Telemetry boots

After a cellar dwelling drought due to van conversion shenanigans, I've now been to the cellar twice in one week! I decided to tackle one of the little problems thats always bugged me and thats the rubber carb boots, which also double as holders for the nitrous foggers.

The boots were made up with small aluminum rings that went in insde them - sandwiched between the carb and the head, and tapped so they held the foggers. The problem with them is when you tighten the hose clamps the rubber would just squeeze out and you end up with the carb being squeezed away from the head and gaps forming between the carb and the ring and the engine and the ring. These wouldn't have made for smooth flow at all.
I'd thought about making a bracket to hold the carbs to the engine but before getting carried away i thought i'd try changing the rubber radiator hose for some good quality silicone hose, and while i was at it reducing the rings to be as short as possible, and bring the carbs as close as possible to the head.
The result is that the silicone hose is much nicer to work with and doesn't move at all. So that's that little issue sorted.

A few days ago i purchased teh long awaited Datalogger. No messing with second hand ones and waiting for sellers to figure out what they have for it and don't have for it. I bought a brand new Racepak 'Sportsman' which is one of the more affordable models racepak do, but still does everything i could think of ever wanting to log. Out of the box it comes with the ability to log, engine RPM, Output shaft RPM (via hall sensor and drive shaft collar) 2 axis G meter, Voltage and a 12volt event such as nitrous activation, full throttle switch etc, all at 100Hz.
 It uses the same V-net technology as the more expensive models and uses the same sensors and software, but just has less channels.
I just need to wait for it to arrive now ....

Other news, i have renewed my ACU and SPRC membership for 2012 and surprisingly got my license already. Plus i took my leathers for a new Zip fitting as it was doing my head in. It's done and i'll get them at  the weekend.



Race dates for the ACU rounds in 2012 are as follows:
6 - 9 April - Easter Thunderball @ Santa Pod Raceway
5 - 7 May - Springspeed Nationls @ Shakespeare County Raceway
23 -24 June - Summer Nationals @ Santa Pod Raceway
25 - 27 August - Open Sport nationals @ Shakespeare County Raceway
22 - 23 September - National Finals @  Santa Pod Raceway
6 - 7 October - Extreme Bike Weekend @  Santa Pod Raceway