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I Met up with @Barrie Giles a new member from Bristol with a new to him seight (sounds amazing) for an early Avon gorge run out. The layby in Bristol was lovely, we got going, oooh it looks cloudy. Bit further and its spitting. Well it then got very wet..... i mean really wet, the kind of wet that makes you laugh(or you might cry). When we pulled in for the snaps it had just stopped. By the look on Barries face I'm quite glad I'm was not running a large V8 on 888r 😁. These are the drives you remember though 👍.

Had it on the rollers today. The lambda was a bit rich across the whole range and with the ECU being locked by Omex he couldn't look at the timing, but he expects it is also a bit on the safe side like the fuelling. He says it needs some throttle enrichment to do away with the pop/kick when rolling back onto the throttle. It pulled 213bhp today which isn't that far off and if he could map it he thinks there's a bit more in there. The VTEC is clearly operating, although I'd done some testing over the weekend which made me confident it was. I'll do my trackday at the end of the month at Blyton then look to send the ECU back to Omex for unlocking. I'll book back in for a tweaking across the map once it's back. It looks like I was being a bit unfair to the car. I guess I haven't been driving it as Honda intended on the roads too. It'll be far easier to keep it up in the revs around a track. If the map tweak and a few trackdays don't blow me away then I might have to ask Santa for some TTS vouchers...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mannesmann-Socket-Set-215-Pieces/dp/B000K2PF4Y/ref=asc_df_B000K2PF4Y/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=205341469171&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10858389914347507909&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-420425325587&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 This is my trackday toolkit. Is an absolutely amazing piece of kit. Complement it with a set of screwdrivers and pliers from aldi... and you are set. During many many years, this has been my main toolkit... and Is held up pretty well. The quality of the ratchets is astonishing. For spares I use this things to store bits at home... from car consumables to bolts, various aerosols and tapes, hoses, even some powertools... when it comes to the trackday i just take the drawers with me, they are stackable and the fit and look tidy i the boot of your car.... I buy them in bulk in WilKos, or home bargain when there is an offer. Great things and really practical for home and transport.

I wouldn't expect to find a lot more power with an ECU tweak. I had my ECU unlocked and spent considerable time playing with fuel and timing and was able to gain about 3 ft/lbs in the mid range but that was it. As long at this engine remains normally aspirated it will not produce a lot of torque - it will always be a spinner and make its power higher in the rpm range. The key to making more torque/power is to allow it to breathe better. The exhaust side is pretty well optimized and this just leaves the intake side. I fitted Omex ITB's and they added real power and midrange torque but they don't make it feel like a V8 with that big slug of low RPM power. One needs to let the engine spin and not fear seeing the tach in the upper part of the range much of the time. It's happy there and doing what it's designed to do. dave

Loaded onto trailer ready for journey back home, Outside Barony Castle Hotel after great weekend on Lowlands Mystery Tour, over 200 miles covered yesterday, thoroughly recommend this event, hopefully another one next year.

Day 6 updates (sorry for delay, been a busy couple days) we managed to get a bit of final preparation in for our 3peak challenge next week by climbing Ben Nevis.the climb started nice and dry but the top was always covered by cloud. We didn’t stop much on the way up and completed the ascent in 1:58:47 making it up and down in 3hours 45minutes. After a bite to eat, we decided to press on towards Glasgow to try and make our last days travel a little shorter. This involved the road into and out of glencoe so did manage to drive the road that skyfall was filmed on. It was however a very very wet day for driving. We we had a quick stop just outside Glasgow to see family and then headed to the west coast in order to begin our run down the coast and Galloway Forrest on our last day. Thankfully the rain rain subsided by the time it came to setting up camp! min our way up Snow in July! not a great view from the top! another view on the way down once out of the clouds the road from glencoe, I was lucky to drive this whole road so didn’t take any pictures, will sort through go pro footage when I get time and update. Its a great road and some fantastic views of the valley!

Strange things happen at car meets, small plastic bags of springs and nails appear on the breakfast table, better than the small foil packages we were handed last week! full of homemade flapjack not drugs I might add. Thank you Andrew for helping to fix the windscreen wiper, which thankfully/unbelievably we didn't need today. Breakfast arrived, I tried something a bit different, posh pancakes. Anyway, here we are at The Bull I Thorn, BillyPee came too in the Porsche but he was too posh to park with us, take note @Andy_R, you will have to park with him when you come. Bagpuss has a new camoflaged alternator bracket. Bonnets Off, a must at a car meet, especially off that wonderful Honda lump Next up it was time to motor, away from the tourist hot spots the roads were empty and we barely saw another car on our way to Wetton OTR We arrived at Wetton and parked in our usual spot And then Photo Bomber Bill came with his Porsche, take note again @Andy_R, I don't want any of this naughty behaviour from you! In the cafe there was more naughty behaviour, from me this time, I seem to have become a 'cake magnet' oops Trifle, now where in the world can you buy trifle, mmm it was lovely, mmm it was Glen's too, but he is a good husband and shared a little bit with me. The Invisible Man was first to leave Cool Box Bill admitted that he was calling in at Tagg Lane Dairy on the way home for big tubs of ice cream, now there's a good idea! Andrew and us took a route home through a fairly busy Matlock Bath. The day didn't end there for Glen and I though, we had a new Coolex radiator waiting to be fitted at home. I knew I would drop my Allen Key in that dish of old antifreeze, and blooming heck, I did. Slippy, slimy stuff, tastes horrible too. We ordered a radiator with Epoxy Resin on, the bobbins were from Westfield. The job was soon done After a good burp it was time to take a test drive in that lovely evening sunshine. The ambient temperature was 19 degrees, so still warm, with empty roads I could get some speed going and the temperature stayed at 80 degrees, remarkable don't you think. Thanks to those that came, I hope that those that couldn't make it enjoy the photo's and maybe we will see you next time. @RobH72 that was an epic day yesterday so I am not surprised you couldn't make today but Wales, oh how lovely Wales is, lucky you.

Meet at Hassop Station Cafe, Hassop, Bakewell, DE45 1NW, 9am on Saturday 8th August. Current weather forecast says sunny and 25 degrees, yeah. Anyone coming?

Hopefully tomorrow I will have a westie at last .....cant wait,....very excited indeed

Thanks for the kind comments Kevo. I priced it at what I thought it was worth and wanted the car to go to someone in the club. Cheers. Pete.

I should be able to make it

i will have a look. big camper repair bill incoming 😔

So easy.......

How easy it is to keep with your 🙄alleged 240bhp car makes me think mines somewhere near 😉😁

I think most of us will accept Rolling Roads can all show differing results, if you took it to where @CosKevgets his done it would have been well over 300bhp

I should be there.

No, definitely not!

Road testing Dads pinto. Runs lovely. Thought I’d snap out local castle!

Nice to see something a little different done with the dash!

A huge thank you to @Andy Banks , our freshly retired and illustrious former Chairman, for all your hard work on behalf of the club. You’ve done a top class job in both good times and bad, especially during this worldwide crisis. We also remember your sterling work before that and famously as the man who saved Stoneleigh at short notice and improved it several fold. Well done mate 👍👏 I hope you’ve found the experience to be as enjoyable and rewarding as I did, and I look forward to sharing a few jars, stories and laughs with you at Stoneleigh next year. 🍺🍺 Thanks as well to @John Dolan - Chairman for stepping forward to take on the mantle of Chairman. I know you’ll join me in agreeing that he’ll do a great job for us all and we look forward to the future - well done, sir. Best of luck to you! Just think - soon you’ll look just as handsome and distinguished as Andy and I (recent photo below):

There was a time when he was known as Bollockybill Well done John, best of luck with this lot

Here's yesterday's route - though the first few miles is shown pre-road closure re-write. https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1150819

Handsome and distinguished? I didn’t look that good 20 years ago.

Always a great place for a pose.

There's only 3 types of folk in this world. There's them that's Yorkshire, them that aspires to be Yorkshire and them wi' no ambition......

Winnats pass today what a great day to be driving round the peak district. Out with my daughter we had a brilliant day and yes that is a 2CV actually making it up Winnats pass.

Double check the bonnet attachments ! (oh, another item to double chceck :-/ ) (I was sure I did but ... ) Fortunately it was at the first slow lap and did not fly away . https://youtu.be/UES6R4wrOhg?t=13