Dan im hosting drinks and food the night before and coming to watch.
Due to work and a map correction needed on my car i cant track it.

other wise i would!!!

But im still going to be there!!!

unlike 2 i no..

Ouch sorry to hear that, has the beast been used in anger yet?

Ouch sorry to hear that, has the beast been used in anger yet?

Thanks mate, I must admit I am pretty gutted after having already spent a fair bit. Leighton checked the map last Saturday and confirmed all was well from that side of things, following that I got to give it a bit of a blast (which was NICE!) Then had to poor in 1.5 litres of oil for the 120 mile journey home...not nice.

I guess if the turbo has had it then I will just have to see this as an opportunity to fit something better, by better I of course mean massive

maybe time for the New GTX units mate?

see what power thjis can make with a big bad boy blower on it

Your present turbo can be rebuilt but if you fancy a change the GTX is the way to go but you'll need a remap.

My present turbo can be rebuilt....have a word with Leighton mate as he says it cant.

Dave to copy someone post push the quick quote button and it'll automatically add it to your reply

Anyway your turbo, which spins down nicely when you switch your engine off, this would indicate no bearing damage so I've been informed that a service kit can be installed and no more smoky turbo or excessive oil usage

I love the positive atitude, much needed with these cars. Rather than crying over a blown turbo, you look onwards and upwards for an even bigger one!

Still hypercar performance for relative peanuts

My Coupe is in Surgery with Dr Flea, might not make saturday, having a little trouble with the dustbin size turbo

However I have total faith so I will see you all there

Tracking

1. CC.
2. MrsCC
3. Little Dan
4. Vinny (tbc)
5. deannn_20VT.
6. Alfanutter
7.
8.
9.

Watching

1. Marco
2. Mario
3. ping pong Begbie
4. Coupedummy
5. simonz30??
6. Antz28

any other's??

Joe, how are you getting on with your coop? BTW, is my coop going to be the only 16VT on the track? I am starting to feel the pressure not to the be slowest of the lot being factory 190bhp only... Anyway, can't wait to give it a run on this track!

Dean don't worry mate, you won't be the lowest bhp Coupe there as my Vincy isn't ready so we're just running the 2.4.

But watch out, it's only 8bhp lower then yours so I'll be pushing you round the bends if not over/under taking you

Joe what a shame your vinci isn't ready

Only 8bhp less than my 16VT? I better fit that mbc quickly:P Should be a good race between you and I. Oh, by the way. I won't let you overtake me

im sorry but after seeing this...

i dont think your going to have a choice....



its like when Mario gets hold of a farm animal... it WILL happen...

yeah, bu that was MrsCC not Joe.

That was definitely joe...I was in the car

Right, in that case I better get myself ready for this. Any tips?

I'm a fair driver Dean but I'll push you if you hold me up

Looks like rain for Saturday morning with bright spells in the afternoon, fingers crossed for it just being dry.

Looking at the BBC weather this morning, it says no say, although there could be isolated showers, but didn't look anywhere near Bedford, more likely to hit the west side of the country.

Definitely not as Mrs CC doesn't share Joe's manners. She'd have gone straight over that Fezza

Great pic that. Last year at Spa that was getting even. Do you have any plans to get ahead this year Joe?

Good! This means that MR2 boys won't have any excuses should they get outraced again:P

and smile while doing it.

As for plans this year, not much, a couple of teeks to help spool up and a nice new exhaust with a seperate screamer pipe for the waste gate

Ok I'm packed and leaving work early on a Friday... whoop

see you soon

Time to get some sleep. See you guys tomorrow

We all had a fun filled day at Bedford yesterday, I've a new name for Jack, from now on he's called 'No fear Jack' after giving his 16vt a thrashing along with his front tyres and brakes

Day started off very wet so we pretty much torque steered everywhere but after lunch the track dried and we were soon hitting 120-125mph down the back straight.

Track wasn't busy at all so we all got loads of laps in.

Moment of the day has to go to the poor 944 driver who made rather heavy contact with the barrier, looks like an expensive repair



Mr2 having a little spin



Jack's front tyres in the afternoon, we quit after this.



This sounded



MrsCC's 2.4



Chap in the blue overalls was testing a new engine, he's racing in the Mr2 championship.

I had a couple of moments trying to get the 2.4 to stop, tyre smoke and Jake having a brown trouser moment.

I also went out with Jack in the morning and we spun in fine style leaving us up the back with no damage, MrsCC went out with him a couple of times and to quote her words "Jack is mental"

Looks like an awesome day out.

100% agree with Joe - it was an awesome day! It was good to meet you again and spend a day together racing

I didn't know what to expect from my 16VT but now I know that I can trust the old girl as she didn't let me down.

It's such a shame about the front tyres. Basically, they got destroyed as soon as it got dry and I could push it much harder in chicanes and over the kerbs. Oh well, it's all about the fun

BTW, tyres are not only thing which got destroyed - definitely wishbones need changing, tie rods, tre and exhaust is blowing (that's what was making that hisssss sound Jake). Funny thing is - MOT expires on 30th March I got some work to do.

For those who are looking for good and cheap set of brakes - EBC Blue Stuff & MTEC grooved and drilled did worked for me really well (all for under £140 for the 16VT). Only brake fluid started to give up and it was the ATE Blue thingy - not so great.

Joe - thanks for the tips on how to improve my race line and eventually how to go quicker round the track

Jake - thanks for being an awesome co-pilot and I hope that you did enjoy the adrenaline kicks as much as I did (you know what I mean) Next time I will brake even later so get ready

MrsCC - thanks for your comments re my driving skills and sorry for being mental

And finally, please do send me some pics guys: jacksndj@yahoo.co.uk

Jack

Trackside Images have now listed our pics.

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I must fit a lower seat, lol