April 2012 Blog Posts (68)

Some of you might have noticed.....a foreign plate at Incarnation. Only one nutter that made the trip (and one other nut passenger that wanted to tag along for the experience).

Let's start at in the Netherlands on Saturday at about 2 in the afternoon when i left my house to go for a short ride to Nuenen to pick up…

Wake up... 5.26... has to be a random number or i sleep through!

Open curtains.. rain, well I knew that was gunna happen, lets get down there and hope the wind blows it in-land!

So we meet up at Beaconsfield services, prep the camera and feed ourselfs!…

I would like to start by saying a big thank you to everyone that came out in the wind and rain for the fueltopia stand at Brighton on Sunday.

At 5am I was woken by the bleeping of the house phone which ment we were in the throws of a power cut. How lucks was I or I would have missed it all. Well after looking out of the bedroom window and seeing branches on the road and lots of laying water I…

Bennett Racing are very pleased to announce their latest sponsor Fuel Injection Enterprises.







Fuel Injection Enterprises acquired the entire magneto product line from Mallory Ignition last fall and they are now fully up to speed manufacturing all things associated with the Super-Mag and Sprintmag line of…

Well today was interesting . . . . . . . . it was time to put the car back together after having all the bits sprayed.

Started putting it all back together, i didnt take a picture of this which i wish i did, the headlight washer bottle really doesnt fit with the new arches, this is down to the vent getting in the way.  To solve this i had to cut out a huge section out of it and bond it back together so it would retain water again.

I have now lost about 50% of…

GAZ  suspension quite often make dampers to order for classic cars - some quite old, rare or obscure, and when they do they add the application to their database so that other owners of these models can order similar adjustable dampers . Recently they have added the AC Bristol Sportscar, Jaguar…

well it was 2 years well spent i think.…

Think ‘The Italian Job’ and relive those glory days by having this fantastic optical wireless mouse on your desk.



It has the world's smallest 2.4G wireless receiver and is suitable for Mac and Windows connection.



The package comes complete with batteries, a soft carrying pouch and a…

I had to write about this amazing automotive furniture I’ve just received from Dave Clark Designs.

I ordered this from a…

A few weeks ago, Dan Fegent, dropped an epic blog from the European Rally X. Despite the typically English weather, the rain didn't stop the leagues of dedicated petrolheads who made the journey south to the Lydden Hill Raceway.

Lydden Hill is one sick…

A surge tank (or swirl pot) is an important part of any electronic fuel injection system as it stops your engine from starving of fuel.

Under harsh driving fuel is thrown from side to side of a fuel tank and this can leave the fuel pick-up sucking in air rather than fuel.



A surge tank however…

First off let me start by saying that Don Garlits is something of our drag racing hero.  An absolute icon - innovator - and he didn't stand any crap! He is now 80 years old but you wouldn't think it at all.

On the 11th April we had a tour of his museum and garage by Don himself - a real honour and a great day.  We were like kids in a sweetshop! 

Here are a few photos…

I forgot to share these all with you last month ;) 

So better late than never, have a flick through the shots from the April West London Collective meet. …

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Bennett Racing would like to announce that we have no ties or agreement in place with Relentless energy drink.  There has been some confusion of late and in the past regarding the Relentless Topolino altered, we simply picked the name 'Relentless' because of its meaning...IE…

AmD Tuning can now offer Milltek performance cat-back exhaust systems for the Tiptronic version of the A4 2.0 TFSI S line (B8).



The Tiptronic has a larger gearbox casing than manual transmission models and requires a different downpipe to enable the exhaust to be fitted. This new downpipe allows…

As the UK was hit by incredible down-pours, Santa Pod, true to form managed to go against the norm and displayed some great British sunshine. It wasn’t just the weather that kept spirits high – the racing on track was tighter than ever as some new faces put pressure on the old guard.

Performance car…

The camber angle of the front struts on the Mazda RX7 are fixed as standard.



For racing purposes a more negative camber would be desirable, so to enable this leading suspension specialists GAZ have developed an adjustable camber plate to allow the angle to be altered.



The plates are…

When I was young, Rye House was one of my two favourite Kart tracks. (The other was Fulbeck, if you were interested.) The first corner, Stadium it was called, was epic and required what Duke Nukem would call "BALLS OF STEEL!" The turn is a long sweeping right hander that tightens into a very fast "S" bend. It can be done flat and sideways, which is enormous fun, but not really fast enough on race day. Returning to Rye House after about 15 years away was interesting…

Garage-D built Castrol Nissan Skyline R32

You've probably seen this car being driven hard at any number of events…

Jenvey’s 2 piece aluminium TBR22 and TBR32 rails have been amongst their best selling products as they fit all the twin style throttle bodies - but you do need to cut and insert a connecting tube between the rails.  



Jenvey’s new single piece rail can be used on certain applications such as the Ford…