Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

**Peter Jones** · 14-04-2013, 09:04 PM

**Dub Toffee** · 15-04-2013, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Peter Jones

Session 2 video.

With the brakes working now I'm gaining confidence in them but I find a new issue.

It took me the next 2 sessions to figure it out but the balance bar was fouling the accelerator pedal.

This caused the engine to rev out when I hit the brakes hard, this was somewhat confusing at the time and is what happened in the video when you see me shoot up the turn 4 exit road.

.... Oh dear
A good tip is to check the working perameters
Of everything that moves "like pedals" BEFORE taking and using
The car with other people around. That way you are doing everything you can
To minimise the risk of injuring someone.
In the workplace This is called duty of care

**Jarred** · 15-04-2013, 02:27 PM

Some great pics there Pete.

**Peter Jones** · 16-04-2013, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Dub Toffee

.... Oh dear
A good tip is to check the working perameters
Of everything that moves "like pedals" BEFORE taking and using
The car with other people around. That way you are doing everything you can
To minimise the risk of injuring someone.
In the workplace This is called duty of care

Certainly everything was checked through it's normal range of motion prior to the event but there's always issues that only appear in service.

As to the suitability of the testing environment, all cars on a racetrack are under test and there are emergency services on hand should the need arise.

Perhaps my prose was phrased a little too dramatically. The decision to take the exit road was mine as the coast was clear and the car was having an unexpected response to my input.

I intentionally tested the brakes at that corner as I knew the exit was available and there was plenty of run off in all directions. Being a club level event there were no spectators at that corner and in any case they would have been behind a tyre wall and a dirt berm, the marshals were behind me at that point, 180° to the direction of travel. There were no other vehicles in any of my possible departure vectors.

I have since modified the OBP pedal box as it's subject to flex under load and has interference issues in some scenarios.

**Peter Jones** · 16-04-2013, 08:56 PM

First video is up.

In car stuff to follow later this week, I'm still trying to configure the analysis package to render the log data.

**Dub Toffee** · 17-04-2013, 09:51 AM

It really is a good car mate. Well done!
Except still maintaining that I hate the bloody tool box in the back

Good to see your getting some reward time on the track for the hard work mate !

**fthaimike** · 17-04-2013, 11:01 PM

Nice one Peter, looking good again.

Yet again i will get all this uploaded into the kamei group on facebook.

mike

**Peter Jones** · 23-04-2013, 06:41 AM

It took a while to figure out the video editing again. New camera and a different data set meant a bit of work to do. I've got it templated now, hopefully the next ones will be easier to do.

I need to do a little more work on syncing the data to the video, it's a bit off at the moment.

Future videos should have laptimes too. I need one run on a track before I can set up sector markers in the data logger.

3rd gear synchro isn't working right, you'll hear it pretty clearly in this video. Not sure how I'm going to fix that yet. It's freshly rebuilt and running redline oil.