Haha Joe, you know the saying, work hard, play hard :D

Indeedy mate, going to get it mechanically sound (it is anyway i just want to check a few things) before cadwell, then after that ill whip the underneath all off and get sanding/painting lol

Definitely will be attending a few shows, FCS is a must with a few track slots as well. Trax is a maybe depending on when i hear about the visa, is there anything else you lot are planning to attend?

Thanks buddy, I do try and keep it as tidy as possible, but also making it lighter/quicker each year as well. Its a fine balence. The most important thing for me is for it to be reliable, so i can jump in it when im back and drive it :y:

Carpet is definitely staying, although this is mainly a track car i do take it out to meets or days out if the weather is good, so keeping the carpet for the sake of 0.1 seconds is well worth it imo. And im sure you will see it at some point, i loved going around to all the meets a few years back so ill definitely be going to as many as possible while im back :D

I dont think ive driven it since October lol, in fact its basically not had the car cover off since me and Tom gave it a proper clean and PC polish in the middle of october!

My bank account is shivering at the moment but im resiting the temptation lol

I work in sales for a company called Telstra in Oz (basically same as BT), selling phones, internet, foxtel (sky) etc. Its good money but bloody hard work, I can work over 55hours most weeks... including saturdays.

Currently got the ring and cadwell, but have a credit with a company for my cancelled mallory track day (due to snow) at the end of last year lol, so will be doing either mallory as its literally 5mins from my house, or maybe snetterton 300 new track looks pretty good. WOuldnt mind doing brands or oulton park as well.

I hope to be doing the new snetterton in may :) looks good and only 25 mins max from me so is my local track.

I see fair enough mate, must be pretty nice to live and work over there i guess? How comes you changed your mind on the boot lid?
What date is this cadwell track day? I wonder if its fully booked, odds are that it is!
It really pisses me off i have no decent tracks around me that are decent enough for my cars spec. Hmmm

looks alright i guess ;)

Tufty - Boot lid ill keep and do my own thing with it, just requires some work as i want to keep it oe looking so hopefully Bic can put a number plate recess into it if it doesnt sell. We will see...

Cadwell wasnt fully booked last time i checked, think its gone up 10quid now though to £165.

Yeah oz is good mate, just miss friends, family and the mango from over here.

Anyway the mangos currently in lots of parts, i got digging at the weekend and the bay needs some treatment so gonna get cracking with that. Took a few brackets off and gave them a lick of paint, as well as the new larger servo (gti/vts one) & the 23mm MC will go on at the same time. Also took the alternator belt off tonight and thats nicely brittle and cracked all the way round so ill grab a new one of those tomorrow.

Few pics just to keep it updated...











Going to try and get the bay all cleaned up lob loads of "krust" on it during this week and then wack it all back together at the weekend :D

bring on the weekend!!

Svens army :D

Managed to get the servo painted and back on this afternoon (what a bastard!),

Also got the alternator bracket off, cleaned up the pullies (as they were a bit rusty due to it sitting for long periods) and the main pully at the bottom of the engine to check it was all good.

Next is to put the 23mm MC on and bleed up the brakes, make sure everythings working, and then tidy up the bay and put it all back together. Should be done by Sunday :D

Love this car

....+1 couldn't agree more! :y:

Thanks lads :)

looking good jp, its always nice to get these type of jobs done..

nice work josh will have to pop round at the weekend have a quick look at it, nice to get it all neatened up!

get yourself a slim line fan will look much better in the bay and some nice weight saving!

Already got one Tom, ill get it fitted asap :D

Yeah pop over, im busy pretty much all saturday but sunday im free all day, youve got my number mate? give me a buzz :)

Got a few more bits and bobs done over the past couple of evenings

Alternator belt nicely cracked (all the way around) and brittle



New one picked up today



Took all the alternator shiz off and cleaned it up as well



More tomorrow :)

2 days woooo!

Well The yak got gunned down by nuggent lol.

More work on the mango tomorrow :)

yup the YAK was a big fat lard arse today lol

anyway was good catching up again and actually seeing your car in person for once and these bodies are rather bloody nice :D

Loving the car pal :)

Especially the sound of bodies on the ring video :D