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Took youngest to Llandow last week and she loved it , so booked a Curb trackday . Maybe not a good idea as I think I should now retire! She's 16, only driven around a field , never over 30mph. I had to use all my 10 years experience and push as hard as I could just to stay 1sec in front! I think I better detune the engine in the spint car I am building them

Tel's Tales 019: Hethel 4th August 2013 Following the trauma of Steve having a moment with the grass and tyre wall at MIRA we had a relaxing night at the pub near Hethel and arrived in the paddock at 0630hrs and Steve immediately got stuck into taking the b*******ed wishbone off and getting the car ready to accept the donor part from Keith Adams, delivered on time by Barry Slingsby ---Thanks guys. Steve and I got stuck into the repairs and by 0730hrs the car was back in business with replaced wishbone and a fancy yellow offside wing courtesy of Barry and passed scrutineering easily with compliments on the expertly applied duck tape and its effectiveness. We both had time to cycle round the track with John Loudon and realised that it was easy to get lost on this fast and tricky circuit particularly as the entry to the chicanes were very difficult to judge and see whilst pulling big speeds. We would end up getting two practices and 3 timed runs during a well organised day. My problems during the day revolved around more missed changes due to the trickshifter settings being too soft again and a reduction in battery power that I suspect is the regulator acting up. Steve pushed me to the start line a couple of times and seemed to enjoy the exercise. Keeping slick tyres clean was impossible as the grit from the paddock seemed to be magnetic and attracted to rubber. On my first practice I felt like a total novice and a satnav would have been useful. God knows what gears I used or where and sorting out a good line was beyond me. I wondered why I had bothered to come and was apprehensive about the challenge as I really could not memorise the track well enough to go quickly right from the start. I was not alone with this as others talked about nearly going straight on at the hairpin and not being able to see the route/entrance to the chicanes and at high speed this is one hell of a nail biting challenge. I was doing 126mph down the straights and others were quicker so the scenery passes a bit quickly and the black stuff soon runs out. Del and Gary fancied their chances due the power of the supercharged honda and Barry was looking very quick in practice and John Loudon was checking his suspension settings again. David & Chris Hussey were out in the Striker and during the day they lost a front wing as the retaining bolt pulled through and also had busa engine failure, so they were not too happy. Del was still not sure that the reinstalled diff was working right which meant a lack of predictable rear end grip. Mick Cooper and his better half Jan were having a good look round and chatting to most people as they enjoyed another hot, sunny day. Steve was going well and had a smile on his face as he drove around with his newly decorated car (somebody should have told him that yellow and maroon is not a cool mixture of colours) David Cleaver improved as the day progressed. John Loudon achieved 82.33secs against a target of 83.34secs! Steve Everall picked up 4th place trophy in his class and was well pleased with 86.32secs whilst Barry took 3 runs to get to 80.36secs which is a new class record for us against 81.95 so thats close to 102 points I think so that may be game over for the rest of us in terms of the championship. James Spicer had driven from MIRA to Hethel and was going well when I saw him. Gary Bunn was fastest Westield and 2nd overall with Del 7th overall. Finally I just achieved a new class record with 79.31secs against target of 79.37secs and was 4th fastest overall. In summary its a great track but a long way from most places. I hope it stays in our calendar but they may change the track so target times will not be available..... lets wait and see. Terry.everall@virgin.net Speed Series Correspondent Class G competitor

westfield sei alloy diff casing £250 ,rare as hens teeth~ vx xe exhaust manifold used £100 set of image 15 alloys used could do with a clean £400

Five of heading over to Oundle car gathering Friday night (9th) Just a small meet with 50 or so cars of all types by the sound of it (it's no Ashby Follville) - meet at mine at 5.30 or meet down there It is on the field behind the brewery just over the bridge on the way into Oundle - event organised by a company called qprep who are specialist car race preparation and restoration company based in Oundle I believe the brewery is open should you fancy a shandy Hope to see you there

Trust me, you'll think you're in the midst of a meds fuelled "episode" when you're watching it. Now off to wrap my head in tin foil so that the Governments mind control people can't tell what cheese I'm having for lunch.

Just returned from a lovely relaxing week in France at Norman and Lynns gite . Mrs T and myself travelled over in the Westfield so we could sample some empty smooth French roads. Many thanks to Mr & Mrs V for there hospitality, the red wine went down a treat as did the lager consumption in the bar.

For the non harmful but really inconvenient for your thieves try real Gentian violet dye leave some around for them to find ... if you can get it on them everything they touch they will go dark purple and stay that way.....It does not wash off . It should end up all over there belongings. Real Gentian violet is non toxic. A small can locked up with interesting warnings ( say indicating hallucinating effects) with an invoice indicating high value should do the trick .... The coppers might be able to identify a thief with purple fingers. Many years ago the flowers at the end of our road used to be systematically stolen every year. We sprinkled the flowers very lightly with concentrated gentian violet powder.....the flowers have been unmolested ever since ! It may not help but it make you feel better.

i have a 3 phase motor on my booth extraction fan ,today it tripped the switch which has a thermal trip so after a minute or so i turn it back on then it goes again but will not turn back on,so i check the motor which is that hot you cannot touch it , anyway it turns out its shagged so i fit a spare motor and it works fine for a few minutes then that trips a few times and is red hot ,so i give up for the day anyone any ideas please , i have been told there maybe a phase down but all my equipment seems to work ,the workshop next door there lights would not turn on ,on friday do you think this could be linked and there maybe a phase down ,im a total electrical numpty so any help appreciated

Hi Paul would you happen to have a speedo sensor up for grabs? If so could you please let me know what type and how much you would like for it. Thanks, Sean.

Good morning all, For anybody who wants more power from the Black Top Zetec engine then look no further. We are offering a complete Throttle Body kit which uses your existing Omex 600 ECU at the reduced price of £1075.00 inc VAT. The kit comes with everything required for the conversion including the remap to your existing ECU and will deliver circa 170BHP. This is a limited offer so please call Russ or Gavin in the Parts department to order yours now. If any one is interested in having the kit fitted at the factory then £300 inc VAT will cover this service. Kind regards Simon

It's the same pistons, rings, bores and to a point every engine builder has different recommendations. The only reason you do acceleration/deceleration is to seal the bores. I'm keeping it below 4000 but not being religious!