Grumpph! Armed with my new shell curtesy of Phat Bodies, the car at least looked good. Sadly the handling was all over the shop all night. Added an extra 2 degrees of caster, tweaked as much as I could on the rear…
I won’t do a full report. Just the highlights. I cleaned up the front kingpins and rear pod damper and put in 20k silicone as opposed the 10k which does seem to be too thin to do anything useful. I also added…
Optima Mid Last time out at Mendip, I pulled the lower steering hub king pin screw out with a glance along the straight barrier. Again. Looks like this casting is a bit Dairylea. Yeah Racing do a CNC aluminium replacement. Nobody had…
Cracking night’s racing! I fitted the Phat Bodies Rear wing to the old Mardave body. And it seems to have worked nicely, the whole car much more stable on the straight. Also got the ride height settings sorted at 3.2mm at the…
The Mardave Minis at Bristol looked so much fun, that I decided to get myself one and have a go. For a car that’s so brutally simple, it’s incredible how well they drive. Set just the rear ride height and dab on…
