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1800 zetec silver top side mounted exhaust wanted with a cat silencer. preferably stainless steel and including bracket(s)

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I was thinking of entering speed series this year. This is probably a stupid question, but where do I find my WSCC membership number. I am a paid up member. Also I already have an entry for the Gurston round in another championship. Not that I think I’ll get any points, but will times count for speed series as well?

I first met Dave & Karl when they were based in Brixton. That was a 'fun' experience! Fitted the first of his 16 load site ECUs to our Marcos - sadly, the car embarrassed itself part way through the mapping session when the starter stopped working. We fiddled & faffed for a bit, Karl raided a nearby LandRover V8 for a replacement starter, that sadly didn't fit...we then had the bright idea to test the one we took off(!), found it was OK so refitted it...then while Karl or Dave (I forget) cranked it, I was underneath and spotted the clutch flexi glowing red hot. The engine earth had corroded. Doh. Fixed that and away we went again. Thankfully it was a PTFE lined braided flexi so it took the heat without damage. Very long story short, but I'd fitted the Emerald to cure a persistent issue with the Lucas 14CUX setup the car had. I'd had some machining done and parts supplied by a V8 'guru'. The engine stalled at every junction - couldn't find why. It spent a very long time with the guy who provided me with the parts & tweaked chip for the ECU but he gave up in the end with no fix. You can probably imagine the joy of navigating London in a car that stalls every time you come to a stop. After Dave had finished mapping the Emerald, we drove home and it was transformed. Only quite recently did I discover what the original fault probably was - no road speed signal to the Lucas ECU coupled with a very light flywheel. To this day I think the guy gave me the wrong flywheel.... Anyhoo, that was the start of a long and fruitful (for me) relationship with Emerald. Still have one of their older ECUs on the Westy, the Stratos replica I had with the supercharged Alfa V6 running mapped water/meth injection etc etc was running on a much later Emerald, I've installed them for a few people over the years too and will always recommend them. I know I've tested Dave's legendary patience on a few occasions - hope he forgives me.

I thought it unlikely but thought it worth mentioning in case there was a chance to get hold of anything desperately needed thats unavailable elsewhere. Were they going to be at Malvern as well ?

Hi I will be camping in woodlands if going, does everyone usually manage to get an area together in the camp site

Sorry I'm away in Scotland

Hi, it was good to be at Donington again and the Westie went well all day. The only trouble was countless red flags which made things a bit stop start at times, mainly due to cars getting stranded in the gravel or breakdowns. Good selection of cars from 2CVs to Porsche GT3s and a Mclaren! Also several Locosts practising for races next week, which were going well too

Hi Mark, I usually do 5 or 6 per year including all of the tracks you mention and agree that Cadwell takes some beating I have a shared MX5 turbo which tends to get most track use these days, and in fact we will be at Bedford on Saturday in that car

@Mat Jackson 1975 I have one and an ST170 cover. See photos below. Both have been ‘trimmed’ and the blacktop Zetec version has had a lug cut off. Blacktop ST170

I’m still after one of these if anyone has one!!

Hi Neil i will pm you

Thanks Ian. You're probably right. I've recently had scam WhatsApps too, with both my name and the date and place of a Best Western I've booked. That was a known data breach, but this one isn't. Barstewards

Hello All, April has arrived and the weather is getting better I expect some cars may even be off SORN. The April meeting should be this weekend 5th April. As it's a holiday weekend and a lot of us are away I'm pushing the meeting back a week to the 12 April. Hopefully the weather will be nice and more of us will be available. See you a week on Sunday Thanks Rhett 7pm, 12th April at the Dudley Arms, Himley. DY3 4LB.

They've likely bought lists of reg numbers/mobile numbers etc off the dark web. Your details could have been leaked from numerous sources that have had your information, dealers, tyre garages, breakdown companies, insurance companies etc.

I was half expecting that to be a Rick Astley video...

First seen Dave in CCC write ups, he has always made a lot of sense.

Just got its MOT so if the weather is nice I will come to Quackers to say hello.

Thanks!

Welcome to the club car looks great

New member joining from Finland with 1993 factory built, luckily the spring is early this year so small outings are already possible

Excellent, I've known Dave for about 40 years and been an emerald mapper for nearly 30 .. walkers workshop was always the first thing I turned to in the old cars and car conversions magazine. Always a brilliant read. Very clever man.

Apologies if this is elsewhere - did a search but didn't find it. Anyhoo, Dave now has a YT channel, found it yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/@EmeraldM3D-Dave Only a few vids so far but hopefully many more to come.

Hi Andy Sorry for not replying to your post, have not been on the forum for a while. Glad you are now sorted and apologies for the late response. PS Fillet is still available if anyone is interested

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