OCUK Rolling Road 11 - Saturday March 19th 2011 - Eurospec, Guildford - Pictures, graphs, discussion

Thanks for organising it all ScoobyDoo, was a good turn out, perhaps a little too big tbh.

There were a lot of people I don't recall seeing before there and admittedly I didn't make the best effort to get around and meet new people.

Princey's Monaro impressed me, actually the most surprising thing was how quiet it is inside compared to the thunderous noise outside. Seats are good too. Then again I do like muscle cars.

Pete's M5 was just lovely, really nice car ...what more can I say about it.

And MX5's appear to taking over OcUK now! ...the next meet should be titled 'OcUK The Rainbow Revolution' or something :p

Sorry I didn't bring the Jag with me, I hadn't realised some people were actually at all interested in having a look. I have an tyre imbalance as of Friday (when it was too late to fix it) after I had my tyres 'rebalanced' would you believe and now it's right at 70mph (was at 50mph before that) ...the most annoying speed for a mostly motorway drive there and back.

I was a little disapointed that the RR took so long and that we didn't move to a good pub afterwards in the usual format, which is what I was expecting tbh.

I am not sure how you could have been expecting a pub at the end when I stated quite often that I won't be organsing a pub after as we have too many people coming. Some did go to the pub, and came back.

It was inevitable that with so many cars the dyno sessions would take all day - I said this too... But from what I could see, half of the lot there were not interested in the dyno activities at all anyways! They were simply there to socialise - which is fine, that's what these things are for. But those who were there for the dyno day and to watch all the different cars.. on the dyno, it worked well as we made a day of it. It was after all a rolling road meet, not a pub meet :)
 
I am not sure how you could have been expecting a pub at the end when I stated quite often that I won't be organsing a pub after as we have too many people coming.



I was expecting it because I hadn't read the thread much since there was some discussion about which pub we would go to and Howard did a map of the Pirbright bends. So I didn't know what you had said, I just assumed it would be business as usual, which as it happens was a mistake on my part. To be fair though every other RR I recall has followed that format without exception. I should have read it more carefully though.
 
Thanks for organising Scooby, good to meet some new faces and catch up with some old ones. Great day for it. Shame that eurospec didn't seem very organised and somehow took even longer than PS to get guys on and off the rollers, and results seemed very crap for some people, I noticed there was no coastdown so no proper transmission loss equations just a random number out of the air. Maybe another RR place to be found that has some toilets at the very least next time.
 
As true as it is that every RR has followed that format..they just were not as big as this meet. I'm sorry you're disappointed, but that's just how this one went. Normally we just about run 10 cars at PS which takes us to lunch time and that's great to go to the pub, but again, just too many people there yesterday, hence people split off into groups.
 
As true as it is that every RR has followed that format..they just were not as big as this meet. I'm sorry you're disappointed, but that's just how this one went. Normally we just about run 10 cars at PS which takes us to lunch time and that's great to go to the pub, but again, just too many people there yesterday, hence people split off into groups.

Not disappointed, worked out ok for the non runners as there did seem to be a lot more socialising - seemed strange for an internet forum :D Was good for photos that place though!
 
Howard - 226bhp
-Ad- - 157bhp
Blinkz - 336bhp
Booner - 320bhp
NickXX - 301bhp
LSPIII - 234bhp
Gaijin - 315bhp
ScoobyDoo69 - 361bhp
Vigoro - 105bhp
frozennova - 55bhp
CoreKrogoth - 209bhp
Gaygle - 220bhp
Mike EVO X - 326bhp
Gibbo - 374bhp
ScarySquirrel - 175bhp
Peerzy - 165bhp
Princey - 384bhp
mjt - 233bhp
Jason Golf TDi - ??
alexisonfire - 176bhp
Paul A - 197bhp
Steve JL - 165bhp
Black Widow - 301bhp

The Golf TDI got 166.5bhp
 
There were toilets. I went to use the womens one (both were just cubicles in the same room) to find some kind fellow had weed all over the floor so thanks for that whoever that was.

The only picture of me on here has a camera in front of my face (which some may say is a good thing) so posting mine seems a little pointless.
 
There were toilets. I went to use the womens one (both were just cubicles in the same room) to find some kind fellow had weed all over the floor so thanks for that whoever that was.

The only picture of me on here has a camera in front of my face (which some may say is a good thing) so posting mine seems a little pointless.

The toilets were absolutley fine in the morning. And yes, by the end of the day were quite nasty. So I can only blame OCUKers for that...
 
My thoughts...

Good day, spoiled slightly by the fact it seemed to take nearly 30 minutes per car to dyno, along with the security guards continually being annoying with the barrier so you couldnt get back on site.

It was bloody freezing inside eurospec, so most of us stayed outside in the sun. Can't really be blamed?

Best bit of the day for me was realising just how good MX5's were when DRZ took me out. I now totally get why people turn these into track cars. Coilovers, Brakes, Track Tyres and maybe a shade more power and it would be incredible. Standard form is still mightily impressive, if a little.... wallowy?

Cheers also to Pete and Olly for letting me have a bloody good nose round the M5. Absolutely incredible, and for anyone saying OMG IT NEEDS THIS EXHAUST... it really doesn't. Stock sound is perfect.
 
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