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JAPFEST
SILVERSTONE
05.05.194 Epic Challenges£5,000 Budget
1 Battle of the Builders2 Japanese CarsJULES’ SUZUKI ALTO
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Challenge Two @ Japfest Donington
The boys will be taking on Japfest’s brand spanking
new feature, the Handling Course. Held on the
Melbourne Loop section of the circuit, the course
has been designed to test the car’s chassis and
driver’s skills. Midge and Jules don’t possess
such things. So, to spice things up, Paul Cowland
of Discovery TV’s Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars,
will be setting the times in both cars. The rules are
simple: the fastest time wins.Challenge Three @ TRAX Donington
If you thought we’d let the Editors off lightly on
Saturday’s challenge, don’t worry as we’ve taken it
up a notch for Sunday’s showdown. The boys will
be following in the footsteps of some of the most
legendary names in motorsport history. That’s right
people, they’ll be heading out onto Donington’s
famous tarmac in a full-blown track session. We
can’t promise you the thrills and spills of that
famous 1993 European Grand Prix, but we can
guarantee it’ll be as amusing... well, almost. The
car that completes the most laps in the 20-minute
session will take the victory! Good luck boys, you’re
going to need it!So, we’re hitting the track again for the
next challenge. And after the disaster in the
fi rst challenge where my wheels hit the arches
and basically handed Midge the victory, I
cannot afford a repeat performance. There’s
no way I’m losing this battle and doing a forfeit
of his choosing; he’ll have me jumping out of a
plane or something.
So fi rst up, I decided to address that
problem and get some metal arches bolted on.
Now, before you laugh, it’s purely function over
form here, but what I will say is, once the rest
of the ‘styling’ is done they won’t look out of
place. Did I hear someone say Bosozoku?
Now to the handling bit! There’s only one
way to go here, and that’s to stick a set of
coilovers on the car, and BC Racing make
the only set. Or so we thought – it turns outAdrian Flux – http://www.adrianfl ux.co.uk
Silverline – http://www.silverlinetools.com
GMC – http://www.gmctools.com
BC Racing – http://www.bc-racing.co.uk
EBC Brakes – http://www.ebcbrakes.com
BC only make them for the newer model.
Surprisingly though, the fronts fi tted; it was
only when we went to fi t the rears that we
realised the problem. Still, we are working on a
solution and the Glorious Lemon will make the
showdown. And I fully expect to come out of
the Donington weekend 2-1 up!Surprisingly though, the fronts fi tted; it wasrealised the problem. Still, we are working on aSPENT THIS MONTH
BC Racing coilovers .......................................£692
Front arches ......................................................£500
Build Budget Remaining ..............................£2418Erm, yeah, that looks
much better...THE NEXT CHAPTER...
So, as it stands Banzai and Midge have taken
the early lead... but it’s all to play for at Japfest
and TRAX Donington as two more challenges
have been set...A headunit ads 20bhp