chris whitlow

Richard, I've already got my name down but I'd certainly appreciate some guidance.

Does anyone know if there are any facilities for paddock campers?

I'll be joining the paddock campers too. I think Tony De Vito has a certain ring to it!

Sorry, I'm sorted now. Thanks.

You'll need one on the roll bar but you can get them from the bar manufacturer. It depends who made your roll bar but I called Bruce at Arch, he sent me one in the post and I put it at the bottom of one of the rearward facing bars just under the line of the boot cover.

Has anyone got a set of 13"x6" wheels they'd like to sell me. Preferably not minilites and hopefully black. Cheers, Chris

The Helix 70-1605 Ford Centre Plate is in stock at Mardi Gras and it fitted mine no problem.

I got a Helix clutch plate from Mardi Gras Motorsport at the beginning of last year It's been fine so far.

If its still available I'll take it please Graham. Thanks, Chris

Does anyone have a Tillett W1 lurking in their garage that's surplus to requirements? Preferably with the built in frame for bolting through the floor. Condition isn't too important as long as it's serviceable. Cheers, Chris

It should looking something like this when fitted.

Can you put me down for the tour please Rob. Cheers, Chris

Thanks for all the replies. I really didn't think it could be anything else but the head gasket so I'm feeling relieved. Oily, thanks for supplying the gasket. Cheers all, Chris

I know it's been a little cooler this week but when I've started my car first thing in the morning I'm getting quite alot of white smoke from the exhaust. Recently the engine has been misfiring at first but a couple of blips on the accelerator normally sorts it out. However, this week it's taken around 30 secs of blipping before it settles down. When I started it yesterday evening it misfired at first but just as it started running normally a cloud of white smoke billowed out. This didn't last long but it made me think that coolant might be leaking into one of the cylinders when the engine cools down. I removed the spark plugs this morning and when I looked into cylinder no. 4 I could see a reflection of the sky. I'm assuming this was coolant sitting on top of the piston. I tested the compression with the engine cold, as I think that's when I have an issue and it runs fine when hot, and got 220, 200, 220 and 218 psi respectively from cylinders 4 to 1. I was expecting number 4 to be really low. This is what the spark plugs look like with no. 4 being on the left. There's no oil in the coolant expansion tank and no emulsified oil under the oil filler cap. Am I being paranoid, do I have HGF or could something else be causing the white smoke? All suggestions gratefully received! Thanks, Chris

Me too please Chris.

I used this one https://locost7.info/gearcalc.php It has the Caterham 6 Speed and Ford Type9 5 speed ratios already loaded.

I'm definitely not interested in a seafood gala dinner but happy to go with the flow for an alternative.

I'm no expert, I've only replaced a diff once, but I lifted the diff with an engine crane and it went in nose down until the back of the diff cleared the dedion, then it was moved rearwards to allow the nose to be lifted. The car was also raised so I could guide the diff and shout instructions to my son on the engine crane. I found it relatively straight forward but imagine it could be quite tricky lowering the car onto the diff.

Hi Tom, Can you put me on the reserve list please. Cheers, Chris

Just looked on the K&N website (should have looked before!) so I'm up to speed now, thanks.

It's a K&N filter and looks quite old . Would it be better to buy new or can they be cleaned too?

I'd wondered about the air filter. All I've done is given it a blast with an airline but I don't know how old it is so it could be worth changing. Any recommendations for replacement air filters?

The sixth letter of the VIN on the chassis plate is 'C', which is why I thought visual smoke test only, but on the V5 and previous MOTs it's been miss typed as a 'G'. This could be why they tested under the basic emissions test rules.

I have adjusted the cam timing, using the DVA Supersport figures, so that could explain the difference to last year. The collector needed welding so they shouldn't have touched the lambda but I'll check the connections anyway. Thanks for all the replies.

This could be the issue as they MOTd it immediately after welding the exhaust so will only have had it ticking over to warm it up. I'll go back on Friday morning after giving it a good blast. Thanks for your help.