Cadwell Park September 2021
Whilst Knockhill was the best trackday in terms of driving as hard as I could for a full day and…
Destination Nurburgring DN26 September 2021
After the aborted trip in July, this was to be my final visit to the Nurburgring in 2021. The previous…
Cadwell Park August 2021
We fancied a mid-year Cadwell trackday and as the date approached, the weather forecast was for warm nights and clear…
Nurburgring Ringmeisters 2021
I usually write these reports in the order things happened allowing you to experience the trip as it developed. This…
Knockhill June 2021
I last drove Knockhill way back in 2013. Back then it was simply ‘Niges Golf’ and was normally aspirated with…
Brake pad spacer shims
There are a few sellers of titanium brake pad shims online. The advertised benefit is the titanium reduces the amount…
Bedford 7th June 2021
I hadn’t done Bedford for a few years and whilst I share the view of many that it isn’t the…
Anglesey June 2021
With the ongoing Covid situation the Welsh government were stipulating that all track days were run as sessioned events, whilst…
Croft May 2021
After Silverstone I gave the Golf a once over, swapped the Isolator switch, washed it and put it back on…
Silverstone April 2021 Circuit Days
The ongoing lockdown meant the trackdays in the UK and Europe I`d booked in Jan, Feb and March were all…
Accusump. What is it and how does it work ?
Since fitting one to the Golf, I`m frequenty asked what the Accusump actually does and how it works. There are…
Oulton Park Javelin 12th December 2020
Oulton was the last trackday I`d booked in 2020 and with the lockdown ending the week before and the Tier…
Custom Driveshafts
Since fitting 17″ wheels and tyres I`ve broken 7 outer CV joints, stripped the teeth off one 3rd gear and…
Cadwell Park 4th November 2020 RMA
I hadn`t planned to do Cadwell again this year and was actually booked onto Donington tomorrow. The pending lockdown meant…
Quaife Gearset
I`ve been running a variant of the 02A gearbox for the last 15 years. The box was released by VW…
Coilover testing and repair Vol.2
2 years ago I had my coilovers refurbished at Cornering Force in Harrogate. They are one of the very…
Croft 30th September 2020
The last time I drove Croft in 2018 it never stopped raining and I was hoping for some dry weather…
Dyno Mapping Part 3. Boost-By-Gear
The Golf has been on the Dyno at EFI-Parts twice since I fitted the DTA S80Pro ECU. The first time was…
Destination Nurburgring DN24 September 2020
Covid-19 meant this trip almost didn’t happen. UK government kept adding countries to the none exempt list which meant I’d…
Anglesey August 2020
Anglesey had initially been booked for the start of July but the Welsh lockdown meant it had to be postponed…