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[mk3 Cooper S]

Great to see some action today although sorry I could only stay for a brief lunchtime visit.

Some great sights and sounds and people met.

[z cars chris]

just a short entry to thank everyone who came along
sods law dictates that the racer thats never been a problem all year developed two faults on the one day i needed it most
the diff has had a knock in the last race at oulton park which has flattened the pre load washer this was causing the diff to lock and unlock quite savagely when you either put the power on or took it off i dont think this helped the clutch which then started slipping
both are a very easy fix so not too bad
last time i drove it was racing at oulton so i assumed it was ok the bmw who took me out obviously caused the damage and because i was towed in due to the fuel wire being ripped off i didnt experiance the problem till curborough bugger!!!
many thanks to those of you that helped out taking passenger rides
we will do something like this early next year either there or try and book a full on track day for just z cars
if i did this i would need the cost of say cadwell paying up front as its a hell of a lot more than curborough
if we can get enough interest i will try sort something out
chris

[philmin]

great day out, fab time, even stayed dry. good to meet you all, thanks for all the help and the passenger rides
see you all at Autosports / next Zcars day

[bpirie1000]

sniff sniff still at work Missing days out..

any video clips??

[tommycrf450]

Chris, Count me in for a track day at Cadwell early next year. Let me know the cost and i will forward it to you. Thanks for organising a great day yesterday. It was nice to meet other z car owners and fellow racers for next year. A good bunch of people in general. Thanks Again

Tom

[drayton min man]

Great day Chris, enjoyed every minute! It was nice to put some faces to forum names, hope to see you the end of november.


Geoff.

[MiniMrMan]

Totally agree!

Thanks to MiniMrMan's dad for the passenger ride too!

I have a video of it on my phone - will try and upload

Les.

No worries, I was just having fun.

If your video is anything like my dads then it will look a little like this:

My dads camera skills are not what they used to be... dash-sky-dash-sky!
B reet!

[gixxerpower]

A chap who i work with went yesterday and took his video camera. i have just put a hours worth of film on dvd for him. he is very impressed with what he saw ( he has built lots of kit cars and had minis). looks like you all had a cracking day and all the cars sound mint. work wouldn't let me have the day off or i would have come (

ill post some clips if i can ever fathom out how to do it. lol

[crossed thread]

Good venue, good weather, good company, impressive cars, some spectacular rides a very enjoyable day. Thanks ZCars.

Thanks to everyone for taking part in the photo (although I think Mini Type R took the better picture) here it is again:

[philmin]

Not sure about Cadwell for me - way to far distance-wise, what about...

http://www.llandow.com/testing.htm (check out the price b4 dismissing).

If thats too far for you guys, reckon Donington is halfway...Craner Curves anyone?

Rather than hire the track exclusively, if we piggy back a track day but all arrange to go together, will be much cheaper, but we will also have some kind of marshalling and medical cover.


any thoughts? Or shall we just start a new thread?

[MiniMrMan]

[DHR1]

just a short entry to thank everyone who came along
sods law dictates that the racer thats never been a problem all year developed two faults on the one day i needed it most
the diff has had a knock in the last race at oulton park which has flattened the pre load washer this was causing the diff to lock and unlock quite savagely when you either put the power on or took it off i dont think this helped the clutch which then started slipping
both are a very easy fix so not too bad
last time i drove it was racing at oulton so i assumed it was ok the bmw who took me out obviously caused the damage and because i was towed in due to the fuel wire being ripped off i didnt experiance the problem till curborough bugger!!!
many thanks to those of you that helped out taking passenger rides
we will do something like this early next year either there or try and book a full on track day for just z cars
if i did this i would need the cost of say cadwell paying up front as its a hell of a lot more than curborough
if we can get enough interest i will try sort something out
chris

It was an awesome day. A good group of people and some amazing cars, thanks for organising it Chris.