Recent content by AlanWak

The problem I'm experiencing in my 172 is different - most of the time the cooling system works fine. But occasionally the heat goes to maximum without touching anything. Turn the car off and the car goes back to the set levels of heating. There's no set time period, sometimes it can go back to...

This appeared in the minutes from the latest MSA Technical Committee Meeting: "CHANGES TO MOT REGULATIONS A query has been raised by a member of the Speed Events Committee as the new MOT regulations are apparently restrictive on modifications; they do however include an exemption for "rally...

That's Snell K2005 and K2010 - kart helmets for drivers under 15 years old. Mainly kart changes, new cross country tyres, more standard tubes sizes for ROPS, red flags and wrong routes on stage rallies, nothing ground breaking, until it affects you!

This has now been raised with John Ryan (MSA Technical Director).

I rolled my ex-works 205 end over end in Ringwood Forest, starting at around 80mph. We were fine, mainly as the front dug in, flipped us, then landed on a rear wheel which absorbed a great deal of the force as it was knocked off. The shell was banana shaped, but they have to give to absorb the...

I agree with you @DaveDreads, there is no adequate definition of a "Competition Car". The "Rally Car" definition is poor and misleading - my rally cars have full cages, buckets and six point harnesses, but I have to have all the trim plus rear seats and can't run number squares/circles.. They...

Looks like I'm a chav then! Sorry, I don't mean to have a go at you, I'm just pointing out how silly this all is and that a definition of a true Competition Car is required to enable low cost entry level Motorsport to exist. Most cars used for entry level Motorsport will be old and modified in...

Your earlier comment was "Using buckets and harnesses without a cage in a lot of cars will have you killed by the roof in a roll because you dont move as the manufacturer intended and unless youre very short, using a roll cage without a helmet will result in you being killed by the cage". I...

I can understand the whiplash feature in the seat, but many are talking about using fixed seats without a cage - standard seats deform in a roll to preserve an occupnats spine. I believe that's an urban myth, I've never seen any evidence, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Definitely not the case - not all competition cars need MSA log books. For example of the 50 cars out on the Bath Festival Targa Road Rally on Saturday, probably none will have MSA log books. They're all MSA legal rally cars and for this event all will have at least a rear cage. On most Road...

BTW I've just found the quote regarding the specification of a "Rally Car", It's from 19th May 2014 so nothing new. All my cars have gone through without air bags since then. However they have all had cats. My biggest issue with cats is they fall apart internally after a few good hits and block...

Is this for real? I can understand the rationale for road cars, but using such terminology as "Rally Car" is extremely vague and imprecise. How is "boy racer" defined? The Regulations should define what constitutes a Competition/Modified Car. I can't see why "Rally Car" is being "defined". It's...

Posted in the wrong place, now posting correctly!

I'm having a clear out and I'm not using these wheels any more on my Autosolo 172. I have no idea how to price the wheels, the previous owner paid £200 for the set second hand. They're bare wheels, ideally could do with a refurb but are useable as they are. No centre caps, but they may be in the...

I've found a spare motor and the answer to my question - anti clockwise pulls the plunger back in to the motor, clockwise pushes it out. I was going to turn in the opposite directions, unnecessary additional work to put the plunger back in avoided!