MG Live 2014
Whilst its been a very busy year in the Workshop, Dominic managed to find time to enter two races at MG live in his Sebring Sprite. The car ran well until an MGB collected Dominic after it span across the grass. Dom Pitted to check the car over loosing the possibility of a good result but the car was quickly back on track and Finished the race. The car has since had the body work repaired and a fresh engine installed, and is available for arrive and drive packages, and Dom has been invited to the 1 Hour race at...
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A very hectic few weeks in the workshop with 6 racing cars to prepare for MG-live at Silverstone. An early start at 5am on the Friday morning would see the Team load up with 3 cars for the trip down to Silverstone. The Friday was a test day, where Dominic and the Team were helping out some customers , guiding them through the testing process, checking over the cars and offering advice on the car setup and driving approach. Normally on a test day we would also be using data loggers and video to gather data on the car and drivers performance....
read moreRacer upgrades
Andy Southcott is the owner of this new MG Midget race car. he dropped the car off a couple of weeks ago for some upgrades to make it more competitive. A big brake conversion Top link kits New LSD diff Telescopic rear damper kit Pan-hard rod kit MCR axle pads Large fuel tank Once that’s all done it will have a major service and pre race check over to include remove cylinder head recut valve seats plus general engine health check. It will then be finished off with a new Avon race slicks carefully fitted and balanced on site. This is...
read moreMCR Built V8 takes to the Podium
At a very wet and changeable Silverstone earlier in May Graham Walden took class pole, a 2nd, a win and a fastest lap In his TVR Tuscan Challenge Car. The engine had just had a full strip down and rebuild with new crank, rods and pistons by Dominic at Midland Classic restorations. The original engine was damaged by an external oil pump failure. With the original builders no longer in operation MCR took on the rebuild. The engine is essentially a TVR 5ltr with extensive modifications to the block, heads and cam, with fixed rockers and...
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