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James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic Heavy Yes that is true mate!

Namakubi Clio 172 Cup "track project" Sorry mate I haven't but I know my series race there and cars that are similar pace to me on the UK circuits are doing 3 mins dead. My car exploded before it got dry but I would guess my laps with the dryish line were 3.10-3.15ish pace That's why I was...

James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic Heavy Yes he will instruct anywhere but he does do quite a bit at Blyton :) Good idea mate I think his prices are very reasonable compared to some of the other instructors I've heard of!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Yes he really is great :) I've tried various instructors before but for me he is the best so I just stick with him now!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Don't be a pussy and just drive over on the 888's ;) Yes definitely agree with you, it's the only time i've used the car and not used the data logger. I just drove within the limits of the car and didn't look...

Re: Namakubi Clio 172 Cup "track project" Great to meet you mate and it really was an awesome trip all round! The car looked well and I hope you manage to get the engine sorted okay :)

Nice work on the PAS Mark, Its on my list for November :) My pipes are knackered so wanted to get some made do you have any details of what pipes you went with or did NMS do those for you?

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He I don't know really that one in the video was 8.56 or 8.58 I think, Haven't timed the others as I was just coasting up the straights to save the engine (What a load of use that did me ;))

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He In all honesty i'm not sure lol! The video unit came out mid race at Oulton and then I think when someone put it back in after the race they must have turned the bullet cam! Will add it to the list for winter ;)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Think i've sorted a good deal on an engine crane/stand so should be collecting that tomorrow if I get time and then will get the engine out! Really can't wait to take it apart as I have no idea how engines are...

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Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks :) Hope your build is going well Yes mate it comes with the territory I think although I hope the new one will last a lot longer lol!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks Russ! Thats the plan so fingers crossed :)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He I did actually shorten it last night Matt ;) Thank you mate i'm glad it wasn't too boring! Yes really can't wait for next year I just need to find some money asap lol! :)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He The problem for me wasn't damaging the catch (although it did f**k that too) but it bent the corner part of the chassis! Had to get the hammer onto it and it was only a light tap :(

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Yes its a really nice bit of kit :) I will be taking it back off next week when the engine comes out so will take some more photo's of it!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks Nick and thanks also for all your help this year :) Yes it will be great fun next year with us all racing! Haha of course not mate I will wave you through ;)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks mate, Yes the new BTM design is great IMO! The yozza was side mounted but this is the new design Thanks Pete! Yes just a fine-tuned version of how its been at Donny and Oulton hopefully! Chatted with...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Haha I did wonder if it would have anything to do with your lot ;)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks, Yes they are both epic places :)

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks Nick :) Haha yes I thought I should separate them so people can pick and mix what they want to read! Yes bit gutted but sure it won't be long before its sorted!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He The plan from here: The original plan for winter was to take the car fully apart and replace all the wearing components well that was mainly done by BTM the other month so isn’t still required thankfully...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He The Ring and Spa trip: I spent the night at Dover and then got the ferry the next morning over to France. The whole journey was full of convoying trailers or supercars flying passed on their way to the Ring...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Oulton Park CSCC Race Day The race morning started off wet but I thought it had dried up for our session so I sent Howard out to qualify first on the dunlops. I should of looked over the pitwall...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Oulton Test afternoon: I was not sure whether to test at Oulton as I was really happy with how the car was driving at Teeside but when I thought about it I really didn’t know the circuit and also the coner...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Exhaust time: After the Teeside day I was taking the car home to prep it ready for the following few days on track. This involved a quick spanner over everything as I was having so much fun at Teeside I gave...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Teeside test: My instructor does some work from Teeside autodrome so kindly offered to let me do some private testing there where I could work through my testing schedule. This included firstly...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Modifications post Donington: So the Donington race had gone well and the car was feeling good. After the race I worked through the video and highlighted the remaining little things that could be improved...

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Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Thanks mate :) Haha I would rather it hadn't exploded I was looking forward to getting some decent laps in lol Yes it should be great but I need to start collecting some pennies :)