AdamR28

Gotta love internet hearsay, haha.

Looks quality! Nice finish straight out of the tooling as well.

Haha. Most of it is bullshit though Another vid from Friday, the guy in the passenger seat is a Westfield owner too, but I managed to make him feel sick, oops. First lap (~2:20 mins) is a warm up. Some slightly sideways bits just after 3 mins, but the rest is fairly uneventful.

Aaah I understand now, I'm a bit slow There was one that nearly stuck with me on the straights actually, think it was supercharged or something. Tic, the fact that Dubbers are selling one at that price means you can definitely get one cheaper, have a good hunt around some forums!

Wassat? I Googled but no joy... That company will have bought it privately for about what the other guys were saying - they offered me a silly amount for my Skoda and did the same with my mate's Octavia (and he went for it). It was up the next day for nearly double what they gave him for it. That's business of course, but if you are happy to buy privately you'll get the same car much cheaper

Yeah it's an ace circuit - Druids (double right hander at the back of the track) is a real man's corner as you would put it! Lots of offs there, especially when it's damp. Ah possibly - Cadwell has a fast open bit and a tight bit in the trees. Haha, yeah you have to be pretty committed there, and make sure you check the marshall's post before keeping your foot in! I wasn't flat but the data shows I could have been. Next time The camera was off for your session unfortunately Brum brum video #2, with instructor in the pax seat, chopping through the traffic: http://youtu.be/wz5uBFX8Flk

QFT!

Weellll... There sort of is. The weight transfer is always rearward under acceleration, so FWD will always lose out there. In related news, had an awesome day at Oulton Park in my real ( ) wheel drive car today, will bosh a vid or two up later. Edit: Brum brum video #1

When I've done the voiceovers (not easy) and Mark's edited them (time consuming)... so, probably a couple of weeks.

Anyone wanting a cheap track day car, these are bargains! http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=18&t=1256088&mid=309169&nmt=Anyone+looking+for+a+trackday+ready+MX-5+for+800+quid%3F%3F%3F

Indeed. Yeah, tailpipe probe. I have a boss in the exhaust to fit the LC-1 they were using but they didn't use it... The guy managed to wedge his knee against the dash trying to get in, CRRAAACKK! I pointed it out and he didn't even apologise!

It will get stuck. There's no other way to describe it really! Did you leave the seal on when you sanded the piston?

Indeed! Yeah, but it's clearly bollocks... Just some 'evidence' to show how crap that company is. They also managed to crack my dash and told me the AFR was safe at 16.5:1...

You just need to get a real engine with a steel wire from pedal to throttle bodies In related news, here's a seemingly fictional graph (apart from the AFR) I paid £60 for at CRD Performance (also call themselves F1 Automotive) in Bolton. I suggest steering clear of these idioits! On the flip side, Brakes International are winners and replaced my leaky MX-5 front calipers without question (I neglected to tell you about those on Sunday, Nick (A) ).

Need to crack on with work, but, video now, chat later... Start: Doing it wrong Middle: Single lap trying pretty hard End: 3 laps following Clive / Stig PS: I'm only kidding about the scene cars, each to their own of course

Yeah, quality day today! Good to see you again dude. Glad the car went well. Didn't seem to have any issues at all? You need to make Oulton a reality sometime And then I can drive your car on a circuit I know It was pretty manly by the way, felt very chunky and the torque was awesome! Haha, it's absolutely fine, she's not bothered at all, and those tyres are f**ked anyway Currently exporting a vid... Will bang it up when done. Have one following your dad if you wanna see that too? It's a Trafic van, seems to 'slipstream' fairly well, no problems with MPG today Prawn can tell you how good they are Haha, I getcha, that's ok then They are great fun, but not very practical... Sweet - look forward to seeing it!

First half of your post good, second half bad The reason they handle so well is that Mazda made everything balanced from the factory, once you fit stupid wheels and drop them to the floor they don't handle as well. I have a completely standard one as a daily driver and it's such a brilliant car, not practical at all but its easy to work on, spares are cheap, cheap insurance and so much fun. Very reliable mechanically but obviously rust can be an issue... Literally every drive should includes t least one sideways moment by the way!

More pictures! Used to be my daily, now SORNed and will be used on track and drift days. Sidelight removed to help 'flush' the engine bay of hot air. Bonnet pins becauseracecar. Rear window held in with bent bits of spoke (zip broke and the press studs I fitted are shit and undo themselves when you get above about 80mph). Bigger brakes from the 1.8 model, some sort of Koni coilovers, buckets, harnesses, roll bar, T1Rs for when its wet / cold. The rest standard. Bust steering lock (forgot the key one track day so had to break it), radio ripped out, carpets etc pulled out, modified pedals. Datalogger on the dash and GoPro in the seat are worth more than the car Easiest engine ever to work on Standard apart from the air filter which only really increases noise and a bit of throttle response. AC and PAS removed (29kg saved!). And my latest project - covering my trailer. Was a bit of a ball-ache but will be so much better when it's wet.

A lot of trials companies' bike weights seem to be around 300-400g too light, so we reckon they are weighing them without pedals (as is convention in the MTB world). But, that's misleading, so we weigh them with. If we don't put 'including pedals' on the description, we get loads of emails saying 'XYZ company says on their website the bike weighs xxx, why is yours heavier?'.

Doesn't look too bad for an airfield! Although I kept getting 'lost' due to the lack of features. See you tomorrow!

Got a little bit of sick in my mouth cos of the last page with all the cars balanced on their sumps and those terrible 5 spoke wheels (Slightly in jest But not really.)

Looks like High Rise bars dude - I also remember Rob coming up to get the parts and pretty sure they were the high ones...

If there's anything you don't need its a new piston, it's the least likely part of the brake to have a non-fixable issue. Take the lever off and check if it's actually getting stuck, then you can decide what to do next.

Trialtech ones last literally 10 times longer. Wash your current ones (washing up liquid and some warm water) and they'll feel much better.