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Done another trackday and the car was perfect! Other than getting blasted in the straights by turbo powered machines....so i gathered, if you cant beat them, join them!

Since its last outing at Bedford, the car has pretty much remained at home in the garage, other than a quick blast to work and back when my daily needed an MOT. Recently fitted aero catches on the bonnet and a headlight with cold air feed to the induction. With a house move on the cards in...

As planned, i managed to make it to bedford autodrome. It had been the furthest i had driven the car since installing the diff and i was somewhat dubious if i am honest, as it was the first time I had ever stripped a gearbox...but I am pleased to say that it did the 2.5 hour trip to bedford, a...

Was good to finally put a face to a username @PITA - your car sounded insane from standing trackside! Cheers for the photos of my mobile chicane...it has highlighted the fact that it is hugely underpowered!

Thought i would take the car for a drive to and from work, just to make sure I didn't have any mechanical drama, prior to the trackday on Monday. Drove to work unscathed without any problems. Nearly got back home, when the CSC decided that it wanted to pop! Managed to get an afternoon...

Booked onto Bedford Autodrome with track obsession for 3rd October, hoping to do more than 5 laps this time!

Cheers @NWDSdaz It was just some cheap satin black we had kicking around the workshop. Gave it a quick wipe down with some white spirit to get the muck off it and then gave it a nice equal spray in the sunshine.

My car came fitted with a Ktr by the previous owner. It sounds good, so im happy to loose a few bhp in the summer as its a track day car and im not competing. Although I doubt any of us could actually feel a couple of bhp using your bum dyno

So I finally got around to fitting one of our systems that we manufacture in house. If anyone would like a system, gwt in touch and I can sort you one out at a discounted rate! I went for our slash cut option, along with the two silencer option, as i wanted to keep within the db limit for...

Another update on this...the track car on a budget, is not so cheap anymore! I rebuilt the gearbox and shimmed up the new black line differential. Powerflex bushes fitted to the lower arms, along with the miltek exhaust to be coming off and a new Piper system going on! Initial thoughts...

As a continued battle with is car, i thought i would fit new Powerflex bushes to the lower arms and the arb while it is all out. The bolts that hold the arb to the subframe are just spinning. I cannot see a captive nut anywhere, so assume the subframe has a thread in it? Anyone had this...

Stripped the gearbox down today, so see the extent of the damage that has been done. It would appear that I have had a lucky escape in the sense that the gears and syncros have been untouched. Will need a through cleaning, to ensure all the swarf and debris are removed, but we look good to go...

Got the box out...well this was a bigger suprise than what i was expecting!

Thought it had been long enough that it had sat in the drive not being touched. So started in removing the gearbox ready for fitting the diff and seeing what had caused the failure. As always when i decide to get onto the car, it never plays ball! I have managed to get all the hubs off and...

Managed to find a few photos from the few laps we did manage...including the disater shot!

I do miss that car and i regret selling it in all honesty! The blackline arrived today, just need to find some time to get the gearbox out, but that is unlikely to be any time soon unfortunately.

Ahh fair enough, was it my old golf or one of my previous clios? Lol

Am i missing something here? Has the attachment doesn't work

Seeing ask I found a 10% discount code for k-tec and hearing many good things about them, I have ordered a blackline diff. Hoping its not too much of a pain to fit?! Should help massively on track too with a bit of luck.

Another little addition to add to this, as living with these machines can be testing to say the least! Firstly the good news! After a long drawn out wait, my suprise new crash helmet for my 30th birthday from back in November arrived Friday and just in time for the trackday at Bedford. I am...