Sadly time was against us before Goodwood on saturday.We had identified the gearbox case as a weak link in the transmission, and had as a consequense made a new case with stiffening ribs inside.Unfortunately there was no time to fit it before this weekend.Tom ran carefully in friday's practice as he was running in the engine.Notwithstanding this "nursing" he achieved a place on the fourth row of the grid for saturday [ the T54 300 BHP 5 litre monoplace was on the last row of the grid ! ] His times were very good and we hoped for a glorious result, The reality was to be somewhat different though.The engine performs very well and in the "red mist" moment at the start,the gearbox case split in half,the gears simply pushing apart the main and layshafts explosively,so no problem with power then ! He has now only two weeks or so to machine the new case,assemble the box and test the car before the next meeting.....Development schedules really cannot be worked around future races,We must get the car right before the next outing.I will later [when my proper computor is working again] publish photos of the box with its split case. The rear of the car tends to lift under fierce acceleration,does anyone have any ideas about this?

Quite some force... Engine power is not your problem at the moment, is it?

as for lifting the rear: Perhaps your tyres? (like in dragster races, or Bart Rosman starting at the "Paleis het Loo" sprint?)

yes, saw the car in the paddock
didn't looked at the track on friday so didn't see the car drive
and hadn't seen the car during the race wich i felt was a bit of a shame
and now i know why
that's a massive crack, still good you noticed it before setting off during the race because that could have been very dangerous

Not bad at all! What is the power output of the 73C?

Ah, that is easy, a lightweight driver! Who is the guy holding him?

See him go!