RAF Marham Track Day Weekend - April 2008

[mgmark]

All,

As before, please DO NOT cross-post this onto other forums - the RAF Marham Charity Track Day weekends remain by invitation only to members of specific forums that have supported the event in the past -CA thankfully being one of those forums.

I have just heard from my highly reliable sources that the next RAF Marham Charity Track Day weekend is scheduled for 19/20 April 2008.  When I get the official confirmation, I'll be able to post fuller event details, the number of places CA has been allocated, and the personal details that will be needed. For those who have been before, expect the customary excellent format, price, atmosphere, the most recent track layout and the facilities available to be largely unchanged, with just maybe a few track tweaks being considered.  I'll co-ordinate the CA attendance as previously.

So, although I need to wait for that confirmation, I thought that those of you interested in going might just like to start the ball rolling by pencilling the dates into your diaries......and work out what Father Christmas might like to bring you to enhance the experience - for me, I'd really love to have got that crossflow head installed on the A by then......

MG Mark

[Brad Zarse]

Cars only? or Bikes too???

[mgmark]

Cars only? or Bikes too???

Sorry, as has been the case for the last couple, cars only

MG Mark

[Steve Pyro]

Excellent news Mark.  I need to get out in the garage and complete the gearbox swap a bit sharpish then.

Out with the TH350 slush box, in with a Borg Warner Super T10 4 speed - which means an extra pedal, a clutch mechanism, some hydraulic stuff, a flywheel, a clutch, a big headache, etc etc!

[mgmark]

Excellent news Mark.  I need to get out in the garage and complete the gearbox swap a bit sharpish then.

Out with the TH350 slush box, in with a Borg Warner Super T10 4 speed - which means an extra pedal, a clutch mechanism, some hydraulic stuff, a flywheel, a clutch, a big headache, etc etc!

Haven't you got a chappie that does that sort of thing for you......

Sounds like a very good and worthwhile mod though provided that your left foot remembers it needs to do some work in co-ordination with the rest of the body.  All that extra power trashing more rubber, rather than dissipating as heat in an auto box - I think it was Mark Donohue that said: "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point for the next turn, then you have enough horsepower."  Would be jolly entertaining to see you try that down the mile and a half of runway.

MG Mark

[Steve Pyro]

I better add 4 more tyres to my list then Mark 

[Andy Zarse]

And perhaps some new undies...

[Perdu]

I'm organising my two spare front wheels and tyres as we speak.

Consider me and the slow-est car on track in for this again please Mark.

We are into polybush fitting at the moment...

Gary? Bob too?

[TobyAnscombe]

Oooo, Me Sir!!!

Might even have a midge to bring ;-)

[mgmark]

Bill,

Polybushing will be nice to eliminate that wandering feeling (or that might have just been because there was us two old gits in the car...).  Saw Gary at the ACE last night and he is a definite.  I haven't heard from Bob yet, but I suspect that he will post when he sees this and that both he and Bob junior will wish to return.  Sounds like it might just also give Toby the impetus to get the Midget serviceable - otherwise, as we whizz past, we can give him the casual two-fingered wave, as he stands in the paddock watching his missus belting past in her mean machine.

MG Mark

[mgmark]

DATE CHANGE....

Standby to Standby - the dates have moved already.  There is now a conflict with Marham's normal business that weekend, so it is looking like it will be on the weekend before, on 12 and 13 April.  I'll confirm as soon as I have the final word from Marham.

MG Mark

[Perdu]

"conflict... with normal business... "


does that mean I should start digging?

ooher! and the ground is like permafrost in my back garden at the moment.


Ok the week before then, no worries(ish)

C'mon Toby, you know yours is faster than mine already, even before this winter's souping up.


 

[garyfrogeye]

Yes count me in too (obviously). Just not sure if it'll be one day or two at the mo.

[Freddie von Rost]

DATE CHANGE....

Standby to Standby - the dates have moved already.  There is now a conflict with Marham's normal business that weekend, so it is looking like it will be on the weekend before, on 12 and 13 April.  I'll confirm as soon as I have the final word from Marham.

MG Mark

Hello MG M,

What are the noise restrictions at this event? 98db or 105?

FvR

[garyfrogeye]

I think you'll find no noise restrictions short of sonic booms.