SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by C7Steve » Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:31 pm

Thanks John for today and everyone else for making it a great social event too. :thumbsup

The run home was not too bad either. :lol:


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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by JohnStewart » Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:27 am

Glad you all enjoyed the day :) I was at Clark’s when it was raining and there was only a few drops, I didn’t realise it was fully wet at the hairpin!

I’ll upload some photos later today.

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Post by campbell » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:20 am

Looking forward to seeing those :-)
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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by BigD » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:26 am

Yes great day even just for a spectate/blether. :)

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Post by JohnStewart » Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:49 am

FB upload is playing up again, so here they are at a lower resolution on my website: http://www.flatoutphotography.com/gallery3/2017/KH74

Feel free to use the links to show any photos you like in the forums :)

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Post by JohnStewart » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:25 pm

Higher res photos uploaded to Facebook now, where you can also comment on the photos:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 090aa8d474

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by Super7 » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:51 pm

I'd heard Ali had skills, but no hands!

Spectacular pictures, I'm chuffed to see I lifted a wheel in one....without shearing it off first!

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by alicrozier » Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:10 pm

Knob steering...
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Post by martins » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:21 pm

Another excellent SIDC day.

John you are a star.

Special mention to Ali for showing me how it should be done in a smooth and efficient manner with no drama but great speed and to James for letting me drive his Elise 250 Cup. Brave man, excellent car....

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by Jam_s160 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:48 am

alicrozier wrote:Knob steering...
Knob passengering to :damnfunny thanks for entertaining me :cheers

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by StiflerMR2 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:27 am

Thanks for organising everything John and great pictures as always. Had a real issue with the brakes so was super timid. Will need to see how I disable the horrendous ABS :|

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by ed » Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:28 am

Good to see a few of you, Ben still a wee bit young to come up and watch sadly.

Re Europa, Is it two channel like the VX? I had a bullet connector fitted under the front panel and that sorted my car out. :thumbsup
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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by StiflerMR2 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:37 pm

Hey Ed, yeah 2 channel....and scary as fcuk heading towards duffus when it decides to cut braking for a few seconds....

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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by alicrozier » Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:46 pm

I had a couple of braking issues too.

1. Usual rear circuit lockout problem on the bumps braking for Duffus.
The brake balance is very good in the wet but can be a little bit too rear biased in the dry (mix of RC6 on the front RC8 rear intended to move the bias back but works a little too well!).
When this happens the rear brake circuit is disabled, pedal goes hard and usually triggers the ABS on the front...and you sail on through the corner.

2. ABS light came on during the last 2 sessions.
Hence no ABS and the 211 is quite hard to modulate on the brakes (or even tell a wheel is locked). It reset OK between sessions and was OK on the way home.

Issue 1 resulted in a 'bail out and drive around the outside of the corner' at Duffus. Issue 2 illicited a similar result at McIntyres on the last session (but leaving some tyre smoke and 11's pointing at the gravel). The issues can feel somewhat similar but #2 requires you to back off the brakes with a bit more urgency...

Btw not timing of course but I've been geeking out over the data logs.

There didn't seem to be a full clear lap and I only logged for early 15 lap session without pax.

Best complete lap: 57.57
Virtual best from the 5 splits: 54.72
Vmax: 112.47 on Railway straight (111.16 on Pit straight)
Best min speed at Duffus: 74.44mph (0.88g right, 0.9g left)
Peak g: 1.24 @ Hairpin, 1.12 @ Clarks

Over 1g in all the braking zones apart from Clarks...not sure why, maybe it's the limited time and downchange.
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Re: SIDC - Saturday 30th September 2017 - Knockhill

Post by JohnStewart » Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:18 pm

alicrozier wrote:I had a couple of braking issues too.

Btw not timing of course but I've been geeking out over the data logs.

There didn't seem to be a full clear lap and I only logged for early 15 lap session without pax.

Best complete lap: 57.57
Virtual best from the 5 splits: 54.72
Vmax: 112.47 on Railway straight (111.16 on Pit straight)
Best min speed at Duffus: 74.44mph (0.88g right, 0.9g left)
Peak g: 1.24 @ Hairpin, 1.12 @ Clarks

Over 1g in all the braking zones apart from Clarks...not sure why, maybe it's the limited time and downchange.
Good virtual lap time - very impressive for only 112mph max on the straights!

It's only "live" timing that Knockhill aren't don't allow (e.g. mate with a stopwatch and a pit board). Reviewing in car footage and data logging after the event is fine.

I think AndyG was doing 57s laps when he did SLS last year, but he may have been down on power a bit with a poorly engine.

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