Mixed result from the Sun/Mon at QR...
Cold start to Monday
Photos from the 2 days
https://www.facebook.com/pg/mx5na6/photos/?tab=album&album_id=763288230725645Sun - General Practice/Street Sprints
National - 1:27.09 new PB. However, there was a very mixed bag of cars and skills in the group I was in, it was a very unusual mix. Further, some people have to understand what a RED light means...
Sprint - 1:00.3574. Having 5 groups and 88 cars in total was never going to be 'fun'.
Mon - MX5/BMW Track day
Hopefully the T1-T3 track walk I hosted helped the people who attended. It was a shame it could not have been longer.
Clubman - 1:03.1373 new PB by almost 0.4sec!
Sprint - 0:59.8518 almost a PB
Regularity - a burst fuel line ended my session early, the Haltech engine protection kicked in and saved the engine and possibly prevented a fire! It was a scary moment when I stopped (T3 on the national) and went to restart the car (did not know it was a burst fuel line). It was only after a crank that I realised as the display showed zero fuel pressure and there was a puddle of E85 forming. I grabbed the fire extinguisher and got out. It was at this moment that I was glad to have installed the fire suppression system! Towed back to the pits, fixed the fuel line and then went out in the next session, but managed only 3 laps because the car had a 'miss', so called it a day.
Haltech engine protection at work!
https://www.facebook.com/teamracepak/videos/2081430015474252/Fuel line
First tow into the pits at QR
The car is off getting a health check to see if the fuel loss (and resulted lean condition) has caused any damage
The miss maybe caused by an electrical problem wherein as load increases the battery voltage drops. Whilst Haltech states the ECU can work down to 8.6v, the rest of the electrics (pumps, injectors, coils) may not be that tolerant.
