BCCC Autox - Aug 27 2011
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Topic: BCCC Autox - Aug 27 2011
Posted By: Colby
Subject: BCCC Autox - Aug 27 2011
Date Posted: 16 August 2011 at 9:43pm
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I thought this should have it's own topic so anyone that's interested is aware of the date.
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Vic Nightscales wrote:Replies:
Posted By: karnak
Date Posted: 16 August 2011 at 10:31pm
I will be there 
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 9:33am
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I'll be there as well, co-driving Colby's Formula (practicing for the big event with The Smokin' Tomatoes the next day).
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Posted By: AllanJ
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 5:11pm
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I'm signed up too, driving my own car. Great idea with the co-driving, Patrick. Now what will Colby do if you beat him? Will he owe you lunch the next day? always gotta stir the pot...  |
Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 5:46pm
I am maybe...someone (Gary I think) was to reply for me ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: karnak
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 7:45pm
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Brian, that is correct. i will pm you a copy of the e-mail Gary |
Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 8:10pm
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Thanks...I knew you did, not sure why I asked...doh:) ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: D_sensitized
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 9:52pm
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I will try to make it to this one, so far the car is still running and shifting fine, but haven't had time to take it for a longer test drive.
Do we just register and pay on the morning of? ------------- -Harrison 88GT 3800 SC1 F23 5-speed Chilliwack |
Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 17 August 2011 at 10:08pm
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Yes, Vic would like to know via email if you can make it so he can plan ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 21 August 2011 at 7:52pm
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Hey guys...I won't be at this event, Mom's Bday so I will be having a BBQ. Cheers, Brian ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: karnak
Date Posted: 21 August 2011 at 9:04pm
too bad! we will miss you.  but moms trump autox
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Posted By: AllanJ
Date Posted: 22 August 2011 at 8:44am
Bring your mom out instead!  Have a great b-day for your mom, Brian. |
Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 22 August 2011 at 10:58am
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lol, she has been out and standing out in the heat and noise is not her thing ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 22 August 2011 at 12:16pm
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We'll all chip in and buy her a groovy T-shirt if she comes out on Saturday.
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 22 August 2011 at 3:40pm
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Posted By: AllanJ
Date Posted: 22 August 2011 at 7:41pm
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Take her to that Scottish restaurant Gary mentioned. They sell burgers. If my friend Bob gets the ok from Vic (in addition to his wife), then he'll be coming too. We'll have the first Tweety vs Sylvester reunion in 3 years! Colby: this would mean having Sushi for lunch. Wanna try it? |
Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 23 August 2011 at 12:17am
Nah, I think I'll stick with the food that that Scottish restaurant sells. ------------- 88 Formula 5 speed |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 26 August 2011 at 10:53pm
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I'm looking real forward to co-driving Colby's 5-speed '88 Fiero Formula tomorrow. Believe it or not, in the 17 years that I've owned and driven Fieros, I have never driven (to the best of my memory) a 2.8 powered manual tranny Fiero. The dukes have all been manuals, but my GT is an automatic. This should be good fun!
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:15am
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Perfect day for autocross. Let's kick some Vette butt!
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 8:13am
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Have fun today...by now you are all just settling in I am sure and ready to walk the course...see ya tomorrow ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 4:16pm
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It was a hot and fun day, but not without consequences. Colby and I started the day co-driving his '88 Formula. We finished the day co-driving my '84 duke. I'll let Colby (or Gary) expand on this...
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Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:10pm
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Yes, something up with the Formula's engine. It starting during my fourth run of the morning. I noticed part way through my run that there was a new noise coming from the car, when I got to the stop box, the car stalled and I couldn't start it back up, the car had no power. We rolled it forward to make room for the next car coming and inspected it. Turns out when I put the battery back in a couple days ago I didn't connect the battery terminals securely enough, so I tightened them up, started up the car and went back into grid for my next run. When I went back out there it became obvious that there was more wrong with the car than just the loose battery terminals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC_av8ONgws - Here's the video of that run. You can hear the noise the engine is making. We decided at lunch to park my car and drive Patrick's duke for the rest of the day. I did get the car home safely, driving it very gently, and I'm quite glad now that I was unmotivated to sell the duke since now I still have a car I can drive and I don't need to do anything with my Formula immediately. Aside from that, the day was good. Less drivers out this time so we ended up getting 9 runs total. I have a video of Patrick driving my car (as well as some of him trying to figure out how to use the camera ) and took a picture of the times, I'll post both shortly.------------- 88 Formula 5 speed |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:23pm
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I was on the track chasing cones (as Colby and I were in different groups) and it was VERY obvious to me during Colby's 4th run that something seriously wrong had just occured with Colby's car towards the end of the run. It sounded bad, real bad, like a loose rod. When I saw his car being pushed from the stop box, I figured that was because Coby had shut 'er down and had called it a day. I was shocked, yes honestly SHOCKED when Colby came back out for his 5th run. The poor car sounded really bad out on the track where I was located. (The video doesn't do the knocking justice.) Anyway, during the lunch break we all agreed that continuing to run Colby's car in the afternoon was just a disaster waiting to happen. I'm afraid the 2.8 in Colby's Formula has developed some serious bearing issues.
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:42pm
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Couldn't they put an "idiot light" on the front of that thing so you'd know whether it was recording or not?
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Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:47pm
Heh heh, well at least you managed to capture your fastest run in my car. It makes for a better comparison. ------------- 88 Formula 5 speed |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:52pm
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like. I feel like I'm all over the place, desperately trying to hang on, while you look quite controlled and smooth.
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Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 6:59pm
That's exactly what you can see in the video. It's obvious you're trying to go through certain parts of the course with too much speed and going wider around the cones as a result. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm50sWceTwY - Here's the video. And here are the times:
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:07pm
OMG, I was all over the place desperately trying to hang on! Don't let Brian see this video. He might change his mind about letting me co-drive his car tomorrow. Seriously though, when I see how bad my technique is, I'm surprised my times were as decent as they are (although to be honest, that particular run I was more out of control than usual).
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(But it was fun!)Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:18pm
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Hmm, you may find http://youtubedoubler.com/1xgY - this interesting. ------------- 88 Formula 5 speed |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:22pm
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Wow, my driving technique is so much more interesting to watch than yours! Ha ha ha...
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Posted By: Colby
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:24pm
Yep, but notice where I catch up to you? Plus this video makes it obvious I should be a bit more aggressive at launch. ------------- 88 Formula 5 speed |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:27pm
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And how long have I been harping on that to you!
I'll have to study this further!
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 7:44pm
I find it difficult to follow the action (perhaps my computer isn't "fast" enough to play back two YouTube videos smoothly at the same time), but I seem to annihilate you (yes, simply ANNIHILATE you
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) in the gutsy fast parts of the track whereas you seem to catch up during the twisty girly bits. Posted By: karnak
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 8:03pm
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Too funny. looked at a couple of my laps and i am bobbing around the car as usual... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTqZq7TiY1Q - Here is my fastest lap. http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtTqZq7TiY1Q&start1=0&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJC_av8ONgws&start2=1&authorName= - Here is the Double View between Colby and I Great day! have to relax and rest for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 8:43pm
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Yes, it was a great day, although Colby probably doesn't feel too thrilled at the moment. I really appreciated being able to drive Colby's Formula the five opportunities that I had in the morning before things went south with his engine. Hopefully a few of us can help put Colby's car back together so that it's better than it ever was. That's what a car club is all about, right guys (and gals)!
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 27 August 2011 at 9:26pm
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Looks like it was a great day...car's all packed up, we can catch up in the morning ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: AllanJ
Date Posted: 30 August 2011 at 11:52pm
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Colby requested a video so I quickly tossed one on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gmF70V_xM - Video linky The painful part of watching your "best" run is realizing how much better it could have been. If only I ____________ |
Posted By: karnak
Date Posted: 31 August 2011 at 4:48pm
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aaahh .. power steering..
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 31 August 2011 at 6:23pm
Power everything... ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |