AdamR28

Pics went up last night http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/26_inch_forks/trialtech_sport_lite_26_inch/c40p12187.html

It's not (I know from when I fitted mine!), but I see where you're coming from. It does add cost and effort, but I think it's worth it. I'm pretty blasé about stuff like this but I would do it properly in your case. It seems like you'll be keeping the car a while, its already stripped apart and getting some spreader plates welded into the shell isn't a big job. All you need is some 3mm plate, a drill and a friendly chap with a welder who will work for Rekorderlig and biscuits (that's kind of a hint, but I am pretty busy at the mo so it might have to be some sort of actual payment) and you're away. Doing it the 'correct' way will increase chassis stiffness / improve handling too, at the moment the cage won't be doing much and just flexing the shell around the mounting points. Think of it that way and it might persuade you to get it done

Refer to my comment about a thousand ago saying you should have just bought a 172 Cup

Seriously serious. Many 'u what m8' moments...

And in the other corner... I've driven around MX-5s with holes in the sills for ages, raced with much worse bodge repairs than that. Given what the car is worth, I don't think it's worth doing a much better job really.

It costs shitloads to develop a new tyre. The current one works great, sells well, is light, cheap, grippy... I don't think may people will be able to help with your initial question, I can't think of anyone else who runs such low pressure.

Run the disc side tensioner (tug or cam) on the outside of the frame, drive side put it between the frame and hub, frame will squeeze in a few mm but that will work

Cracking tip that Tom, cheers!

Good stuff Mike, decent price that. Weird the offside went first, guess the drain holes must have been blocked at some point. In MX-5 related news, finally got this on the road last night... Runs about 300bhp at the hubs (370ish at the fly according to the dyno operator), when it isn't misfiring, grrrrr....

I don't think it's worth bothering with as the rear end is pretty much just there for show anyway

If you want to see the advisories, the online system is updated as soon as the test is logged, so they'll be online now.

Hmm, I've seen that sort of thing on kit cars, but only M10 usually. Custom made - steel tube, nylon bush, weld a bolt to it?

What sizes?

Used to have one. Would have one again. Cracking car for the cash.

You don't need one, the cams don't need locking. Just twist them back round into position as you fit the belt. There's a hex on the camshaft itself, or you can use the cam sprocket bolt.

Good day out on Saturday at Blyton Park in a sprint event, sharing my old car with the new owner (sold it end of last year)... He had a track day at the circuit the day before to practice, plus I was going first so his runs would be on warm tyres - I was worried he might beat me...! A class win for both of us, him by 2 seconds and me be 4 and a half, that'll do He also won his class again on Sunday with a slightly quicker time, and every other driver I've coached before (another 3 of them) won their classes on both days too. Really chuffed that things are starting to come together.

Are you actually measuring the ERD though? Reason I ask is that it doesn't sound like it: https://leonard.io/edd/howtomeasure

That's definitely not, anything less than 530 ERD for a 26" rim is nuts... correct lacing pattern?

I meant the other cars, I know you've got that sorted out now

Lots of cock sucking and power understeer?

I'm pretty sour about this whole thing, but I guess we just have to bend over and take it... So frustrating to now have all these people doing their research after having voted. I can't work out why people would vote out. It was such a gamble. Those who did vote Leave, what were the reasons you did it? Not 'I just felt it was the best thing', but the actual reasons - such as 'I think the UK is strong enough to negotiate better trade links now than it currently has within the EU', not just 'to send the imagrunts (sic) home'. Weirdly it seems old people voted out in their droves, my mum did and a load of her mates. I think they have rose-tinted glasses on, from back before the UK was in the EU, thinking we're some great country that can stand on our own feet. My feeling is that things are different now... We don't make much stuff any more, don't really have much to offer the wider world, and we don't have high interest rates that we can drop to stimulate the economy in troubled times like we used to.

See you this weekend at Olde Home Farm Should be a cracking weekend! If anyone is travelling from afar, I've over-booked a twin room at the Travelodge Hull South Cave (end of the M62), 25 mins from the venue. This is available Friday night and I can't cancel it. Sling £20 to Cancer Research UK and it's yours - give me a call at work (01772 32 33 33) if you'd like to take it. Cheers.

I have a feeling that'll be raping the BB bearings as it is, the lockring is there for a reason.

That thing you get after you've done the job.

While it won't harm, it won't have any benefit either. Boggo stuff goes in my brakes