Ruptured Duck Motorsport

Ford Cosworth BDH for sale

Ford Cosworth BDH 1380cc.  Installed in a Westfield hillclimb car.  Package was bought in 2000.

Combination has gained many class records, class & championship wins including:-

• ACSMC Hillclimb Top 6 Champioship (3times)
• ACSMC Class Champion in both Sprints & Hillclimbs
• Wiscombe Park Hillcilmb Championship 2007
• Gurston Down Class Champion 2003

Engine originally built by Wilcox Competition Engines in 1993

Rebuilt by Anderson Racing Engines in 2002

Last rebuild, by Siltech Motorsport early 2007, along with installation of twin injector setup & Emerald ECU by Dave Walker.

Current Spec:-

• All steel Cosworth BDH 1380cc
• 189bhp @ 8800rpm (ECU soft cut @ 9200rpm, hard cut @ 9500rpm)
• 117ft/lb @ 5700rpm
• Emerald ECU
• Jenvey Throttle bodies with twin injection running on pump fuel
• Dry sumped

Exhaust by Maniflow’s at Salisbury.

Competitive running time since last rebuild – approx. 3 hours

Competitive distance since rebuild – approx. 180-200 miles.

Engine is still installed in the Westfield, but is available now, and can be heard running if required.  Twin plate race clutch, flywheel, bellhousing, manifold & ECU included with engine.

£10,500 ono

Contact Ian on 07794 737702 or e-mail westfield7@sky.com

           

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Fun, Funky & An Original Take On Motorsport

We dont normally plug 'associates' but Unlap has a unique take on motorsport, with some cutting wit (see the Rob Smedley mug with 'Contents may be hot. Can you confirm you understand this message?" on the side.

Unlap are putting together a design for the Pulsar in their unique style and we cant wait to see it.  In the meantime, head over to Unlap and have a browse.

       

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Holy moley! (not us)

Not us, thank goodness, and doesn't appear anyone was hurt.

Mamhead Hillclimb

Out to the hills again!  The tour continues.
Mamhead House was the venue for the latest outing.  Nestled in the hills above Exmouth, the estate is owned by motorsport enthusiast Alan Turner, who competes in Historic races in lotus Elans.  Organising club was Torbay Motor Club.

Saturday:- 
Weather was pants!!  Varying between light and heavy drizzle for the most, it made for an interesting day.  I started the day on wets, and changed to slicks for the 2nd practice run, as there was no standing water to speak of.  After that, the slicks were left on the car for the remainder of the day.  mainly because I couldn't be arsed to keep changing the wheels!!  Ended the day with a class win. 
Anyway the days times were as follows:-

                      64ft           Finish
Practice 1       2.98             32.00

Practice 2       2.92           28.74

Timed  1         2.84           27.8

Timed  2         2.82           27.59

Timed  3         3.00           29.55

Timed  4         2.79           27.46

Class record 26.31 secs

Sunday:-
Weather, a complete contrast.  Warm sunshine all day!  Tyre choice made easy!  Car just got quicker and quicker.  On one run, I was going over the finish at 70 mph!  Doesn't sound much for a competition vehicle, but bear in mind how short this venue is (only 500 metres), with no straight sections of track, it certainly concentrates the mind.  Needless to say my times were better than Saturday's, beating the Class record and again winning my class.  I even managed to beat a 2 litre Westfield in the Class above me!!  The days times:-

                      64ft           Finish

Practice 1       2.55           24.40

Practice 2       2.35           23.93

Timed  1         2.36           23.80

Timed  2         2.60           23.84

Timed  3         2.35           23.38

Timed  4         2.35           23.68

New Class record set at 23.38 seconds

Here's a link to TelT Photograhy's pages showing Wee Beatie in action:-

http://www.teltphotography.com/H-MAM-290510-C5.aspx

http://www.teltphotography.com/H-MAM-300510-C5.aspx

On the Saturday, the Wee Beastie South of England Tour was proud to include the Mark Alley Roadshow!  Yes the Puslar was out, and Mark did well, having not turned a wheel in anger since September 2008.  Ended the day with a very respectable 27.76 secs.

Saturday night saw the demolition of a really good Hog Roast BBQ and the quaffing of copious amounts alcohol, put on by Alan Turner and the Torbay Motor Club (sounds a good name for a band!!).

Next event of the Tour, Gurston Down on the 19th & 20th June.

Next stop Mamhead!

         

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It has been a very long 20 months since the last outing in the Pulsar 931, but the drought is over and we are returning to competition at the picturesque Mamhead Hillclimb, near Exeter, Devon on this Saturday.

The Torbay Motor Club organised event will also be attended by Ian in the Beastie who is continuing his assault on the hills of the south of England by taking part on Saturday and Sunday's events. Both drivers are hoping for clear weather and good times (on the clock and smiles on faces!).

Mobile signal permitting we will tweet updates and times live from the event. Follow us at http://www.twitter.com/rupturedduck to catch the updates.

Testing, development and preparation for Mamhead

       

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A good afternoon was had testing the Pulsar 931 at The Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford. Given that the car had not turned a wheel in anger since September 2008, we need to make sure all was good and bring to the surface any issues that will need resolving before an outing at Mamhead in two weeks time on the 29th May.

A few sedate laps started our session and nothing fell off, which was a good start. Some more laps were needed to bring the brakes back into condition, Some 'spirited' laps were later put on the car without any major issues. In total we ran around 30 laps. The only issues that we found were: a minor mounting issue with the new diffuser, a small weeping of fluid from the differential housing, a failed wheel stud and issues with the seat mounting.

All the issues have now been resolved and we have one more development in the pipeline that we can't wait to see on the car: new rear-wing end plates that Ben from Bazzworx is developing as part of a CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) design project. These sexy new bits will have half the drag of the old end-plates with no loss of downforce. Pictured are the wind-tunnel models ready for testing.

Werrington Hillclimb

Werrington Hillclimb, near Lauceston Cornwall, was the venue for the latest event.  A great place, the track at Werrington Park runs up to, and across the front of the country house.  The track then goes goes around the side, past some cottages and other outbuildings.  Finally a quick blast down the finish straight, between two very solid stones walls!

Saturday:
Overnight rain made the track quite greasy to start with, but once the first practise runs had gone through, things started to dry out, and times came down.  1st prac-51.86, 2nd prac-42.37, 1st timed-41.68, 2nd timed-40.47.  My best time there is 39.7 secs.  Achieved 2nd in Class behind Neal Coles, in very quick (and very light 'bike engined Sylva Riot).
Sunday:
More overnight rain, and a shower early Sunday morning, again made the track slippery.  Did my first practise run on slicks as there was no standing water!!  The rain threatened all day, but never materialised, but it was considerably colder though.  The track dried out and times improved, but were slower than Saturday.  1st prac-49.66, 2nd prac-42.75, 1st timed-41.31, 2nd timed-41.93.  As with Saturday, Neal Coles took the Class win, but it was a closer battle.

Next event, Wiscombe Park on the 15th & 16th May.

Photo's at:-
http://www.teltphotography.com/H-010510-SAT-C5.aspx
http://www.teltphotography.com/H-020510-SUN-C5.aspx

That'll Do!

   

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A good day was spent fitting the last few panels, undertaking a nut and bolt check, checking all systems, firing up the engine and running up through the gears with the car still on stands. Most impressive was that Lynsey was able to still fit in the seat! A much used phrase during our preparation was "That'll Do" which has now been adopted as Lynsey & Mark's motto.

The eagle-eyed among you will notice a missing wing end-plate. This is because Ben has been playing with CFD and has designed replacements that have half the drag. We've seen the pictures and they are even pretty. Hopefully they'll be in place for our test at the Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford (www.haynesmotormuseum.co.uk) on Wednesday afternoon.

Wiscombe Park report

Photo courtesy of Rat Photography

Good weekend overall, and great to be back out.
Saturday's weather was pretty decent, and I got my times down to mid 44 seconds.  Mark & Linzi came over and gave their support, cheers guys.
Sunday was a bit different.  Grey and overcast, the overnight rain made the track damp to start with, but it soon dried out.  Times were slower than Saturday, and I got down to a low 46 secs.  The second timed runs were abandoned, as heavy rain came in and times were getting slower.
Car behaved well, with no issues.  Just need to get back into the swing of things.  Werrington this weekend, so here's hoping for some decent weather.

Wonderful Wiscombe

Linzi and I went along to Wiscombe today to check out Ian's progress with the Beastie and bumped into some old friends too. Sporting a huge grin, we are sure Ian had a great day, and Wiscombe Park was resplendant in the glorious spring sunshine. Ian will blog the detail of the whole weekends proceedings once he has finished having fun tomorrow.

Tim from http://www.timpestridge.co.uk/ was in attendance, but we didnt get that chance to say Hi. Looking forward to seeing Timn's pictures of the event.

If you are at a loose end on Sunday, we highly recommend a day out in the Devon sunshine! See http://www.wiscombepark.co.uk/

   

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