Jamie_GRMN

I just wish they were 17" then they would be "ultimate track"


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This is a very lovely sounding exhaust, I'd have had it off you Adam if I didn't already have one...

The final show down, I'm all booked in and can't wait. It should be a great weekend with with the sprinter peeps


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I actually offered that as a suggestion on the first page of this thread...

I actually offered that as a suggestion on the first page of this thread...

I've had all of those lights on due to a quick alignment (was going back in two days) and its due to the steering angle sensor being out of sync...

Shouldn't be an issue with a new car though which is odd.

Get it to your dealer tomorrow/today and if they don't know I'll make the trip to have a look.

I've had all of those lights on due to a quick alignment (was going back in two days) and its due to the steering angle sensor being out of sync...

Shouldn't be an issue with a new car though which is odd.

Get it to your dealer tomorrow/today and if they don't know I'll make the trip to have a look.

I've had all of those lights on due to a quick alignment (was going back in two days) and its due to the steering angle sensor being out of sync...

Shouldn't be an issue with a new car though which is odd.

Get it to your dealer tomorrow/today and if they don't know I'll make the trip to have a look.

Well that was a rather dramatic end to the sprint today
 
On the 5th run I put in a 1'49.78 - Alec at the time was on a 1'49.74 but his 5th was a 1'49.05 so he kept his decent advantage. By this point, I was still struggling with remember which corners you could do flat until I was half way through the blasted corner and realised I'd just lost a chunk of time!
 
The clock fast approached 4pm and the Javelin lot were still going so I thought that was it, but no, there was another run and time for my special quick lap
 
I decided to get in the queue early and finally had a reasonable lap with no unnecessary lifting / braking for corners that didn't need it - set a time of 1'49.00 so 5 hundredths quicker than Alec so far! 
 
While waiting for Alec, we knew Lauren was chasing Kev's time of 1'44.63, Lauren came into view and the timing looked close, very close as she set a final time of 1'44.68 to just miss out to Kev by 5 hundredths.
 
Then Alec comes into view, and again the timing looked close, very close, very close indeed! A 1'48.99! 1 blasted hundredth quicker 

Lauren, are you sure you want to drive it, it has Rota wheels? People might see you or they might explode or something

Welcome to the club, I'll be at the TSS as well (look out for the hungover looking one with a cigerette).

Indeed it will Jamie

Beads on mine using Hellshine Abyss sealant

Surely you have no need to drop woodbridge as you missed Blyton Mike? surely you'd rather have 55 points than zero 5 out of 6 count.
 
Looking at the results so far I'm not going to get any higher than third in class unless Kevin drops another or Lauren drops two due to there epic first round results... or I drive the absolute bollocks out of the car, worth a go I guess
 
I also seriously need to get Peter/Adrian to add GT86 & BRZ Drivers Club as a team name

What am I saying? Blyton is the one I'm dropping, what a numpty!

It's been a hard week.

I need beer.

Up the right side of the triangle
 

 
Jamies narrow discovery
 

 
ffordd clegir on Googlemaps will find it if you want a go

Back down the lefthand side of the triangle

Correct me if I'm wrong Keith, but I don't believe you have a female partner whining at you every single day like most of us do...

Got back yesterday afternoon following a really great week in Malta.
 
First time there... a petrolhead paradise where the 420,000 locals own 380,000 cars between them! First words a baby learns is not 'Mama/Papa' but 'where's my car?'
 
A taxi driver told me he used an MX5, I asked him about spares and he told me he had three of 'em to plunder... classic MGB's, Corvettes and the like, in beautiful condition, can regularly be seen on the roads..
 
True to his word Andrew met me at the airport and ferried me to my hotel in his GT86. The roads are appalling - potholes that eat Transit vans - but that didn't deter him from drifting his rear end about like a demented Lauren... the driver/car combo is good which is more than can be said for their petrol at 87octane.. he has to load 30 Euros-worth of octane booster into each tank of fuel every 2-3days... ouch! A positive step is to go water/meth injection, should get rid of the need for accelerator.
 
Like me, Andrew and his gorgeous girlfriend Julia (who has not passed her driving test yet but already owns an immaculate ex-UK WRX STI) are  food gourmets, so we had a number of superb meals. When left to my own devices I did the touristy stuff - the Cathedral in Valetta is a fantasic example of Baroque architecture, I spent over two hours there and the walled city of Mdina is amazing with an a-v presentation of its history and that of the Knights of Malta - fifty minutes of fascinating history for 12 Euros. If you're a beach bum there's loads of places to get your kit off and roast yourself but beware, the UV factor there is amongst the highest in the world...
 
There were two especial 'treats' - I chartered a 37ft yacht for the three of us for a day (with a skipper) and we cruised up to Comino and back with a swim at the lunch stop, with Julia pushing a reluctant Andrew off the bathing platform... tsk, tsk, who's idea was that..?
 
Shame there was not a trace of wind so we couldn't hoists the rags but had to donk everywhere - turned out that Adrian our skipper was into IT so he and Andrew were having techy conversations whilst Julia and I engaged in convivial imbibation... I got sunburned to blazes, it was so damn hot..
 
Second treat was Thursday evenings trip to the drag strip. This is the only spot for 'motorsport' on the island, if you want to track your car you have to ferry to Sicily..  Met up with all of Andrew's chums - including Kim who has a Ninja GT86 and thus two-thirds of the island's GT86 owners were present.
 
This is real manicville - just join the queue and blast up the strip whenever you like. Run what you brung.. music at 120 decibels, food and booze on call, it was so laid back it was horizontal..
 
The friendliness and goodwill these guys have towards each other is amazing  and I was made so welcome amongst them it was like being at a TSS round... I was also given a special treat as passenger for a run in Andrew's car as we logged some data for Adrian (Fensport) to tweak a bit.. Andrew's friend with a Skyline insisted on drifting it around the paddock and finally blew a rear tyre, stopping inches from the rear of a Golf... quick wheel change and no harm done.. and Andrew beat the Skyline over their run together.. respect!
 
Finally met up with Andrew as I prepared to leave yesterday morning - he was in total awe of his new map from Fensport and it was a shame I did not have time to experience it. He hopes to drive up to the UK some time in October and I have offered to show him around and see if we can get some track time / social meets organised. This is one seriously committed Forum member, as can be seen from his detailed postings on HKS s/c installation, but in addition he is a bloody nice guy who went out of his way to make my visit memorable. And is sure was.
 
Spec K
 
 
 
 
 
 

Entered and Darlington East booked for me and SkallyB

Ohh and welcome by the way

Took out a squirrel last year at the Rockingham round of the TSS...

Give me till Monday (I've left work now and about to head to Dublin) and I'll get the install instructions for the front and rear, will have all torques & part numbers on and sequences etc. Just send me a PM with your email address and I'll send the PDF's over

I used the system I have access to through work, will be the same as the mega pdf I guess, just online and not one file so can browse and find things.

Sorry forgot to confirm the front, but that sounds about right.

They use those clips over jubilee because its a mass produciton engine/vehicle... The clips are supplied open and its a 1 second job to activate them, a jubilee clip would take longer and cost more.
 
The reason why you struggled to lock them open is because they're not designed to be locked again with pliers, the supplier uses a special machine to do it... Have a video of it somewhere on my work PC (well a similar clip from a ZR engine).