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So, 2017 has turned up and with it, the realisation that my goal of Rally NZ is now less than a year away. Scary. Along with that, 26 other events already on the calendar, no doubt with more to come as events get promoted. Aiming for plenty of seat time […]

2017 and some goals to achieve

January 27, 2017 in Car Projects / Race Car / Racing by Geoff

G4, 36, 185, 362, VF28, VF30, VF37, 250,000, 1150. Just some of the numbers from the last 4 days. Starting with the biggest. 250,000 is about the number of kms I suspect the turbo has done. It’s certainly the factory spec VF28 turbo, whether or not it’s previously been replaced […]

It’s a numbers game

September 25, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car by Geoff

One of the many things on the To Do list was to replace the front brakes as they were approaching end of life. Several phone calls later, mostly to Steve up at RaceBrakes, we settled on a new brand for me. Previously I’ve been running Mintex 1166 compound pads on […]

Braking News

September 18, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car by Geoff

Motorsport is a fickle mistress. As noted in the previous post, the plan was two days of racing this weekend, firstly up north of Napier then a second day over in the Waiararapa. Day one happened, but we had to withdraw from day two unfortunately with a suspected blown or […]

Just a little whine…

September 11, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car / Racing by Geoff