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How to Change the Serpentine Belt on a Mercedes M112 V6 engine

Posted on May 26, 2017 by

A part of your cars major service package is the replacement of the serpentine/auxiliary/drive belt. It looks like a fairly daunting task but is actually pretty simple. This blog post will (hopefully) explain how to change the belt on any … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing!

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

May 2017 is actually set to be the best month, in terms of traffic, for this blog so far yet for the past two weeks I can’t really say I’ve been inspired to write about anything on here or, honestly, … Continue reading →

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Way Back Wednesday: D1RC Winter Series

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

I was sorting through my ‘liked’ pages on Facebook and came across Radical Muppets Photography owned by Bradley Giles and Zoe Ramsey (facebook link here: www.facebook.com/RadicalMuppetsPhotography ). They’ve been inactive for quite some time but used to shoot the RC drifting … Continue reading →

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Betta & Classic Porsche 917/30

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Most of my slot car projects on this blog seem to be resin bodied scale models or restorations of older Scalextric cars. That’s ok but it really isn’t pushing my modelling ability or bringing any new content to the blog. … Continue reading →

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How to Install Mercedes W202 Side Skirts

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

So the side skirts of my W202 had been removed prior to my ownership because the previous owner had been doing some rust repair (surprise surprise). For some reason I’d worked it up in my head that putting them on … Continue reading →

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King of the Ring 2017 Round 3

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

For the first time in a while I had a Saturday off of work which meant I could head down to King of the Ring fairly early to get a good look around all of the different attractions and catch … Continue reading →

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Formula Drift Round 2: Orlando Speed World

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

Orlando Speedworld is a motorsport complex in Bithlo, Orange County in Florida. They have a drag strip, a small oval track with a sort of figure 8 section on the inside of it and a dirt course for bikes. By … Continue reading →

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The Billericay Soap Box Derby 2017

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

Following the success of the Billericay Soap Box Derby in 2016 which had 5000 attendees, the Rotary Club of Billericay decided unanimously to host another this year! Soap Boxes, for those of you that don’t know, are basically gravity powered … Continue reading →

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British Drift Championship 2011: Donington Park

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

So I was having a look at some old SD cards I found in a clear out the other day and I found a tonne of photos from BDC Round 1 at Donington Park wayyy back in 2011. To give … Continue reading →

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Irish Drift Championship Round 1: Mondello Park

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Truth be told the Irish Drift Championship has always just sort of passed me by. Over the years Ireland has produced some awesome drivers; James Deane, Darren McNamara and Dean Kearney have all competed in Formula Drift having come from … Continue reading →

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