Recent content by NigelO

I agree - the original mantra of TOTB was to find the fastest road-legal cars in the country Now I know that *technically* my car isn't road-legal due to a decat, but its taxed, MOT'd and the mileometer shows its actually used on the road. Its clear that some of the cars there are not road...

I hope so! The only advice I would give to Nick is that TOTB is just one day a year - if you build a car purely to do well there, it will be a right PITA for the other 364 days Don't lose sight of why you like the car - I imagine its a total hoot to drive on the road, and with the balance...

Not sure what's caused the loss of compression - a year ago it was 150 across all five pots, but last week it was 130, 140, 145, 108, 130 There's three possibilities 1) The engine overheated on a recent mapping session when a water hose blew 2) It was running rich for a while - could be...

OK - here goes... Going... CP forged pistons (standard CR) Cunningham forged rods Mildly-flowed head, standard valves Columbo & Bariani 'fast road' cams Garrett GT2871 turbo (0.64 AR turbine housing) Live mapping to standard ECU 384cc injectors, with 3.8 bar FPR Forge front mount...

Hi all - NigelO - the blue Fiat Coupe driver :D - just thought I'd pop in and say hello It was great talking to you guys on Sunday - great to find such a friendly bunch - TBH, this is what the FWD class is all about - some of the other teams in the 'higher' classes take it way too seriously...