AdamR28

It's the standard bike gearbox: long 1st, sequential, close ratio, dog engagement, clutchless upshifts (just a little throttle lift)... Complete engine and gearbox only weighs 62kg, can pick them up for under a grand. Win.

They actually felt OK to me Dan, although I agree a more performance-orientated tyre would feel better! In semi-related news, bwwaarrpp bwaarrpp I only reached down for a gearstick once, honest :$

Was thinking that as I wrote it...

I can get my hand in the hole Need to get it in the air to have a good look...

Boo, needs a brake hose changing and a bit of welding doing. Not bad though...

The £250 MX-5 is in for MOT... fingers crossed...

Do you have braided hoses Dave? That's the 'issue' I think - the clips are for 5mm hose but the braided is 6mm, if you file the clips out a bit with a small round file they will work Of course, playing with a 3D printer is much more fun though

Yeah, that needs mapping... And don't drive it until it's been mapped or you might end up with bore wash. You can get good economy from ITBs.

I missed a smiley off! Had a similar convo with Ash the other night, we agreed its fun 'developing' a car that you know and like. 300+ bhp in a Clio is a bit odd though IMO, you could spend that 4k in buying something that's already faster, both in a straight line and round a lap, and is more fun / exciting to drive. I need to take you out in a kit car Dan! That is an offer by the way, so I can change your mind before you start buying silly turbo bits

Exactly, if you want to go faster, buy a faster car (that has the driven wheels in the right place).

Fail. You can't get the power down without destroying the inside front tyre as it is

Alignment, tyres (IMO). Turns out that car I bought has a Mazdaspeed exhaust and 4-2-1 manifold... that's about £350's worth right there...

Not that we know of.

That's what she said. I've never used anything special on the imput shaft...

Those two things are linked... With an arb you need MORE damper (assuming the same spring in both cases is the same), simply because there is more force that needs damping. At the moment it will be under damped in roll and rebounding too quickly which is causing the oversteer - seen this quite a few times.

Yeah MOT has expired. No advisories the last 2 years though and looks like it'd sail through again... Also has some nice bits on it from a quick glance, uprated manifold, Mazdaspeed exhaust, side skirts and spoiler (don't like these, haha, but they are apparently sought after), almost new roof with heated glass window, new battery - every little helps, but they are mega cheap anyway

£250 and only 20 mins away, would have been rude not to...

Looks serious... I'm guessing the oil cooler is there due to packaging issues?

Apologies - I have no idea why I just referred to them as NSC, in such a cryptic way... It's New S Curve, I believe they are a sports distribution company based in France, who bought out K-124 (and all the sub brands) when it was still running. Monsieur Hermance is running Hashtagg.

It's a bit of both - NSC, who took over, are looking to develop new stuff and still have some stock. Then, there are dodgy places in the Far East chopping stuff out the back door too.

The Locost series is one of the cheap ones, but all racing is expensive. As you said, a race weekend is easily double the cost of a track day. Look forward to seeing what you end up with Jardo! IMO one of the 'other' kits (not Caterham) is far better fun:cost ratio, but I think in reality everyone would have the Caterham if money was no consideration...

Its a cross sectional area of slave and master piston ratio issue, can't be got around* unfortunately. *easily, certainly no more simply than just using the 'right' lever.

Blyton is pretty good for noise, be reet!

Yup, technically possible, but would leave you with an underpowered brake.

Sweet, will be in a rattlecanned black MX5 with no windscreen Think Anglesey is £159 Dan, have a look at javelintrackdays.co.uk