Victors Mutterings part 1

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:45 pm

Approval has now been given by the race team financial director for full nitron "hoffmans" spec to be fitted to the car. Thanks in no small part the wise words of advice given on here.

ABZ-Elise · Post by **ABZ-Elise** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:11 am

tenkfeet wrote:
ABZ-Elise wrote:To long!! I had a numb ass by the time I got there. About 11 hours in total I think. Could have done it a bit quicker but due to bad road conditions and 888's I had to keep slow.
Thats dedication to the cause . I would be interested to hear how it feels afterwards.

I'll give a full update when I get my car back. I'll only be picking it up some time in May as I'm out the country untill then.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:20 am

i'll pick it up for you if you want. geniunely.

ABZ-Elise · Post by **ABZ-Elise** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:48 am

Only problem with that is I'd have to pay for it sooner

but I might need to take up on that offer if my trip starts to drag out and I get delayed.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:25 pm

Just waiting for Hofmann's to phone me back, Randy is on the phone to another customer..

sat here at the kitchen table with credit card in hand like a kid waiting for Santa.

Oh and Camskill are out of stock on V70a's

mac · Post by **mac** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:38 pm

Had this problem last year - and the boat bringing the new batch got held up so no-one got fresh Khumo's in time for the season opener last year.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:54 pm

mac wrote:Had this problem last year - and the boat bringing the new batch got held up so no-one got fresh Khumo's in time for the season opener last year.

Will need to phone around and find some.

Just off the phone to Randy.. 550/750 recomended, helper springs all round.

Also managed to sell me a set of sintered metal pads with balanced friction to bias the brakes perfectly

Also a TPMS... (gadget) that he has been running all year. get the tires right and that 90% of your set up done.

I was in at Falkland today as well asking about geo. Randy has offered to discuss with Falkland directly the best set set up for the Elise for "short track" use.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:49 pm

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Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:07 am

Very confussed now with tyres.. From my conversation with Chris Randle, the "Hofmann's" spec dampers are optimised for Yokohama tyres. He believes that 888's are very similar but the Kumho's have a slightly different construction but should be close enough to be effectivly the same.

So do I go for 48's or 888's in the correct Lotus size which are listed in the Blue book as a 1b tyre, or the Kumho's V70A's which dont come in 195 fronts and aint listed in the Blue book but the manufacturer says are legal?

Doing ma head in...

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:04 am

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:40 am

If the tyres aren't listed it doesn't matter what the manufacturer says, it matters what the scrutineers say (I think!). I would go for something that is in the book and then I would go for whichever of these tyres is softest as you're only doing short stints on track and the car is very light.

Can you use any compound, or does the book list specific compounds that are allowed.

Cheers,
Robin

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:43 am

The Khumo's listed are marked with an * so they can be removed/replaced from the list at some point in 2009 - it could be that the V700 are predecesors to the V70A - check on the MSA website or drop them a line.

On the 7 I can't get enough heat into soft A048's on a run, maybe different in the elise with a bit more weight?

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:31 am

Surely if the suspension set up by Randy is specifically for 048s that's the tyre to go for?? If it were me I'd be sticking to what the professionals recomend especially if they're setting the rest of the suspension up...

Best get on the blower for a set of 048s and some uprated rear toe links before your geo???

All the best

Mark

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:37 am

mwmackenzie wrote:Surely if the suspension set up by Randy is specifically for 048s that's the tyre to go for?? If it were me I'd be sticking to what the professionals recomend especially if they're setting the rest of the suspension up... Best get on the blower for a set of 048s and some uprated rear toe links before your geo???

All the best

Mark

Toe links from Elise shop are sitting in a box in the back room, Chris Randlle also gave me some advice on these regarding the bump steer curve. For the set up I will be running you want more toe in under compression than normal.

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:51 am

All coming together Victor and looking great in the pics mate... Best of luck and i'll be keen to try following you round KH hehehehehe

When do you hope to have her finished and final spec released? How does she feel with the new Kiwi Rog head, brakes etc??

Cheers
Mark

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