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We only had 6 days to turn the car around from the MSVT SuperCup race at Silverstone, which you can read about HERE, we were back up North for the MSV Trackday Championship at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Below is the layout of Oulton Park: We were also racing in the EnduroKA 5 Hour race. With Adam in the USA, I had to step up to manage the team and logistics of getting the cars from Kent to Cheshire ready for Friday Testing. Mark was off at the Truck Show at Donington, but Ollie was back. P …

After a dominating performance at Cadwell, which you can read about HERE, we were off to Silverstone in the MSVT SuperCup on the iconic GP Circuit. This time we were also dusting off the 330d for it's first race, as it has spent all of it's life (with us anyway) as a track day car. We had our fair share of issues with it over the years, including a catastrophic engine failure when we were last at Silverstone: Hopefully this time it would be less eventful! A layout of Silverstone is below. W …

Another 2 weeks flew by after our victory at Snetterton (we are trying to forget about the KA washing machine), which you can read about HERE, and we were ready for Cadwell Park in the MSVT SuperCup in the Golf, as well as the Focus Cup Below is the layout of the Cadwell Park Circuit: For this weekend, those in charge of the timetable were a little more considerate of my car hopping, so there is at least a decent gap between all the sessions I need to do. It does mean we are there until the …

With 2 weeks since our disaster at Castle Combe in the MSV Trackday Championship, which you can read about HERE, we made another 3 hour trip down South for the MSVT SuperCup. Snetterton has always been a bogey track for us, both with the Ibiza and Golf. We have never really had a decent result here, mainly through mechanical issues. Below is the layout of the Snetterton 200 Circuit: I decided to also do the EnduroKAs with Adam and Mark from IP Racing. Pete was in again, but Ryan wanted to …

At the time of launch in 2003, the DQ250 became the world's first dual-clutch transmission in a series-production car, in the German-market Volkswagen Golf Mk4 R32, and shortly afterwards worldwide, in the original Audi TT 3.2 and the 2004+ New Beetle TDI. Since then the DQ250 is fitted to most 6 speed DSG models from 2003-present. If maintained the gearboxes are very realiable and also pretty good when it comes to tuning.Most 02E Gearboxes have a set torque limit of 360nm (265ft/lbs) in th …

Round 3 of the MSV Trackday Championship 2021 season headed further South to Castle Combe in Wiltshire. As in all the TDC this year, I was racing on myself, and for another weekend in a row, I am also doing the Focus Cup, which has testing on Friday, and the Quali + 2 Races on the same day. Unlike all the other tracks so far, I have very little experience of Combe, having only done a trackday where the Ibiza lasted 1 lap before the engine popped, then we took over the Performance German Day Sho …

Round 2 of the MSV Trackday Championship 2021 season brought us to Silverstone, on the shorter National Circuit. I was racing in this on myself, and also doing the Focus Cup, which had testing on Friday, and the Quali + 2 Races on Saturday. Sunday would then leave us with the MSV Trackday Trophy , where I shared the drive with Ryan this time. Below is the layout of the Silverstone National Circuit: Saturday It was another busy day, with a compact schedule, I was jumping between the Golf …

With only 2 weeks since our successful last MSVT SuperCup race, which you have read about here, we were on the way down the A1 to the sunny Garden of England, to Brands Hatch in Kent. Below is the layout of the Brands Hatch GP Circuit, which is the same as they use in the BTCC, and as it was when the F1 circus visited here in the 80s: What did I say about the Sunny Garden? Turns out it was going to be heavy rain from early Saturday morning at least into mid afternoon. That would not have …

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