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Offline NorwayNick

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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2007, 06:26:41 pm »
mine is just like yours Paddy, se6a but it has a 24v Cosworth motor in it  ;D
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2007, 07:05:54 pm »
Quote from: fagey on April 10, 2007, 05:16:36 pm
wasnt it also known as the poor mans' jensen interceptor ???

Better than a poor man's Jenson Button. How bad would that be?
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2007, 10:41:57 pm »
Quote from: NorwayNick on April 10, 2007, 06:26:41 pm
mine is just like yours Paddy, se6a but it has a 24v Cosworth motor in it  ;D
Wow, that's heaps of ajustments on the car! :o How many bhp do you get out of your block?
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2007, 10:54:06 pm »
hey at least it has an essex v6, and dont forget the same company built the famous RS200 ! Delboy and Roders would have liked one of those ;D maybe someone can post a picture of that :o
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2007, 11:14:59 pm »
it has different cams and is decatted so it dinoed at around 230bhp, but that makes a big difference from the standard 150. Pluss it runs cooler and is better on fuel.
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2007, 11:38:55 pm »
Sounds good, NorwayNick! 8)

Mine had a Cologne, not an Essex at it was an early eighties ('82 I believe). I alway understood cracking up the power to 200 bhp was easy and affordable with these blocks. Anything over 200 would cost you deerly :-\

I believe Bobblehat has a Scimmy as well.
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2007, 05:07:26 am »
Hi NorwayNick,
                   Sounds great. My drive to Sebring is similar ar 2445Km so can relate to your journey. Do you have company on the drive?
Is that body style what they cal a Shooting Brake?
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2007, 05:41:37 pm »
only 480 miles for me and 4 mates norway has us beat big time ;)
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2007, 11:31:07 pm »
Quote from: Paddy_NL on April 10, 2007, 11:38:55 pm
Sounds good, NorwayNick! 8)

Mine had a Cologne, not an Essex at it was an early eighties ('82 I believe). I alway understood cracking up the power to 200 bhp was easy and affordable with these blocks. Anything over 200 would cost you deerly :-\

I believe Bobblehat has a Scimmy as well.

Indeed I do a SE6 (70th  or 71st built) it has the Essex V6, which I am informed can be pushed to 300bhp :o Mine is near to the 160 mark. Unfortunatly it is quitly falling apart on the drive so if anybody whants some spares drop us a line! Paddy yours sounds like a Middlebridge version, the Scimmy's last stand!
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2007, 09:57:49 am »
ok so cant drive the Scimmy down this year as i have just found out the power steering has packed up, and it costs about the same as a new Aston Martin to get a new one :(  (I might be exagerating)
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2007, 11:24:26 am »
Might be in with a shout on this one now Nick ain't driving (sorry to hear about your steering probs). Last years total return Mileage inc a few detours was 1358 miles. But I know that Newcastle Dave lives 5 miles further north from me so has further to go. Scimmies must be rare over Norway, our local rag is usually full of the things. A geordie favourite methinks.
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2007, 09:25:10 pm »
Quote from: NorwayNick on April 10, 2007, 11:57:48 am
same trip this year, but i might be taking my Scimitar this time. if im feeling brave.

Hi NorwayNick,

I used to Sprint & Hill Climb a '72 SE5a with RS3100 in the late 80's and had quite a few sucesses much to the chagrin of many. (You'll see why at LM).

Philosphy was ' Helmet on - Brain disengaged'!

After that is was a 3.4 GA Cossy in XR4i developed by Ford. Again much to the chagrin of many.

Hope to see you at LM

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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2007, 09:34:04 pm »
hmmm 3.4 GAA would like one of them, in my 4i. Helped run a RX7 with that engine in the Thunder Saloons.

yep there are only 2 scimitar registered in Norway, so finding spares is a problem, ok with the engine but a steering rack is going to be hard to find over here :'(

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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2007, 09:37:18 pm »
 
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Holy Sh*t Jerry!
You got involved in motorsport events with one these!!??
Cor blimey, I'll bet that was a sight worth seeing, mind you I suppose it was a while ago now, and rules were made to be broken then.
Many the time I found myself down at Brands, the air thick with Zeppelins, and searchlights cutting the sky by Graham Hill Bends. A quick rat-a-tat-tat on the Browning usually signalled a pitstop, or the outbreak of hostilities, it was up to the stewards to decide.
I could eat two pints of whelks then.
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Re: Who is Driving the Longest Distance to Le-Mans
« Reply #29 on: May 25, 2007, 09:46:46 pm »
Hi BigH,

Welks!, I get my fresh Cockles at the local pub, sprinkling of malt vinegar and a smudge of black pepper.

At Brands and Lyden they still had the AA's there, but that was to control the local Canada Geese.

Best Sprint Circuits:- Goodwood & Brands,
Best Hill Climbs:- Prescott, Harewood, Gurston & Shelsey Walsh.

I used to wear brown smelly undies before the green light!!

Edit:  That only has 2 wheels, was Delboy Trotter involved in its design?

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