Mcalvert

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  

55kg for a bare standard chassis rings a bell, although I suspect that's before panelling so 70-75kg panelled and painted? 

At the factory tours earlier this year, members were certainly surprised how easy it was to pick up an end of a chassis with just one hand!

Here - in case anyone hasn't found it  

I'm not I recall anyone documenting this particular stage of reconstruction however sadly.  Now, if anyone fancied writing it   

A few failed to upload first time or some reason...

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A few photos from an enjoyable event yesterday.  Congratulations to all the recipients!

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Welcome Ian, and congratulations!  Do tell us more...

Let us know how it all goes.

Part 3 of the most excellent "Get to know Your Seven" guides here  gives useful tips for things like changing the diff oil.

Always a pleasant surprise when Ray pops up.  Just wonder whether he'll make it to the awards do this year?

If anyone has any shots from Blyton they could share for LF, I'd appreciate it please  

Hear! hear!  Thanks for all the effort that goes into our brilliant Championship, and well done to all the winners  

If anyone does have any photos to share, could I have a few for Lowflying too please?

Many thanks,

Nigel Cole sent me a good selection of photos from Wiscombe and encouraged me top share them,.  I have many more shots of the drivers featured below - let me know if you would like high res copies.

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