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The SSOT has worked hard to address some of the issues raised by previous drafts . This is the final edition which has been sent for approval to Motorsport UK and I hope everyone is fully supportive of our efforts The awards have reverted to trophies only as in previous years The Regs have been simplified and we have made it easier to accommodate various specs of car. We have clarified the size of headlights and our calendar has more hillclimbs than ever Regulations and calendar here http://www.wscc.co.uk/regs.htm Online entry here https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/store/product/137-2019-speed-series-registration/ WSCC Speed Series 2019 final published regulations.pdf

Finished, all the motors are working, seems like good value for total cost of £400 approx, including the CNC controller that just hooks up to a laptop with the USB lead. It should be perfect for machining the small plastic electronics cases that I play around with.

Here are my Trophies from the 2018 results in the Northern Speed Championship Other winners were Garry Bunn, John Loudon and Simon Waterfall

The final job of the day as the light faded was to fit the battery isolator switch. I also made a short teather for the key using a length of brake cable and a coupke of crimp terminals so it wouldn't go missing.

The next job was to make the driveshafts. The JW4's used shafts and hubs of Johnny Walker's own design, however the Carburol Special ran an uprated design for hillclimbing with the uprights machined for BMC Mini stub axles and shafts. Unfortunately the shafts were missing from the boxes of spares I'd acquired so I would need to make some new ones. Starting with a par of standard mini driveshafts the length needed was measured and then cut to length. I happened to have a pair of driveshaft spiders that I'd had claser cut for the first car but the centre hole was too small so I opened this up to the required diameter on the lathe. Mounted back on the car to check the length and now just the welding to complete.

Let me correct that for you Robin, some of us had Yorkshire Puddings with our all you can eat breakfast @Rickyboy100 So now you really have seen it all. Thank you Robin for having a meet conveniently on a Sunday and next to the motorway, it's been great to meet you and the Yorkshire crew again. Her with her camera has been busy photographing everything in sight, brace yourself for the Motley Crue one up next. Robin and Simon entertained us with the snazzy Westfields Avoiding low bridges, important that in a Westfield Robin nearly got a dog as a passenger 2nd car park of the day Glen and I didn't go straight home, as we never do, and called in the Dog and Partridge on the Woodhead Road to see if it was suitable for a joint Manchester/Yorkshire/Peak District meet in the summer. @Paul Hurdsfield @Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO The pub was good, car park was big and views were far reaching so it gets my vote. The car park Toasty inside, but I do mean for us all to meet up in the summertime The pub Thanks again Robin and everyone for making a great morning.

A few more small jobs completed today.... The first job was the manual control for the mechanical fuel pump. Like most F4 cars of the period the JW4 ran a mechancial fuel pump which was driven off a cam on the back axle. These as you'd expect would work fine when the car was moving but when the car is stationary and therefore the axle not turning there needed to be another way of getting the fuel to the engine. The Pathe videos showed the mechanics frantically priming the pump by hand but as I studied the photos and videos a bit closer many drivers also employed another method so the pump could be controlled from the drivers seat. the solution they used was very simple which was a bicycle brake leaver mounted below the dash and cable linked to the pump.

Over the years, I've found myself wanting to drill and machine lots of small bits of plastic and aluminium - particularly now that I make cases for various electronic projects, so I've treated myself to a Proxxon MF70 micro mill that I plan to convert to CNC. It's VERY small, but has a good reputation for accuracy and the conversion to stepper motor drive is well documented already. Still, thought I'd post it on here in case anyone else is doing the same...

Any excuse Tim Quick google finds this place : https://www.gumtree.com/p/car-replacement-parts/retro-ford-parts-parts-for-sierra-fiesta-cosworth-transit-smiley-scorpio-xr2i-xr3i-cvh/1325892724 This place I used to get Ford stuff from might help too. Not too far away , near Hayes area. http://www.speedshack.co.uk/

Hi ‘Tis me’ - could not keep away from the Westfield bug. It’s the 3rd one I have owned & looking forward to having great fun with it. I would like to thank James for accommodating my 1001 questions & patience completing the purchase. He has done a marvellous job with the upgrades. cheers Simon

One of those cars which would never be an issue to sell in my eyes. Its a well built/ loved and well maintained car. Sad to see you selling Jimbob, but the family always take priority. I sold my last one because I had a young family and seemed pointless it sitting there and was too loud for mini TJ's ears , so it went within a few days in December , weirdly. And then I came back now he's older and not sure I am wiser though

Well done Terry. Great night, superb trophies and some apt phrases: 'You get out of it what you put into it' 'We are not at school so only celebrate winners'

Firstly, apologies to anyone who turned up at the Red Kite this morning and found it was closed for refurbishment, I thought it was open as usual. For those of us who made it, we left at around 20 past 10 and went half a mile up the road to the Toby Carvery for an all you can eat breakfast, and some of us did have all we could eat. This may become the new place to go. 13 people came, but only 2 of us braved it in our Westfields, it wasn't really too cold and it didn't snow.

The buyer is part of the Wscc I believe as he knows quite a few folk on this forum. I’m not sure of his username and I wouldn’t want to name him as that’s his business but I suspect it will still be part of the club in the future.

Yes because it requires an ignition controlled 12v feed rather than direct connection to your battery and switching by voltage sensing like your current controller does.

I used one of these or very similar and not had an issue.

I'm guessing you have one of the small DRL controllers that uses the voltage at the battery to identify if the car is running. The simplist way is to connect the DRL positive feed which is currently attached to the battery to a positive feed that is controlled by the ignition. One of these is ideal, just hook it into the required ignition fuse. https://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/mini-add-a-circuit-blade-fuse-holder

Hi Bob, its been a while, I hope you're keeping well. the firewall on your car was a very elegent solution which I like a lot, thank you for the photos. for our UK racing regulations the firewall needs to provide a complete seal between the driver and engine compartment to create a barrier against fuel spillage or fire. On this car the body is from the JW4 Mk2 so lacks the air ducts that were fitted to Mk3 body on your JW4 and my blue car. The rear engine cover on the mk2 is much lower than the Mk3 so the cylinder head of the engine sits in the airstream for cooling rather than enclosed within the bodywork. my hope is that a simple flat aluminium closing plate will be sufficent behind the seats cut to match the curve of the body, but I may need to get creative with carboard first to get the shape right.