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photobuckets charging so flikr it is so, the 3rd set of brake discs turned up, not the ones i was expecting lol... so the brakes that came on the car 284x24mm discs unsure what they were off, and the calipers are cav v6, gave them a freshen up with black paint and noticed the dust seal missing...

photobuckets fucked,testing.. https://flic.kr/p/VEhMFZ 20170607_111551 by jamie rigby, on Flickr

So, still waiting on the brake discs and new wheels that are at the powdercoaters, the track wheels i've got aren't getting powdercoated though they're not too bad plus for track i'm not that bothered about the finish anyways. I've gone for the common Cavalier Cesaros as they look decent, good...

The nova's feeling the love haha, some interesting stories, can't beat old cars! even just driving around in it it feels like its got bags of character compared to my DC2! Not really a fan of them Speedlines as they're just abit chavvy and common on Novas i think, they do suit them tho i...

The nova's feeling the love haha, some interesting stories, can't beat old cars! even just driving around in it it feels like its got bags of character compared to my DC2! Not really a fan of them Speedlines as they're just abit chavvy and common on Novas i think, they do suit them tho i...

Thought some of you may be interested so thought i'd start a project thread.. Went to the Tatton Park Classic car show hungover one sunday, i've had a thought about buying a Cavalier GSi and building my own kinda BTCC rep but not with all the graphics and sponsors, but they're very hard to come...

been a mega car for me, but now the trackdays in this have come to an end so thought i'd do a mini compilation edit of probably my favourite 3 trackdays out of the (i think) 14 i've done in this.. Highlights from Croft and Snetterton with a quick lap of Cadwell Park inbetween -

Fantastic day at Croft on Monday, was our first time there all of us wern't expecting it to be as fun as what it was with being so flat but at the end of the day we were praising it by saying its just like a flat Cadwell Park aha, definitely gong to be returning there! Car was faultless bar...

Was £90 cash for swapping tyres and checking alignment

Blackcircles were the cheapest at ~£55 each Cheers, I'd run more front camber but it gets used on the road so can't justify the extra tyre wear!

making the car fresh for 2017, new plugs same again, the old ones done me proud for 2years - new tyres same again with PE2s, the old ones lasted me around 10,000 miles and 9 trackdays as n when they were needed, the best allround tyre in this size for road and wet track and even when the...

Been a while, quite a lot to update had the paintwork seen to in the summer by Bifcaids to try and match the panels - new front brake pads, Project MUs and the same cheap grooved discs - Done a trackday at Oulton park in November, was abit crap as it rained on n off all day just when it...

So after doing loads of thinking of how I'm going to be able to get a duct/shroud to fit my bumper with not wanting a big duct on the outside of the bumper as they look gash and too 'in yer face', I measured the inside of the bumper and looked on ebay and every motorsport site at all the ducts...

Had a misfire just before the Cadwell trackday, this was the problem, the Rotor arm screw had wound itself out, that's the screw you can see on the left wedged in the dust cover aha - Them swapped it was good to go.. I've only done Cadwell once before 5years ago so was good to be back, car...

Been a while... Anglesey prep and update, but first a couple of pics after a clean, still scrubs up alright in the pictures considering its on 175k miles aha - So... New Rubber, 195 50 RSRs - Spare Rear pads for when the time comes to change, Blue Stuffs being 47quid cheaper than my...

So, Oulton Park last saturday, nothing to report really other than when having my alignment done the previous week I noticed both rear bleed nipples were passing ever so slightly so I nipped them up as much as I dared, and now i've picked up some new genuines (exactly like I had to do with the...

Wasn't fast that, mustve just been testing! Pics from donny - CV boot changed, brakes rebled (still not amazing), alignment on Tuesday, roll on Oulton on Saturday!

Beginning..? What d'ya mean exactly? Aha The first hour of the day was damp but dried out quite quickly! Kerbs were damp still afterwards as I found out haha

So, Donnington Park on Monday was ace, the day was overbooked by a good 10-15 cars but the track is epic so fast and flowing with an average lap speed of ~90mph! The car was awesome once again, the brakes don't feel any different to the DS2500s and blank discs which is a slight disappointment...

Cheers guys! Had an oil leak on the crankcase breather, was going everywhere so decided not to put it off any longer and sort it, turned out to be the O-Ring where it slots into the block so nipped to B&Q and got an assortment of them and fitted the best one - Decided to change/uprate the...

s**t hot jord! Need to race this now next year!

New washer bottle vs original - Fitted onto the bulkhead - fits quite there and now both front arches behind the bumper and totally clear now for brake cooling! Removed the rear ARB and regreased all the polybushes as the droplinks are fitted with energy polybushes which were done by the...

Sounds ace! Make sure you take it to EFI for a tune!

The final front polybushes fitted - every suspension component has now been replaced and uprated on the front now! Aligned again, gone for less toe in on the rear and it's noticeable! - 205 R888s fitted to the stock wheels (6j et45) as they'd scrub if i fitted them to my trackwheels (6.5j...

Dan made me a beaut of a manifold a while back when he started on xr2s aha, glad your staying NA with this! You'll have to put this through its paces with us all at oulton in November!

Before taking it to get aligned I thought I'd polybush the lower control arms, went for Superpro bushes. Burnt the rubber and cut out the races, then after some advice I softened up the bush in boiling water and made my own little press with a bolt and washers and wallah 4 bushes done - I've...

Changed the track rods the other week, the nearside was abit of a pain with access issues, they were way past their expiry date I think - Bought some pro series skunk2 camber arms and a new cambelt from Tegiwa - new vs old - Fitted and camber maxed out at I think around -3 degrees, will...

Had a problem with the top rad hose bulging at Anglesey so I changed the hose and the stat for a rather expensive mishimoto 60degree item - so the bulgeness has gone but now because of the massive radiator and such a low temp stat when driving it literally mustn't get much hotter than low 60s...

Loves to rev indeed! So... old clutch - I am glad I didn't order an exedy oem clutch haha Found out I also already had an exedy lightened flywheel too, so removed holding it like so - new 'parts' - Genuine 98spec clutch kit Rpc 3.6kg flywheel New flywheel bolts New diff seals...

So, anglesey trackday was yesturday on the coastal circuit so missing out on the two long straights and tight hairpin, it looked exactly like this it was perfect trackday weather sun out all day and cool breeze - On the road for 5.10am only seen about 10 cars on the road on the 107 miles...