Yes your correct in saying that LOTS of cyclists like the area.
I try and navigate around the roads in the evenings, as most of them have gone by then...
Good to know how you got the Jubilee tower road picture... Ill leave that up to the professionals...Dont fancy hanging out the back of my X5...
Just quickly read your article about the Bowland roads...
Nicely written, with some stunning photos to accompany it..
I too know most of the route pretty well, as I reside near Blackpool, so its on my doorstep...
Yes I can agree with you that the route is fab in either a Trophy, or TVR as...
I have a full kit to fit the Brembo 4 pot calipers to the Clio.
So, the kit comprises the Pure Motorsport supplied 300mm disc conversion kit. This included the brackets, bolts, 300mm discs, pad fitting kit and braided hoses.
Genuine Renault refurbished 197 Brembo brake calipers in silver from...
As my super little T has now gone to a new home, and is being pampered....
Im selling off the remainder of the spares i amassed...
I have a full Trophy suspension kit available.
This consists of..
Front sachs struts, came from the group buy a couple of years ago,,, BRAND NEW....NEVER fitted...
Oh come on Andy, just get a battery on it and put it in the lovely heated garage.. Itl reward you later....
You need to give these cars lots of tlc....Even if it has been a real b4st4rd to you....
As my Trophy has now gone to its new home, im selling off the remnants of the spares and collections, starting with the magazine collection.
I have a total of 16 magazines 13 of which have specific Trophy content, and 3 of which have "Clio " content be it Williams , 172, 182 articles....
Be it...
Anybody know where i can get a pair of the rear disc/bearing spacers from, RPD are out of stock and George at Road track race has ceased trading.??
Or is it ok to re-use the old ones that come off. when replacing the rear discs.?
Ta.
On every car ive owned with an oil pressure gauge the load is higher than idle...
eg idle could be 1 bar, load 2.5bar....
PS these are NOT values for the clio.
I have no idea what the clio values should be...
Wow. I remember them when they were new.... Whats the value of one of those today.??
I remember watching Harry Metcalf ringing the neck of one of these back in the day on the Rally circuit... He showed a lot of the faster machinery how its done... Sadly he was taken from us too soon.
Something else to throw into the mix.
IF,, youve overheated the pads, ie had a bit of brake fade, ive found they dont work aswell afterwards...
I had this after a trackday i did in another car, the pads never were the same again...And i swapped them out pretty soon afterwards.
Hi Nick. Thanks for that. Yep i knew it was Ixell 205-110
I had a spare set of turinis done a few years ago, but were powder coated, and they arnt the correct colour, as , like you say there isnt a powder that matches...
So ill be stipulating they are painted in ixell, then powder coated clear....
My new Michelins have finally arrived... And they arnt old stock thankfully, made on 07/22.....Now time to get the wheels refurbed in the correct colour...