DRIVER COACHING/RACE ENGINEER FOR 3D

Mike has been asked by Tom Smith, his former race mechanic and now team manager for 3D to assist one of their top drivers at Kimbolton on 7/8th March. The driver is Milan Mach, a top seeded Rotax driver who has successfully raced all over the world, and has been a keen supporter of Mikes when he raced regularly at Whilton Mill. As a former Kimbolton Festival and Super 1 winner at Kimbolton, Mike knows his way round the track no matter the conditions, so hopefully this will assist Milan start his 2009 championship with a podium.

CAR BUILD CONTINUES-SO WE WILL MISS SNETTERTON

The car has still been in the Spoox workshop this week as they try to get the ECU to work and map the engine. We anticipated that a week woould be plenty, but as the project has been running late, we tried to have the car tested with the standard MK2 engine in. The engine was installed in early January, but has probably proven to be the wrong move, as it has now delayed getting the race engine sorted in time for the Snetterton test. With no experience of Snetterton, and no time in the car as it has yet to be mapped, Mike has decided to plan for Castle Combe on Easter Monday and use the interim time to perfect the set up using Mallory Park. We can drop rounds, so this need not have an adverse affect to the overall results, but it will mean that Mike will not be at the top of the leader table when they are produced.

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FINAL WEEK PLUS ONE!

Not the new engine yet, as Kent supplied the wrong camshaft for our MK1 head. The cam diameter is different between Citroen & Peugeot versions apparently. Also the MK1 manifold won't fit a MK2, so we will be running the test with a standard MK2 catalyst and Mk1 exhaust.

The old engine was dropped back in for the test, but the ECU wouldn't fire up as the ignition key chip had been lost when stripping the car. Plan B could have been to unlock the ECU, but plan C was to press on with the OMEX installation. This has added 3 days work now rather than after the shakedown, but needed to be done.

Here is the car close to completion with the new OMEX loom fitted and the fuel system plumbed in. While in the garage it seems to have grown some SPOOX stickers! Mapping starts tonight, with an initial setting ready for testing. With SPOOX on Rally duty this weekend, it looks like a trip to Bruntingthorpe Monday for an hour or so and then Mallory Wednesday.

FINAL WEEK OF BUILD!

The car goes to Spoox this week for its final wiring and spanner check before a shake down on Sunday at Bruntingthorpe - weather permitting. We are still waiting on several parts that have been held up in the post, but as the snow melts, we are very hopefull of having a car running this week. Pictures of the track test will follow.

PROGRESS FROM 2002 TO 2008

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STOCK HATCH SAXO BUILD

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WEEK 15 OF THE BUILD AND THE SNOW CAME SO WE WERE TRAPPED AT HOME AND MANAGED A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS WORK

A few shots taken before the snow melted. We spent most of Saturday fitting the bonnet pins and gas struts and emergency fire and battery cut out switches and exhaust. Sunday was sorting out the seat, wheel and belts and other internal issues like pushing rubber gromets into holes. Then Monday with heavy snow cutting us off from the village, we added the plastic body parts and added a few decals. Tuesday we had the bonus of getting the screen installed and fitted the manual side windows and the 'Dodge Viper' stripes.