Thanks Matt, good to meet you as well, sorry about delayed acknowledgement. first time I have been in this section!

Has anyone got a 1/18 model (in good nick) they are thinking of selling on?

I have an enquiry from a member of the public who would like to buy one as a present for her significant other and the makers have sold out. The one for sale on ebay is going for a steep £150

I personally stick with the manufacturers recommendation. Might go with a slightly thicker oil when hot if the car is for trackday use only.

Good result - happy motoring!

MOT expired December 2014 and is currently SORN'd. Obviously the new owner is taking their time returning it to A1 condition ..

1. BBR - (Rich) - confirmed
2. Ashley - not on forum - confirmed
3. sharman - (Alex) - confirmed (sort of)
4. acc67 - (Andy) - confirmed
5. Chris Billman - Chrisb20vt - confirmed
6. Mark Crayford - not on forum - confirmed
7. bayliss - (David) - confirmed
8. adam16vt - (Adam) - possibly if not snowboarding ;-)
9. GaryW - (Gary) - ??
10. Danb052k - (Dan) - ??

Will be good to meet you David

Good to know, thanks C.C.

Hit the thirteen & a half stone mark, very pleased with that. Apart from very little alcohol & stopped all snacking, I've been exercising like hell from my chair, lots of belly planks/crunches & other exercises designed for the over 60's

Must admit I became very lazy over the last few years & was at my heaviest at fifteen & half stone, I've got the bug & I'm going to stay slim....Well that's the plan..

El Presidente! (When did that happen?)

Sorry I didn’t reply last year, I hadn’t thought that anyone would remember me or my car and just wanted to pass on my thanks to you guys for providing such a great stand at the NEC.

I remember the drive well. We had a blast from Havant over Portsdown Hill, down to Wickham and then joined the A27 a little to quickly. I’ve still not driven anything that has the balance that car had with power to handling. I hope the car is still going strong. Feel free to offer me a drive in your car mate or keep me posted on South Coast meets. Do you still get together on occasion?

Anyway, really looking forward to seeing you guys again this year.
Chris.

me going turbo way.... haha never

PS.. when I´m thinking about purchasing dead 20VT is only about to make 2.4 VIS atmo conversion with some standart tweaks (head, mild cams, raised compression etc..) for daily use.. 200-220 bhp with loads of linear torque from 2.4 with great sound...

something serious goin on
here







for expalnation..

I´m designing long 4-2-1 exhaust manifold for my engine
parameters:

44,5mm OD primaries ~650mm long (25.5")
50mm OD secondaries ~300mm long (11,8")
55mm to 60mm collector

I plan to make the headers by mysels during this winter..it will be from mandrel bent , mild steel bends, centerline radius R=100mm.

Its quite challenge to acomodate soo long primaries with this diameter in coupe engine bay.. as the original pipes has quite small diameter and they are too short - 450-500mm... its even more challange to fit e.g 4-1 manifold in the car like coupe due to clearance issues etc, so I looked around many competition cars -mainly S2000 ans S1600 clas rally cars...

as the template I used Orque (japan company) manifold for alfa romeo twinspark.. which looks that it could accomodate really long primaries into tight engine bay (in comaprison to rest of supplier, who makes and profits from enlarged copy of stock manifold..)

This.

Good result!

Take car magazine jorno’s comments regarding ‘classic cars’ with a large pinch of salt. They have no better idea of the future than mystic meg. Who cares, the coop is a fine fun car that offers pleasure in spades, and why should I expect more?