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Has anyone else realized that a thread with 'cat poo' in the title is clocking up more views and replies than any other thread on this forum at the moment. Whatever floats your boat. :)

John, That's a great example for anyone who fancies competing, it's not always about winning your class etc, it's about your sense of achievement when you see you are getting better. Then just building on that, it's part natural ability and part learned. Keep up the good work

Wow, with torque flat between 5-6.5k and power flat at the top, you can put your shift point anywhere you like! That must fly

That Vauxhall was running a 302 chevy v8 under the bonnet, it looked quite a handful keeping it in a straight line Another very enjoyable show for me this year. I bumped into a couple of WSCC members, spent some time working my way through the trade stands and also had some useful conversations with some companies about parts for the JW4.

gawd knows I thought that he'd had a name for the last year

I like cats , we have 3

Good stuff Pete Should have the oil pan back by the end of next week so hopefully the car will be screwed back together

Alpha male urine should keep cats away, or at least that's my excuse......

Westfield are now doing a Non AP 0.8 replacement. 1/3rd of the price too. I just bought one.

Not entirely happy about the alternator light (it sort of flickers), so am going to give that a 2nd thought on how to resolve this, but other than that, it started on the button and after a while of spluttering and puffing, it sort of settled on an idle again.

What did the car weigh in at Barney? I can't imagine what 250bhp in a westie must be like

I hope Brum2013 enjoys it. I used to own this car about 12 (or more) years ago, I think I was the 2nd owner.

Don't worry Berrnie, I had a little run out as a passenger yesterday and that worked fine as traction control

Had a superb day out yesterday at Stoneleigh with my brother - and going by the numbers of "old geezers" (us included ) it seems to be very popular with those that remember the sports and racing cars from the 50's, 60's and 70's (I wouldn't have been surprised to see a bunch of Nurses pointing us in the right direction and handing out incontinence pads as we queued for the gents !! ) I didn't actually spend much as I think I've just about got everything I need at the moment (nice bacon bap and some wire brushes about it ) though my brother went to town on a load of tools and bits and bobs (he was chuffed to bits to find two of those Smiths speedometer brackets - the individuals ones with the rolled ends - cost him all of £2 instead of £9 each from a restoration company). I had a good chat with Troy from Northampton Motorsport as my Westie is booked in for the first week in March. I felt really sick when I saw a couple of Brabhams and a listing for a BT21B - I had two in the early 70's and sold both for peanuts (I think) - they're now going for £60k plus Oh well...... Anyway - can't make up my mind which car I'd have from the show - possibly the BRM V16 (1500cc two stage supercharged - 600bhp) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE or a brand new "retro" Lister Jaguar - superb enginering and that rolled aluminium bodywork was a work of art... Maybe this time next year Rodney.....

Great news Barney - have a great season mate :-)

Morning, I'm in Aberdeen. Will get a price to you today for postage with parecel2go. Should be only a few quid. Advert updated to add the Westfield standard tandem master cylinder and billet lightweight crank pulley.

Can't wait for my go Barny!

Well just bought an MX5 1995 1.8 104k miles It's even MOTd for a couple of months. Let the fun begin.

Last year after seeing a photo of a Caterham stuffed under some Armco on the internet and being horrified by just 4 x 8mm bolts through fiberglass holding my windscreen away from my face I started making some phone call about buying a cage For one reason or another I could not buy one off the shelf, have a delivery date or I would have to trail the car halfway across the country then do the same trip a few weeks later to pick up the car again With this in mind I started looking at retaining my RAC bar for its integrity and adding a forward loop of my own construction DISCLAIMER Don't do this if you don't know how to weld or doubt your ability. Treat it as information I no nothing about the subject and do your own research or just buy the off the shelf item and have it fitted So I leant a pipe bender from a mate bought some seamless pipe and made a start reading the blue book for info and ideas I first started by bending the pipes to shape I made saddle type claps to fit over the box section with spacers to stop the saddle hitting the bodywork or the box section collapsing 1 2 I trimmed the end of the tubing using rolled up toilet paper centres to sit on the saddle stubs 3 I cut trimmed and tacked the roof bars to the rear loop, the put a bit of wood across the tub to support the side impact bars at the right height to tack them on 4 I tacked in a diagonal to give strength and shield the mirror mounting plate from passengers 5 Cleaned old powder coating off with abrasive disc 6 Fresh back from powder coating 7 Fitted to car Costs were £160 for steel tubing £40 for powder coating £20 for cutting and grinding discs, mig wire and bolts

Recommended by a mate who is a local instructor - http://www.theelmseastharling.co.uk (for Snett!)