New Sammio Spyder Kitcar

I am building a Sammio Spyder kitcar, a 50's inspired Special.

Why not go over to my new build blog and take a look.

www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com

Second Brands Hatch Trackday

Here are the photos of my second trackday at Brands Hatch - an excellent experience.

Stoneleigh Kitcar show

This year I was able to take the Mojo to both days of Stoneleigh - otherwise known as the national kitcar show.

Another great year, including mine there were 8 Mojo's in attendance!

We had to drive through 40 miles of heavy rain to get to the show yesterday, then drove through 6 heavy showers on the way home tonight. That goodness for a hood and doors!

Brands Hatch Trackday Photos

Brooklands Members day Test hill runs

Brands Hatch fun

This evening I went to Brands Hatch to do my first ever Trackday event.

It was a 20 minute taster session, costing a bargain £25.

It was one of the best things I've ever done - really recommend it to anyone.


Please forgive the noise - the bracket I made for the camera was vibrating at high revs causing it.

Brands Hatch Trackday Part 2

Brands Hatch Trackday Part 1

Helmet bought!

I have bought a Helmet so that I can start to use the Mojo on some track days.

I have my eye on a track day taster session at Brands Hatch to start off with.

Need to get the Mojo noise tested so I know what track days are open to me. (They all have differing noise levels allowed)

Detling Kitcar Show

New rear lights fitted

I have now fitted and wired in the new rear lights to the Mojo.

Lets hope this set work a bit better than the last set!

Late evening work

As the sun was setting tonight, I replaced a few items on the Mojo.

First was the fuel filter, you can see from the picture of the old one all the bits that it had filtered out over the 2 years and 6000 miles.

My rear lights have always had an annoying problem where the bulb falls out because of all the vibrations coming from the engine. The bayonet part of the fitting for the bulb went into plastic on my old lights, but my new set are metal, so no amount of vibration will let the bulb work its way loose. (See pics for a much better description than I can give!)

I will buy some new screws and nuts tonight and fit them over the next few days.

Mojo back on the road!

I have now re taxed the Mojo and booked half a day off work yesterday and enjoyed driving it in the sunshine all afternoon!

Its been a very long 4 months....!

Wheel bearing replaced

Before re taxing the Mojo this year I though it a good idea to really check the whole car over as its been sat stored for 4 months.

The right rear wheel bearing was excessively worn, to the point the wheel had some play in it, so the time was right to replace it.

The hub came off easily enough, complete with the very worn bearings. Getting the bearing shells out proved to be a right sod, so I took it to a local garage with a hydraulic press and let them do it - much easier!

The threads on the end of the driveshaft were slightly worn, so I grinded them flat to get the new hub nut on. (The driveshaft is designed that the first section has no threads on it - as per the photos)

I also replaced the oil and oil filter, overdue after 2 years and 6000 miles!

I'm all set now for another summer of fun - and should be able to put the Mojo back on the road this week.

Let the good times roll!

General Update

Hi there,

I have been rather remiss over 2009, giving hardly any updates at all.

I'm going to try harder this year to keep the blog more up to date. I plan to retax the Mojo in March, so only 4 weeks till its (hopefully) back on the road again - can't wait!

Trev.

2009 General Photos