you may be using different makes of tyres front to rear! Have you tried running the same front and rear? I know a tyre is a tyre but there is more to it than that. Are they all treaded or are some cut slicks? If it were me I'd be tempted to run the same front and back to ge...

If you are happy with the grip you get from the front then leave that alone as it works. Loosen the rear end - cheap way to prove it is increased tyre pressures until you can feel the difference. From there you can go stiffer springs, RARB, etc.

Lots of questions but not many firm answers as there are so many variables! To offer comment to a few:- We have run tubular wishbones for well over 20 years - the reasons for them are weight reduction and the wish to run rod ends/spherical bearings throughout. I don't recall any of ours having ever ...

Inboard and outboard discs on the front! Not sure why with only 180ps and still relatively lightweight, but certainly unique!

Hi Simon, decent coverage of the second race - I'm glad they caught your in-car 'round the outside' moves at Village - plus your 2 for the price of 1 re-shuffling of the Rover and Lotus Cortina

That engine bay is like the rest of the car Keith - amazing!

grboulter wrote:Thanks for the kind message, you will notice I took your kind advice as soon as the Reg's allowed re. rear end Aero....

The diffuser and rear flap look really well integrated - could you tell a difference on the quicker sections?

Hi Graham, as someone you already know I'll be the first to say welcome and how great the car looks! It really is a little Dino

With regards to big valves it's all part of a combination of the re-shaping of the ports and cam profile. Standard 1.7 engines went upto 40mm as mentioned above so for a similar size engine and fast road/rally/race cams larger valves are required - 40mm isn't enough to flow what the race cams and po...

They were Tim - and many 'special saloons' had Skoda bodies.....over single seater chassis and powertrains! Of course, their rallying ability was well known - many victories in the upto 1300 class. Back on Alfa's (and Golf) - well done Simon, Malcolm, Duncan and Richard - great last race and very su...

Good video - well held through Turn 1 on several occasions, the tyres had certainly had enough by the end!

Thankfully you don't have the complication of measuring underfloor plank thickness after each race

Sounds like you both had eventful races - it all looks so straightforward watching it on TSL! I'll look forward to the in-car footage

Good luck tomorrow!

I noted you'd got past Duncan on the last lap - I didn't consider it was via the pitlane! It's obviously a happy coincidence that your laptime through the pits (and missing out 'Club') was representative of your others (and not considerably faster - drawing attention to itself). Looking at TSL you h...

Great finishes for all four cars - well done! Looks like Malcolm had a good battle with an Escort and Simon/Duncan were close throughout. Good first race finish for Richard in the Golf too!

Is that the class championship sewn up now Simon?

Hi Simon,

Good luck to you all down at Silverstone - I'll follow progress on TSL. Have fun!

Were you doing full laps of Castle Combe - or variations with cone chicanes, etc? If full laps, what sort of laptimes?

I've got my own notes on Oulton from a 33's point of view - I'll type them up here during the week.

Here you go:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIZVvnm7xg As I'm sure you found, it's very fast and (for us circuit racers) very bumpy on the way down to Quarry. I was getting airborne over the bumps and pulling 8200rpm in 5th on the run to Quarry last year. Of course, it's probably pan flat from a ...

Well done on results over both race meetings - 10 starts/10 finishes - all with good positions and lap times

Great footage from Brands with Ted - a 'Stig' like white racesuit too I look forward to the Lydden footage

Good luck to you all at both venues, have fun! I'll be watching the live timing

Hi Simon, Well done on your Race 1 result - and shame about the puncture in Race 2. That said, as far as retirements go then something like a puncture is preferable to engine/transmission! Looks like you and the Lotus Cortina were similarly paced over a lap but you had the upper hand over a race dis...

Well done on your qualifying result Simon, I watched your progress on TSL - good to get under the 60 seconds I'm sure you'll also have a good race in the dry but I can understand you wanting it to rain Good luck tomorrow!

Two good finishes for you all - 6/6 Well done!

Hi Malcolm, good result this morning - hope you can catch the Mini's this afternoon

Many years ago I made the decision to only race at circuits I enjoy - it's an expensive hobby anyway but even more so if you don't enjoy aspects of it. Falling grids (for all the reasons commented on above - and more) means less bargaining power for championships when it comes to getting good venues...