Archive for the ‘Maintenance & Repair’ Category

Ian had this in his mouth. Rather him than me.

Rusty Coolant Removal

By Neil | Maintenance & Repair

One of the tips we had at Rockingham from the BookaTrack.com guys was to bypass the heater and save weight. We knew the car was heavy, although how heavy remains a mystery, but taking off a few kilograms can only help, and lets be honest the heater in a racing car isn’t really essential. It

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MR2 Back from the Garage with an Eye Watering Bill

By Neil | Maintenance & Repair

After the spluttering issues at Oulton Park I finally collected the car today. It took a while because parts needed to be ordered but they also had a lot of other race cars in, and I did drop it off without booking it in. In short the spluttering was caused by a dodgy HT lead

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New Wheels

By Neil | Maintenance & Repair

The standard teardrop MR2 wheels are a bit heavy which isn’t ideal for racing, but also mine look a bit manky and one is slightly buckled at the edge which could contribute to the tyre loosing pressure over a period of about a week. This sounds like a brilliant excuse to buy some shiny new

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