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[Roy928tt]

PM me with whatever you want and an address to send it to, price will be postage to your address.

Thanks Cheers Roy...

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Having just listened to the Tim Schenken podcast, there was a question about getting into racing and the ascension to F1, Tim seemed to agree it is still the same as it was in his time. I'd argue that it certainly is not, as the population is 3 times...

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It has dawned on me that my admiration of F1 encompasses the period during which the teams were made up of a handfull of competent people, when cars were very much designed by 1 person on a drawing board.

As team size grew and politics...

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My latest purchase arrived today, a small block Chev timing gear set.

We'd had an issue with the starter motor, not turning the motor over. It's a 3.2 kw 24V starter from a Mitsubishi Canter, but because it drives the crankshaft directly...

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So I unwrapped the wing this morning, hmm mm that's not as bad as I thought it might be, it's not that bad at all, it is still a fibreglass wrapped foam wing profile. I can probably still work with this to make it right ish. Mmm it feels stiff, I propped...

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Fucking fibreglass what a pox.

Being locked down and having a day that looked like it would be ok, not terribly nice but ok, I thought I'd get stuck into adding some more fibreglass to this rear wing. Nup, it's just not my thing.
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It was a club level Circuit Sprint, open wheelers are not allowed, but with wheel covers no problem?

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Somebody needs to tell Red Bull to pull their bloody head in, the way they are banging on and on about the accident is not a good look. If they want to compete at the pointy end of the field then there are going to be occasional incidents. The best you...

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There is a local bloke who had these thoughts, he has a twin turbo LS Commodore ute and to complement that he brought together a VE Commodore ute with an 8 litre LS based engine. They both produce similar amounts of power but come at it from different...

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Nice looking 928, pascha interior also, sweet.

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100hp / 375 kg Cheap to build and cheap to run. Fun!...

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I'm being very late to the party in regards to Roberto. His name was always there or there abouts at the time, I'd never invested any time in taking any interest in his story. Having had it brought to my attention I find it interesting and of course...

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True, I guess I'm in the position where I wanted to build a full sized proper racing car without necessarily going racing. So Collingrove was the default option. I don't think I ever gave any thought to the challenge of the track but it indeed is challenging....

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Thanks Smudge.

Testing at Ferrari.

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Straight to the pool room for that one....

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LOL

If you take the turbo's off, you'll wonder where all the powers went.

A cam ain't gonna cut it.

If you leave them on you will continue to cook everything.

You can't have your cake and eat it, or...

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Roberto Moreno, fast becoming my favourite F1 driver.

Does anybody know why John Barnard was so keen to have him join Benetton after Alessandro Nannini's helicopter accident ?

It seems that Roberto got on very well with the...

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Gary Anderson take a bow. What a beautifull and effective car.

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And all this banging on about 51 G impact, FFS Grosjean was 67G, tangled up in a barrier and on fire and he just climbed out and jogged away. Bloody Dutch pussy.