Thanks to Luke at Enhanced Performance for being busy over Christmas building this up. Had a few rusty holes patched up and lots of blue paint on its underside. Will be a racecar by March. Just need to put some more money into bits and pieces. Loom is done, diff, box, prop are reconned and fitted. Rear beam is on solid poly bushes and powdercoated. Gaz Gold coilovers are on. Brake master cylinders and lines are in. Engine will go in soon with small alternator, new rad and hoses, T3 turbo with restrictor. Need fuel tank, some fittings and it shouldn't be too long til we can test.

Charlie

 

looks very good so far,where you frommate

 

From south east London.

Charlie

 

Looks good ,i like the colour

 

Looks good!

You retiring your other car?

 

The yellow shell that I used in 2009 has been stripped and sold. All the good bits from that car are going into the blue one.

Here's how the yellow car ended up:

 

loving the wedgewood blue. it start out as a rep?

 

nice....good luck with your car!

 

I like the colour, it is a standard base spec colour? I think it looks proper bo!

 

It was a pale blue 1.8LX Sapphire I think before it became a race shell. It's not a Cossie shell. The shell was done properly - not by me - it has air jack turrets and a really nice weld in cage.

Wedgewood blue is a good description. I've been calling it gay sailor boy blue and biddy blue.

Charlie

 

Never mind the colour, it looks like it will produce the goods. The cage looks like it will make the car really rigid. Why did you change from the yellow one?

 

Standard rear beam geometry? Is that a function of the rules or a budgetary constraint?

 

Yellow shell was old, battered, had a bolt in cage and needed a lot. The new shell is a good base for a proper race car.

And yes, standard rear beam because the regulations for my series say I cannot modify the suspension pick-up points. Beam is mounted in rock hard poly mounts.

Charlie

 

very nice mate, wasn't you going for a 3 door shell? how come you changed your mind?

 

I would love a three door shell and if a good one came up I'd have it. The Sapph is a better race car because of it being less prescious so less need to worry about rare trim pieces and panels when it's on circuit.

Charlie

 

makes sense mate, good luck with it, looking forward to seeing it this year at brands hatch

 

love the colour and good luck with the project and look forward to seeing it on the track

 

What formular you racing in mate, I try and come and spectate if I know where and when and its not 200+ miles away. Nice to see fellow members giving it go, as it takes alot of time, money, dedication to race.

 

First race is Brands Hatch 27/28 March - not sure if it's Saturday or Sunday yet. Pre-94 saloon car series - TTRS. www.racingsaloons.com

Charlie

 

Looks good.

When you say you cannot modify the pickups does that mean shell modifications or the actual arms ?

 

Both. Beam and arms must be standard mounting. Can change rubber bushes to poly but not metal. Can't use adjustable TCAs. Also, brakes must fit inside 15" alloys.

Charlie

 

Cool, keeps the field nice and even then

 

The emphasis of the series is on sensible budget racing.

It's great fun and the grids are full:


Charlie

 

is this a follow up to the super road saloons that finished back in 2001,if so that was a great championship good to watch who runs it brscc or barc?

 

Just a quick update and apologies for the phone pics. Engine in with ported head. Crackle paint on intake and cam cover.




Charlie

 

Looking good ,surprising how many e30,s are on that grid

 

looking good mate

 

i like it fella.

 

Looking very nice

 

Nice. Been following your blog, great work so far!

 

The club I race in has two series running - one is the pre-94 touring car series that I race in, the other is a production BMW series for E30s 318 and 320s. The BMWs also race in our series as well as their own.

Charlie

 

looking good charlie ,


so how competitive are you in the sierra ,

cos from looking at that pic your either leading the pack ,


or you about to get lapped by everyone lol ,


beef

 

The picture is misleading - it was a handicap race. I started 2nd on the grid but was actually minus 1 lap at the start so had to unlap myself. Think I finished about 17th. I shot off with the Jag and we had a good race for about five laps until I was caught by some of the faster cars like the white and yellow Golf (which is damn quick!)

Not very competitive in the yellow Sierra but I hope I'll be better in the blue car as it'll be better in some ways and the suspension set-up should now be about right. I still need to learn to drive properly

Charlie

 

come have a go in the boss fords 2nd year this year,most people that use to race in the ford saloon car championship lots of different machinary here for you to race with good crowed to try this website if intrested a follow links wealdenracing.co.uk

 

i can vouch for that its the new series that took over from the ford saloons this will be there second season,good series and a great crowd to race and socialize with,i cant wait to get back out when my cars finally done, def checkout wealden racing .co.uk loads of info about the boss series

 

you shoulded be on here mate you have lots of work to do get on with it!
got some bells mate thanx see ya soon
ash

 

How much are the race fees? I'm committed to TTRS this year but always interested in a new series. I guess if it's through the CTCRC it'll be expensive.

Charlie

 

Very nice


Brian

 

saw you at brands last year with the dtms, was all excited seeing the saph and there was two black three doors, think you might have had some probs as you disapeared quite quickly?? i do remember there was an orange RX7 that looked pretty rapid??

 

Yes, cracked head. I was very fucked off and left in a strop

Charlie