Destination Nurburgring DN22 September 2019
After the low oil pressure caused the main bearing failure at Ringmeisters in July, I was particularly careful preparing for this event. Not only was it a 2 day Nürburgring trip but […]
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Brands GP September 2019
“Nige, you simply have to drive Brands GP, you`ll love it ! “. Over the last 10 years I’ve lost count of the number of people who have said that […]
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Ringmeisters Prime 2019 Nurburgring Trackday
I have never been more prepared and confident heading across to the Ring for a trackday. I always set off with the Golf working but I’ve had a few annoying […]
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Bedford GT 10th June 2019
After fitting the new turbo and getting the golf remapped on the Dyno I was very keen to do a trackday before Ringmeisters at the nurburgring in July. As I work […]
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Converting a standard rubber engine mount to polyurethane
I noticed when the car was on the Dyno earlier this year there was more engine movement than expected. Looking closely and it was obvious the rear engine mount was […]
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440HP @ 1.5Bar. Dyno mapping part 2.
Arrived at EFI-Parts for Chris to map DTAFast S80Pro ECU on the Golf with the new Owen Developments GT2868HTA turbo I’d fitted. This is a used turbo from a BTCC […]
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Exhaust manifold collector failure and repair 2019
At the Circuit Days event, both Matt and I were sure we could smell some exhaust fumes under the bonnet but couldn`t find the source anywhere. I decided to remove […]
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Nurburgring April 2019 Circuit Days
I`ve been attending Nürburgring trackdays since 2013. I`ve noticed over the last couple of years that they are selling out quite quickly as word gets around of the the amount of […]
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On the Dyno with a new DTA S80Pro ECU
I swapped from the Megasquirt 2 ECU I`ve run for the last 8 years to a new DTA S80Pro over the winter. The DTA ECU offers quite a few features I […]
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Donington Park 31st October 2018
Lou was off work during half term and came along with me to Donington Park. The Golf hasn’t changed a huge amount since I was here 12 months ago but that […]
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Coilover Servicing
Servicing Coilovers ? Why would they even need servicing ? I thought exactly the same but felt something didn’t appear quite right on the Golf and it seemed to be […]
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Destination Nurburgring DN20 September 2018
This was going to be my last Ring trackday of 2018. Gav had been to Thruxton earlier in the year but this was his first time at the Ring with […]
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Ringmeisters Prime 2018
I’ve been driving on the Nürburgring since 2005. I started like most people by having a few laps in my daily driver. In my case, it was at the end […]
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Thruxton 25th June 2018
This was going to be my second ever visit to Thruxton and the first since I turbo charged the car back in 2014. It was fast enough normally aspirated so […]
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Cadwell Park June 2018
Whilst Cadwell Park isn’t my closest circuit, it’s only a couple of hours away and midweek events are pretty cheap even in the summer. As I work shifts I regularly […]
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Nurburgring April 2018 Circuit Days
It usually happens early December during the period where this years trackdays are over and you have an eye on the upcoming year but no dates have been released. Then […]
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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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