richy_rich Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Hi all, I've been reading this forum for years, but for some reason at the time the registration process didn't work for me (or I wasn't approved :)) so I never managed to login and then kind of gave up. Anyway, been racing a Spitfire since ~2000/2001 and probably a few of you know me, I left the island in 2007 and still compete occasionally in Euro stuff over here (FISC Legendary Circuits etc.). I recently reclaimed my old domain from squatters (they gave up, and I bought it back for $7..) so I'm trying to restore all the old content, or as much as I can find. I'm currently re-posting all the stuff from before I started racing and all I can say is that I was either a very naive optimist or an idiot Once the history is all caught up I'll start on some more up-to-date and hopefully useful stuff. That's over here https://richyrichracing.com if anyone is interested. Over the last 18 years I've been doing various things, but at one point I was very involved in vehicle diagnostics and on board computer/electronics stuff so hopefully I may have some useful contributions to the electrickery side of things. Here's a picture of my car earlier this year at the Pau Historic GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Good to hear from you again, Richy! Hope for lots more race reports. Bests John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Welcome Rich! Congratulations on out-waiting the 'bots. Looking forward to the evolution of your website, handing out more pearls of wisdom like your brake calipers top-tip (I've got one about not starting your engine with the top of the gearbox off ), and perhaps a bit of history from the world TSSC Spitfire racing. Alan will be very interested in that for reasons that will hopefully become clear soon....... We have at least two other regulars based in Luxembourg. Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Alan will be very interested in that for reasons that will hopefully become clear soon....... Cat, Bag, OK a Teaser! Maybe an additional vista for next season? and new project thread soon? Alan PS, Welcome Rich! Edited November 17, 2018 by oldtuckunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Meoow........ Oooops! (can't find embarrassed smiley......) . Well finished "office", if a little minimalist...... quite red...... Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy_rich Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Ah, I know that car I think. It's the old Martyn Adams Spitfire isn't it? I have some pics of it in action somewhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Welcome Rich. your journey into racing was quite interesting to me, seeing as I am just thinking about embarking on a journey into sprint/hillclimbing. So I went and mooched around your site and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am looking forward to more as and when you have time. Nice Alan, very red as Nick says. I dont think I would reach the pedals around that ROPS, although maybe its just the angle of the shot makes it look that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 9 hours ago, Bumblebee said: Nice Alan, very red as Nick says. I dont think I would reach the pedals around that ROPS, although maybe its just the angle of the shot makes it look that way Its very carefully designed so you can wedge a house brick between the ROPS and the throttle peddle, that way its one less thing to think about after the start! Rich you have PM Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Is a house brick your launch control system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Balsa house brick for weight saving? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainR Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Hello, liking the look of your Spit. I'm very new here myself but it looks an interesting place where fettlers are made welcome. Iain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 That looks broken to me...… Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) When diffs go, they GO! But yours looks to be an LSD, Iain? J Edited November 20, 2018 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainR Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 It was indeed once a Salisbury LSD. It ended up like that after one of the early proving runs after putting on the EFI with the motor at 2.7ltr and a 4:1 cwp. I’m now running a quaife ATB still with 4:1 but with the motor now at 2.6ltr (a sad tale of thrown fan belts + red mist at Blyton) with the wick turned down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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