Season in full swing
Whilst the weather still seems cold the 2015 season is in full swing, with the workshop full of cars being prepared for their drivers, The MCR team have already been out supporting drivers testing and racing. With races at Snetterton and Castle Coombe. With some great results from the drivers. Indeed One of the drivers had one of his best weekends racing a great start to the season. From Testing through to the final race we found 10 seconds, getting the driver from the back of the pack to right in the mix fighting for class...
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Whilst many of the cars we work on here at Midland Classic were built before ย the information superhighway, we’re not afraid of new technology, and have just fitted a race technology Digital Dashboard into the retro looking Modsports Mg Midget. The dash is connected to both the ECU and the data logger to display engine and performance parameters, including live predictive laptime indicators ย on one side and shift lights on the others. The unit can also be programmed to warn the driver if any engine parameter i.e. water temp or oil...
read moreLots of Variety
Some weeks the workshop seems to be full of a particular brand but this week we have a lot of variety. Some in for servicing, some for restoration and upgrades, and a couple of race cars being prepared for their next outing. At the moment the road cars in the workshop include ย a very nice Porsche 911 targa we have just sold , a Bristol and a Healey 100 in for servicing together with an MG-F and an MGB-GTV8 and an MG TD. As usual for the start of the season there are also...
read moreGetting ready for the new season
With the 2015 Racing and Show season not far away, we’re busy in the workshop. This week we have a modsports Mg Midget being prepared after having its 240bhp k-series engine rebuilt and a new sequential gearbox fitted. Sharing the pre race work are ย a pair of FIA appendix-K MGB racers also being checked over for the start of the season. On the road car side we have an MG TD having its engine refitted after a rebuild and a Porsche 356 undergoing a full restoration, with a lot of metal work required due to a very rotten...
read moreA Pair of ZT-260’s
Its not often you see an MG ZT-260 with its Mustang V8 engine, and even rarer to see a pair of them together. Especially when one of them has a Roushe supercharged V8 under the bonnet. In the workshop this week, we had this very nice grey example in for a full service. Here it is sitting out side the Workshop with our own Supercharged example. With one car sitting idling we just had to fire up the supercharged car for a V8 orchestra. Running our own car and fitting the Roushe supercharged engine to it, there is little we dont know about these...
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