G1en Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 If anybody wants to watch 50 minutes of me waffling on, moaning about tyres whilst trying to go fast, then sit back and make a brew. Latest video from Anglesey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Mate bang on work sorting the leak yourself!!! Fair play as the headache must have been REAL!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic73 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Hey Glen, what a great post, your Z is punching well above it's weight. My gearbox crunches in 5th so I'm going to replace it's synchro ring when I get the time. Did you fix your gearbox yourself or send it to a specialist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Horsham Developments did the strip down and rebuild. Think It was £1000 then whatever replacement parts needed on top. So you will save a lot doing it yourself if you can, what i will add is i can easily tell that 3rd and 6th synchro have been done as goes into those gears so easily now, just wish i would have maybe had the whole lot replaced as others are noticeably a little bit worn (but still ok) they did say its getting harder and harder to get gearbox parts now as the car gets older and i think they may have stopped producing any new synchros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic73 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 hours ago, G1en said: Horsham Developments did the strip down and rebuild. Think It was £1000 then whatever replacement parts needed on top. So you will save a lot doing it yourself if you can, what i will add is i can easily tell that 3rd and 6th synchro have been done as goes into those gears so easily now, just wish i would have maybe had the whole lot replaced as others are noticeably a little bit worn (but still ok) they did say its getting harder and harder to get gearbox parts now as the car gets older and i think they may have stopped producing any new synchros. Cheers Glen, £1000 + parts is a lot. The good news is my day job is designing gearboxes so I'm reasonably confident I can do the repairs myself. Just need to find the parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Took a family trip to Newby Hall Sports cars in the park event last Sunday, seems to get bigger every year. A 2 hour long tailback just to get in is testament to how many people go now. decent weather as well. Only took a few pics but gives you a sense of what's on show. Did spot a few Zeds together just as we were leaving but unfortunately was being pestered to get out by the family... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Looks a brilliant day to get your steps in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Latest Video from Blyton. Next up is Coventry Motofest 1st and 2nd June, if your heading there, keep an eye out for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Video below from Coventry Motofest at the weekend. Lots to see walking around, can you guess the car below?: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Good to see your still enjoying the events Glen. My mate Stephen Moore did rather well in his Evo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Yep, he is always right up there as one of the fastest tin tops at any given event, serious car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 19 hours ago, G1en said: Yep, he is always right up there as one of the fastest tin tops at any given event, serious car. Yes, but not wanting to detract from his obvious good driving skills he is an incredibly wealthy chap with an almost limitless budget to fine tune the 2 EVOs he owns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 Just done the Curborough Sprint Course Figure 8 layout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Enjoyed that fella and shared with my good pal who lives at Curborough 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 Mallory Park Sprint from Yesterday Video below: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) She's enjoying this lovely spell of fine weather. Brilliant commitment through that high speed right, wow!! Mate she was flying and that last corner hold, EPIC!!! Champion 🏆 Edited June 25 by davey_83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Next Installment of Zed Track life. Back to Curborough for a full weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 My Local Harewood Hillclimb at the weekend, mixed fortunes but pushing as always! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrison140 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Well done I watched one of your runs on Sunday live on hill climb TV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 Latest Vid from Loton Park Hillclimb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Had a nice break over July/August with a family holiday to Rhodes thrown in, but back at it hitting the rev limiter and crunching gears this weekend though at Snetterton. A weekend of 2 halves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 September Update: Start of the month was a trip to Hethel/Lotus for their sprint event. And it was only a matter oftime before the clutch wore out. Ironically, it went 2 years ago at this venue almost to the day and sure enough it decided to stop working after 2 runs, no gears would engage, I did manage to get a half decent time in though, left the car all afternoon then managed to get the clutch working and selecting gears again to avoid the 40hr repeat/nightmare of the RAC recovery from last time. Finished 3rd in class. Some pics below from the photographer: Onto this weekend, just done a full weekend at Blyton Park (video below) and sure enough, struggling with gears again, battled on with the car but something is obviously on its way out and only a matter of time before it fails completely. 1st and 2nd in class Saturday and Sunday respectively, this was the penultimate event of the season, just Curborough left next weekend, a double header to finish with, praying the clutch holds out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 Last event of the season this weekend at Curborough. tad dissapointing 4th on the Saturday but finished off with a win on the Sunday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G1en Posted Tuesday at 14:18 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 14:18 Seeing as its Christmas Eve, might as well do a run down of the year (best as i can remember) 21 Rounds/Events in total were completed competing in 3 main Championships. HSA (Hillclimb and Sprint Association) BARC (British Automobile Racing Club) NSCC (Nottingham Sports Car Club) The car has performed admirably again for another year but not without a few problems. The Radium in tank fuel surge pump has proved a total PITA all year, now it may not be the systems fault entirley as i think the fuel tank opening in bowed but after multiple attempts i think i have eventually sealed it, although a still get whiffs or petrol every so often so their may be a fitting elsewhere weeping but at least the big hole at the top is sorted. fingers crossed. I also had issues with the clutch/gears for the last few events which turned out to be another clutch failure, seems whatever i use, they can only hang on for 2 years. Then another thing that plagued me for most of the year was my tyre choice. going from extremes and A052 that are ultra soft to a AD09 tyre that is more road and endurance focused (relatively speaking) proved very frustrating all year, especially on the venues where i had been previously and just couldn't match the times with these tyres no matter how hard i pushed. The fact that the previously mentioned tyres wore out in around 15 events and these still had 5mm of tread left after 21 events kind of emphesizes the hardness in comparison. So I recently put my hand in my pocket and purchassed another set of the good stuff for next season. So going through the season was a mixed bag of highs. lows and anywhere in between but ultimately finished with some silverware and the car mainly intact, it did fail its MOT last month for the first time ever. The rear quarter I had replaced after my big crash at Aintree a couple of years back was not quite as rust free as my original car and the cill towards the rear arch had succombed to the metal worm, luckily, after removing the side skirt, it was only the last few inches or so and the rest looks solid, so a bit of cutting and welding some new metal in was all that was required to get it through, nothing else needed, good for another year. So highlights were 11 class wins over the season lowlights being when i was 2 seconds adrift from my prev times at certain tracks I still managed 6 new PBs despite the inferior tyres Results Below: Cadwell Park 101.5 - 2nd Anglesey National 62.99 - 3rd Anglesey International 103.6 - 2nd Blyton Eastern 79.47 - 1st Blyton Outer 72.40 - 1st Coventry Motofest 73.01 - 1st Coventry Motofest 71.46 - 1st Curborough Figure 8 66.62 - 2nd Mallory Park 84.74 - 1st Curborough Figure 8 65.64 - 1st Curborough 2 Lap 65.57 - 2nd Harewood Hillclimb 66.63 - 5th Harewood Hillclimb 72.40 - 1st (WET) Loton park Hillclimb 61.00 - 2nd Snetterton 100 122.93 - 1st (WET) Snetterton 100 102.08 - 1st Hethel (LOTUS) 90.66 - 3rd Blyton Eastern 77.15 - 1st Blyton Outer 72.68 - 2nd Curborough 2 Lap 65.03 - 4th Curborough Figure 8 66.81 - 1st So onto the final standings and results for the year, I have had the NSCC and HSA awards presentation, the BARC awards are in March so not recieved my trophey as yet but results as follows: HSA 5th Overall in Main Championship and winner of the Oppenheimer sub award NSCC 3rd Overall in Main Championship BARC 2nd Overall in Main Championship Award to follow Plans for next season, I am leaning to doing the same 3 championships again, you build up a good repor and commeradery with people as well as friendly competition. I was thinking about doing the classic marques championship but this is seperate to all others and would mean (i think) you cant score points for multiple championships at the same time so I would have to commit to that and sacrice all others (unless i literally did almost every weekend racing which isnt practicle or marriage compatible!) just need to check the relevent regs. I have provisionally drawn up a schedule to include all my regular events but 2 new additions. Epynt in Wales (Brecon Beacons) which i have never done and looks fun, and also Scammondon, local to me and never previously done as its very short and i tend to steer clear of the shorter ones as in my head sprinting/hillclimbing is expensive enough but only doing 30 second runs instead of 60 secs means its even twice as ludicrous! No other plans to modify the car, just looking forward to pushing it the the limit as always, done a major service to end the season:m Diff Oil, Gearbox oil, Engine oil, oil filter, brake fluid and clutch fluid so hopefully she will be running sweet come March. Also for the detailing geeks, got this bundle in the black friday sales to keep her (and the rest of the fleet) looking tip top. Final few shots from the HSA awards which was held at the national motor museum at Gaydon: Have a very Merry Christmas everyone If your bored over the festive period, watch some of my videos from this season, they will send you to sleep in no time! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic Posted Tuesday at 20:22 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:22 This is awesome stuff! Impressive results too. GL next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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