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I wish I had a 250 to play with- I have a feeling that I could build a system to generate a CAN torque intervention request that just might work on the OEM Ford ECU.

In keeping with the general theme of this thread, here's my first attempt at editing a GoPro video - of my "other" hobby. A climb to 20,000 feet* in mountain wave in a glider. *- although I fumbled with the GoPro on the way up and missed the top of the climb. It was recording to over 18,000. https://vimeo.com/240778824

Rather like sunny Somerset I'm afraid Yes I've got an OBD port on my loom, under the dash. Aiming to get to Stoneleigh, that gives you 6 months to work your magic if you fancy it.

You could move to sunny Essex In theory a quick test of a torque limiter could be done remotely, but in practice it probably wouldn't be easy. Do you have an OBD conbector fitted to your loom? Maybe we could do a test at Stoneleigh...

wish I had of taken some wet tyres - probably wouldnt have had that oops moment

@Kit Car Electronics Maybe you should request a freebie engine swap from the factory for "development purposes"

It's a variation on a "spotted" thread.

If you're gonna go may as well go in style

I knew what I wanted to do with them. It's just the laws of grip wouldn't allow it

Apologies for butting in, LSD was an an option (which I opted for) on the Mazda dif, for the 250, when I ordered mine to build myself, 12months ago.

Last video from me, last session of the day. Was quite a good one, apart from the fiesta that wouldn't get out of the way or lift on the straights. Great fun trying to keep up with Kev in his R1 (11:00) and swapping places with @Howsafe Workwear and Safety Equipment @ 18:30 and 22:30. Chris and Scott make an appearance around 15 mins as well. Til the next time!

Glad to hear it Brian. Need to get some miles on it now!

Same as Dean, be in a TinTop though. That has a bit of zip!!!! to it.

Thanks for all of the comments guys. As mentioned a HANS device would of been a wise investment prior to the accident and one thing I would advise anyone who competes to have whether it be mandatory or not is a full cage and a HANS device. The cage probably saved my life and a HANS device may of prevented some of the neck pain that I am still suffering from. The only bits that were really salvaged from the car were the engine and gearbox which will go on to race another day but unfortunately not by me. Castle is a dangerous hill and an equally dangerous local hill is Werrington if anyone wanted to look it up there are some really nasty granite wall and posts. I had a spin there in the wet and by a complete miracle didn't hit anything. At the time of competing I was so fixated on winning nothing else really mattered but since the accident it seems silly to risk your life and a very expensive car with out insurance to win a £10 trophy. I'm not trying to discourage any fellow competitors and I had a great time prior to the accident but a friend of mine who would only do sprints said to me, "You should give up hill climbing and just do sprints with me" to which I replied "No I like the added danger and adrenaline of hillclimbing' which in hindsight seemed like a wise statement from my friend and one I wished I followed. Obviously all forms of motorsport are dangerous and that is part of the attraction. I could of taken up chess or golf but always loved the adrenaline rush. At Castle and most hillclimb events you often come off a wet or damp muddy grass field then blast it up the hill with cold tyres. Even if tyre warming doesn't get a huge amount of heat into your tyres it cleans off all of the mud and grass. I personally feel tyre warming should not only be allowed but encouraged for safely. The Westy I crashed had a 305bhp motor and was on road tyres (road going class) and since tyre warming has been banned I think it was to much power for cold road tyres especially when the car got light at brows of hills. Really slicks should be a minimum on a vehicle like that and that is what I was planning to do next season but obviously I didn't make it that far. Coming from a Megabusa the extra torque of a high powered durance was something I was still getting used to but I think I must of had some lead in my right race boot. I'm still planning to watch events and marshall next year but won't be doing any competitive driving for quite sometime. Mainly due to the money I have lost but also to be competitive you need to be to brave and I think I will of lost that now. Not only that but my body really couldn't handle another impact, I think a 5mph knock would finish me off at the mo Did I mention my wife would have a melt down if I put her through that again. Since the accident the MSA have done an investigation (so I was told by the clark of the corse) and they have made the organisers put bails in front of that wall. It is a shame there weren't any there before but what is done is done and if it helps someone else in the future it won't be a bad thing. Someone asked how long I was trapped in the car for and on the full length video it was 42 minutes. I remember talking got you at Wiscombe Howard I believe you had an accident of your own that day. Is that correct? Thanks again for all of the messages. If this video helps anyone in the future or just show cases the amazing job the mainly unpaid medics, marshalls etc do for us every weekend through the summer months I'll be glad and don't be annoyed at fastidious scrutineers they are only there for your safety.

Well what can I say lol. I throughly enjoyed myself today even in the rain. Started early at 5 in what can only be described as biblical rain even the trailer was aquaplaning on the way there. Got unloaded and geared up in waterproofs and off I went. I managed around 30 laps first thing in the rain but once it dried up in the afternoon What a track cadwell park is. Apart from the jamsport idiots it was great I only took one photo lol

It's a difficult one until we see the actual show. I too dislike watching Brewer and can watch an episode now in about 20 minutes by fast forwarding through any Brewer bits, especially the hunt for the car (which he has a team of people doing behind the scenes), doing the deal and selling the car - I usually do this with the subtitles on and fast forwarded so I know the numbers. It was really watching the oily bits and getting some satisfaction when my own fault diagnosis was correct. At least in the last series they started telling us how many man hours were involved. The painfully scripted stuff, all of it with Brewer, is what really irritates me. He turns up with a car Edd has never seen and is surprised about. He shows up in the workshop halfway through and is surprised st how far Edd has or hadn't got. He turns up at the end and is amazed how well the car has turned out. Yeah, right. Any car they get has all the parts and bits needed to fix it and a plan in place before they roll the cameras, let alone before it turns up at the workshop. They have to have it all in place first because of the cost of having a TV crew on standby would be ridiculous. The show would be so much honest and better if they just said, "In the episode, we decided to turn around this car. We bought it, we know what needs sorting, and we have all the bits to sort it out - let's see what happens." TV shows that insult my intelligence are one of my Room 101 choices, which another reason I went off the old Top Gear. When a show resorts to stunts and incidents that are so ludicrous that they could never happen by accident, yet try to make you think they were because it's "funny", I switch off. This was especially true on the one where they raced cross country to see who would give a speech at a black tie dinner, Jeremy's car magically broke in half but still ran, and all the dinner guests sat emotionless when they all turned up covered in muck - sure. Looking forward to giving it a try, but the fast forward, mute and subtitle buttons will be at hand.