Snetterton 200 02 - Charity Race Experience 26-Nov-2011

Taking passengers around Snetterton in Escort Cosworth for charity. Started off on low boost, but then the Mclaren driver put his foot flat to the floor, so I had two choices - suffer the embarrassment of pulling back in behind him or crank the boost up to the full 2.2 bar and see what the old girl could do - the video shows the result ;).

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Escort Cosworth
• Charity Race Experience
• Snetterton 200
• Mike Rainbird

[numpty931]

You had me worried when you stopped at montreal on your warm-down lap. I was on the post directly above where you stopped and thought your car had expired or something!

Have to say it was brilliant watching you slide it out of the hairpin lap after lap!

[MikeRT4]

@numpty931 Sorry about that - I just didn't want to get in the way of people on their fast lap :).

Was brilliant fun and if you ever see me at a track day and have a spare few minutes, come over and say who you are and blag a ride, as without you guys we wouldn't be able to have the fun we do :).

[Fatboymk]

When you say crank the Boost up? Are you running nitrous?

Nothing seemed to come past you and it looked like you hit the Apex's spot on, Good drive :-)

[MikeRT4]

@Fatboymk: No nitros. It uses a Pectel T6 which enables me to run four different boost maps via the air injectors. So it has actuator pressure on position 1 (around 1.2 bar climbing to 1.5), position 2 is 1.5 bar climbing to 1.7 bar above 7000rpm, position 3 is 1.8 bar and position 4 is 2.2 bar. The reason it can't hold the lower pressures on the lower settings is that the wastegate isn't big enough to bypass enough exhaust gasses at high rpm.

[scoot24925]

nice vid,you killed it.

[Fatboymk]

Thanks for the info, Looked like fun :-)

[S1Rossco]

Awesome Mike