Finding the Limits at Donngton Park in a Formula Ford

It's another race weekend and I head to Donnington Park. The racing is good but things don't go to plan, things break and I try some quick fixes.
Please let me know if you would like to see some content about my £1 Yacht. I'm always interested in all your comments so please feel free to get in touch.
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[@trevorp6951]

Thanks for the videos, enjoy immensely and good to see your confidence improving. Love to hear about your $1 yacht. Trevor YPLM.

[@toooldandtooslow]

Thank you for your kind words. I’m working on the £1 Yacht video and hopefully release it on Friday.

[@rickmorris7906]

Always a fun video Richard. Bloody well done. See you at Brands. Cheers 😀👍

[@toooldandtooslow]

Thanks Rick, this racing stuff is hard. How come you make it look so easy?

[@podd372]

Who wouldn't be interested in a £1 yacht 😂 Well done on the top 10, you seem to be properly getting the hang of it now. Thanks for the vlog.

[@toooldandtooslow]

I’ll get to work filming on my £1 yacht when I return from work. I have had a real increase in performance following my engine rebuild, I still need to continue to focus on driving accuracy and consistency. And maybe a little more bravery too.

[@alexhall27]

Will always be interested in a £1 yacht! Completely agree with the tyre stacks being dangerous - enjoy your videos, i'd love to be racing single seaters one day - will stick to my trusty MX5 for now!

[@toooldandtooslow]

Single seaters are amazing fun, I love the purity and simplicity. And the cost isn’t outrageous too. I’ll definitely film something on the £1 Yacht, sailing is a rather fun thing to do on my days off. As for the tyre stacks, there is mounting pressure to have them removed.

[@duncanfraser7304]

Good video as always Richard

[@toooldandtooslow]

Thanks Duncan

[@noahcurtis6633]

Would love to no more about the yacht.

[@toooldandtooslow]

That’s great, I’ll get to it when I’m home and have a little more time. I do have a race car to prepare for the next meeting.

[@David-vz5hg]

Where do you keep your yacht?

[@toooldandtooslow]

I will definitely film a video on my little yacht. I keep it at Dell Quay near Chichester. It’s a very reasonably priced mooring for a very reasonably priced yacht.

[@joshnation3706]

What sort of camera or lens do you use that allows the camera to seemingly move around on its own while you are racing? I race a Sprite in the US and would like to be able to achieve similar videos. Thanks.

[@toooldandtooslow]

I use an Insta 360 camera and I like the results. I picked my up secondhand from EBay and it’s a first generation. The software is pretty good but it does take some time to edit the footage.

[@joshnation3706]

Very cool... I've always used GoPro. What sort of mount do you use?

[@demon1954]

Who operates the camera?

[@toooldandtooslow]

I’m a single handed KZbinr, I do almost everything myself. I would love to have someone film me but hanging around motor racing tracks isn’t appealing for too many people.

[@FordHawke1]

In 25 years of racing and fixing Formula Fords, and taking my welder to the circuit, I have only welded cracked exhausts on cars that have a rear mount for the muffler. Those that don't have a mount, do not crack. My own car does not have a mount, it has not cracked. Do yourself a favour, ditch the mount.

[@toooldandtooslow]

You are not the first person to mention this. Unfortunately we have to run mufflers in the U.K. and this puts increased strain on the welding. Do you think a redesign of mounting bracket could help?

[@UncleGrowl]

My tailpipe is not solidly mounted. It's only held into a cradle with a stiff spring. The support for the cradle is a rod cut in half. A stiff section of heater hose in the middle gap. Works great!

[@toooldandtooslow]

⁠Thanks Uncle, I’ve had my exhaust welded (again) and will have another look at the muffler support. I hope I have time before the next meeting at Brands Hatch. I’m very grateful for your comments.

[@miloudiben]

track limits are ruining club level motorsport.

[@toooldandtooslow]

I think track limits are causing problems in all motorsport. Grass and gravel are always a slower surface than the track so just make there’s something slippy just the other side of the white line. Interestingly, there’s no problems with track limits at Monaco.

[@miloudiben]

@@toooldandtooslow when folk are being sin binned in testing it goes too far. For amateurs on a tight budget you can be stood feeling like you’re setting fire to £100 of testing fees. Hopefully common sense will prevail one day!