OK guys.... time to update this from Summer 2013....

I flew back from down under to spend all of July in the UK. Sam & Dad had already got the car MOT'd and ready to go...



and with a new Nickname....

'The Angry Wasp'






First job was to pull the dials out, give them a good clean and find the 'red button' - this controls the SPA digital dash





And house the red button in the dash so it looks tidy and standard ish




Lots of other bits to tidy things up... housed the electric window switches nice and firmly in the panel below the steering wheel






Measuring the circumference of the wheels to calibrate the speedo for the SPA...




Nice little touch I thought...




Replaced the rusty screw in the satshifter...




Fitted my dials back in with a Carbon Fibre dial surroound from Streamline, bling bling!




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That was the first few days in the UK, then me and Sam headed down to Sandys for him to check over my engine... everything was going well until the drive back (late at night) and 3rd gear decided to destroy itself on the motorway...





Sam wasnt happy LOL

The gearbox blew up approx 11pm wednesday night, and seeing as we were leaving for the ring trip thursday morning that kinda screwed up our chances of going to the ring in the Mango/angry wasp...

So mOlly & I grabbed a lift with one of my mates coming on the trip in his Megane 1.9d

And obviously took it for a couple of laps...






p.s. he's never done any laps before hence the directions you can hear on the video from me.

There was 24 of us this year on the ring trip that I organise, it was a fantastic weekend :D








The lads also kindly (some may say stupidly) let me take there cars round the ring for a lap :D



Lea's Clio 200.... 9:12 BTG




Mathias 160bhp Saxo.... 9:12 BTG




AlexB's 185bhp 106.... 9:02 BTG




And quickest of the lot (amazingly) was Nickheads 165bhp (my old engine) 106.... 8:59 BTG on road tyres with no brackes after half a lap!




On the way back from the Ring' we had some fun in the tunnels... :D :D

Sounds ominous!
This coment will look really odd when you fill in the bits above! Hahaha

So with the ring trip over, dad pulled the box out of the car, collected a replacement VTS/GTI gearbox from AndySaxo, luckily we had a vts/gti ready to have the Quaife fitted to it...

As soon as I returned from Ibiza, Chris, Sam & I lobbed the gearbox back in Sunday morning, and headed straight to the Rolling Road...




And went to Mallory Park to get it weighed again... now 800kg with half a tank of fuel.... :D




Couple of pics of the car as it currently stands...

Does your car pass a legal emissions test?

Have to say after seeing the spa dash, do really like it, works really well on your car josh, and it very impressive engine, put a massive smile on my face after been in it! :D

So the car was now ready for FCS 2013....



Chris (Jessop) and I headed down to Castle Combe early in the morning...



Had the 2 hour track time booked to begin with







Locking up the rear brakes... Think I need to turn the rear braking off a bit lol





Couple of videos of the track time... I loved the track :D

Finally the month was coming to an end :(

Gave the Mango a quick wash so its clean before I headed back down under...



Took the track wheels off... pretty obviously which are the fronts and rears (Note where the pick-up rubber is on the tyre from the cool down laps)






And parked up for another winter :(

Epic update josh!!! So much love for this car tbh mate. Great to see you again too cant wait to meet up again mate so few and far between now but always epic when it happens

Give me time to write it mate... jeeeeeezzzzz lol :P

Yes

Yeah I agree with you there Andy, im really happy with the SPA, its everything I thought it was going to be and way more tbh :D And glad you enjoyed your little experience in the driving seat ;)

Im just giving everyone chance to save up while im away so we can have an epic months worth of activities while im back :D

Good to see you too pal, shame you couldnt make the big banger but these things happen! Loved my couple of laps driving your Clio around the ring too :y::y:

Looks like its been a fun year! Are you not tempted to put it in a container and get it shipped over to oz?

Awesome update :D so much love for the mango! Seeing as your not here at the minute, I think it would be in your best interests to let me 'look after' your car ;)

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Lol, Sorry dude. Hahaha.

Epic update! I don't know how you crammed it all in to one visit!? You truly are living the dream!!
Looking forward to getting mine ready for next years ring trip if theirs a space for me? I hope you get yours over next time. Lucky you had some locals going to get a lift off. Hehehe.

Sounds like an epic month! Those videos are awesome, from both FCS and the Nurburgring :)

Had a awesome time at the ring we you and everone! im sure next years tunnel vid is going to be abit louder with yours there! :eek:

Your car makes me keep thinking I need a silly French tin in my life (and made me sell the Mk2, had no love for it tbh!)

Agreed with Lea, always nice to see you when you *occasionally* pop over and visit! (In fairness, I don't think my liver could handle you coming over more frequently!)

Roll on our next liver busting session and Ring trip!

I am actualy... Ive worked it out, I can have it over here for 9 months of the year, 2 months in a container per year (a month each way) and have it in Europe for a month in the summer... now ive just gotta justify the cost lol

Cheers Joe! Was good to meet you at FCS mate, and glad you took a liking to the mango. Im sure it would be in my best interests... but Sam & Dad do a fine job cheers mate :P

haha i was joking mate....

It was a bloody bonkers month mate, not much sleep combined with lots and lots of fun :D I didnt mention spending 5 days in Ibiza in this update either lol

Im sure there will be a space for you mate... i'll chuck a thread up about next years trip in a month or 2 so keep your eyes out for it :D

Glad you enjoyed the videos mate... I was suprised how much I enjoyed Castle combe (fcs) to be honest, it looks boring on paper but its good fun. The Ring' speaks for itself... its just fooking mega :D

Me too Mark, was great to meet you & a great weekend had by all on the ring trip, plenty of banter which is always good lol. Yes hopefully my car is done for next year and we can have even more noise going through the tunnels :panic::panic::panic:

You sold the Golf Pete??? hahaaha you always go bonkers when you come out with us Pete - its fooking awesome, I had to stop you drinking this year hahahaha :panic::panic::panic:

Next liver busting session is christmas, plenty of time to recover lmao. Ring trip 2014 - fuck yeah :D

Like I've said it was great to meet you and have a good chat with you throughout the day- the cars given me plenty of inspiration for what route I wanna go down, damnit it was worth a try mate! ;)


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Ring trip 2014?
Im in this time!