65redspit

I’ve had to pull the propshaft out again too as the balancing weights came off on the trip down and she was vibrating quite badly past 55… it’s never straightforward 🙈🙈

“ @65redspit are you tempted to try skinnier tyres that fit in the arches next time?!” Yes but it happens with the road tyres occasionally too … I was trying to be too clever, the ones I was using I had bought for my Dolomite Sprint thinking I could potentially use them for both cars… if I get my arches sorted I potentially can - didn’t help on the day limiting my suspension travel and the concern the issue might shred a tyre mid-session !!

He is an excellent driver, for sure, follow his lines they are spot on 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Pete, great video, thank you so much for sharing 👍🏻🏁🏁

Good to meet you too - good luck at Thruxton !!

It was excellent - great to meet you all, hopefully next time my tyres will fit in the arches 😂

About to add oil to the diff, test drive, then start final prep work before heading off to Wiltshire…. VERY excited but talk about leaving things til the last minute !!!

I don't know but I took mine in and said "I would like this 10% softer and 14mm shorter between the center of the vertical link eyes" ... so maybe if you simply took you old spring in and tell them what it's doing now and what you want it to do in the future?? I've no idea whether they can work with that but they showed huge knowledge and expertise when I went there ...

Spent more than 1/2 the day pressing out & trying to fit new bushings into the diff 🙈🙈 finally got the diff in, prop & driveshafts bolted up, rear hubs in & brake reconnected … think I’m getting too old for this mullarkey - I’m cream crackered !!!!

Jones’s Springs will make you a custom spec one for the price of a standard one from most of the main suppliers…

Lol we make a pair - good luck with it, see you at the track !!

I bought it in 1991 !!! Talk about value !!! Brilliant thing …

Well this is my car right now 🙈 I’ve got the diff and various shafts ready to go back in… Then I need to sort the brakes… And a bunch of other stuff I’ve not been able to get to !!!! can’t wait though 😉😉😉

thanks and good :o))

I'm in, hoping Chris will join me & have a go in Ziggi too...

Hopefully that's worked, I'm not so good with the technology...

Castle Combe Group Lists.pdf

Kev sent it out via email on Sunday, I will try and upload it as a pdf

Looks like I’m in with the other spitfires too 👍🏻 have had hellish time fitting LSD … had to buy a later diff, new crown wheel & pinion set, change the flanges on both driveshafts and the propshaft (kinda frustrating as they were all reconditioned and balanced over the winter) even then, today, I had to drive the lsd to Coventry for additional machining as it touched inside the casing 🙈🙈🙈 so currently I have absolutely no mechanicals fitted in the car behind the gearbox…

And the bonnet !!

I run a bespoke woodworking business and have to say that veneering is VERY nice 👍🏻

Those stag v8's are light and make serious horses when built properly ....

Yup that’s me 😂 I have emailed him - maybe he thinks I have a Gitfire lol …

Diff out … let’s hope I can get it stripped, fitted and back in in time !!!

Mines an 1147cc with standard rear suspension so not sure I’ll be slipping past anyone out on track !!