Barkston Heath 2005

[Guest Battery Bill]

James

You need better Tyres listen to the squeals

I bet with a good set of treads it will make a lot of difference oh and get rid of Pete as well

(Joeys Going to watch in September instead of being ballast)

[Guest rizla]

wont play for me,im missing codecs and the web says it aint got them

[Guest Battery Bill]

Played alright for me, Very clear film

[Guest docter fox]

you can see what i mean about the tyres then there the ones that the guy who had it before me put on

 

rizla, try downloading AVI preview

[Grim]

wont play for me,im missing codecs and the web says it aint got them

you need the xvid codec, available here

 

Andy

[Guest rizla]

thats better,cheers grim

 

i see wot you mean about the tyres

[Guest salty_monk]

Seem to remember mine were fairly noisy last year too.. Grip wasn't so bad though. They were Kumho Powermax running at 20.5. & 21 PSI

 

You'll struggle to get anything really good (Like Toyo Proxes, Yoko's etc) in 14" but you might find F1's. Pretty sure I had them on an estate car with 14" wheels....

[Guest docter fox]

mine are hankook something at the moment, and only the rs2000 wheels are only 13 inch

 

whats the best tyre pressure to run? and why different on front and back? harder on the front or rear?

[Guest chris brown]

Nice one James its a good piece of film but as you say you need better tyres as those Hankook's are a budget tyre as for pressure I had 20 front 22 rear with 195/50/15 normally run 19f 20r on the road.

[Guest salty_monk]

Yep - about 20 or 20.5 & 21 for me, slightly harder on the rear as it weighs more.... Tyre pressure make a lot of difference I could go round some corners at Barkston a good 10mph faster just by dropping them down from 23 or 24 ish (can't remember what I had them set at initially but it was about that with a plan to let them down progressively).

 

Bob T tried even lower last year but after these figures the handling went so he pumped back up again..

 

Dan

[Guest red7]

What equipment did you use to make the video Doc? Was your video fixed or did your dad hold the camera?

[Guest salty_monk]

my camera mount may have looked a bit crude but it doesnt wobble as much as yours

 

That'll be fixed then... (see earlier post...)

[Guest docter fox]

if the camera wasnt attached to it I would have taken a picture as it was a true piece of handywork dont suppose anyone else did? I'll put it back on tomorrow and use a different camera to take a pic

 

I used the soft hand strap thing and put it underneath the camera to stop the vibrations and then just gaffa taped it on at the top and bottom of each side and a piece to hold it against the windscreen, looked a bit dodgy but I'm impressed as to how it worked

[Guest alan rowe]

sounds and looks like you guys had a great time - shame I missed it but was going off on holiday

 

looks like Riz has a serious new challenger -- my 8 pot can sit back and watch them fight it out

 

Alan

[Guest ant.b]

hi all

i finally managed to upload a few laps from barkston 05 , to my site, feel free to pick holes in my drivin! i to had probs with squeeling tyres but never got round to adjusting the pressures,to see if it made any differance, so will experiment next time!!

ant