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mike331- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (SOVPRES @ June 03, 2008 11:31 pm)
AS for being outside the spirit of the rules what does that mean, the rules should be written clearly without ambiguity, why is innovation such a terrible word . How far back do you have to go before car builders tried to exploit and push the boundaries, before my life time, isn't that the whole point. Set the parameters, control the costs with material usage etc and then see how clever some of these boys can be. If you rule the innovation out then what incentive is there for the truly creative talents such as Dave Rce , Bumble Batten and Daz Kitson to stay in the business. look at the way the Higmans and Randalls have evolved to keep up.
Currently we have some fantastic cars with great variation being driven by the cream, with results shared and no total domination , why change a winning formula if that side of the sport is not broke? Amen

ohmy.gif you mean we actually agree? wacko.gif biggrin.gif

spikey167- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (SOVPRES @ June 03, 2008 11:19 pm)
QUOTE (smurf 826 @ June 03, 2008 08:16 am)
do ANY of you think befor you post?!

Does this mean we are all a bit thick on here as you type in caps (ANY OF YOU)?

Some of us on here do take the piss out of people dont we Bump, Sovpres lol

When Spikey says ANY of you he means exactly that because he knows he is different from the rest of us, if you don't believe me have a read through his website or his Bebo , he is one of a kind, special, mummies little treasure they threw the mould away after Spikey.
As for me thinking before I post I always try to avoid it at all times

Thanks Sovpres, thanks.

I was actually coming on here this morning to apologise for what I said yesterday, had a long crap night at work and took this thread the way I always do, the wrong way.

Sorry Mike Dave, Smurf and anyone else I offended, shouldn't have been aimed at you.

I'm like everyone else that just see's five more cars being scrapped a bleedin waste, especially when you support four of them and love the fifth car equally!!!

as for the equal rule thingy i just lost track of what i meant, my oppinion dosent really matter on it any way!!! blink.gif

mike331- 06-04-2008
No need to appologise Spikey wink.gif

SOVPRES- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (mike331 @ June 04, 2008 07:28 am)
QUOTE (SOVPRES @ June 03, 2008 11:31 pm)
AS for being outside the spirit of the rules what does that mean, the rules should be written clearly without ambiguity, why is innovation such a terrible word . How far back do you have to go before car builders tried to exploit and push the boundaries, before my life time, isn't that the whole point. Set the parameters, control the costs with material usage etc and then see how clever some of these boys can be. If you rule  the innovation out then what incentive is there for the truly creative talents such as  Dave Rce , Bumble Batten and Daz Kitson to stay in the business. look at the way the Higmans and Randalls have evolved to keep up.
Currently we have some fantastic cars with great variation being driven by the cream, with results shared and no total domination , why change a winning formula if that side of the sport is not  broke? Amen

ohmy.gif you mean we actually agree? wacko.gif biggrin.gif

Thought we often agreed Mike, and on the odd occasion when we don't you are obviously talking out of your rce biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

smurf 826- 06-04-2008
Yeah no worries matey, its not a argument between us all just a disscusion. chill mate everythings cool.I only picked up on the 'all' word, i dont mean now't by it I was just adding my two pence worth.
Thanks anyhow but as Mike said not needed. tongue.gif

joey- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (spikey167 @ June 03, 2008 07:47 am)
1xbritish championship, 1x Irish open 1x nationals 1x uk open 2 x central league finals AND TELL ME ITS NOT A GOOD CAR

Fair point son fair point!How many of those races were won by bill?(in my opinion the best tilter driver by far)Still cant see a world on there tho,or european! biggrin.gif

rob 467- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (joey @ June 04, 2008 11:18 am)

Fair point son fair point!How many of those races were won by bill?(in my opinion the best tilter driver by far)Still cant see a world on there tho,or european! biggrin.gif

there is plenty of time yet!!!

timmy667- 06-04-2008
still think skidders is a tit tho wink.gif biggrin.gif

timmy667- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (joey @ June 04, 2008 11:18 am)
QUOTE (spikey167 @ June 03, 2008 07:47 am)
1xbritish championship, 1x Irish open 1x nationals 1x uk open 2 x central league finals AND TELL ME ITS NOT A GOOD CAR

Fair point son fair point!How many of those races were won by bill?(in my opinion the best tilter driver by far)Still cant see a world on there tho,or european! biggrin.gif

your only talkin on a particular model of car a battenbuilt has won every major goin and yep bill not just the best battenbuilt but next to speaky he is the best f2 pilot out there (his cv proves better than the current best) and last season cl final proved so, battenbuilts were ###### at brum so wot 1 bad meetin makes them useless, werent so crap at arena for the world last year or the qr this year. bit pissed of how some of you muppets accuse him of manipulating the sport because of his position as chairman when you really havent got a clue, as said before lets see how this sport progresses when he steps down from his position as chairman

steelman- 06-04-2008
car'nt be that much of an advantage the fish and bumble both dropped to blue this season ( this isnt a dig just a fact ) yeah tims goin well but he's doin a lot of meetings and always has done so with that much track time over the years you'd hope to be up neer the top weather you're car was on the p**s or not and he was up there before as was bill . yeah they might be stretching the rules a bit but isnt everyone where they can ? dont expect when they wrote the rule book they expected people to cover half the car in 6mm plate which is more of an advantage than a tillter.if bill did adjust the rules to suit the cars he builds ( im not sayying he did just think it was taken out coz it wasnt right ) wouldnt any off us try it if we on the board and we'd built a car different from the norm. i do think it was wrong how the rce cars were banned with no notice sean as 12 yrs ago lusky along with others ran a bird cage axle and a wide track front end and capri axle before he joined randell so they wernt doing anything new they didnt reinvent the wheel just refined it,which is all any of the car builders are doin.so the best idea is to limit the inside weight same as hotrods works for them and if you carnt have scales at every track random checks would sort it out, so let'em keep the tillters,a rule that should be altered is the 10mm axle offset its not a big enough tolarence in a contact sport or enough to make a difference to the handling. just my thoughts ,oh yeah whos got the 5th tillter,would be good to see bill back out there in any car

rog- 06-04-2008
538 chevy mills

rog- 06-04-2008
At the end of the day it comes down to how good a driver you are, don't it. Yes a good car makes you look better, but the real difference comes down to how much talent you have. Billy at the end of the day has real talent. Yes he has been innovative in my opinion, and most have followed his lead. I personally this year, have really missed Bill racing.

joey- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (rob 467 @ June 04, 2008 12:10 pm)
QUOTE (joey @ June 04, 2008 11:18 am)

Fair point son fair point!How many of those races were won by bill?(in my opinion the best tilter driver by far)Still cant see a world on there tho,or european! biggrin.gif

there is plenty of time yet!!!

indeed there is,and with the world on an unsymetrical track this year its a distinct posibility!
i know batten cars have won it all at some point or another,and for me the tilters are cracking pieces of engineering, and to my mind legal,i havnt put a tape on 1 but i was allways under the impression it was cab/chassis rails had to be symetrical,and they look it to me,but if the powers that be want them gone,game over im affraid(ask mr rce,another very clever boke!)on the plus side,i cant afford to race with you boys and i recon rts would let me use 1 there so before u cut them up,gis a call,i will pay 150 a ton scrap for um! biggrin.gif

joey- 06-04-2008
QUOTE (timmy667 @ June 04, 2008 04:53 pm)
next to speaky he is the best f2 pilot out there

Bills a driver,speakys stye was more about hanging cars off of fences as i remember!o and the central final on a proper shaped track last year was probably one of the best races i have seen in recent years.Seems my attempt to pull spikeys chain as got a bit out of hand now wink.gif
Dont suppose you fancy telling me what % inside weight you get with that tilty car do you Mr farrell,be nice to know if its that big a difference?

timmy667- 06-05-2008
well judging by wot you would pay a ton joey id say about 150 quid of inside weight biggrin.gif less than an rce on my car but thats just my car wink.gif

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