Spa 6 Hours but really "Five" Hours 2007 merged

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by terence bower

because of the Steel wheels cracking up.

As opposed to the drivers.

[terence]

Originally Posted by simon drabble

you have the moral high ground but I think I would prefer to be on minilites.....

Knock on Minilites weigh a tad more than wires because of the bulk off the wheel centres,plus the hub bolts can shear.

[simon drabble]

Originally Posted by terence bower

Knock on Minilites weigh a tad more than wires because of the bulk off the wheel centres,plus the hub bolts can shear.

and are they able to take the flexing for 6 hours? are you running dunlops or avons?

[Peter Mallett]

In fact they took the flexing for 24 hours in '63, 64 and 65. at Le Mans then for 84 hours (?) in the Marathon De La Route.

[terence]

They are Competition 72 Spoke[5.5in Honest!].As Peter say,s,They will take it because they don,t flex like the standard size.

[Peter Mallett]

I do recall the GTS RMO 699F breaking its hub bolts (Minilites) at silverstone some years ago. Barry Sideways wouldn't stop though. Just came in and thought the bearing had gone.

[zefarelly]

some people won't race on Ford steel rims, but if you select good ones and check them properly they're fine

I've even thought about getting some new ones made as Minilites are so passe! If they're good enough for Jim Clark . . . .. .

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by zefarelly

I've even thought about getting some new ones made as Minilites are so passe! If they're good enough for Jim Clark . . . .. .

Minilites weren't actually developed for lightness as such. They were developed so that they could get more air to the brakes. To do this they had to have larger "buttresses" to support the rim. Thus it was necessary to make them from lighter material.

The rest is history as they say.

[GBRM]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I do recall the GTS RMO 699F breaking its hub bolts (Minilites) at silverstone some years ago. Barry Sideways wouldn't stop though. Just came in and thought the bearing had gone.

I think the clue to why Barry didn't stop is somewhere in the name Peter!!
I had a lovely conversation with Squeaker and Barwick Wanks eralir...oh, spell check has lost oil.......

[Eddy V]

If it could help: I can always go marshalling (instead of walking around) on a convenient post where you could have some equipement stored for an extra pit stop.
I'm as blind as a bat and can't hear the sound of power guns at all.


But I didn't write that.

[terence]

I know someone who found a battery tree growing on the outside of Eau Rouge one year!.Will you have a flask of coffee as well Eddy.

[terence]

Originally Posted by zefarelly

some people won't race on Ford steel rims, but if you select good ones and check them properly they're fine

I've even thought about getting some new ones made as Minilites are so passe! If they're good enough for Jim Clark . . . .. .

Zef ,I thought Weller made replica 5,5Js for Cortina fittment these day,s?

[zefarelly]

I'm not aware of them Terry, most of their wheels have loads of holes in and look crap!

Steel 5 1/2J's weight nigh on exactly the same as your average minilite replica, and I have a dozen or so Dunlop D1's which also weight the same . . . ok they didn't appear until 67 but they're good wheels and look right.

I might ask weller if they can make 18 x 9J steels, or perhaps just some reversed Modeo rims . . .got to keep up with the Jones'

enought chat . . . . off to finish my new race engine

[terence]

Those 18in wheels would look great under some Escort bubble arches Zef,especialy if the car was painted in some outragious colour,Purple maybe.

[terence]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I do recall the GTS RMO 699F breaking its hub bolts (Minilites) at silverstone some years ago. Barry Sideways wouldn't stop though. Just came in and thought the bearing had gone.

I remember Colin not being toooo impressed!

[terence]

During an earlier telephone conversation,the point was raised concerning the GT40s that are entered in the 6hr,"Will those cars that partookm in Goodwood be to the "Goodwood" spec".?

[zefarelly]

well I've had time to build a new engine in my spare time betwixt the two meetings so I don't see why a millionaire with a legion of mechanics & engineers can't

I'm sure some of them have ongoing projects anyway, Goodwood engines will be off the pace by October

[terence]

We can live in hope!!

[GORDON STREETER]

Is this still the 6 hr thread Hopefully I shall be there but I incurred some pretty bad body damage at Brands yesterday. I pushed and pulled it to some sort of shape and I did have a class win today, but it wont look too pretty for Spa !

[terence]

Just come as you are Gordon,we,ll not mind

[zefarelly]

Gordon, was it Alain Menu what did it ? or Alex Zinardi ?

48 car grid for U2TC, looks fantastic.

[GORDON STREETER]

We had a 40 car grid on Saturday , but I think Menu and Zanardi must have been ahead of me as I didn't see them, it wasn't one of them that punched me into a spin

[zefarelly]

ahead ? you been fiddling with your suspension settings again ?

whats the damage ? need any bits? . . . ( I say that with good intentions knowing you probably have a barn full !!!)

[GORDON STREETER]

RH rear wing. It was already made of two old ones and P38 . Also its not a barn its a chicken shed !

[rogerwills]

I've just gone through the timetable and worked out I am entered in 4 1/4 hours of qualifying and 13 hours of races. Not all driving by myself as will of course be sharing in a couple of races (including the 6 hour) but it is certainly going to be a marathon weekend!