What is the Pinderwagen ?
Back in April 2007 I bought this MK2 Golf CL shell to replace the previous one I`d crashed at the Nurburgring. I`ve spent the last 11 years continually modifying the […]
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Raise Suspension Top mounts
In very simple terms, a suspension damper is a piston within a cylinder that has restrictions inside to slow the travel of the piston. For the sake of this explanation, […]
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Spa April 2018
The Javelin dates for Spa couldn’t have been planned any better. 2 days during the Easter holidays when Louise was off work and right in the gap between my night […]
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Croft 12th March 2018
First trackday of 2018 after the winter check and overhaul was at Croft with Javelin Trackdays. Took a friend from work along, he`s a biker but has never been on […]
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Plate differential inspection and complete rebuild
The plate diff I fitted was a huge improvement over the LSD for track use but I was starting to see signs it was wearing out. The oil was getting […]
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Donington October 2017
For the first time in several years, my last trackday of the year was going to be in October instead of December, but seeing as I hadn`t been to Donington […]
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Ball Joint Spacers do not affect roll centre – Extenders do.
I explained how lowering a car can affect roll centre and what to do to resolve it in a lot of detail in this post Roll Centre Correction Several people have […]
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Cadwell Park October 2017
I hadn`t planned on doing Cadwell again this year but when I saw a day advertised that was going to be attended by mostly VW / Audi cars and several […]
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BilsterBerg August 2017
When the event details were released I was unsure if I was going to bother doing BilsterBerg. It was a circuit I was aware of but hadn`t really read much […]
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Destination Nurburgring #18 August 2017
Even though I`d had a completely trouble free day at Cadwell last month I was still very apprehensive about 2 back to back days at the Nürburgring and then the next day […]
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Engine breather and catch tank setup
When converting the standard 2.0 16V engine to run a Turbo they often `breathe` quite a bit of oil from the rocker cover. There is no OEM rocker cover breather […]
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Ringmeisters Prime 2017 Nurburgring Trackday
Ringmeisters Prime. What`s all that about then ? I`ve done quite a few Destination Nurburgring events over the last several years and I`ve always found them pretty quiet with as much free […]
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Cadwell Park 4th July 2017
After the engine Strip and rebuild I recently carried out I wanted to get on track before going to the Nurburgring for the 2 day Ringmeister event on the 13th and […]
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Engine strip, inspect and rebuild.
My Golf had zero engine issues on the last outing at DN in May. The wastegate broke as I`ve explained elsewhere but that was all. Upon returning to the UK […]
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Roll Centre Correction
The Roll Centre of a vehicle has a large impact on handling but it`s something not many people fully understand. A “roll center” (RC) is a theoretical point around which […]
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Overhaul multi Piston Brake Caliper
Inspecting the calipers after a trackday I noticed a small brake fluid weep from 2 pistons. They had been installed for 2 and a half years and it appeared a […]
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Destination Nurburgring #17 May 2017
Preparation for the first Destination Nurburgring event of the year was pretty minimal. I fixed the wastegate arm after it fractured on the last trackday and tweaked the geometry. My […]
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Nurburgring April 2017 with Circuit Days
The first Nürburgring trackday of the year was with Circuit Days and it would be fair to say I was rather excited about it. The Golf was ready and loaded with […]
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Bumpsteer measurement and correction
Due to the track width and ride height changes I`d made over the years I was experiencing some bump-steer. What is bumpsteer you may ask ?. Bumpsteer is when the […]
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Helicoil a stripped Caliper Thread
The design of the HiSpec calipers to give more wheel spoke clearance mean the pad retaining pins are bolts which are screwed in from the rear into a pretty small […]
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