Finally Monday came and it was the first track day for Festa and I to do. Never driven her before, so was very nervous.   Early start, with the weather not looking great!  James Auld a very good mate came down for the day to instruct. He had a task and a half! Had the briefings, [...]
Hi everyone, thanks for taking the time out to read my blog, sorry I haven’t updated it on a real time basis but as you can imagine getting Festa completed was first priority. I hope I haven’t missed anything out, but I’m sure if I have someone will let me know. Hopefully from now on [...]
The MoTeC dash is finally arriving in the UK on Tuesday and should be with us Wednesday ready for the Track day. Steve has done the initial setup for the dash and the PDM but it will still take another 4 hours and several laptops later to get it connected to the car to commission! [...]
It would seem me being a little short is causing a lot of problems for Dad and Dan for the seat fitting! After a lot of time in the car with my all my race wear on and lots of heated discussions  we have finally got me comfy and happy in the car. I can [...]
Finally booked the track day and Instructor – it’s with BHP and only a week before the first race – now’s the time to panic, loom not finished, car not finished and driver not ready!  Apart from that, all fine!
Back to loom ….
I’m very proud of what I’ve done so far with this loom and [...]
The chassis loom was ready to be made. The drawing came out and I already started to panic! All the other looms had been on A4 sheets of paper and only one sheet, this loom came out on A3 and look very complicated!Â
The first thing I felt needed to be done, was to cover up [...]
Dan and I went on a data logging day at GWR Motorsport to learn how datalogging works and why we need it. We were the only car people there, the rest were sidecar riders and passengers. A great bunch of people and lots learnt. One thing that came out of the day was how intrigued [...]
Another day and the first drawing given to me for the right front loom to start making. First came the calculations for the lengths of wire.
Then came the cutting list, I like these bits, I understand them J
All wires cut and I’m ready to start …..
I decided I wanted to try and do everything from [...]
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One loom completed, only another 4 to go! Before anything more could be done, Steve and I needed to spend the day in the garage at home measuring Festa for the looms. Sounds easy!!!! Guess what? It isn’t! Not for a shorty like me with not so great vision when lying upside down in the [...]
Now we have finalised the control units, I decided to start on the easy onefirst, just to get used to making a race spec loom. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! I’ll learn, there is no such thing as a easy loom, not when GWR Motorsport are involved! (Love ya really Steve!)
The first part of building a wiring loom is [...]