Mcalvert

Great to see everyone on Saturday and congratulations to all those who took home silverware! 

I've uploaded a few photos of the awards being presented by Troy from series sponsor Northampton Motorsport here.

Thanks Justin!

Magnificent, thanks both!

I need some photos from Blyton and Anglesey for the LF reports if anyone has some please: lowflying@caterhamlotus7.club 

I currently have a couple from Anglesey (thanks Maggie!) but none at all from Blyton.  All submissions welcomed!

Michael.

I have a similar 1700 Crossflow (244 cam on twin Webers and electronic ignition).  I have a (fantastic but now rather aged) Raceco silencer that the talented Mike Riley made for me which gets the static noise down to around 95/96db, so have never had any noise problems on track.  

Great competition that went right to the wire.  As others have said, congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who help make our Championship possible.

I've had a trawl through the Lowflying archive and drawn a blank unfortunately Rob.  Can I suggest dropping a line to Roger Swift - I suspect he'd most likely to be able to provide input.

What a cracking day at Wiscombe Park last weekend.  Massive congratulations to all those who broke records, but especially to Lewis for smashing the class 3 time.

Below are some images that were shared with me by photographer Nigel Cole

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Scrutineers told me the same about avoiding SA2015 as it will have a very short life.  in the past,  I've always shopped for helmets at the Autosport Show where they had most manufacturers / distributors represented and sometimes good offers, but from what I heard about the show this year, companies like Demon Tweeks weren't there.  All very frustrating (and expensive).  

​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ Stuart Freeman very kindly send me his paddock shots to share and I believe he will be sending some track photos too which I will add when I get them.  High res versions available if you let me know.

A very enjoyable day of competition - we were definitely due a dry day after recent events!

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For what it's worth, Motorsport UK's  definition of safe engagement of wheel nuts is that they must be "in thread contact over a minimum length of 1.5 bolt/stud diameters". 

(Guess who got pulled up on this when I was slightly borderline a few years ago...)

Looks like entries are open, but I can't get the link on the Calendar page to work.  I believe it should be: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mgcc-sw-wiscombe-hillclimb-2023-tickets-656992150207  

Fantastic!  Great looking car!

Funnily enough, there was quite a lot of chat in the paddock about who had been spotted "interfering" with the sheep.  

A marshal even had the temerity to wave a red flag at me because he thought I might be about to  

Good find Dave, thanks for sharing!  Great videos but they don't do justice to the Welsh weather that got chucked at us at times!

What a great job Liverpool Motor Club did to give us all 8 runs at Aintree, despite a number of stoppages.  I wish all event organisers had their same 'can do' attitude.  Great to see everyone for an enjoyable day of competition in the sunshine.  

Mike Riley (RaceCo) hand makes the silencers so they can be customised to the car.  My 1700 Xflow has a Raceco silencer he made for me, and the inlet is similarly offset. 

I'm not quite sure what information you need but the internals are effectively a perforated pipe that runs the length of the silencer around which is welded a metal gauze and around that, the silencer packing material.  Since fitting my Raceco silencer 15+ years ago, I've never had a noise issue at any of the tracks we've been to.

You'll be welcome to share my small BBQ if it's not SImon  

Stephen,

Burghfield Alternators near Reading are excellent for refurbishment: Unit 2, The Forge, Reading Rd, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3BL

I went through a phase when I was cooking an alternator every other trackday on my Crossflow Seven.  I had Burghfield fit a slightly larger pulley to reduce the maximum rotation speed, lagged the exhaust primaries, and fitted a nylon bracket from Wilcox and I don't think I've had a failure in circa 8 years.  The trouble is, I can't tell you which of these three actions did the trick!

Oh, goody, more competition in class 3, just what we needed  

No, seriously, the more the merrier :-)  Look forward to meeting you Kim  

Hi Sean - I'm sure others will be along soon to provide chapter and verse but let me answer a few of your questions.  Look forward to seeing you in the Championship by the way!

Clicking on the "Competitors" tab on the blue bar above should give you access to all of the details you could possibly want.  You will see that our Championship comprises a variety of events, most of which are organised by other motoring clubs to which we are an invited class, plus the two events that we organise ourselves (at Curborough).  I think you'll find that no clubs have their events open for booking yet as I don't think Motorsport UK has approved any of the regulations yet, but that will happen in time.  Entry to our Championship is through LoveAdmin and I am sure the CompSec will announce that entries are being accepted soon.

Your best seven scores are counted for the main Championship, but you are free to do an many or as few events as you like.  Last year's regulations here explain in detail how the scores are calculated and the range of different categories that are up for grabs.  

Hope that helps a bit.  See you on track soon!

Not sure if it's a good thing or a real shame that the sprint layout at Cadwell doesn't include the Mountain (or at least it didn't when we competed there last...)

As I remember it being explained to me, from the point a number of years ago when it was clarified that the FIA approval of the overall structure was only valid when the the Petty Strut in place, the sticker needed to be affixed to the strut as the approval wasn't otherwise valid  

As far as I am aware, as long as they are both from a single diagonal FIA (AKA Trackday) roll bar, you should be fine.  The Petty Strut comes in two parts which allows a degree of adjustment for length and as I am sure you are aware, it bolts into a boss which is hidden behind the interior sideskin on the passenger side. I have the standard Petty strut adjusted to fit a tall FIA roll bar so I won't provide my dimensions as I suspect they'll be subtly different from standard, but I'm sure someone will come along with confirmation soon!

Please be aware that the scrutineers will expect to see an official approval sticker attached to the Petty Strut, so it's worth checking whether the one you are ordering comes with one (not all do, and some people remove them to have their strut re-powdercoated etc.)  It's perfectly possible to get one affixed later but it means going back to the manufacturer to request...

If you have to resort to a "gentle adjuster" to separate top and lower columns, please check the corners of the cut out on the upper column for any sign of cracking.  Having had this fail on me (meaning I ended up holding a useless, disconnected steering wheel while turning across a fast dual carriageway a number of years back) you'll understand why this is a failure mode that's particularly dear to me