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Result! Similar to me. Bought a BG 182 3yrs ago for £1,275, sold it to a mate to go to the ring for what I paid for it provided he sold it back to me when he got sick of it. Bought it back 6 months later for my son for a grand who In turn got bored after 3 months and sold it to me for £500 😁...

Interesting POV. When I bought my 182 it had an old Scorpion 192 with broken welds and the cat was original but looked tatty and worse for wear. I replaced it with a brand new PMS racing exhaust and sports cell cat. Threw the old exhaust away and sold the cat for £350. Total cost to replace...

Finally got around to tidying up the last few crusty bits on the daily. The alternator belt had started to slip so a good enough reason to spend the day removing the alternator, power steering pump, pipes and PMS bracket and give them a good clean up. Most people would just replace the belt...

Crap day at Cadwell as car refused to crank over after a few morning sessions. :( I'd had some starting issues on the Friday when loading the car on the trailer, only this time I thought it was the battery as i'd left it connected and it went flat. After fitting another battery the car fired...

A few of my favourite pics from Croft last weekend. Managed a personal best lap time of 1:41:896 which i'm pleased with, although i'm not sure how reliable the data is as I grab the video footage from my Go Pro and load into Race Render after each event. Footage of that lap is on my Youtube...

What a day at Croft. Ran off a full tank, 2 x 20 litre Jerry cans and now my body’s broken. Getting too old for this 😣😂

Busy weekend getting the track car ready for Croft tomorrow. First thing to investigate was a rattle near the exhaust which surfaced at Cadwell in March. Nothing obvious at first until I gave the rear heat shield a tug and it pretty much sprung out away from the bolt. It had broken in a few...

Managed to get a few decent shots of the daily as the sun was going down. Black Gold is lovely when you catch it in the right light.

The daily - 122,000 miles, burns little to no oil between services and hasn’t let me down. It does get pampered though, but goes to show if you look after your engine it’ll look after you.

Nice easy job on the daily replacing the old exhaust hanger mounts. Picked up some really nice stainless steel custom hangers from PRO-AM Racing which go well with the exhaust mounts. They’re a really nice bit of kit, really solid and fit perfectly. It’s also managed to cure an annoying...

I got them from DMFX in Darlington. Exchange units £60 each. Remy on the box.

Sudden brake warning light on the daily last week while travelling to work. Nothing obvious at first but you don’t second guess brake issues. Off with the wheels and the rear nsr caliper looking very dirty and clogged with dust. Closer inspection revealed a leaky cylinder but barely...

Finally decided to go EPAS on the Track car after my mate convinced me it’s the way to go. Time will tell [emoji120][emoji85][emoji16] Thanks to Passant for sorting me out. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Love the DCI bullets [emoji41] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not much happening with the track car at the moment as I’ve been working right through lockdown so just no time. First of the upgrades arrived last week (might have been 2 weeks [emoji2371]) which is always exciting. It’s the Front Geometry Correction Kit from Tomotek and his Proamracing team...

Planned to clean the engine bay up and replace alternator on the daily, but ended up doing nowt after realising my tools are in the lockup. They won’t let me go in to get them ☹

Without a stop around 2 1/2 hours. I usually travel down the night before as my sister in law lives in Branston which is only half an hour away. I also camp over in the summer which is a good craic but didn’t fancy it this time with the cold and rain, so I set off at 3:30am. Found that much...

Thanks. I do like the all Black look but it seems I don’t get as many photos as others [emoji1787] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A couple of my favourite shots from Cadwell last Saturday. It was my first outing with Open Track and found it much better organised than Javelin, who I’ve used for the last two years. It’s a shame they don’t do Croft Circuit which is my local track, but Cadwell is still my favourite and...

First stone chips on the new paintwork [emoji3525] Touch up paint from Myldan Auto Design to the rescue. Perfect match. Here’s a link for reference - https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F162467054088

After a long winter break it’s time to get the old girl out of hibernation. Reconnected the battery and she fired up straight away. First outing at Cadwell Park this Saturday, then shortly after that I’ll be fitting plenty of upgrades. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Time to replace the exhaust. The car currently has a K-Tec variant which is now blowing from the rear box. The exhaust tips are also past their best and I’ve given up patching it up. A quick attack with a cutting grinder and it was off the car in no time. I’d looked at another K-Tec...

A few more jobs sorted on the daily today. First job was to take my track car steering wheel out and replace it with my newly refurbed ‘Snappy’ wheel. After removal I got a few extra warning lights that I wasn’t expecting. ABS, ESP and SERV lights usually point to the steering angle sensor...

Yeah it’s a bit frustrating. Odd that the other 3 of mine had cured but this one hadn’t 🤷🏻‍♂️

Cheers, really pleased with how it turned out. Still more to do though. Watch this space [emoji16] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thank you. I have an idea of where I’m going with it and so far so good. Still plenty to do. The Turini’s certainly look great. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

After the ring I did another 4 trackdays. Two at Cadwell and two at Croft which are my local tracks. Cadwell is definitely my favourite track of the two. First visit to Croft in the car. Lots of other Clio’s about but enjoyed following these guys around in their mint 182 Cup in Racing Blue...

A week on so decided to give her some protection. Although noticed this on one of the Turini’s. Looks like they haven’t cured properly, so they’re going back in to be sorted. A few more things to do include the steering wheel, which has gone off to ‘Snappy’, the rear beam is getting...

With the paint restoration complete and the newly refurbed Turini’s fitted, the car has been transformed. Still lots to do but it’s getting somewhere near to where I want it. I must learn how to take nice photos. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Whilst in the bodyshop I’d sourced some 16” Turini’s from a 172 Cup. The plan has always been to take the car back to as close to factory as possible, but I’m not a fan of the cup wheels, so Turini’s seemed the next logical step. Most of the wheels were pretty beaten up but straight so i sent...