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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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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