Rolling road day at Tour de force, 5th February

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theduck
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Rolling road day at Tour de force, 5th February

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I have arranged a rolling road day open to one and all, will be multiple clubs in attendance. If anyone's interested put your name on the list below

What?
A rolling road day with feedback and advice from a professional motorsport engineer.m, oh and free drinks and nibbles!


Where?
Tour de Force Power Engineering Limited
Unit V3 Grovemere Court
Bicton Industrial Park
Kimbolton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 0EY


When?
9am Sunday 5th February

How much?
£35 per car


Everything else
We'll be limited to 20 cars for the day to ensure that everyone not only gets their power run but will get proper feedback on their runs and advice on improvements, future modifications etc.

For those in the Birmingham area I'll arange a convoy from Corley Services southbound on the M6 departing at 8am sharp, I'll be there from about 7:30am.

Think that covers everything except list of attendees, as places are limited please only put your name down as running a car if you are definately attending, to put your name on the list jsut copy and paste the bit below and add your name and what car you are bringing along.

For more info on the rolling road: http://www.tour-de-force.co.uk/power-testing.html

and info from TDF about their club dyno days: http://www.tour-de-force.co.uk/club-dyno-days.html

Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
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Attending but not running car
1) theduck -Z3
2) silent-scone - cliosport.net
3) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
4) vdust182 - meganesport.net
5)
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Post by Ian_C »

Ah, that's a little too far away for me to attend - shame :(

Thanks for organising, I'm sure you'll get some takers on here.
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Post by theduck »

Thanks for the positive feedback. They are always a great day, and hoping this one will be that little more interesting as it's the first multi club one I have done. Just need some attendees from mOre than just the Renault lot!
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Rolling Road

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Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
3) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L
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pingu
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Post by pingu »

I'd love to do this, but the car's still on axle stands. I'd really struggle to make the 5th Feb. Maybe another time?
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Post by theduck »

Think I should run my zed again ;) made good power last time and have fixed a misfire since then.

@pingu I will probably organise another later in the year, probably september time.

Updated list

Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
3) ericooper - ph1 225 - meganesport - (work depending)
4) salty - ph2 225 cup - meganesport
5) domsclio182 - 182 - cliosport
6) breamy - 182 - cliosport
7) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L - zroadster
8) theduck - z3 2.0l
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Attending but not running car
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2) silent-scone - cliosport.net
3) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
4) vdust182 - meganesport.net
5) losi_8_boy - meganesport.net
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Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
3) ericooper - ph1 225 - meganesport - (work depending)
4) salty - ph2 225 cup - meganesport
5) domsclio182 - 182 - cliosport
6) breamy - 182 - cliosport
7) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L - zroadster
8) theduck - z3 2.0l
9) MicKPM - Laguna T - cliosport
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Attending but not running car
1) silent-scone - cliosport.net
2) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
3) vdust182 - meganesport.net
4) losi_8_boy - meganesport.net
5)
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Post by Z3cade »

I'm well up for this!!!! I'm in...

Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
3) ericooper - ph1 225 - meganesport - (work depending)
4) salty - ph2 225 cup - meganesport
5) domsclio182 - 182 - cliosport
6) breamy - 182 - cliosport
7) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L - zroadster
8) theduck - z3 2.0l
9) MicKPM - Laguna T - cliosport
10)Z3cade - Z3M
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Attending but not running car
1) silent-scone - cliosport.net
2) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
3) vdust182 - meganesport.net
4) losi_8_boy - meganesport.net
5)
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Post by Bazzae123 »

I'll come along to say hello!

Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
3) ericooper - ph1 225 - meganesport - (work depending)
4) salty - ph2 225 cup - meganesport
5) domsclio182 - 182 - cliosport
6) breamy - 182 - cliosport
7) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L - zroadster
8) theduck - z3 2.0l
9) MicKPM - Laguna T - cliosport
10)Z3cade - Z3M
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Attending but not running car
1) silent-scone - cliosport.net
2) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
3) vdust182 - meganesport.net
4) losi_8_boy - meganesport.net
5) Bazza
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Rolling Road 5th Feb

Post by EnthuZiaZT »

Liam & Barry
How about the Fishing Lodge at Grafham Water, :idea: turn right on A1 at the roundabout at Buckden for Grafham Water.

We could meet in the Car Park at the Harbour View Restaurant at West Perry, just opposite the B661 turning for Kimbolton at 8.15am :thumb:

PM for you, Barry
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theduck
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Running on rolling road
1) Dale - R26.r - meganesport
2) Peter bell - rhocar.org
3) ericooper - ph1 225 - meganesport
4) salty - ph2 225 cup - meganesport
5) Z3cade - Z3M - zroadster
6) breamy - 182 - cliosport
7) EnthuZiaZt- BMW Z3 2.0L - zroadster
8) theduck - z3 2.0l
9) MicKPM - Laguna T - cliosport
10)
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Attending but not running car
1) silent-scone - cliosport.net
2) bmh.01 - meganesport.net
3) vdust182 - meganesport.net
4) losi_8_boy - meganesport.net
5) Gray - cliosport
6) Boomerbang2006 - ph1 172 - cliosport.net
7) bazzae123 - zroadster
8)
Z3cade
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Post by Z3cade »

i see the list has gone down to nine running on the day.. does this mean the price goes upto £45? as it states min of 10 cars for the £35 rate :?
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Post by macca »

I would love to come but its a bit difficult driving the Z without a steering wheel... :head:
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Will still be £35. I know there are a couple more cars (M3s) coming and running that aren't on the list.
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Post by EnthuZiaZT »

macca wrote:I would love to come but its a bit difficult driving the Z without a steering wheel... :head:
Qué!!!!? Macca :puzzle:
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EnthuZiaZT wrote:
macca wrote:I would love to come but its a bit difficult driving the Z without a steering wheel... :head:
Qué!!!!? Macca :puzzle:
I sent my steering wheel off to Royal Steering Wheels 3 weeks ago for recovering and it still isn't done. I was promised delivery today and was let down. Now delivery isn't until the 7th. I'm not a happy bunny,
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Oh no, Macca, Let's hope you get it back in time for 19th. I've got an old Landrover wheel you can have if not :head:
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Post by Z3cade »

What's happening if snows really bad?? Talks of it tonight :(

If its bad I wont be able to make it..
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WEATHER UPDATE

All looks good at the moment with no snow down at TDF, Matt is going to let me know if this changes and I'll update the thread if things change.
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UPDATE

Just spoken to Matt and can confirm tomorrow's rolling road day is now CANCELLED due to the weather conditions. They have approximately over 2inches of snow there and still falling heavy.

On a side note be careful if you are having to venture out, some major roads including the M42 have not been gritted!
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theduck wrote:WEATHER UPDATE

All looks good at the moment with no snow down at TDF, Matt is going to let me know if this changes and I'll update the thread if things change.
It as been snowing here since 6pm and is drifting quite badly now, if it keeps up like this, we won't even be able to get up and out of our drive, never mind to Kimbolton. :shock:
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Post by Z3cade »

Yeah it's about 3inches here too :roll:
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Z3cade wrote:Yeah it's about 3inches here too :roll:
We think it is more than 3", seems more like 6" now, Liam, here are some pics from a journey to pick our daughter up from her work in Ely at 11.30pm. This is usually a 15 min journey, which even using the Landrover, became over an hours adventure each way. We passed several strickened vehicles including a Mazda MX5 trying to get up the hill. Some of the drifts on the road were at least 18" in places, more like North Yorkshire than the Fens. :shock:

Hope Caroline got home Ok and Mark reached Wales in his Rover snowplough :)

After seeing the MX5 struggling earlier, we are glad that The Rolling Road at Tour de Force has been cancelled today, disappointing though as we were looking forward to it. Hopefully another time. :(

This one is from our Patio :shock:

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Yes Caroline got home at around 10.30pm after driving 70 miles in the thick of it all!!

Is the rolling road day being re booked for another time?
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Post by swamper »

bugger i was looking forward to seeing the results of that :(
the badness makes me do it...!

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Z3cade wrote:Yes Caroline got home at around 10.30pm after driving 70 miles in the thick of it all!!

Is the rolling road day being re booked for another time?
Hope so, Liam, Mike was thinking that it would bring forth miracles!!!!
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Just to confirm this will be er-arranged, just waiting on better weather to ensure this doesnt happen again!
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Post by pingu »

Hiya, when you do re-arrange it, please start a new thread or change the name of the thread. It means we can see, at a glance, that things have changed.

Many thanks.
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