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Those wheels are nice John could do with a clean though

Not really practical in a road car. Why not just swap the seats when you do track days it is only an hours work. That set up will get on your nerves after a while.

I have one fitted to my RA and it was used on the road for 6 months with periods of 1 -2 weeks of inactivity and had no issues at all with it. It has held charge well and I have never had to recharge it off the car or jump start it. That said I disconnect the battery when not in use to ensure there is no current drain on the battery. If you have a tracker or after market alarm fitted you may have issues if the car is left standing for a prolonged period. The odyssey batteries come with an optional set of round posts which screw straight to the battery using the fittings provided which are all pretty good quality. This allows direct fitment of the standard battery cables and connectors so there is no need at all to mess with the wiring if you dont want to. From memory I think the extra posts were about £5. I got mine through a scoobynet groupbuy run by Bob5.

Did you see the reply i sent

oops looks like it may have been wasted effort finding the info for you

I was going to use them for some roll cage attachment parts and found them ignorant and unhelpful. I would never spend any of my pennies with them. Did you get my response over on Scoobynet ref options for your seats. Might be worth a look if you havn't already

The number for the wholesaler would be handy

DS 2500.

Grieg Think you need to decide which way you want to go. If you want to stick with the RA ratio's then buy an RA box. If you dont then the offer of one of my boxes stands. The one John mentioned which is effectively a UK 754 box but in a 752 casing is the one which I would sell first. Purely as this was my spare box and is set up ready to go and I know is good, this is basically identical to the box I used last year appart from the case which is irrelevant. The one in the car which done so well for me last year is fine but I would not sell it without checking everything is OK with it. I also have a gearbox and shafts form a 2006 2.5 WRX but I would be looking for decent money for it to sell it at this stage.

What John said

Grieg I have an almost new standard one you can have for a lot less if you want ?

Greig PM John he knows the boxes I have and what diffs you have and he would be best to advise but from memory all my boxes are UK ratio's with 3.9 rear diff's. I have a few options that would vary in cost one which may be perfect if your uping your power but I think we would need to chat about that. I dont think I have a spare 3.9 diff but John may well have.

I think a wanted post for a moderator would be nice. They cant even be bothered to answer the messages I left them. Its like dealing with mosad. Rules for the protected and rules for the "normal scum" not that I am trying to imply I am totally normal Frank thanks for the help

As it says. Does anyone know a chap who posts on scoobynet as roscop. He is from Musselburgh and I need to get in contact with him asap. The fun police have been playing with my scoobynet account coz I told the truth about one of their bum chums so I cant access my PM's to get his details. thanks

What you need is a ty754 uk box unless your coming out next year with 200bhp/lb ft then the old chocolate boxes will be fine. It just so happens that I may have one

The performance friction bells and rotors and pads are around £500. No need to ask where I would go for mine if I needed them

Connor your links are rubbish mate the only link you want is http://www.drmotorsport.co.uk/index.htm Dave posts on here and is also an impreza nut so speak to him first before purchasing any rubbish from ebay

Thanks appreciate the comments

Thanks guys appreciate the comments. Just need to try and get some better results on the hills next year will have to have a look on ebay for a set of hillclimb specific version 2 boll*cks

God I hope he is painting that before next year my eyes are offended

CONT Fresh from the disappointments of Forrestburn came the long trip up to Golspie for the Sprint held by Caithness Car Club. I had been told all about this circuit and was looking forward to the weekend. The track is pretty wide and has a couple of decent straights coupled with some adverse camber and a part of the track called the "corkscrew" The trip up couldnt have been better the sun was shining and the scenary was pretty special. John and I finally arrived at the circuit at 7pm on the friday night and unloaded the cars ready for the Saturday morning, next stop the pub for a well deserved beer The saturday turned out to be a disaster with every possible problem arising. The weather was rubbish with rain on and off making for a wet track and then disaster for Jim Kelly in his EVO. His new dog box decided to implode and sent the contents of the gearbox all over the track the whole length of the straight. With only one practice under my belt, which to be honest, i took fairly conservatively trying to learn the track. So this was a real blow. To be fair to Caithness car club they managed to source a road sweeper and after some real hard work from the members and marshalls along with the road sweeper they had the track cleaned up. By this time it was well into the afternoon and it was decided there was only time for one more run and that would be a timed run. So only one practice and then only one timed run on a circuit I had never even seen before It all turned out to be academic as the first lot of timed runs including our class were done on a wet track, the sun then came out and dried the track which meant the single seaters were running on a completely dry track. This had the effect of making the event a dry event as opposed to a wet event which was likely if it had stayed wet. The net result for me was taking my points on the Saturday from 24 if it was classed as a wet event to 13 for the dry event . Oh well another dropped score there then. The Sunday event was looking much better, clear skys and a bit of sun. The track was a slightly different layout with a second straight added and the "corkscrew" on the exit of a hairpin just before the finish line. The cork screw is pretty much that, the track has a slight S bend with a pretty steep left slope followed immediately with a right slope, hard to describe but pretty impressive non the less. The runs all went pretty well and I managed to pick up some pretty good points which was a welcome relief after Kames and Forrestburn. Having seen this circuit I am really looking forward to going back next year where I hope to be able to be a lot more aggresive armed with the experience of this trip. Well next up is a return to Boyndie, this should have been Alford but due to building work it has been moved to Boyndie. This really suits me as this is the sprint where I have scored highest this year. The set up at Boyndie is in some ways similar to Golspie in that tey are both cart tracks and both have excellent facilities which makes everything easier. The whole weekend went really well for me. I picked up very good points again and faired really well against some much more powerful Evo's. The downside was again John having really bad luck with his car. It snapped an exhaust cam on the sat and despite frantic efforts to find a solution we had to admit defeat. He was looking pretty good for 2nd overall in the Scottish sprint championship which given the technical problems he has suffered this year is a pretty amazing achievement. This however left the door open for John to be bypassed and as it turned out, he slipped to 3rd place. We decided to double enter my car on the Sun so that at least John could have a play on the Sun and also give me some feedback on the car. This turned out to be a pretty useful exercise as John pulled out a time on the second timed run that was only 3 tenths of a second quicker than me but placed him 3rd in class on the day. It shows how tight we were time wise as I ended up 6th in class only 3 tenths slower than John. To be fair John did have problems trying to remember that the clutch is required to change gear on my car and he was apparently seen drinking a can of red bull coming round the paddock corner while shouting why is everything happening so slowly The only picture I have of John as he comes off the line. That was the last sprint of the season and only Doune left The last event of the year the Doune Hill climb, hosted by Lothian car Club. This was also a round of the British Hillclimb Championship which is always nice as there are always some pretty quick cars from down South at this event and also a good turn out of spectators. Watching some of the single seaters attack this hill is something to behold. From a personal point of view it was another chance to get some confidence back after my mishap here earlier in the year. The format was practice all day Saturday, a practice on the Sunday morning and then two timed runs after that. With the possibility of three practice runs I decided to use the first run as a familiarisation especially on the lower part of the hill which is only 14 feet wide and completely enclosed both sides with either armco or stone walls which means any mistake is going to hurt as shown previously. Clip below of how Doune looks from in car. Now this is how to drive Doune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn8Vmgs35Mg You can see from the in car once you come out into the open part of the hill there is a steep hill, and it is steep, at the top there is a right hander you have to turn in early or you end up straight off the other side. Well having successfully, all be it fairly slowly, completed the first half of the hill I got a bit over enthusiastic and braked far to late, I turned in early enough but was going far to fast and ended up well onto the grass on the other side ripping off the splitter in the process oops I hope to have a new one in place pretty soon, thanks to David Reid for the offer of one for the Sunday runs at Doune :thumb: but I thought it may be best to wait until after Doune before fitting another one. Thats two splitters at Doune in two visits :norty: So will wait until David has one in stock before sorting that area out. Home It turned out to be a pretty eventful weekend with a group of mini's from the Mini sprint challenge series also having a go at Doune, quite litterally as they single handedly tried to demolish the hill while killing their cars one by one :nono: I didnt have any other mishaps over the weekend but was left raging. After a pretty good first timed run I had got myself psyched up for a real go at the hill on the last timed run. It all went a bit wrong off the start line as I hit the rev limiter and the car coughed and spluttered all the way round the first corner before picking up again. This has happened before but has never cost me as dear as this time. I had a fit of temper and really pushed the car all the way to the top and ended up only 2 tenths slower than my first timed run. Given that I could almost have walked to the first bend quicker that means I must have put in a pretty good run after that. I must admit it did feel much much quicker and I was sliding closer to the walls than ever before so I suppose that at least gives me a bit more confidence for next year. The down side is the chance I had to take 2nd place in class A3 of the Hill Climb championship had just evaporated A shot of the drive back down the hill after one of the timed runs. Well that was the last event of the year. It has gone really quickly and has been a real experience and a very steep learning curve. Armed with the advice I have been given and the experience of the year I hope to see a vast improvement next year. I must admit to being surprised at how the year has turned out. I have managed to achieve the following in my very first year of any form of competative motorsport. 2008 Guyson Scottish Sprint Championship Winner Class A3 4th overall in the newcomers category 2008 Windowcraft Lowland Speed Championship Winner Class A3 2008 Scottish Sporting Car Club Road Car Shield Runner Up The Windowcraft Newcomers Award Winner Not a bad result considering at the start of the year all I anticipated was a year to get used to the car and try and get round every circuit to get some experience. To end up with these results has exceeded my expectations, it wouldnt have been possible without all the help I have had - you know who you are So now its out with the calculator and try and move the car on as far as finances will allow. Did some one say credit crunch :wonder:

Well we are now into August already and the last two months of the season with 6 events crammed into that time. :wonder: First up it was back to Kames for the last time this year. I was starting to grow in confidence here but the times set previously by John make picking up points with car the way it is very difficult. The scoring system needs a mathematician in tow to calculate but from my point of view the times I needed to do to achieve good points were unrealistic in the car. This was a two day event over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd August. This was also the first time I had trailered the car to events after picking up a trailer the week before. I was hoping this would make a difference mentally as it had alsways been in the back of my mind during previous events "I have to drive this home", having negative thoughts like that have to be a hinderance. The first practice session didnt start well with torrential rain, which to be honest was dangerous, there was some standing water on the straight before the hairpin on the anti-clockwise circuit right where you want to start braking. You guessed it I was slightly over zealous and ended up sliding a little onto the grass at the hairpin, fortunately no damage done. Not surprisingly though the water was brushed from the track pretty quickly after wards! Fortunately the sun came out and the track dried up nicely which made for a good couple of days on track. Sunday also proved to be dry and sunny, the track was run on the more familiar clockwise pattern as opposed to the anti clockwise set up on Saturday. My times at Kames while improving were not picking me up useful points and ultimately I would end up dropping all my scores at Kames this year which is something I must address for next year :wonder: The next event on the calender was the Fintry House Hillclimb. Unfortunately due to work commitments and dwindling leave I had to miss this event. So next up for me was anoher trip to the Hillclimb at Forrestburn. This was a single day event hosted by Monklands Sporting Car Club. This turned out to be a pretty disapointing event. With two not to bad practice runs under my belt and the hill pretty much sorted in my head I set off on my first timed run. I felt pretty confident but I managed to get it all wrong on the last third of the hill and spun the car after trying to brake far to late for a corner, again no damage done other than a rubbish time. I had gone from 2nd in class after practic to last The 2nd timed run obviously had more pressure than normal and a combination of braking at places I should not be braking and a mistake at the first hairpin left me in 4th place in class at the end of the day. All in all a day to forget. to be Cont

you cant text with a bluetooth earpiece

The EACC site shows 5 on the reserve list already

Cal Sounds like a good deal get the spec up so we can see. If you need a hand ripping the trim out and taking an angle grinder to anything not required I am up in Aberdeen sun to tue I could come down and rip it apart for you