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Re: Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude - SLS rounds 2 & 3

Post by Merlin » Fri May 27, 2016 4:30 pm

The updated tables are out now and I think it will be difficult to pull the season back as I have had two bad rounds, at best I might be able to scrape 3rd in the championship :( At least 2 of the remaining 3 rounds are in reverse direction where I seem to be more competitive.

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SLS rounds 2 & 3 official highlights video

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Post by wurlycorner » Fri May 27, 2016 7:08 pm

Damn engine failure... :evil:

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Re: Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude - SLS rounds 2 & 3

Post by Merlin » Mon May 30, 2016 12:04 pm

I am more annoyed with the spin TBH :( Although my qualifying was better in round 3 Vs round 1 so unless something catastrophic happens round 1 will be my dropped round.


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Super Lap Scotland 2016 Round 4

Post by Merlin » Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:22 pm

Super Lap Scotland 2016 Round 4
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There is something up with the engine loom on the car. In practice my session was heavily impacted by an intermittent electrical fault that caused the car to misfire so I finished 5th. In qualifying the car was better so I manged to improve my time by 0.9s but still planed 5th. In the final where I know I am more competitive I ballsed up a crucial gear change and ended up 5th :evil:

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No vids as I forgot that I didn't have the camera set up properly :evil: :evil:

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Official write-up - http://www.superlapscotland.co.uk/2016_round4.htm

Speed trap from the final
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SLS 2016 Rounds 5

Post by Merlin » Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:22 pm

Super Lap Scotland 2016 Round 5

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Sunday's racing was much better and I felt like I was putting in some good laps despite placing in 4th in practice & qualifying. In the final I felt like I nailed it, and I did, driving my best ever lap of Knockhill. I was only 0.5s slower than what I was last year despite being 60-70bhp lower. I missed the podium by 0.1s and missed out on 2nd place by 0.2s, that is how close it was.

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Official write-up - http://www.superlapscotland.co.uk/2016_round5.htm

Speed trap from the final
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Its interesting to see me up near the top of the speed trap for my class. I think it was that I was carrying more speed through the corners.


Not the result I hoped for but the weekend allowed me to get up the leader board a bit, rising from 7th to 5th in the season standings.


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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:13 pm

Merlin wrote: There is something up with the engine loom on the car.
Sorry to read that. What makes you think it is the engine loom?

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Re: Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude - SLS rounds 4 & 5

Post by Merlin » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:12 am

There seems to be a loose connection in the bit of the loom near the injectors/IACV. The engine misfires and when you wiggle that bit of loom it stops. I have another old loom that is partially hacked up so I am going to replace only one part of the loom that is on the car. Saves the ballache of removing the whole engine loom.
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Post by 4thgenphil » Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:29 pm

Check your injector resisitor box mate, the vibrations can drokk em up and will result in a missfire that will get worserererr the more you use it
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Post by wurlycorner » Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:25 am

Sorry if it is the loom Merlin :cry:

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Post by Dino » Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:55 pm

Good result and time in your last round 8-)
Hope you find your misfire problem

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