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I have no idea what you mean Marcus. Please can you explain. I would ask for examples but don't think I should.

Just finished an exhibition at the NEC tonight, absolutely shattered. Setup on Saturday and Monday, followed by three days of hard work and two nights of heavily delayed trips home. So when the exhibition closed this afternoon and we were breaking down the stand, humour and patience were at a minimum - well, zero actually. I had a two wheel trolley to move things outside, which I began doing without issue. I then tried getting back in to the hall when the security nazi (a word I do not use lightly) stopped me. "You can't bring that in." "Why not? I just took it out!" "It's not allowed." "Are you insane? How is it going out fully loaded allowed and not allowed back in empty 2 minutes later?" "Those are the rules." "My stuff is in there. My car keys are in there. What the fark am I supposed to do?" "Not my problem." "It's a farking two-wheel trolley, not an artic! What's your farking issue, jobsworth?" "I'm only following the rules." "Well Einstein, I'm not moving and will block this exit until I get in with my trolley. Any ideas?" "You can carry it in." "You are joking." "Nope." So I picked it up, carried it in six foot, and set it back down and started wheeling it again. Now another nazi comes near me to tell me off. He starts to tell me off and I lose it. "Don't you say a farking thing to me, jobsworth, NOT A FARKING THING. I'm exhausted and I'm heading out towards a different exit and collecting my stuff on the way out, so I'm following your idiotic, stupid, pointless rules, you hi-vis robot, and don't you DARE try to stop me." He didn't. I collected my stuff and went out the same exit. When I got there, I stopped, took the stuff off the trolley, took it outside and left it, came back in, picked up my trolley and carried it six foot out the door and set it back down, then turned and gave the security nazi my pass and a V-sign and invited him to report me. I hope he does, but the stupid git probably won't so I won't the get the satisfaction of ripping his boss a new one.

I think it's when you use metric instead of imperial bolts and then use a hammer or "thread drift" to finesse them in

As a follow up, all three nights when I tried to leave the overpriced £12 per visit car park, the pay stations were closed so I couldn't pay. Nothing for it, so on the first night I drove to the exit barrier to pay. "Ticket please." "I wasn't able to pay, the pay station is closed." "We only take cash." "I've only got a debit card - any suggestions?" "Go get some cash." "How? There isn't a cash point within a mile of here." Deep thought. "On your way then, you can pay tomorrow." Needless to say, I saved myself £36 in car parking charges. What great organisation.

should be same as all other ao's or at least a little smaller

Have "harmonised" it to the AO standard footer. It's one of those funny things when copying and pasting stuff into signatures, it looses the colour and often size info; it tends to come out in that light grey and with a random (unassigned) font size.

I've purposely left our group open so it gives people a feel of what the group is about and if it suits them, they'll join.

Sorted! I'd maybe make the FB group Private - unless you want everyone on the web knowing where you are out and about etc?

Thanks Kevin. So far I only know 3 local people to me who have joined. I have sent out details to all the others around me so hoping it proves worthwhile as I know that not everyone comes on here.

Nicely done, hope it drums up some support!

And a special thanks to the 'new' faces.... Phil all the way from Warrington (hope you found a more interesting route home} Chris from Bury

So far 25 million a year for a tent and some ovens still they might get criss Evans in to present it

Going to trackdays?

I have a full on all steel xe available.

Mine from Mark at Carbon-NV

The MX5 donor to my build had the roof down in all but the most serious rain. You soon appreciated why Mazda fitted a nuclear powered heater.

Hello all, Thanks for the kind words, they're much appreciated CJ, some pickies for you. ​ ta ta Andy

Hepolite cast pistons will make power, but they wont last as long as a forged piston. Crossflow pistons are very heavy and can crack in the ring lands. Its just the way they are with heavy crowns. See here with a forged piston with machined crown. http://www.burtonpower.com/accralite-forged-piston-85mm-ford-x-flow-1-6-ohv-kent-fp115-85s.html In comparison from using the 1300 cc cast piston, with the smaller bowl to increase compression ratio. http://www.burtonpower.com/nural-piston-ford-1-3-x-flow-ohv-kent-711m-0-020-18647-020.html Yes, there is a £400 price difference. But, if you use a high lift cam, with cast pistons, without measuring, usually a 234 Kent will 'just' have crown clearance , then you will have to pay a machine shop to machine slots for valve clearance, the forged you wont have to. So thats another £60 to £80 for that. You will have to get them balanced too, which you can do yourself, if you have some drug scales or pay a shop £30 for this. Still a bit of a price gap, but the cast pistons are designed for 75 bhp, not 130 bhp plus. They are the limiting factor of the crossflow bottom end, as the rods, crank and block are bullet proof.

If, to get the ride height you want, the springs go loose, you need shorter shocks. With the amount of spring adjustment available on shocks usually fitted to Westfields, a spring would have to be *really* short to be too short. If you want, I can write up how you go about determining shock length the "proper" way. It's a bit of a faff to actually do, but it shouldn't take more than 4 or 5 hours to do the measuring for both front and rear ends. Spring length is much easier to determine as it is dependent on shock length.