Swarm start your engines

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Re: Swarm start your engines

#61 Post by Mad Mart »

:jump4joy: the track Sprint's got a new MoT.

Booked in on the rollers all day Wednesday at Spamspeed. So if you're around the Stonehouse area, pop in & say hello.
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. :boggle2: ... Still Sprintless.

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#62 Post by 2Toledos »

Well done that man. I hope I'm in similar spirits on Tuesday....
Going to spend Saturday double-checking everything; then spend Sunday at Stoneleigh (probably fretting over if there's anything I've missed)..... probably bump into you at some point Martin.
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#63 Post by Mad Mart »

I went out earlier to put the Sprint in the garage for the night (special treat) & it wouldn't start. :scratchin: Unusual as it usually starts very easily. So I pushed it into the garage & put the battery on charge as it was getting rather slow by now. Went out an hour later & still it wouldn't start. Then I noticed the LED wasn't on on the Megajolt unit, got me thinking, fuse! It then dawned on me that the fuel pump wasn't ticking either DOH! Took the fuse out, a quick wipe & put it back in and guess what?....It started. Double DOH! It must be my age.

Once it had warmed up a bit it just sat there at 1000rpm, the rev counter needle was static & the engine just purred away. Not bad for a Sprint with 45s & a wild cam. :D

So why am I taking it to the Rolling Road tomorrow! :lol:
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. :boggle2: ... Still Sprintless.

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#64 Post by 2Toledos »

2Toledos wrote:I hope I'm in similar spirits on Tuesday....
Suffice to say - I'm not !.. and, don't ask :oops:
Should be a lot happier after the re-test, tomorrow....
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#65 Post by 2Toledos »

Mad Mart wrote:So why am I taking it to the Rolling Road tomorrow! :lol:
Probably because a decent tickover ain't going to help much at Silverstone :roll:
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#66 Post by Mad Mart »

2Toledos wrote:Suffice to say - I'm not !.. and, don't ask :oops:
So what did it fail on?
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. :boggle2: ... Still Sprintless.

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#67 Post by 2Toledos »

Mad Mart wrote:
2Toledos wrote:Suffice to say - I'm not !.. and, don't ask :oops:
So what did it fail on?
The clue's in the phrase "don't ask :oops: "
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#68 Post by trackerjack »

I am waiting with keen eyes to read that Mart is making 185 bhp and I'm gonna see more of his bootlid........again :mrgreen:
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#69 Post by 2Toledos »

trackerjack wrote:... I'm gonna see more of his bootlid........
Beginning to think you need therapy, Jon... you're obsessed with rear ends and girls in tight leggings !
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#70 Post by 2Toledos »

2Toledos wrote:Should be a lot happier after the re-test, tomorrow....
... Erm.... No ! Beginning to think it's a conspiracy. :roll: Apparently no-one else got an MoT, today, either, as the entire VOSA system has been 'down'.
What d'you reckon - Third time lucky ?
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and I'm gonna see more of his bootlid...
I might manage to bring my bootlid!
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2Toledos wrote:
trackerjack wrote:... I'm gonna see more of his bootlid........
Beginning to think you need therapy, Jon... you're obsessed with rear ends and girls in tight leggings !
Thank goodness its not Mart in tight leggings eh..............that would make him shift if I was behind :lol: I reckon he would do Combe in 1min 25sec :lol: :lol:
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#73 Post by trackerjack »

xvivalve wrote:
and I'm gonna see more of his bootlid...
I might manage to bring my bootlid!
I do hope your sorted by then, oh and I have something special just for you on my boot Alun :lol:
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#74 Post by 2Toledos »

Apparently; patience is a virtue, and all good things come to those who wait, and all that jazz.....

... Tara the Toledo has an MoT \:D/ Now all she needs is tax (road fund; whatever you want to call it), and Silverstone, here we come.
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#75 Post by TahitiSPRINT »

Mad Mart wrote:Booked in on the rollers all day Wednesday at Spamspeed.
Any news Mart? Or will the figures be disclosed after the Silverstone trackday :wink:

Hope you guys have fun, I'm already awaiting the on-board videos 8)
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