Category Archives: General
Team Gradient are intending to take part in the 2018 Hinckley BID Soapbox Derby on the 8th July. This year’s Soapbox is being built around an old formula student chassis that was acquired a few years ago. The basic chassis is good, with front suspension and steering points, but the rear section is missing, so a […]
Rounds 5 and 6 were at Cadwell Park with mixed weather it turned out to be a great event. Round 5 Round 5 started in tricky conditions that would only prove to get trickier. With fog and light rain for the morning practice, it was hard going for all the competitors. The paddock was without […]
Oct
After years of working on the design, finding manufactures and building a brand I’ve finally achieved my dream of making my own roller rockers for my race engine. I started looking for some roller rockers suitable for the CVH engine a few years ago after buying a Fiesta XR2i as a track toy. The 1.6 […]
Mar
During our time racing we have had a few DNF’s due to a cam follower adjusting itself by allowing the bolt to be wound in, therefore we needed a remedy to stop this from happening again a costing us more race finished. The solution has been to install shim washers between the lock nut and […]
A few pictures taken from the August Classic Car meet in Hinckley Town Centre. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”11″ gal_title=”Hinckley Classic Car Meet – August 2017″]
Jul
The UK government announced today that they wish to see an end to the sale of petrol and diesel powered vehicle in the UK by 2040. Whilst the principle of using electrically powered propulsion is a good one, it should not be viewed as that only one, there are other clean energy propulsion options being […]
Feb
After completing our first year of competitive racing competing in the BARC (NW) CNC Heads Sports and Saloon Car Championship it is time to look back and assess our progress and plan how we will attack the 2016 season.