guys if you can post what services your going to be at .

I'll meet you at either

i was going to try and link up with you on the m25 before we hit any of the services as we need a re-run , i'm 1-0 up as per on the way back from brooklands

Yeah yeah

I'll be coming from Junc 10 round to the M1, so you decide

I'm heading out from Oxford - is there a convoy I can meet up with ?
It will be a pretty boring drive by myself otherwise

Sean

Begbie i'll phonr you in the morning to see if i can meet up with you on the m1 .

Well, that was a nice suprise this morning.

Bumped into the convoy leaving Michael Wood Services on my way to work. Gutted i couldnt join you

Have fun guys!

1st dry Curborough in about 3 years?

Yes, will make a change to see some video footage without windscreen wipers clattering away

Have a nice day all and will see some of you tomorrow

Damn, dry Curborough and I am not there... Well, time to get my hands dirty under the car. Have fun guys and I'm looking to see some pics

Ditto guys.

Hope you have a good day and look forward to the pictures.

Ross

arse...

fastest Coupe so far, but my cambelt has just snapped

Nigel, just found out have bad news.

gutted for you mate.

ive got 20 valves sitting here all cleaned ready to go!!
can send them out for you asap!!

hope not too much damamged is done

Oh Bugger!!

Gutted for you Nigel.

Ross

Gutted for you Nige!

Nick

Oh no!

Not good news Nigel, sorry to hear it.

I hope the damage is minimal!

Now use it as an excuse to add more power along with one of JBT's quaife equipped boxes ;-)

Sorry ro hear Nigel time for an upgrade I guess.

Davie. The diffs are done by countrycruising (fcss) aswell

Tried and tested the best way forward for the quaife as Nigel needs his car everyday.

Ross

Im back - great morning session,

Epic 5-up outing in SennyDaves 740 bmw with a 180 spin,
MR2 Turbo did well considering me & my bro are clueless @ RWD!
Gutted for Nigel, Utterly...

Lovely to meet 'some' of the lads,

Chrissy.

Well - I'm waiting for the timings - I know Begbie was getting close towards the end of the day

So now to let the secret out....

I did two runs and over-shot the hairpin on both occasions, but I still did a 1.07 - this is down to the Quaife diff I now have fitted. I reckon if the cambelt hadn't gone, I'd have been below 1.05 later in the day

Paul at Motormech has worked hard to source a usable diff AND has solved the issue of getting seals to fit where the Viscodrive is removed

On the road (and the track, clearly), the difference is night and day - the way the car pulls into corners under the power is staggering

Motormech will be doing a forum group buy on this diff solution - I'll be starting a thread in the Handling section over the weekend with my feedback and experience of the last couple of weeks of driving it.

Back on topic - it was great to drive FishyDave's Caterham - so much grip and such a great turn-in. I managed a 1.07 on my first tentative outing, followed by a 1.05 shortly afterwards - a very easy car to drive quickly and utterly predictable, even when the back end wasn't following the front...

So - we're looking at another few weeks off the road and pressing the trusty old 16v back into service (it was due a rest after the 8 weeks and 3,500 miles it racked up while the gearbox and diff was being done).

However, hardest bit by far was telling Wifey - not happy....

Gutted to hear about your cambelt snapping Nigel

Thanks for the recognition Davie.
we are the only proper "tried and tested" fitter of these and I was happy to work with Nigel and Paul at Motormech who also successfully installed one.

Yet again we have made a solution in house to combat failures rather than keep blowing boxes.
So my advice would be to go to us or Motormech.

Also please note that there will be Quaife Failures In the near future as the Quaife diff is incompatible with the 20vt box for a reason that those experienced gearbox builders know.
Careful adjustments and alterations are ESSENTIAL on installation.

Gutted for you Nigel,let me know if I can help in anyway.

Oh no, Nigel! I am absolutely gutted for you. When was the belt done the last time?

Thanks John

I'm going to wait until the head is off before making a decision.

If its just valves, I'll be able to afford it, although I'll probably have the guides done as well, as they haven't been touched in 200,000+ miles

I'm crossing my fingers that I haven't damaged the pistons or my Barbz head

If the pistons or head are damaged, I'll have to take stock and think very carefully about whether I carry on pumping money into it

For the record, all belts were less than three years old and had done around 35,000

Hard to bear Nigel, hard to bear.

Fingers crossed you will be ok, and just valve and guides damage.

Ross

Home now.

Thanks to Paul and Nigel for organising another great day out at Curborough.
Great to see everyone again.

Top marks to Shawn for sticking at it until he broke into the 1.09s ( I thought we'd be there all night !).

Lastly Nigels belt fail has left a shadow over the day.
Nigel I've got my fingers crossed for you.

Sorry to hear about this, Nigel. My fingers are crossed for you that its just the valves

Sounds like you enjoyed your 7 drive though .... we'll get you switched yet

Hope everyone else had a good day, with no other major issues

Dave nice that your paying for Nigel's repair.

Sorry I couldnt make it,but too busy at work at the minute.

When's the next one?