rec.autos.simulators

>Listen to this one.. I had a Lotus Eleven with a Coventry Climax F2 engine
>that I raced in SCCA in the late 60's early 70's. The day I got it, I began
>ripping all Lucas stuff off of it. The only Lucas items still on the car were

>the starter and a bakelite fusebox which was mounted on the instrument
>panel. The race car had no fan, the distributor/coil was replaced by a
>Joe Hunt Scintilla Vertex Magneto. The fuel pump was replaced by an
>AC Delco (Corvette) electric, etc. Even the Lucas tail lights were replaced
>by some clearance lights from an auto supply store. The headlights had
>long since been removed and covered and all instruments were either
>Smith mechanical, or replaced with Sun stuff. I rewired the entire car,
>with good ole US of A wire ridding it of every vestige of Lucas equipment.
>I rebuilt the starter with British  (?lucas?) components and I thought I
>was all set to go racing.

>In the 2nd or 3rd race I was in, with the car, I was running 5th or
>something at Indianapolis Raceway Park (the road course), and I had
>about 6 or 8  laps to go and a -good- shot at my first ever podium finish.
>BLAMMO, the car just sputtered to a halt. I thought it was fuel or something.

>I got the damn thing off the track and luckily avoided death. I could
>crank the engine, but it wouldn't start. They waited until after the event
>and towed us back to the paddock. We looked hard and couldn't
>see what was up. All we knew was that we weren't getting spark from
>the Swiss-made/California modified magneto.

>It was getting dark, so we said to hell with it, and got it back on
>the trailer and headed  back to Nashville. The next afternoon we were
>checking it out and there it was. The F***ING LUCAS bakelite fuse
>holder had hairline cracked of it's own accord, and 2 or 3 of the
>fuses were broken in the process. No power to the magneto.......

> >>Don McCorkle
> >>Owner of a '68 Triumph T-120R

> >Listen to this one.. I had a Lotus Eleven with a Coventry Climax F2
engine
> >that I raced in SCCA in the late 60's early 70's. The day I got it, I
began
> >ripping all Lucas stuff off of it. The only Lucas items still on the car
were

> >the starter and a bakelite fusebox which was mounted on the instrument
> >panel. The race car had no fan, the distributor/coil was replaced by a
> >Joe Hunt Scintilla Vertex Magneto. The fuel pump was replaced by an
> >AC Delco (Corvette) electric, etc. Even the Lucas tail lights were
replaced
> >by some clearance lights from an auto supply store. The headlights had
> >long since been removed and covered and all instruments were either
> >Smith mechanical, or replaced with Sun stuff. I rewired the entire car,
> >with good ole US of A wire ridding it of every vestige of Lucas
equipment.
> >I rebuilt the starter with British  (?lucas?) components and I thought I
> >was all set to go racing.

> >In the 2nd or 3rd race I was in, with the car, I was running 5th or
> >something at Indianapolis Raceway Park (the road course), and I had
> >about 6 or 8  laps to go and a -good- shot at my first ever podium
finish.
> >BLAMMO, the car just sputtered to a halt. I thought it was fuel or
something.

> >I got the damn thing off the track and luckily avoided death. I could
> >crank the engine, but it wouldn't start. They waited until after the
event
> >and towed us back to the paddock. We looked hard and couldn't
> >see what was up. All we knew was that we weren't getting spark from
> >the Swiss-made/California modified magneto.

> >It was getting dark, so we said to hell with it, and got it back on
> >the trailer and headed  back to Nashville. The next afternoon we were
> >checking it out and there it was. The F***ING LUCAS bakelite fuse
> >holder had hairline cracked of it's own accord, and 2 or 3 of the
> >fuses were broken in the process. No power to the magneto.......

> Yikes, sounds just like my Triumph!  It's completely chopped, custom
frame,
> hardtail with a girder front end.  Hand wired with a battery eliminator,
> headlight, tailight, and brake light.  No switches except for the brake
light.
> Joe Hunt magneto without a kill switch.  Dopey bike thinks it's running
right
> now.  The only Lucas left is the generator, and guess what?  A big ass
magnet
> bolted to the flywheel with a two wire coil around it, couldn't be
simpler.
> Yup, constant problems with it, and it's behind an engine casing..

> Don McCorkle
> Drive as if you stole it
> Libertarian Motorsports

>>So, does anybody know why it takes enough fuel for 112 laps to
>>complete a race of 108 laps?  Anybody have similar experiences at
>>other tracks?

>I've had similar problems at the Glen. I once did a 17-lap VROC race and
>despite filling 18 laps worth of fuel the car began coughing at the
>start of the final lap.

>At each track, I now add a fair amount more fuel than is needed just to
>be sure. For example, I'm about to start a 50% distance GP Level offline
>championship and for the 40-lap Kyalami race I'll probably put in about
>49-50 laps of fuel.

>--
>Cheers!
>Graeme Nash

> >>So, does anybody know why it takes enough fuel for 112 laps to
> >>complete a race of 108 laps?  Anybody have similar experiences at
> >>other tracks?

> >I've had similar problems at the Glen. I once did a 17-lap VROC race and
> >despite filling 18 laps worth of fuel the car began coughing at the
> >start of the final lap.

> >At each track, I now add a fair amount more fuel than is needed just to
> >be sure. For example, I'm about to start a 50% distance GP Level offline
> >championship and for the 40-lap Kyalami race I'll probably put in about
> >49-50 laps of fuel.

> >--
> >Cheers!
> >Graeme Nash