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Well as the cat is out of the bag sort of,, no I have not swapped my engine it's still the A+.

Two weeks ago I was chatting to Paul W on the Book of many Faces about maybe attending Avon, so the goal was set for both of us!

Now the prep was going well and the Mk1 was behaving, up until the brakes started leaking, then the bias was not working too good with my setup, but I managed to get that sorted. Then it was RR where it made 188bhp before it started wheel spinning. Next on the list was the small oil leak under the car, now with work getting in the way this was left until Friday night. On inspection I found it was coming from the sump plug so I just nipped it up a bit and then I found it became loose. So the outcome was that it was f++ked! so at 17.30 a call was made to secure the loan of a hell coil kit for the night. In stepped Ben with his super man pants on to call and get the bits on the way home from work. 20mins later and the sump plug was fixed and I was sat good to go.

Saturday came and I was like a kid on Christmas day up at 06:00 and the car was packed. When I set off I thought I would meet up with Robert for a convoy up the road, so I made my way to his manor house. We had a good catch up, then we set off on the back roads of Oxon.

We got there in good time and I set my tent up sharpish so I could get all the crap out of the car so I could get on the strip.

The Runs..
Now it looks like I have forgotten how to drive the Mk1, as I kept letting it bog down! So after a crash course from carl and yoda, aka Robert I found my feet.

My best run was=. 13.9 with a 60ft of 2.1

Then today I was having what felt like the best run of the day and BANG the head gasket went, lots of French words later......

So I used the rest of the time chatting and packing the car up. Now I have never been to a meet that was not just mini so it was nice to see other cars run very fast times, like a subaru run 8sec at 155mph.

AA time...
I nursed the Mk1 to that nice little pub down the road where I started the whole AA saga. A long pub lunch later and some cold ones and the car was on the truck and I was sleeping the weekend off in the back.


I would like to say, it was nice to meet some new faces and some old ones, and some new cars aswell.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I see, you got some pics to post then

Edited by oli79 on 21st Jul, 2013.

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

broke it again? :(
what boost did it 'pop' on? and any idea of your timing?

Yes i moved to the darkside

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20psi mate, I know it's the fueling now, it needs some needle work.

Edited by madmk1 on 22nd Jul, 2013.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Good figures though!
Is that at the wheels?
Also what gasket was it?

Reading up on RTS Clutches

Is that a new PB Simon? Good time and well done for not being gay! Lol

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Yes it is mate.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Well done Si for the pb and getting the car ready in time, was nice hearing from you anyway Friday afternoon even though i was the wrong lee haha

Speeding is like masturbating, everyone does it, but not all of us film it and put it on the internet

[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

sorry to hear about the ooopppppssss again, dont seem to be having the best of luck with the mk1.

didnt make avon but hopefully see you at MITP.

What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

well done with the personal best.

188 brake, wow seems your setup is finally showing it's true potential....well done simon!

Seems the 'only' thing left to do is preventing your engine from spitting out headgaskets. Some 'needle work' seems in order, and whilst not a band aid I feel the following article might interest you especially given your professional background....

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_110213/article.html

Thanks lads!

Looks like its the up hill journey to MITP now.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Might be worth changing those ARP studs to Velcro given your miles per head gasket. Lol

Well done on the new Pb! Do you think the fueling was out due to the car no having traction on the rollers?

Ron

No I think it was just a shit setup mate, as it's all over the place by the looks of it.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Aw, I kept asking Carl about what you were doing haha! Congrats on the new PB!

They don't die, they just get faster!

Can i ask where you had it RR'd Simon?

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Ah gutted atleast you know the cause! Plenty of time till MITP 😜

Yes dan I booked it in at minispeed as its 10mins away, but I sort of ran out of time on the RR when I was down there.

Chatting to robert about it I think it needs a lot of setting up work done to it to get it singing right not just 4or5 power runs lol.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

What a bummer, must have a fair bit more to come out of it considering you only did a few RR runs!

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