Apologies for the delay in this post, real life has crept up on us and we have had to go to work to feed our Land speed racing habit. Work is continuing on the car at a relatively slow pace. Our new gearbox has now been obtained and the rest of the associated items, clutch,
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We are very pleased to announce that we will be making all preparations for a return to Bonneville in 2020. With the lessons learnt last year we now have a list of things to change or repair and hopefully have all the information we need to reach our target speed of 200 mph. As our
As seems to be all too common I will start the with an apology. Over the winter with the cold temperatures very little has happened to the car itself. As such there was little progress to report, whilst we weren’t idle there was very little to write about. As previously reported the underside of the
Firstly let us start with a huge thank you. We have had so many good will messages from many of the people reading these messages. The idea of them was so that as many people as possible could share our adventures. It seems that we have achieved that target and what would be really great,
Friday the 17th was the last day of this years Bonneville speed week. The event had already exceeded all expectations and not a single member of the team was regretting the decision to make the trip. We got to the our pit area early as we knew we would only be able to race until
So, true to form our luck has continued in the same vein as previous days. We turned up on the salt very early in the morning with the plans to go out and do as many runs as possible to perfect our tuning map. So we made it to the line of course 2, our
Wednesday seems a bit like Groundhog Day. We prepared the car early in the morning; the parachute had been taken out for cleaning and inspection. After some mechanical checks and adjustment the car was towed out to the start of course 3 (the three mile course). The organisers had closed the short course so the
Tuesday dawned dry and bright with one of the most beautiful sunrises you have ever seen. Ian shot off to wait at the auto parts store for the new starter motor. It had arrived and we headed off to the salt filled with great expectations. The starter motor bolted straight on and at first seemed
Very early Sunday morning our extremely generous American engine tuner and fellow Jensen owner Bruce Bridges from F and B Throttle bodies arrived. He was so excited to join us he quite literally couldn’t wait to get on the salt and set the car up. With Bruce’s help we managed to get the car running
We apologise for the lack of updates on our road trip but we had a small systems failure in our IT department. (We forgot the power lead for the laptop and the battery went flat!) Anyway the 1600 mile from Houston to Utah was everything you can possibly imagine. From the wide open plains to
On Thursday (2nd) Ian flew out to Houston Texas, via Detroit where he was met by Teddy our resident American. The flights all went well and apart from being a really long day all went as expected. Thanks to the time difference Friday dawned way too early and Ian and Teddy set off on what
Firstly let us start with an apology, we have been working every available hour since the event at Pendine. As a result we quite simply haven’t had the time or energy to keep everyone informed as to progress. So with that out of the way, the really good news is on Thursday 12th Harry and