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Previous Build Diaries
October 2003
The picture in the logo was taken by Richard Crowe on a wet day at Nutts Corner on the 24th of Febuary 2004. |
21 May 2004 Work
continues on the car. Dad has had the engine apart and by hand
cranking the engine round could tell that one of the cylinders was
flat. He took the shim from one of the inlet valves on that
cylinder and ground it down slightly, and the cylinder is now OK.
I'm waiting on a set of 'O' rings from Phillip McCallan's in Lurgan for
the pilot screws on the carbs so they can be re-assembled and we can try
the whole thing out.
The
effect when sitting in the car is to be clamped absolutely to the
seat. You cannot and will not move at all. Mind you it was
like that before the crutch strap was fitted in my opinion. It's a
good job, and I can understand it's necessity in motorsport, but it
does seem a bit excessive for nipping down to the shops for a pint of
milk! Fingers crossed it keeps the SVA man happy. 13 May 2004 I have to admit I don't really want to see the car for a couple of days - I need a break from the thing. Still at least I have a pretty good idea what I need to do to get her passed. Co-incidentally
my advice to anyone building a kit car in N. Ireland? Go get it
tested in England. Seriously. Well I've got some great pics from yesterday's TVR trackday. As well as the obligatory range of great looking TVR's (those big V8's do sound great I must admit), there were a few kit cars, single seaters, and some historic cars - including a 1936 Austin 7 Special, and a 1969 Crossle. Anyhow onto the pictures.
5
lovely looking TVRs there, and one that I'm not quite sure what it was -
I'm calling it an unidentified flying object!
The
centre car is a historic Crossle Formula Ford - it's 35 odd years old -
and it looks like it's just been build - really beautiful!
Some
other cars including a new Nissan 350Z (quick in a straight line), and
older TVR and Richard Key's Locost 'Blade.
Some
other shots from the day. Yet again many many thanks to Richard
Crowe who took most of these pics. He's also got a fair bit of
video footage which he's going to edit down to a few downloadable clips. From a
personal point of view the day went OK - there were a couple of small
problems - the interior mirror became detached going down one of the
straights, I managed to run out of petrol at one point towards the end
(talk about embarrassing!), and the rain soaked the track nicely to
'slippery as ice' a couple of times, but I did get a few laps with a
trained instructor who was complimentary about my lines, and I continued
to improve and was able to reel in a few quickish cars towards the
end. Getting another car in your sights and trying to bring him in
closer is very enjoyable, although it's plainly obvious the car can
handle a lot more speed through the corners (especially debtors) than I
have the cocojones to give her! |
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