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[Lazydocker]

...trying to watch some club level racing at Brands.

My employee in Kent is part of the team that race at club level in a Fiesta. He wanted the day off so I was on call but invited to the day with full paddock access To be fair, I am (now) a sponsor although I get it for free I have agreed to pay for the fuel at the next meet though

Anyway... Turned up at 8 this morning and managed to keep my hands in my pockets for about 40 mins Then I started helping It's running a 1600 OHC engine on 4 Suzuki GSXR Carbs. They've just fitted a new clutch and lightened (by 4.5Kgs) flywheel. There's plenty more but anyway... Got it off the trailer, checked it over and then on a short test drive it was obvious the clutch was slipping After a little digging I managed to discover that they hadn't adjusted the cable since the change (completed 2 days ago ) so sorted that 

We passed scrutineering and sound checks so chilled and watched some racing...  Caterhams, Radicals, sprint cars... Great fun, especially as we were strolling around the paddock and pits

Just as it was time for practice and qualifying I got a job in Caterham so had to shoot off  Managed to get it sorted and get back 5 mins before the first race First lap was going well, 2nd... Nowhere to be seen Ended up losing all drive (fuel pump feed failed) and getting punted off Why is it always a BMW

Finally get the car back and we had 15 mins to get it ready to race Sorted the dodgy fuel pump feed (after giving way all sorts of trade secrets ) so we had 5 mins to secure the bodywork and exhaust (which had objected to the trip across the grass) so we were cracking on... Another job Missed the race but we did get him on track and it went well   I have been invited again

[albitz]

Sounds like a good day out.I do love Brands,and you often see some great racing on the lower rungs of the ladder.
Used to do recovery at Brands & Lydden for the international Rallycross meets,had some great times and had the best seat in the house when the cars were on track.

[feeutfo]

Good stuff. Where did they finish in the end?

Great place to watch racing. Horrible place to compete, nauseous in fact.

[Lazydocker]

I was on the pit wall for the first race Well 4 laps of it until we realised he wasn't going to appear again and thought we should find him, especially as his (pregnant) wife was getting a little concerned

Not sure how he placed in the second race... I know he smoked the BMW that punted him off (bearing in mind he started from the back) and almost beat the Evo he out qualified for race 1

TBH, they are racing on a very small budget and have pretty much the slowest car in class... Brands is just too wide for it to be competitive

I did get asked for my input and advice on improving the performance so made a couple of small suggestions, one of which was to put a dedicated cold air feed to the carbs as they're currently drawing hot air from around the engine

[albitz]

A good cold feed may make a decent improvemnet.They probably had a lot of col air forced in by the ram air on the bike they came off,unless it was a very old bike. Potentially quite a few horses to be unleashed by that I would think.

[feeutfo]

And then get it dyno'd and set up correctly.

[dbug]

Used to love driving Brands in the "S" back in the late 60s

[Lazydocker]

I did say that the cold feed would make a big difference

As for the dyno... Can't see that happening soon due to budget and new baby due in a couple of months. They were set up on a dyno when fitted 

[dbug]

I did say that the cold feed would make a big difference

As for the dyno... Can't see that happening soon due to budget and new baby due in a couple of months. They were set up on a dyno when fitted 

Good luck with it - interesting to see the use of  4 Suzuki GSXR Motorbike Carbs on a 1600 OHC motor.  I ran my 1293 "S" for a while on 4 Amal Carburetters - chucked out more power than 2 twin choke webers.