[Malcolm]

Went to service the wheel bearings today as all fingers were pointing blame towards them but they have proven to be completely innocent and fault free! What seems to have happened is that after some hard number of years service I have managed to knock out a nylon block suspension joint (lower A arm, rear joint) and the steering control arm rose joints have a miniscule amount of play developing. Fortunately all replacements are on the shelf so should be ready in no time! Famous last words perhaps....

Interestingly on that 110 litres of fuel used on Tuesday, 81 miles of road driving to the circuit and 155 miles on circuit. That equates to less than 10 mpg. Hmmmm. Parker did make me feel better though, when he told me I am running at least 4 times better fuel consumption than he is! Ouch!

The other measurement taken was tyre wear. We began the day with 5.5 mm of tread on the front left tyre. Equal across the tyre face. We came home with 2.5mm left on the outer edge, 3.5mm in the centre and 4.5 on the inner edge. We were running minus 0.6 camber, and had been discussing raising that to minus 1 degree for track work. However talking to an engineer who seems to have proven correct onmost occasions so far, it was suggested that I try an increased front tyre pressure before I alter the camber angle. This sounds quite radical to me as this recommendation means going from 25 psi hot to 32 psi hot. I think the answer of right or wrong decision might be known come the first corner!!!!!! However it is a very simple test but just needs to wait till the next track day as by no means is this the right thing to do for the road! Changing camber track side is a simple 15 minute job so easy to do this experiemnt. This is what I like about my 40 now. I built the thing yonks ago and my interest has since evolved into set up development. Love it! However this tyre wear issue makes me keen to get Avon to make a new front tyre. Time to start pestering them again.....