Hi Keith,
In fairness to the Capri, his tyres were getting awfully hot from the looks of things and they get very slidey. It was 32deg.
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Simon

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Simon

Hi Guys,

Had an enjoyable day. Car performed well:

Race 2 - https://youtu.be/NCAsEKuVA10

Race 6 - https://youtu.be/ow6NomW33-4

I will post up my times from race 6.

All the best,
Simon

Thanks Keith. It is a track that is tough on the cars! My qualifying was pants as I only had a few laps and I need the practice to get a descent time. We all came off early due to oil on the track. Started 10th on the grid. Had a good race apart from an Escort rear wing/wheel kiss. I think I am four...

Hi Guys

Lydden today:
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Simon

Hi Tim, When the Golf was coming off the dyno, the rear brakes locked on. We played with the bias adjuster and they released but the brake box looked corroded. On Friday at 8pm I finished fitting a new brake box. All seemed fine. It was meant as retrofit for a Golf mk1 but needed a lot of work to ma...

Hi RSFruitbat, The plot is from Novatech in Slough. We are using that dyno as a benchmark. It’s power at the flywheel. The only other cars to compare this to are the Trofeo - 117bhp and the red Golf -125bhp. This Golf does have some go in it. We reckon the Escorts are 200-210bhp so I am going to nee...

Hi Guys,
Rolling road today. It started at 149bhp and finished up at 156bhp as follows:
It was running too rich and the ignition was tweaked.

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Simon

Looking forward to seeing how it goes at Rockingham with the fuel flow sorted, engine on-song and a gear change setup where you cannot fail to find the right gear

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Simon

Hi Keith,
Didn’t know you drove it. Fantastic. Such a pretty little car. What a memorable experience.

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Simon

Hi Guys, When I overhauled the carbs I reset the various adjustment screws to standard settings as follows: D74D1BB2-6407-495D-AE30-0C403EFB25F6.png I started the car and it was running terribly. Just like it was running on two or three cylinders. Rough enough to think I wouldn’t be able to drive it...

Beautiful work. What did it drive like Keith?
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Simon

Finally made a filler flap and fitted the cover with rivnuts. The cover fits a treat.
A couple more jobs to do before the rolling road session on Tuesday.

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Simon

Hi Keith, These are the dates. Great if you can make it along! March 24th/25th Silverstone National (Televised) Report | Results April 21st/22nd Croft May 28th Mallory Park (Televised) June 16th Rockingham July 8th Lydden Festival August 4th/5th Snetterton 300 September 29th Donington ​October 27th/...

Hi Brian,
The next trip out will be Rockingham now. I need to finish off the car, get it on the dyno for tuning and then I am ready.

Brgds,
Simon

Hi guys, Replacement foam filled fuel tank is in: BED6EA92-44AE-4A41-96D8-7EF6F3DC8465.jpeg In the Golf there is no boot compartment so you need to seal off the tank. The box I have at the minute is made of aluminium step plate and is very crude. I asked Concept to make me a box lid from a drawing a...

Thanks John. Just replied. See you soon.

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Simon

Hi Guys, I am looking for some racing cylinder heads as follows: 1. 1.5 flat heads 2. Big valves 3. Gas flowed 4. Mechanical buckets 5. Single lobe cam Any help would be much appreciated. A pair of BLS heads would be perfect. A complete race engine that is 1600cc or less even better. Brgds, Simon

The new gear change system is in place and works really well. It was designed by Jason Moyles at JMR Clubsport. Lovely job. 4BDBBFC9-E8FC-4D63-B5AE-58AEE9D0150B.jpeg 4ACC49F0-42F6-4983-806F-75CEA7F652FB.jpeg Just need to modify the aperture in the switch panel a bit. Doh. Carbs are back on with the ...

Have a great time Tim!

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Simon

Carbs are off for an overhaul. The fine mesh filters were dirty but not blocked. The float spindles and the float chamber valves were worn. The floats needed adjusting to the required 12mm clearance and the intake trumpets needed replacing due to corrosion on the inner surfaces. CFB17A82-B654-4D99-8...

Hi Tim,

Cadwell is a great circuit. Got to get the Golf on song for that.

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Simon

Well done Tim. Good result.
All the best
Simon

Hi Sud 145,
I was lucky to get so many mentions.
I am excited about the Golf because it is quicker than the red Capri and the Silver Firenza. Later in the race when the fuel issue was starting things changed from me pulling away on the straights to them overhauling me!
All good fun though.
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Simon

Hi Kev,
Cadwell is great but the Golf is too modern for the HSCC as far as I can see.
Also, on carbs it’s not standard.
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Simon

Hi Keith,

I am missing Croft which was this weekend but will be going to Mallory Park on Monday 28th May as the next race for me.
Oh I also need to fit the JMR remote gear change so I can find first and second! Brgds
Simon

Hi Keith, Its really nice to find something that is almost certainly the cause. I sorted the fuel system end to end on the Trofeo and it was the distributor starting to break down at higher revs. The ignition system on the Golf was sorted end to end - new coil, distributor, leads and plugs so that s...

Hi Guys, Got a chance to check the Golf over this morning to rectify issues from the last race. On emptying the tank, the pump delivery flow seemed low. After removing the pump to replace it you could see the issue: 67A0B2A5-4CA2-41E4-AB3F-E50B95CB71B3.jpeg And after unscrewing the Union: C3EC5AC0-4...

Hi Keith,
Someone told me the Camaro engine has been refurbished so it is much quicker now. Hmmm, sounds a good idea.

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Simon