Recent content by Mr Underhill

So you effectively have 35Nm on the front and 40Nm on the back. The rear damper being superior. I don’t think you’ll die, but should you survive, let us know how you get on.

Driveshaft seal still leaking. Enough to force me to move my trackday forward to June. I’m an idiot 🤡 Despite that, I went around checking and torquing everything up. Got the rear suspension on and fitted the brake ducting. I ran out of cable ties but will secure those a bit more. And...

I’m Just old and tired mate. 2 of my grandchildren stayed over last night and the 2-year old tortured me all night, then got me up at 5am. I was half dead by the time I started working on the car. If I’ve managed to fix it, it’s all systems go for Croft. If not, I’ll transfer it to June. I’ll...

What a fight this car gave me today. First up I was struggling to fit the bolts through the dampers and into the hubs. I thought I’ll just measure the bolt distance and as suspected, it has 54mm hubs 🤔 It’s a CUP packed car, albeit an old one at that, so s**t happens I guess. Never mind...

New radiator and fans, new suspension, new brake ducts, building looms. A never ending money pit. The list goes on.

Lighter nights and decent weather allowed me to get a few hours in after work. Whipped the BC Racing coilovers and calipers off and disassembled the wishbones in preparation for the roll centre kit and my new suspension. s**t photo incoming…. While everything was stripped, I had a look for...

Well, I still think they're bargains and worth spending money on. I bought my i30N for £32,000, kept it for 6 months and sold it back to my company for £25,000. That's depreciation for you.

Yeah best way as you can only take the previous owners word that things were done. And they were probably taking the word of the previous, previous, previous owners word as well. Old cars! I lent my old BG 182 to a mate so he could come with us to the Ring and he didn't spend a penny on it, and...

You can almost guarantee the things you haven't changed will be the things that let you down. Ask me how I know this.

Another deluge meant the suspension switch was put on hold, and instead got lumbered with mutley until 4 o’clock. The rain finally stopped so I made the most of the time left to put my brake ducts on. I originally ordered the K-Tec rally ducts as they looked purposeful, but they messed me...

I’m just glad I’ve got some fans tbh Jon. I pulled back the tape from the old loom and some wires had come away, so it was never going to kick in at Croft. Glad this bits out of the way.

Never thought about having them on the front 🤔 It’s not too bad now I’ve twisted and pushed the PAS pipe back a bit.

With the radiator secure, I set about fitting the controller and building a loom. Top hose off, then stuck an old rolling pin into the pipe and used the supplied cutter to punch a hole in it. Added the screw, seal washer, then the thermostat. Then built the loom. Connected it all...