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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 7, 2010 21:54:36 GMT
Been talking to Glenn Westwood tonight
He TQ'd and won at Aldershot today (shoulda been racing at Bashley i think!)
He ran the new sweep32's along with a few other people - everyone's talking about how good they are, lasting longer than sorex's giving good grip even in these low temperatures.
No issues with them falling off the rims like we've heard about previously..
Who's up for doing some testing on them at Bashley next weekend!??
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Post by Reuben on Mar 7, 2010 22:03:12 GMT
Sunday 14th... but thats a champ round and Pete will probably have craig on wets again in the bone dry  . Yeh im up for trying my sweeps - if they are as good as 32's and the weather is dry and track has cleared again im sure we can make them work |
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Post by lesbaldry on Mar 8, 2010 10:38:14 GMT
Who's up for doing some testing on them at Bashley next weekend!?? Good Idea .....what class chaps 17/13.5?? |
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 8, 2010 11:05:23 GMT
13.5 for me.... We can gurantee being able to generate some heat in them with 13.5 surely? I've never run 17.5 at this time of year on 32's so I'm not sure they'll produce enough heat? - I'm happy to be persuaded however!  |
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Post by Reuben on Mar 8, 2010 11:21:38 GMT
13.5 - then i can still challenge craig for champ points in superstock.
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Post by Mike V on Mar 8, 2010 12:14:07 GMT
If I can aford some sweeps by then I'll try them out in 17.5 for you....
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Post by lesbaldry on Mar 8, 2010 13:07:01 GMT
13.5 for me.... We can gurantee being able to generate some heat in them with 13.5 surely? I've never run 17.5 at this time of year on 32's so I'm not sure they'll produce enough heat? - I'm happy to be persuaded however! Sounds good....Ill set up for 13.5,I might have a play and compare with a 2nd gen esc (ISTC)coupled with new style motor....it seems to work well indoors on our short track.....I can also use it as an excuse if im off the pace ;D.....roll on sunday Ive missed unwrapping worms from my drive shafts and bird poo on my splitter. |
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Post by yellowshark on Mar 8, 2010 22:38:11 GMT
13.5 - then i can still challenge craig for champ points in superstock. You won't have to try too hard Reubs, we will be setting up the 10.5 with only 2 weekends left before the STCC opener  |
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 8, 2010 22:53:03 GMT
Isnt Eastbourne big and flat? or are you going to have the Laptop running all day???
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Post by yellowshark on Mar 8, 2010 23:11:23 GMT
Nope very little difference,gearing last year was one pinion tooth more, so I reckon two weeks at Bashley will get us well on the way. And a tweak to the Ackermann and the front roll centre will have the chassis sorted. The PC will be on but I'll be watching some new DVDs ;D
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 8, 2010 23:16:22 GMT
LOL fancy runing sweeps with us pete - I can collect from terry if you're too busy to get over...
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Post by yellowshark on Mar 8, 2010 23:29:15 GMT
May as well, the wets weren't too good yesterday ;D And we will going to be going sooooooooo fast we'll need something to keep us on the track, otherwise we will end up going off big time and scratching one of the nice lightweight titanium driveshafts  I'm working again at the weekend so if you CAN pickup a set or two I'll bring some wedge along. |
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 9, 2010 17:07:00 GMT
Lovely - If Terry's not comming along I'll grab you a set... - Matt |
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Post by Reuben on Mar 15, 2010 7:29:44 GMT
Testing went well in the low grip, even though the tyres visually appeared to grain up, lap times didnt noticeably slow down - infact they got faster throughout the day. A few changes needed to get even grip front to rear. So my sweeps have now done 3 runs indoor, 1 outdoor in the real cold and 6 runs yesterday.
I plan to use them again next sunday, see how many runs you can get before they drop off.
One thing i did find and not sort out, is that they dont seem to stand up well against quick direction change on fast corners - if you turn a little to late or hard off power - you will be sliding sideways round the corner, but im sure a setup change can get rid of that.
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Post by yellowshark on Mar 15, 2010 12:56:47 GMT
One thing i did find and not sort out, is that they dont seem to stand up well against quick direction change on fast corners - if you turn a little to late or hard off power - you will be sliding sideways round the corner, but im sure a setup change can get rid of that. Add 150gms in weight? ;D ;D |
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 15, 2010 15:16:35 GMT
lol
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