i shall be popping along to help Ben run the test day. see all you intrepid testers tomorrow

As soon as he gets a Crouch Family tweed cap, then we know he's turned.. Yes, Craig - we all know the only use you know for an estate is towing another car about... i love to watch Crouch Snr get into 'Boy-Racer' mode, the cap goes on backwards and he lets fly... 8) .....and theres another use :?: ...

Coupe' Racing wrote:Some one took a grinder to the rear of my estate car ....

shhh, dont tell anyone, but i quite like Coupes

Crouchie youre getting 'light in ya loafers' in your old age, driving a bread van and praying for rain?! tut, tut... next you'll be telling me your gonna get the polish out

or just faster than an estate car...

cheers me dear
usual ferraris and westfields too?
anything interesting out to play?

Hiya Phil
im there all being well sat morning too, be good to catch up mate
still not had my regs yet...
CNH

good photo Raz, albeit not the sort im sure youd like. start was ace, you did well not to stove the 'scrabbler' in the arse :lol: worth while checking rear trailing arms for cracks too, i had a nasty spin at 3 Sisters when a trailing arm let go. not mega high speed (bout 50mph) but so violent i had ...

glad ya OK Raz! 8) be interesting to see whats failed (not in a morbid way mate, but R&D etc). you were running the coilovers for the first time yes? and you changed the lower balljoints too? on mine after 12 months sprinting with coilovers, i had a lower balljoint drop through the lower arm and jam...

come on Raz, sleep is for the weak how did the 'ol girl go at Mallory?

ah yes but everyone knows i am a t....

anyone seen the final regs yet? been away but not had mine, wondered who/what else was there

Have figured out why it won't start (thanks to Phil Howard). When I refitted the distributor I didn't turn the engine to TDC on 1. I just slotted it straight in without thinking. So first thing in the morning, when I get to Mallory, I'll whip the dizzy out and reset everything. :D If it still doesn...

no point in spending time polishing an SS1, you can't polish a turd, so all time is spent making them faster than GTEs

Apex (sorry Stew...) are testing their mild steel version of the tubular S13 manifold. I would defo agree with the comments of cracking being a symptom of the material rather than the individual manifold design. the mega expensive jap S/S manfolds (HKS, TOMEI etc ) have better bracing and resist cra...