Great results, Tom!
By coincidence, the latest issue of Sports Car has a big article about the
resurgence of hillclimb competition.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Tom Phelan
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 9:50 PM
> To: Roadster List
> Subject: Another Race Report!
>
>
> Hey Guys and Gals,
>
> Just got back from the SCCA-CCR SOLO I Blue Ridge Hill Climb where yours
> truely took 2nd place in EP and all I can say is - Hill climbs
> are a hoot!!
> OK ... So there was only two EP cars but I was only 3 seconds off the 1st
> place time. I was told I did real well since the 1st place car
> (Super-charged TR6) was driven by a very experienced and talented driver.
> BTW - I was running my vintage 205/60 vintage tires which were
> are about 1/2
> the width of the TR6's tires. Not to mention that he also had
> special 3 part
> Panasport wheels with an offset that put almost 2" inches of tire outside
> the fender flares! Talk about a wide stance!
>
> Anyway, I didn't see the final results list but I'm pretty sure I finished
> in the top half over-all also. It'll be on their website soon so
> we can see
> for sure.
>
> On a tech note - it was a good chance to work on my solex jetting. Been
> having a problem ever since I got the car running. Seems low
> speed and idle
> is fine and WOT is fine. However, any transition from low speed to WOT
> resulted in the car bogging down and stumbling all over itself.
> This hasn't
> been much of a problem on the road courses I've been on since I'm
> usually at
> WOT all the time once I get going.
>
> But, over the weekend it misted rain all day for two days and the hill was
> wet and slick! Put these conditions on a course that has several
> turns that
> require feathered throttle steering and then add a car with no
> mid-range and
> you have a recipe for disaster. With either low speed or WOT Day
> one saw me
> slipping and sliding and driving sideways almost as much as I was going
> straight. Lots of fun for me and the spectators but not very fast. I ended
> up with a couple of 1:14 runs.
>
> Day two had to change. Since I'm a totally unskilled and near incompetent
> carb-wise I trundled of to talk to some Z-guys running solex's to discuss
> what I should do. We figured I was probably running way to rich
> and that the
> accelerator pump might be the culprit. The short version - over the next
> three runs I stepped down the accelerator jet from 50 to 45 to 35 and
> watched my run times drop from 1:14 to a 1:09 as the stumble got less and
> less.
>
> All in all a very satisfying weekend. Gotta look at the calendar to see
> what's next. Next we work on the tach issue. ;-)
>
> Tom P
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