robmar Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 2006 Regulations Preparation for Hillclimbing and Sprinting 2006 Thinking Of Hillclimbing and Sprinting? Hope to get a bigger update to the competitors Korner sometime soon as well, when I can get some spare time 😬 rob Edited by - robmar on 19 Jan 2006 20:12:28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 😬 There can't be much room for argument over the K series mods, thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Rob Many thanks Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Inevitable question - am I right in thinking the wording regarding catch-tanks has changed slightly? I assume I don't need one with a wet-sump k-series with a single cam-cover breather venting into the Bernard-Scouse airbox? Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Myles Thats correct provided the other breather is blanked off. Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Yep, thanks. Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I have seen a few engines setup in this manner and the oil has settled in the bottom of the airbox and dissolved the foam strip between the airbox and backplate and then either the airbox has become loosed on its mounts or the oil has leaked from the box I would suggest you run the oil breathers from the cam cover to a 1 litre catch tank. Then you not only avoid the above problem but you wont be contaminating your incoming cylinder air either routing the breathers to the inlet manifold is fine for production cars where the oil does get fed straight back to the cylinders but this doesnt alwasy happen when you have throttle bodies insdie an air box . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Dave - Ah yes... The foam on my BS box *did* dissolve in a one-inch area... All that extra weight though, Eugh! Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Just a quick update 1. as the regs are not yet ratifed/approved/validated by the MSA they are very much draft, and a disclaimer has been added to the top of the draft 2006 regulations 2. there is also a pdf version of the 2006 draft regulations 3. also there has been some additional explanation text added around throttle return springs in the preparation web page Throttle return springs (NEEDED) - 2006 Blue book page 67 E.12.4.2. A separate external throttle return spring for each part of the throttle is required. For cars with twin webers this means two external springs, one fitted to each throttle spindle. For cars fitted with single throttle bodies and a plenum, eg standard K series cars, this means a single external spring but as this is normally already fitted as standard then nothing additional is required. For cars fitted with individual or pairs of throttle bodies or roller barrel throttles, eg SLR or R500’s, this means a separate external spring for each throttle body or pair of throttle bodies. Again these are normally fitted as standard so nothing additional is required. rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Rob Many thanks Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bl0498 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Thanks Rob, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_C Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 So just to clarify, my 05 academy car counts as Supergrads spec and can therefore run in class 1? The regs seem to suggest only single cams are class 1 and a k-series is class 2. Cheers Tom FH54WLX - only the car supports ManU, honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Mark - YHM Tom - with regard your query, yes as long as you comply with the current technical specification for the ‘2006 Caterham Graduates Championship’ – ‘Caterham Graduate Class’ and ‘Caterham Super-Graduates Class’ specification cars only. Cars must fully meet the specification relevant for engine type and year of construction. No further modifications are permitted. I am not that sure of the details of these regs and how they match a 05 acadamey car, but would suspect that you would be in the 'graduate' class if you made no more mods, an dif that was the case then class 1 is the pace for you with regard Lotus or Caterham Sevens powered by single cam engines up to 1600c.c. these typically being xflow or vx cars, but can run outside of the the grad and super grad regs, i.e. no screen, any list 1 a tyre so if you took off say your windscreen from your acadamey car (whichh is I am guessing a k) you would go into class 2 or 3 dependent on tyres hope that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmar Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 or in other words cars with single cam engines up to 1600cc (with over bore for xflow) running list 1 a tyres OR cars that comply to the grads and super grads regs for 2006 and no bike angines or sequential boxes rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Supergrads run with Yoko 48's so would have to be in Class 3, unless they changed to list 1a's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Mav Your correct. Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_C Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 But the regs say cars complying with the technical spec for supergrads, which presumably includes the A048s And decat pipe and rear ARB as well. FWIW my car is currently fully academy spec, so still has screen, sealed engine, cat, and even the CR322s which I think are list 1a. I was planning a change of tyre though, and my sprint entry would depend on how I get on at the Curborough day on 2/3/06. Don't think I'll be quite as quick as Dave J, but I'd like to get somewhere close to Gordon or Nifty... Cheers Tom FH54WLX - only the car supports ManU, honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Classes 1, 2 and 4 all require List 1A tyres. These are specified as being in the list from the 'Blue Book' 2005 OR 2006. If you run AO48's, any other E-marked road legal tyre, or a list 1B tyre you will be in class 3, 5 If you Choose to run Slicks, you will be in class 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_C Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Think I'll stick to the list 1a tyres then, as I'm not sure my driving will be up to competing in class 3. Not without several lessons and probably a trip to DVA to take the seals off the 120bhp engine too. Cheers Tom FH54WLX - only the car supports ManU, honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Tom It will be good to see you competing and I would suggest to start with you stick to Class 1 and wait until after a few events or even a season before deciding what to do with your car The idea of including Supergrads and current spec Academy cars in Class 1 is to increase the number of entries as the number of Grad spec cars competing is diminishing ☹️ Mark D Comp Sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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