Friday, 15 June 2007
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Colerne Track Day
Started off this years track day season at Colerne with Motorsport Events last weekend. Have to admit it is the best "Airfield" track I have done and we had a really good day. Its a well laid out track with a great mix of slow and fast corners. Having made a few modifications to the Firefox over the winter an airfield track is ideal for testing out the car and making sure everything is working as planned.
Main changes this year were to fit a Janspeed performance exhaust manifold and ITG air filter as well as make some improvements to the induction. Also fitted a nice oil catch tank and strengthen the gearbox/engine mounts that were showing signs of stress after Cadwell Park last year. Moved the radiator and oil cooler to improve air flow/cooling.
After making these changes we had to have the Emerald ECU re-mapped. A trip to Bradley's garage/rolling road near Chipping Norton resulted in a very nice 156BHP, thats 15BHP increase over last year! Not bad for car that weighs less than 500KG.
Also replaced the rear 200lb springs with 400lb springs. Main reason for this was that we had noticed some rub marks on the rear tyres where the mud guards had been touching when the springs were fully loaded. 400lb springs were recommended by David Golighlty from Onyx Sports Cars to stiffen up the rear suspension to improve handling and also stop the rubbing. Worked very well on track but not a good idea for road use as your fillings will fall out.
Thanks to David Bence for the photos.
Main changes this year were to fit a Janspeed performance exhaust manifold and ITG air filter as well as make some improvements to the induction. Also fitted a nice oil catch tank and strengthen the gearbox/engine mounts that were showing signs of stress after Cadwell Park last year. Moved the radiator and oil cooler to improve air flow/cooling.
After making these changes we had to have the Emerald ECU re-mapped. A trip to Bradley's garage/rolling road near Chipping Norton resulted in a very nice 156BHP, thats 15BHP increase over last year! Not bad for car that weighs less than 500KG.
Also replaced the rear 200lb springs with 400lb springs. Main reason for this was that we had noticed some rub marks on the rear tyres where the mud guards had been touching when the springs were fully loaded. 400lb springs were recommended by David Golighlty from Onyx Sports Cars to stiffen up the rear suspension to improve handling and also stop the rubbing. Worked very well on track but not a good idea for road use as your fillings will fall out.
Thanks to David Bence for the photos.
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Freestyle buggy
Our most recent project is the Freestyle off road buggy. We are building this for my son who will be 17 next year. The yellow buggy pictued below is the demonstrator. Ours will be Orange and black when finished but we have a lot of work to do.
Onyx Firefox
After doing my first track day in the Robin Hood I decided it was time to build something a little bit faster. The Firefox weighs less than 500Kg and has 150bhp from its tuned 1800 K series engine. That makes 300bhp per ton !!!
Off road buggy for the kids
We were in between projects with time on our hands so we built this for the kids to play with.
Wow it was so much fun !
Wow it was so much fun !
Banham Bat
While building the Robin Hood my Dad got hooked as well and decided he wanted to build his own kit car. He decided to buy a Banham Bat. Not many of these ever made in onto the road.
Robin Hood Project 2B
My first kit car was a Robin Hood 2B. After a trip to Stafford Kit car show in 2001 I got hooked with the kit car bug and have been building ever since. The 2B was originally built with an old Pinto engine but was soon upgraded to Vauxhal 16v.
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