Jamiep

For those that are intrested here are the photos my friend took at Newby Hall. I wish I could have gone but needed to fix the wifes car for work the next day. car show photos a couple from the 100 or so in the above link. Enjoy. Please note these are not my photos and have been used with permission from Chris (guy who took them) guest password: RHOCAR

Couldn't make it in the end, never got time to fix the head gasket then had to fit new brakes to the wifes car (which didn't go well....) Anyway hope everybody had a good time.

Why oh why is it 50mph down the M1 when theres 4 lanes of perfect new tarmac (thats 2 more lanes then our local A63/M62 @ 70mph) just because there are cones along the hard shoulder for 'communications testing' there is no hard shoulder on the A63 only a wooden post and rail fence! Whilst I'm ranting..... every one spends so much time watching their speedo in fear of the average speed cash cows that they don't see the HGV signal to change lane for no apparent reason and then smoke the tyres as they slam the brakes on in an over dramatic fashion.....breath....relax And I hate driving the Picasso...... Rant over, Thank you.

Me and the wife enjoyed the show, the stand looked good with great turnout. Hopefully I'll get there in the hood one day oh, and remember to take more money so I can get a mug!

I've just replace my horn for MOT, and the instructions state to run through a relay. Mine was not from Halfords although it is 2 connections + & - Sounds like you've melted more then one wire, best check with a multimeter.

got it sorted today, must be something to do with my isp (Karoo) as guys at work have same issue, got round it by using a new gmail account and its worked. Looking forward to it, hope the weathers good.

I don't seem to be able to register for this, tried on 30th march and filled all form out but never got the email, tried re-registering but it say email is in use. Have now used different email address and user name but still not received the confirmation back. Anybody else had any problems?

Welcome, heres some pics from my Exmo working on bending the doors to shape: What I had to cut away on the screen pillars (mine might not be standard RH items though) Finally, only shot I have uploaded with the roof on. Hope that helps.

Looks like me and the wife will be coming now although we wont get there untill dinner time on Monday as her night shift doesn't finish untill 8 then its 2.5hr drive. Hopefully won't miss all the fun. Does the tintop gate fee get you into the hall or is that extra? might aswell try to get some bits whilst I there.

I have a picasso (spit) that seems to garther moister from the air, even the slightest breath gathers on the windscreen and runs down. Its starting to make me think there must be water in there somewhere but we have cubby holes in the floor and theres no water in there. I once had a car where the rear window used to creep down very slightly over time, not enough to notice but would let rain in at the right angle which would then make the back seat wet, only found out what it was after using a pressure washer We/ I really want a Zafira VXR the picasso's a heap of cr@p.

Great mag as ever, very professional.

It was suggested at work today that it was all down to a secret airborne emp device test....or possibly that big firey volcano. either way the main road outside Hull docks was busy!

He is a lucky lad, another circuit with less run off and he could have been head on into a wall at ove 150mph! surely those uprights should have been load tested before going near a car let alone a track?

Nipped to work in the Hood yesterday and just as I pulled into the carpark and put my front wheels over the rubber cliff face known as the speed bump my clutch cable snapped and stalled the engine Was a bit of a struggle to push the back over the bump and into a parking space as I didn't dare start it in gear surounded by a couple of new BMWs and an Audi TTs with my luck. Got my work done then rang for my lift home, ordered a new cable so should be fixed at weekend

Daft question, the one in Dan's ebay link, is that a bolt on job with no welding? looks like it fits between original boss and steering wheel which is what I'm after. Don't want a weld on one as i'm thinking of changing the front end setup and it would really bug me if it was then out of line afterwards if that makes sence.

Just been watching this, makes me cringe the way he bends drills and over tightens everything! I think the car in SVA is the same one, just that hes changed mirrors and taken the centres off the wheels, the car he drives in the titles is blue so deff. not his I think the final one is on tomorrow on Quest so I'll see which one he lets the instructor drag up and down the track. Best quote so far "the brake master cylinder has 2 holes, the one closest to the servo is for the back so the back brakes first and stops you tipping over nose first"

try GBSC whos ad can be found on the front page, if you give them a ring they should sort you something.

I bought a cheap 24v hammer/drill from focus for £20 came with 2 batteries aswell and its served me well, don't expect to drill big holes in walls or use for high speed though they just dont have the grunt of 110/240v. I've used Dewalt alot on site working with stainless and they are good but abit pricey, they had two range settings for high speed low torque and high torque low speed which was handy. Aslong as you look after the batteries and don't just leave them on charge all the time they all seem to last well.

I currently have 28/30 DFTH 2A01 with the electronic stepper moter all wired in, will this be restricting my 2.0l engine? as I believe its off a 1.6 (info from haynes) either way I think I'll have it, I'll pm my address so you can get cost of postage.

try car builder solutions or europa site sponsor link

I'm after some hose to suit the top and bottom of my rad, just after either 2 - 90deg elbows or 180deg that I can cut up as I want to mock up for a rad re-mount in the nose cone but its a bit tight on space. Don't want to cut the one I have incase it doesn't work out. not sure where the rads from other then its Ford, see pic below.

see link "give it some pillock"

I do like the RS200 kit, bit pricey though! I only made it to 2 shows last year, Newark in the tintop as a detour (quite a long one) onto silverstone for the F1GP and Stafford, I must admit the admision fee into the halls is a bit steep if your not after anything inparticular, I wanted to try some seats for size and having a few in one place was handy. I used to go to many modified car events alover the country with my MGZR and there was always something new to look at but they got a bit samey after a while and expensive, became more of a gathering point for freinds to meet up and have a laugh then with the car show coming second. Good freinds make these events worth attending in my opinion.

My quote from flux went down this year! first time thats ever happened....

After years of working with stainless I always use copper slip, it prevents the threads 'picking up' which basically means they weld themselves together. I just use it out of habit, its also good for high temp aplications such as spark plug thread and back of brake pads etc