Rover V8 challenge from 1991 :)

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:35 pm

Quite a good video of what was going on 23 years ago !!

The Super Bee pops up a couple of times as well.

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:02 pm

Hi
Some of those are defiantly Fords

best regards
Mike

Post by **Coops** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:57 am

pity the RV8 challenge died

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:46 pm

Coops wrote:pity the RV8 challenge died

You just need you, Perry, Reg and flying Phil and a few of the others on here with Rover lumps at the same RWYB a few times, agree some rules and you can get it going again. I would suggest putting some thought into the rules though. I was not ever involved in it but it looks to me that it all got very "professional" and big money went into many development motors and the armature got priced out of having any chance of winning. The usual way around that is to stick a simple rule of any team can buy another team's engine for a fixed price. If you don't like that way then have every team register a build sheet for their engine and the cost of the build has a max value (normally less carbs and power adders but including cams rockers and heads) it is a great leveler as shoving money at the engine gives you no advantage in the long run.
best regards
Mike

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:10 pm

kiwicar wrote:
Coops wrote:pity the RV8 challenge died
You just need you, Perry, Reg and flying Phil and a few of the others on here with Rover lumps at the same RWYB a few times, agree some rules and you can get it going again. I would suggest putting some thought into the rules though. I was not ever involved in it but it looks to me that it all got very "professional" and big money went into many development motors and the armature got priced out of having any chance of winning. The usual way around that is to stick a simple rule of any team can buy another team's engine for a fixed price. If you don't like that way then have every team register a build sheet for their engine and the cost of the build has a max value (normally less carbs and power adders but including cams rockers and heads) it is a great leveler as shoving money at the engine gives you no advantage in the long run.
best regards
Mike

I think we would be better off doing a V8 Forum Rover challenge in a bracket race stylee !!

All cars run a Rover V8. It does not matter what power adders we have or engine capacity. Its all down to a dial in time for each car ??

This could be done as a private event at any RWYB because we can ask for a sportsman tree whenever a pair of us run together. And an observer can note the times we run based on our pre determined dial in times. Yes! it would be a bit of faffing around but it would certainly make for a fun day out. And all of us would have timing tickets to confirm our runs on our own leader board ?

OR!

We could do some passes and then ask for a split light on the Pro Tree. So if Coops was say 2.5 seconds behind me I would get a 2.5 second delay on my lights ? That would give some good heads up racing I think ?

Cobratone · Post by **Cobratone** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:57 am

mgbv8 wrote:We could do some passes and then ask for a split light on the Pro Tree. So if Coops was say 2.5 seconds behind me I would get a 2.5 second delay on my lights ? That would give some good heads up racing I think ?

Ohhh, that was a subtle dig at Coops

Post by **Coops** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:50 pm

im use to it mate

wait until retro when we both run just boosted engines with NO other power adders

SimpleSimon · Post by **SimpleSimon** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:12 pm

Go straight to 4.20 and see Steve Greens MK1 Cortina try to fly

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:35 pm

Cobratone wrote:
mgbv8 wrote:We could do some passes and then ask for a split light on the Pro Tree. So if Coops was say 2.5 seconds behind me I would get a 2.5 second delay on my lights ? That would give some good heads up racing I think ?

Ohhh, that was a subtle dig at Coops

I wasnt having a dig Coops!!
Just trying to point out a possible setup for racing !!

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:56 pm

I think 2.5 seconds between yours and Tonys is pretty close, I would have thought however a capri on a trailer being towed by a pick-up with a slipping clutch would be quicker in the quarter mile than an MGB with a broken back axle being pushed up the quarter by Jason me and JJ but you never know . . . . Reg might be able to beat the pair of you if he could just get the car cover off to open the door!

I will be last, sitting in the bleachers spinning my wheels in my own oil slick!

best regards
Mike

Post by **Coops** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:21 pm

kiwicar wrote:I think 2.5 seconds between yours and Tonys is pretty close, I would have thought however a capri on a trailer being towed by a pick-up with a slipping clutch would be quicker in the quarter mile than an MGB with a broken back axle being pushed up the quarter by Jason me and JJ but you never know . . . . Reg might be able to beat the pair of you if he could just get the car cover off to open the door! I will be last, sitting in the bleachers spinning my wheels in my own oil slick!

best regards
Mike