AutoSolo's - A great way into motorsport with any imp etc
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that guy (Simon) spent all day on three wheels!skamanfrank wrote:I was going to ask if there's a risk of rolling the car after I saw THIS photo!
risk of rolling is very low - more of an issue for the taller front drive hatches
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Abingdon Carnival AutoSolo
Ok, reckon quite a few impers could easily get to Abingdon..
there is an AutoSolo taking place as part of the Abingdon CARnival on the 9th June 2007...
get out there an compete - reckon imps could do really well.
Regs and Application forms here:
http://www.abingdoncarnival.com/html/entries.html
you need to be a member of one of the organising clubs - but FDMC membership is only £15
there is an AutoSolo taking place as part of the Abingdon CARnival on the 9th June 2007...
get out there an compete - reckon imps could do really well.
Regs and Application forms here:
http://www.abingdoncarnival.com/html/entries.html
you need to be a member of one of the organising clubs - but FDMC membership is only £15
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Re: Abingdon Carnival AutoSolo
any impers fancy taking part...?rootes wrote:Ok, reckon quite a few impers could easily get to Abingdon..
there is an AutoSolo taking place as part of the Abingdon CARnival on the 9th June 2007...
get out there an compete - reckon imps could do really well.
Regs and Application forms here:
http://www.abingdoncarnival.com/html/entries.html
you need to be a member of one of the organising clubs - but FDMC membership is only £15
can't believe so few fancy doing such cheap motorsport - no point doing all this tuning work, suspension mods just so you can tootle on a sunday drive and do a bit of polishing
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Doesn't seem to happen in North Yorkshire...
..plenty of rallies maybe, but a totally differen't level of preparation is needed for that..
Si
If I still lived in Winchester I'd be there at every event you entered.
And I know what would happen next.....I'd be forced to strip the Clan to nothing.... just to get close
Peter
..plenty of rallies maybe, but a totally differen't level of preparation is needed for that..
Si
If I still lived in Winchester I'd be there at every event you entered.
And I know what would happen next.....I'd be forced to strip the Clan to nothing.... just to get close
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http://www.bdmc.org.uk/larkspeed/2007/ - not north yorks I know butLotus-e-Clan wrote:Doesn't seem to happen in North Yorkshire...
..plenty of rallies maybe, but a totally differen't level of preparation is needed for that..
Peter
apparent hartlepool DMC run some
Airedale and Pennie club ran some last year - website is not upto date so may be doing soem this year
http://www.apmcc.co.uk/autosolo06.htm
one in grimsby
http://www.ancc.co.uk/calendar%202007.htm
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Thanks for this Si....it pays to be connected...obviously I'm not.
There's plenty of events here afterall!
Tockwith airfield is definitely do-able (30th September)
And the Elvington Sprint in June is worth a viewing (obviously can't enter that).
And Hartlepool is possible - have to fit locking wheel nuts and remove the snap-on steering wheel when parked mind you....
Cheers
Peter
There's plenty of events here afterall!
Tockwith airfield is definitely do-able (30th September)
And the Elvington Sprint in June is worth a viewing (obviously can't enter that).
And Hartlepool is possible - have to fit locking wheel nuts and remove the snap-on steering wheel when parked mind you....
Cheers
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I'm a Southerner and I know exactly what you're on about! During the Napoleonic wars IIRCLotus-e-Clan wrote:Monkeys & Hartlepool
That'll be wasted on the Southerners then Les
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explained a book by Stuart Marconie 'In search of the north' - quite a good read if you are looking for a book to readLotus-e-Clan wrote:Monkeys & Hartlepool
That'll be wasted on the Southerners then Les
Peter
so aprt from monkeys - anyone going to give these event ago? Abingdon on the 9th June looks to be good - even my Mum is entering in an MGA
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I know one person that's entered for Abingdon, but he uses a Mitisbushi Lancer (although last night he was talking about taking his Bongo Frendee )
I'll be doing the Bristol MC event in August in the Boxster (the Davrian is banned from solos as it is not road legal*), unless I get roped into the organising team.
*requiring all vehicles to be road legal was not in the original vision for autosolo when we introduced it, we just ran the first one that way while we were finding our feet but it was thought that eventually anything could be used, up to and including single seaters. Didn't quite happen though
I'll be doing the Bristol MC event in August in the Boxster (the Davrian is banned from solos as it is not road legal*), unless I get roped into the organising team.
*requiring all vehicles to be road legal was not in the original vision for autosolo when we introduced it, we just ran the first one that way while we were finding our feet but it was thought that eventually anything could be used, up to and including single seaters. Didn't quite happen though
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on the whole autosolo seems to be sdoing well, FDMC should have an extra one this year at Dunsfold aerodrome..
just a shame not to see more imps out there - especially as I think they could do well...
if I persuaded FDMC to list the Imp Club as an invited club for an event, would that help? seeing as the imp club is now MSA registered again
would would have to get at least 5-8cars (def!)
Si
just a shame not to see more imps out there - especially as I think they could do well...
if I persuaded FDMC to list the Imp Club as an invited club for an event, would that help? seeing as the imp club is now MSA registered again
would would have to get at least 5-8cars (def!)
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money tight! £240 on a clutch! just get a new centre plate, save your cash and use the carImpManiac wrote:I'd enter one but the Chamois is not running right now, money is tight and I need to learn the car too. I've only done 250 touring miles in it.
But soon...
IM
plus no need to learn the car as you only will use 1st and 2nd so will not be going quickly
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If I were to have gone for the Helix clutch package and flywheel, I'd have had to borrow some money. But luckily, with help from you lot, I came to my senses!rootes wrote:money tight! £240 on a clutch! just get a new centre plate, save your cash and use the car
plus no need to learn the car as you only will use 1st and 2nd so will not be going quickly
Si
I'll have a look at what events are coming up. Pending some issues in my personal life, I hope to compete sooner rather than later. As you said, Si, that is what the car is built for!
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well did not get the clan fixed in time for yesterdays solo at Bordon, annoying as I was leading the FDMC championship...
BUT a kindly chap let me double drive his MGB - great fun and very different from a clan..
there is a solo coming up on the 15th nr oxford - we going to see any imps there?
Si
BUT a kindly chap let me double drive his MGB - great fun and very different from a clan..
there is a solo coming up on the 15th nr oxford - we going to see any imps there?
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Bristol MC has a solo coming up on 12 Aug if anyone in the Bristol / Weston area fancies having a go - SRs here:
http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/EventRegs/S ... Aug_07.pdf
As usual only a club membership card from an invited club is required.
Edit - I wont be there, I've got a housefull of people coming to stay that weekend for the Balloon fiesta and dragging them all down to an airfield in Weston-super-donkey at 0830 would probably not be too popular.
http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/EventRegs/S ... Aug_07.pdf
As usual only a club membership card from an invited club is required.
Edit - I wont be there, I've got a housefull of people coming to stay that weekend for the Balloon fiesta and dragging them all down to an airfield in Weston-super-donkey at 0830 would probably not be too popular.
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wow just got pipped yesterday by a scooby doo for FTD on the Oxford Motor Club autosolo..
if I had not clipped a cone on one of my runs I would of had FTD! though I suppose the excursion through a wheat field did not help matters when the rain made a grippy bit, slippy!
great fun though - no imps present though.
Si
if I had not clipped a cone on one of my runs I would of had FTD! though I suppose the excursion through a wheat field did not help matters when the rain made a grippy bit, slippy!
great fun though - no imps present though.
Si
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well done Si, similiar rules as with some of the classic rallies, cones and line faults drop 10 sec's then very hard to claw back. i see you are fully up to speed with the motorsport ethos, if, but, maybe, i once had a navigator who was a sales manager who produced a spreadsheet based on the if, but,maybe, formula and when you entered a seasons results on it we won the championship every time! I may enter one of the auto solo's one day but at the moment i have a championship to consider. I was once told by an ex british auto test champion "go clean, go quick" keep competing. I agree Si more people should compete with their imps they handle really well and ok without loads of expensive tuning parts we may not win outright but class wins are achievable, and you can set your own class in your head based on your cars age level of prep and CC, taking part is just as much fun as winning and the driver controls the potential level of damage, drive it like you stole it expect the clutch to go, calm clean driving will put you suprisingly close to some one who looks quick. Sam and Matt (thompson1248 and RFK demon) will tell you that they spectated on a rally and were very impressed with the MK 1&2 RS's sunbeam lotus's etc when they watched them but found out they were beaten by other smaller cars on the tests. regards mike
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YER i HAD A LEAD OF 50SECS!Lotus-e-Clan wrote:Me thinks you'd have first place if you'd done them all in the Clan (clutch probs wasn't it?)
Peter
BUT THE mgb was fun and I still managed a class win in it. Just grateful to the owner fo letting me double drive it so I could complete the championship.
the cone clipping event was not a championship round though was fun - first event where I have clipped cones -
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Dolphin AutoSolo at Culham near Abingdon
absolutly no excuse not to go £25...
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hiksystems/D ... tosolo.htm
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absolutly no excuse not to go £25...
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hiksystems/D ... tosolo.htm
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The Bristol University Motor Club is promoting an Autosolo run by the Bristol Motor Club*- and I will (hopefully) be taking part.
My biggest concerns are the donuts (as they are fairly tired) and the (do)nut behind the wheel.
The other problem is the oil leaks- don't think they would go down too well.
James
*BUMC and BMC are 2 different entities- BMC is the club that ran the first autotest that onomatopoeia is involved in.
My biggest concerns are the donuts (as they are fairly tired) and the (do)nut behind the wheel.
The other problem is the oil leaks- don't think they would go down too well.
James
*BUMC and BMC are 2 different entities- BMC is the club that ran the first autotest that onomatopoeia is involved in.
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I was a member of BUMC once upon a time, from when this incarnation was started in 1988 until a few years after I graduated, the trek to the SU on Queens road getting a bit long on a Thursday lunchtime when we moved offices from Redland to Westbury-on-Trym. Still got a load of trophies from 12 car rallies in the loft, plus the souvenier glasses from all the BUMC beer festivals we ran in the Anson room .james wrote:The Bristol University Motor Club is promoting an Autosolo run by the Bristol Motor Club*- and I will (hopefully) be taking part.
My biggest concerns are the donuts (as they are fairly tired) and the (do)nut behind the wheel.
The other problem is the oil leaks- don't think they would go down too well.
James
*BUMC and BMC are 2 different entities- BMC is the club that ran the first autotest that onomatopoeia is involved in.
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you should be fine if theta re in (and the bolts) are in good nick - unlike autotest there is no transition from fwds to reverse etc etc...james wrote:
My biggest concerns are the donuts (as they are fairly tired) and the (do)nut behind the wheel.
if yours are kancked might be time to fit new ones
they are great fun so just do one!
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just done two more..
CSMA at hatfield and Cotswold Motorclub at Finmere Airfield..
some imps in the first (go benoys and frank - no sign of any at the later..
FDMC solo on the 4th may - also no imps entered so far...
whats stopping you?
if you can't afford sprints and hillclimbs - do these, great value and great fun
CSMA at hatfield and Cotswold Motorclub at Finmere Airfield..
some imps in the first (go benoys and frank - no sign of any at the later..
FDMC solo on the 4th may - also no imps entered so far...
whats stopping you?
if you can't afford sprints and hillclimbs - do these, great value and great fun
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get the app in asap (doubt there are many spaces left) - you can always pull outskamanfrank wrote:Are there any entries left for FDMC still? I know there were last time I asked, but I still don't know if I'm actually going to be back in Essex that weekend
Hope I'm not blacklisted either.... got a call today, apparently my cheque from the last one bounced! Oops!
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Hi guys, I am very interested in the whole post and joining in with one of my cars. My Stiletto is awaiting 930 and discs and my time to get it back together. Where is the next event? I would love to come and watch and hopefully join the club. Will make me pull finger out and get car done.
Any info greatfully received.
Any info greatfully received.
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stustiletto wrote:Hi guys, I am very interested in the whole post and joining in with one of my cars. My Stiletto is awaiting 930 and discs and my time to get it back together. Where is the next event? I would love to come and watch and hopefully join the club. Will make me pull finger out and get car done.
Any info greatfully received.
the next FDMC event is this sunday, but there are others.
have a look at the events calenders on:
www.fdmc.org.uk
www.oxfordmotorclub.co.uk
www.rossmotorsports.co.uk
http://www.cmsg.co.uk/AutoSolo/AutoSolo ... onship.htm
www.bristolmc.org.uk
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Re: AutoSolo's - A great way into motorsport with any imp etc
just did the first Southsea motorclub solo...
very tight couse and got 7th overall, event won by a mini - the course would of been great for an imp!
Si
very tight couse and got 7th overall, event won by a mini - the course would of been great for an imp!
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Re: AutoSolo's - A great way into motorsport with any imp etc
Solo at Western Supermare - great course very fast 3rd August
http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/
nice to see some impers (in imps Mark )
http://www.bristolmc.org.uk/
nice to see some impers (in imps Mark )
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Re: AutoSolo's - A great way into motorsport with any imp etc
The MOT on the Singer is up two days before and it has a big hole in the floor as a result of using a trolley jack to change a wheel after a puncture on a trial. I wasn't expecting it to go through the floor ... I am going to try to get it fixed in time, whether I'll also be able to get all the trialling suspension off as well remains to be seen - it will not be fun doing a solo with 10" of ground clearance to the sills.
I also seem to have something in my diary for that weekend in Yorkshire ...
I also seem to have something in my diary for that weekend in Yorkshire ...
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Re: AutoSolo's - A great way into motorsport with any imp etc
onomatopoeia wrote:The MOT on the Singer is up two days before and it has a big hole in the floor as a result of using a trolley jack to change a wheel after a puncture on a trial. I wasn't expecting it to go through the floor ... I am going to try to get it fixed in time, whether I'll also be able to get all the trialling suspension off as well remains to be seen - it will not be fun doing a solo with 10" of ground clearance to the sills.
I also seem to have something in my diary for that weekend in Yorkshire ...
nah you are ok as you do these - any other impers?
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