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I hit a seam of gold with my wife too, alas it's mostly on her fingers, wrists and neck.

Thanks! that was a present from me to me. The wife got me a beer garden!

What about this for an early gopro..!

Just thought I'd mention that the new wscc.co.uk site is up and running. A huge Thumbs up to @Andy Banks - WSCC Shows and Events Coordinator and @Tigger for their work on this. It is still an ongoing job but we figured it was best to switch over now and add in more content as we go.

I made a short video last week using my new drone and go pro etc, hope you enjoy!

You could be right there...... The driver isn't wearing a seat belt

I've got sony Vegas pro for editing but unless you use it all the time it takes an evening just to get started

As above, forged pistons are around £4-500 - if you could get the engine for under £1500 and were willing to strip & rebuild, testing everything properly and installing forged pistons, I think you'd be ok. Also check the exact specs of the cylinder head, a lot of the crossflow community refer to 'big valve' heads as an upgrade, they're just a 1600 GT head and the valves are only fractionally larger than std, they're not actually a worked head. A properly sorted head will have the ports ground out extensively, which also involves machining down the bronze guides, something few builders bother to do but makes a huge difference. If that has been done, and it has larger valves installed, it's probably worth £1000 on its own (cost to get a head and have an engineer install valves, hardened seats for unleaded and the machining/flow work). I'd still be cagey about what you could end up with though, if the blocks been decked too far already or corners have been cut, you could easily find yourself putting another £1500 into it. HTH!

Nothing's lost just being updated. Panic ye not!

I used to find editing a massive PITA and totally agree, the amount I have waiting to be used. Bear in mind I probably had over 2 hours of footage to make this one minute video. I have recently moved to a Mac and use Final Cut Pro X which makes my life a hell of a lot easier, however it's expensive!

Struggling with noise on that day by any chance?

You need to match the sender to the guage too, as it will have a resistive variable internally and that must be the range the gauge is looking for. Anything with a switch change at 15 psi should be enough for a Zetec.

I didn't ask about pistons, but I did look them up as you'd mentioned them, and you were corrected, just std replacement ones, did make me wonder if skimping on pistons for a higher CR and potentially higher revving engine if anything else internal is skimped on. Could always buy it, change cam shaft, change pistons and check it all over, oh hang on, that would be stripping and rebuilding a stripped and rebuilt engine.

Quote "CR will be about 10:1." sends shivers down my spine. If he's a decent engine builder, he will have measured the CR accurately and tell you exactly what it is. The headwork can massively impact the CR on these engines making the head gasket thickness, block skim depth etc absolutely critical. Did he confirm if the pistons are forged or STD? If not forged, don't bother. I wouldn't worry too much about lumpy idle, on a crossflow it's manageable and the kick at 4000rpm is worth putting up with it for! Needs a proper gearbox to manage it though, a std type 9 doesn't suit a racey cam - have experienced this and it ruins the drive. A close ratio box with a race cam is great, or a 234 cam with a std box is also great. Just don't mix the two!

Quinten, you will need a dual switch , that has a variable for the gauge and a switch for the light.

Is that the latest Vtech for kids ?

My very geeky mate recommends Avast. I use the McAfee bloatware that comes free with BT

If it has the provenance to go with it, I would say it was a reasonable price........assuming, like me, you are a fan of the Mighty Crossflow!

@Scott Young - WSCC Chairman that looks great. Is it available with pink rather than orange edging and also a slot to keep a spare ECU in