yogi
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That's okay then, I'll stop worrying. Cheers.
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It's gone a bit quiet on here lately hasn't it? Any more details yet? Is the start at a pub? Can we pre-book food like last year or just make our own arrangements at the start like previous years? I know it's still six weeks away but that'll go pretty quickly. TR7Nutter wrote:Latest entry list - will be e-mailing out some more details later in the week. Has this happened yet? If it has then I may have written down the wrong email address on the form as I haven't received mine yet.
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I did once do all the driving on the event itself but with my co driver doing a lot of the driving to and from the event. There is an hours break between the two halves and the adrenalin keeps you going. But if your navigator doesn't drive at all you will be shattered at the end. After a good breakfast and a bit of a sit down you won't wasn't to move again. You could have a sleep in the car after breakfast but a proper co driver would be preferable.
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Mine was posted this morning.
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Well I got my magazine this morning complete with HCR entry form but there's not even the slightest clue as to the start point! All we know (it being subtitled 'oh I do like to be beside the seaside) is that some coastal area will be involved. Anyone out there know what they might be planning?
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It's funny how every thread, whatever the subject always ends up about Lambrini.
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MWG445 wrote: Lambrini ain't cheap! ;) Jim. Oh yes it is!
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4576 wrote:then again I'm wrong as I've just noticed the roadsign :B :-/ :X It is definitely the northbound layby, I can assure you that. We only did it in one direction, we came back down the west coast just like the real RBRR. Did the same route from Fort William back to England apart from stopping off at Morrisons in Stirling to demand a pie. Thought that might not go down too well.
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After 20 years of RBRR's (not all of them I must admit), I've finally done the A68 in daylight! We've just had a week in Scotland and I couldn't resist going this way. Probably added a good hour to the journey, it' a lot busier during the day but I felt it had to be done. I decided to go and spend a few days driving around Scotland and actually stopping off to look around rather than just flying straight up to John O'Groats and back again like we usually do. Anyway this is the scene of the Lambrini incedent, we couldn't really see any of it at the time. And that's our little Skoda which is 15 years old itself now, hasn't quite got classic status yet but I've had newer Dolomites that did at that age so I think it's getting there.
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That_Man wrote: Ah! I'd assumed it was a MKIV large bearing engine, maybe that's why the crank broke ? I'll have to revisit his web site if it's still up, as i'm planning to do something similar myself at some point ;) What, you mean supercharge a 1300? I hope you have a lot of spare gearboxes! Or do you have any plans to improve the box, though I can't think what. I really must pay you a visit sometime, I think I would find it very interesting :).
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Hi Nick, yes you're right the early cars had a parallel one but apparently they had trouble with them coming loose so changed to the tapered design which as you say can be a right pig to get off.
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That seems a very good price too. If I was still using that manifold I'd have that.
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Do you mean 1500 FWD? In which case, no they're not the same as any other Triumph. The 1500 one is bigger diameter than the 1300 though they have the same spline pettern in the middle which is different to RWD cars.
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I have Sprint wheels on my 1300 and have them at 30 and it feels fine. A little harsh perhaps, though I think that's more to do with the springs, but it's certainly not unstable. But as Gordon says, just lower it by a couple of psi and see how it feels. Might make the steering heavier though.
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RBRR Only For The Big Boys?
yogi replied to Deleted User's topic in Round Britain Reliability Run (RBRR)
ajp wrote:Yogi I followed you on the A68 and can confirm your 1300 was doing fine until it got to a hill! where it would slow just enough to cause me to change down - I really needed OD on 2nd to stay behind you in the power band on one of the hills! I must have looked like a demented yo-yo behind you! Yes we were looking like a yo-yo too but for the opposite reasons. Following a TR6 up the northern end of the A9 they really weren't trying on the corners (no reason why they should if they don't want to of course) yet whenever we got to a hill (and there were plenty of them) they left me standing. Once we got to the top it'd take a couple of minutes to catch them up, then another hill would come along! took me ages to find a straightish downhill section to get get past them. Then we stopped for petrol in Wick and they trundled past just as we were leaving but that last stretch to JoG is nice and straight, so no problems there.