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I have Aerorace chassis with dry sump Honda S2000 engine, Jenvey ITBs. DTA S80 Pro Ecu, Quaife Sequential gearbox ect. Off to Spa in 2 weeks so I'll let you know how it goes on a GP track

Yes, very good advice, so I have been to my local repair shop today and they have quoted me £110 to supply and fit a new screen. I had previously looked on Amazon and the screen is £42, I wasn't even confident that I could buy the correct screen so I have instructed them to proceed with the work. The screen is not in stock so it will be next week before the job will be complete. I will update this topic then and maybe we can all learn if Lenovo are repairable 😃 Thank you for the advice.

Meet at Sainsbury's Matlock, 10.30am for a run around the Peak District before the next lot of rain arrives. Anyone fancy it?

Sorry couldn’t resist sharing this picture of friends who said nothing would stop them having fun this summer especially Coronavirus......

Will try!

Looks like it going to stay dry too! Which is a lot like my oh never mind you get the idea.

A lot of it is down to the quality of the hard drive. Probably why your laptop is fine, but workstation isn't. Disks have a maximum read/write rate. Cheap ones have a low rate, more expensive ones are higher. If you have a very cheap or crap drive, even background windows tasks can use up much of that rate, leaving nothing for you to actually do anything with. My parents PC was almost unusable, due to the hard disk constantly being at 100% capacity. It wasn't that the computer (or windows 10) was actually doing much, it was just a cheap, crappy hard disk. I got them a much higher quality one of the same size, and the computer now works fine. Unfortunately it's a consequence of pushing the price down whilst keeping the eyecatching "1 terabyte hard disk!" marketing stuff. Yup, its got a 1TB disk, just the crappiest one they could find! Dell is really bad for this at the moment, but it's the same with most other manufacturers and anything considered 'budget' (ie. below about £800...) @Steve (sdh2903), Rhett is probably right. It might take some resoldering to replace the unit. The laptop almost certainly won't have a sata slot for a normal hard drive, as it would take up too much space. Using an SD card is probably your best bet.

Track days are like my sex life; 10 minute sessions and try not to fall off.

I look forward to seeing your work and of your modifications, I really enjoy it when people put their own perspective on certain things

I suppouse my car was tuned to some kind of endurance racing. Maybe because of this type of racing the choice of MT75 in it ? as a robust-solid gerabox. And lighter than type 9. More of endurance equipment there : - there was a gearbox oil radiator and electric oil pump installed ( I throw it out - over 2 kg weight saving and less oppurtunity for oil leak , electric failure itc) - big 5 paddle clutch 270mm (std is propably 4 paddle 240mm?) (this I left, but next will look for smaller with lighter flywheel) - huuuge fuel tank with two low pressure pumps . (changed for small 5-10 liters, but left two LP pumps - just in case one gives up. ) - rather big engine oil radiator ( I have read that Zetec can live even without oil radiator if water cooling is made properly? ) - I left it for safety, but have to investigate if such big oil radiator is really needed for Zetec Anyway, the gearbox subcjet is on my mind for future , but this is subject for separate topic in Tech Talk , hoping for some help from experienced WSCC Members with comparing different type 9 modifications, companies etc.

Hi Gary, I've built many racecars over the years so I will post photographs of my own car build with all the modified components. I want to retain the period 1950's look mechanically too.

The MT 'box is very strong and shouldn't be dismissed as a suitable box for a road car, but for regular trackdays and for competition you really need much closer ratios, which are only readily available for the type 9. IMHO.

Welcome, sorry I can’t help with the gearbox mount but there is an 11 build thread in the build diaries that may help. why not start a build thread for both cars and we like pictures which also helps explain things Any way good luck with both rebuild and build

Hi, no they don't. A service now and again (especially if braked) is advisable though. Oh and don't leave the brake on when parked... I've had this problem with the better half's horse trailers 😳