richyb66

Kirkey seats are widely used by the stock car boys I know. Shouldn't be any problem structurally but be aware that oval track seats may have more support (and headrests) on the right hand as this is the side that generally requires the most protection. They might well not be the most comfortable for extended use, probably best to try and sit in one if you can. Plenty of Superstock and F2 meetings up you way, might be worth a trip to one of the meetings or maybe give Randall's a call in Wisbech as they stock Kirkey. http://www.randallmotorsport.co.uk/contact.htm

If you're looking to waste a bit of quality time surfing t'interweb, have a look here http://www.chinacartimes.com/ and have a look at what the worlds greatest economy has in store for the (not so) discerning car buyer. The best stuff is in the recent news section on the right but as a taster I would like to draw your attention to these: http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/04/20/ge...the-baby-rolls/ http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/04/20/geely-gt-wow/ http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/04/20/roewe-n1-concept/ I warn you now - some if it ain't pretty but at least it'll raise a chuckle.

You need to up the ante

Found on another forum http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31318 (Note: does contain some strong language so if you're easily offended, just look at the pictures)

Dizzy info here http://nw.rhocar.org/tuningdizzy.htm

If anyone does it there people will - http://www.coh-baines.co.uk/ You might have to use a round U section and trim one leg off it. The will send samples if requested.

That'll buff out.

What a t1t - and the really worrying think is that he's actually a delivery driver.

The Rebel Racers are Reliant based, you could try giving them a call, they're down in Uttoxeter. http://www.rebelsracing.com/html/documents/2009PriceList.pdf

Presumably Wednesday week, 25th March but I'm sure Gaz will post a reminder.

I knocked out the rubber bushes on mine and then cut some discs of 6mm plate to fill the holes in. The discs were fitted in from the top so that they just nest in the tapered hole in the subframe and then I welded them all round on both sides. An aluminium bush was used to make up the distance back to the fixing on the floor and I also used the second bolt as per the dvd (just to be safe) and welded a small steel spacer by the hole to make up the gap to the floor. The finished job looks like this - not too clear due to the powdercoating. The extra hole by the aluminium spacer is to drain out any water that might collect in the recess

It locks the diff bearing housings into the diff casing. The bearings as adjustable in and out of the casing so that the position of the crownwheel on the diff can be adjusted relative to the pinion. This would only need setting once to get the correct mesh between the crownwheel and pinion.

Well done to Gaz for stepping up to the plate and taking over the reigns. I know that he's already got a few new ideas to increase our area's profile over the coming months - now if he could just do something about the weather!!!

The basic problem with the old MG Rover was that they pi55ed away valuable engineering budget on projects that would never make money e.g. the V8 engined 75's, a LWB 75 and the MG SV. These were just pet projects whose sole actual achievemet was to give the directors something nice to drive around in - the actual public sales figures were minisule. The money would have been better spend on an MG TF replacement as the TF was selling well but was an old car and a decent cheap small car - a bit like what they tried to do with the re-badged Tata Indica, but that was too expensive and had a nasty feel to it because they used Indian spec materials for the interior trim rather than the dearer European spec stuff. MGR was a pretty well a dead man walking from the time that BMW pulled out and took the one car that could have saved them - MINI, but then they were only ever in it for a new small car and LandRover's 4x4 expertise for the X5. The suprising thing for me was that BMW achieved nothing in terms of raising MGR's profile during their ownership which is something that they should have been more that capable of doing if they'd had the will to do so.

here http://www.joeybrown.co.uk/quickshift/quick.html which is basically the Dave Andrews info.

Get these: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35853

Looks like I'll be doing a late one at work as I'm not planning on going home first.

Should be there around 7-30ish.

Right, had a quick look and no sign of it yet. I'll have to have a more thorough look one night next week.

I'm assuming it's the oval shape flange style with a 2 bolt fixing in which case there's some on Ebay for around £35 incl P+P from Japan which isn't exactly cheap. I think I might have a new pipe off an Audi 80tdi kicking around in the garage - I'll have a look tonight and see what I can find. It's about 300mm long from memory with a braided flexible bit in the middle and a threaded union at the other end.

I know what you're on about and you can get them online from rs components. A 12 way plug looks like this: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchB...t&R=4944594 and the mating socket looks like this: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchB...t&R=4944601 They're not the smallest things so if space is at a premium they might not be suitable but otherwise at under a fiver each they don't look too bad and with 5amp rated contacts they should be up to the job. Other option is a pair of mating connectors cut from and old wiring harness and soldered and heat shrunk in place.

Sounds like a lot of extra work - I've gone with the mudguards flush with the outer face of the tyre in plan view as this is easy to set up by clamping a big board to the outside of the wheel. The actual tread of the tyre is pretty well covered so I don't think spray will be too much of a problem. If the SVA is a problem then I'll fit a pair of the wide cycle wings for £90 from GBS assuming that they're wider than 200mm.

Apologies for highjacking the thread but I'm fitting my cycle wings at the moment too. I've got the brackets made up using the long bit of tube supplied with the kit - cut down to suit but question is the positioning of the wing relative to the tyre. The wing is only 200mm wide, whereas the tyres are about 210mm (205/50 15). Obviously the wing won't entirely cover the tyre so I've aimed to get the outside of the wing level with the outside of the tyre in plan view (if that makes sense). The question is, is the acceptable for SVA given that I've got a portion of the inside of the tyre visible in plan view. Obviously because of the shape of the tyre, the exposed portion is mostly sidewall but as it's on the inside it's less likely to be contactable.

Looks like I'll be using a Premier loom then - I'll order one up in the New Year and just carry on with other jobs over Christmas.