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[ QUOTE ] I am going to see if I can figure out a way to get the outer casings of the new bearings to make a good fit into the hoops - maybe a few thou's worth of shim material around the casing ? [/ QUOTE ] Peter, The job may not be as difficult as you think. The spherical bearings at the...

Felix, Roaring Forties manufacture a chassis that will take the 4.6 V8 and will also supply everything you need to bolt it up to an Audi transaxle. No need to do any fabricating. See their web site here... Roaring Forties

[ QUOTE ] Just a wild guess is that photo in the Dandenong Ranges? [/ QUOTE ] Andrew, That photo was taken in the Adelaide Hills. Sorry to all you South Australians. I think I may have just let your best kept secret out of the bag

I’m just wondering what holds most appeal to GT40 owners. For the pure joy of driving, is it the feel of straight line acceleration or is it the handling through winding roads? If you were now going to take the next step in improving your GT40, would you spend the money on the chassis or the...

Interesting that you should bring this up. I’ve just spent the last Sunday afternoon playing with various settings with the intention of getting a broad feel for cause and effect in preparation for tweaking on the track. Admittedly, there is only so much information that you can glean from...

Simon, The project has in fact moved on. The car does now have a name too. Joss. A space frame and carbon fibre car has been completed and displayed at various motorshows in Australia. With any luck it will be the real deal, but I'm not holding my breath. Here is a link to the company.

Leaving any judgment about the value-for-money aspect aside, I don’t think that the most valuable asset here is the design or any other intellectual property. The most valuable asset is the use of an established brand name. The world is littered with credible would-be sports car manufacturers...

The laws in Australia are quite definite about where and how to fix a front number plate. It goes on-and-on about angles and visibility, but then it ends with a comment about there being an exception where it is impractical to do so. This may not apply in the UK but it may still pay to closely...

Re: Crazy call centre\'s located anywhere but in your country Direct telemarketing is one of my pet hates, and they always seem to call while I'm in the middle of something important. But since the calls have begun arriving from overseas locations I have devised a strategy that hits them back...

Juts a final possibility. The speedo itself can be at fault if it is old. Some older speedos use a design whereby a magnet spins in very close proximity to the needle armature (I may have the terminology wrong here). If this magnet is no longer an equidistant from the armature as it spins...

[ QUOTE ] Europe is a land of ideas without action [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't G W quoted to have once said "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur." He may have been misquoted.

Re: Maranello /Raikonnen I hear that Rossi is more interested in World Rally. He had recently shown some real talent there too when he beat Colin McRae.

Andy, There is a truth in what you say but there are variations to that truth today. The written language has in the past been “owned” by the academics because it was used primarily for formal communication. The spoken language on the other hand had always been less formal in the main and...

Re: Changes in F1 regs >2008 [ QUOTE ] (Article 2.5). - New technologies which will give a team an advantage for one season but which are then adopted by all teams for subsequent seasons at significant expense will be banned after the end of the first season [/ QUOTE ] I can't see how...

Re: Changes in F1 regs >2008 [ QUOTE ] 6. New technologies giving one team advantages but are then subsequently adopted in other teams - banned after one season [/ QUOTE ] David, Are you able to elaborate on this rule please? I'm not sure I like the sound of it.

Re: Alonso to MacClaren! Looking at it purely from a one-eyed Australian's point of view, it seems that Mark Webber may well have done the right thing to stick with Williams for 2006. His contract expires at the end of next year at the same time that a seat becomes available at Renault. Given...

I received this one in my email a few days ago. If someone arrives at you front door claiming to be doing a survey and asks you to show them your ass, don’t do it. They just want to see your ass. I wish I’d received this email a week ago. I feel so stupid and cheap.

Tim, Not only was that car looking for a decent engine, but that engine was looking for a decent car. I think you have found the perfect marriage I'm curious about the Elise kits too. I didn't think that Lotus were interested in that market.

I deliberately didn't connect the heater hoses partly for appearance (one thing less to hide). I have found that anything over 22C (~75F) on a sunny day is unbearably hot without AC. From there and below, the warmth of the engine and pipes keep you warm enough, until you hit the critical point...

Having seen that track on Playstation, it brings home how close the game is to the real thing, right down to the braking points, camber of the road, the kerbs and even paving on the runoff areas. Some of those corners where the car goes light is scary enough on the game let alone in real life