Rallyrep in action - Page 18

Booty · 26-09-11, 07:33 PM

Has Adam ditched his six speeder and gone with the Cq gearbox yet Tim?

Tim C · 27-09-11, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by gabriel.oconnell

great photos , love the photos of the quattro and even better the triumph tr7 v8 anymore photos

How did I know you were going to say that Gabe

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I think there was another one, it wasn't so good but I'll look it out.

Tim C · 27-09-11, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Booty

Has Adam ditched his six speeder and gone with the Cq gearbox yet Tim?

No, he's still got the 6 speed. I didn't know he was thinking of swopping it, perhaps he gets confused with that many gears

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Tim C · 27-09-11, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabriel.oconnell

great photos , love the photos of the quattro and even better the triumph tr7 v8 anymore photos

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim C

How did I know you were going to say that Gabe

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I think there was another one, it wasn't so good but I'll look it out.

Here you go

. It did sound lovely

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gabriel.oconnell · 27-09-11, 07:55 PM

thanks m8 for that as i have not seen my old triumph tr7 v8 since i sold it

Booty · 28-09-11, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim C

No, he's still got the 6 speed. I didn't know he was thinking of swopping it, perhaps he gets confused with that many gears

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If you remember the conversation at Oulton Park, Andy mentioned about what gearbox he was using ( was being the correct terminology

) and Adam then realised why Andy's car gets up the road so well. He was apparently 'on the case'!!

Tim C · 29-09-11, 08:23 PM

The newly extended course at Charmouth last weekend proved a bit if a challenge

. The land owner had ignored all the plans and discussions with the hillclimb event organisers / motor clubs and laid the new tarmac how he saw fit.

Now, the road continues further up the hill but narrows dramatically and turns very tightly after the existing fast wide section. There isn't much room on the final corner, which is off camber, on a crest and requires some serious braking and a down change. All adding up to give some big oversteer moments (all recovered fortunately), which a quattro isn't prone to doing normally

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To top it off, he'd laid a soak away along the edge of the corner which we weren't supposed to drive on, so some time penalty cones were placed just on the grass. Andy managed to take out all 3 on one run

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Anyway, it called for some precise driving and should have suited Bob's nimble orange 911 in our class. After the first competitive run on Saturday I trailed him by less than 2 tenths of a second. On the last run I managed to beat him by twelve hundredths and take first place

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Bob couldn't make it on Sunday so we didn't get a rematch

. But I kept Andy, the TVR and Nissan 300 at bay again and took first again and beat the previous days time by a reasonable margin, bagging another trophy

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I'll have to get busy packing the exhaust silencer now to get it passed the sound police at ADI

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Nicky C · 30-09-11, 08:07 PM

Quite a few good photos from Charmouth, so I might get a bit carried away here

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Isimmo · 30-09-11, 08:23 PM

'The face in the mirror is classic Statler and Waldorf'...

Nicky C · 30-09-11, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Isimmo

'The face in the mirror is classic Statler and Waldorf'...

I had to look that up

, but yes, you're right

. (It's Andy driving BTW).

26-09-11, 07:33 PM	#171
Booty Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Deepest darkest Shropshire Posts: 5,077	Has Adam ditched his six speeder and gone with the Cq gearbox yet Tim? __________________ 1987 Audi Coupe quattro - Clarion Tribute Car 2012 Audi A6 Allroad 2004 Mercedes SLK 350 2017 Mercedes GLA 220

29-09-11, 08:23 PM	#177
Tim C Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Poole, Dorset, England Posts: 1,729	The newly extended course at Charmouth last weekend proved a bit if a challenge . The land owner had ignored all the plans and discussions with the hillclimb event organisers / motor clubs and laid the new tarmac how he saw fit. Now, the road continues further up the hill but narrows dramatically and turns very tightly after the existing fast wide section. There isn't much room on the final corner, which is off camber, on a crest and requires some serious braking and a down change. All adding up to give some big oversteer moments (all recovered fortunately), which a quattro isn't prone to doing normally . To top it off, he'd laid a soak away along the edge of the corner which we weren't supposed to drive on, so some time penalty cones were placed just on the grass. Andy managed to take out all 3 on one run . Anyway, it called for some precise driving and should have suited Bob's nimble orange 911 in our class. After the first competitive run on Saturday I trailed him by less than 2 tenths of a second. On the last run I managed to beat him by twelve hundredths and take first place . Bob couldn't make it on Sunday so we didn't get a rematch . But I kept Andy, the TVR and Nissan 300 at bay again and took first again and beat the previous days time by a reasonable margin, bagging another trophy . I'll have to get busy packing the exhaust silencer now to get it passed the sound police at ADI . __________________ quattro RR - crystal silver quattro WR - 1981 Lombard RAC rally recreation (50% share) Nissan Navara - tow car / service vehicle for above A4 2.0T quattro s-line special edition - wife's http://www.flickr.com/photos/37654549@N06/sets/

30-09-11, 08:23 PM	#179
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	'The face in the mirror is classic Statler and Waldorf'... __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.

27-09-11, 07:55 PM	#175
gabriel.oconnell 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: brynmawr Posts: 3,243	thanks m8 for that as i have not seen my old triumph tr7 v8 since i sold it

30-09-11, 08:07 PM	#178
Nicky C Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 102	Quite a few good photos from Charmouth, so I might get a bit carried away here .