CONTENTS January 2004

REGULARS

HYNESIGHT 7

The editor reflects on big power and torque versus buzzing bike engines, the time involved in building a car, the year past and the one to come whilst wishing all readers a very happy Christmas and New Year.

NEWS 8

You'd think it would be quiet at this time of year but the Exeter show saw the debut of a few new cars, Ginetta has unveiled a G20 Coupe, name and address security checks for car registration and much more.

YOUR SAY 58

Your chance to air your views, offer criticism or congratulations, highlight topics of interest, react to features and generally say anything you feel would interest other readers.

CLUBS 116

It's amazing what modern computers can do. Iain Ayre sends his first club missive from his new HQ in Vancouver, Canada but he'll be back in January.

FEATURES

THE SOUTH AFRICAN RENAISSANCE 20

Trevor Legate drives the South African-made, CAV GT40 which is now available in kit form to be built around its stainless steel monocoque chassis. It's a real diamond!

BLUE HEAVEN 30

Ian Hyne drives the resurrected SR V8, now produced by Madgwick Cars, and comes away mightily impressed with a car that truly lives up to the reputation of its predecessors.

AVON CALLING 62

Adam James drives Tiger's entry-level Avon. Tiger claims this car has the cheapest chassis available on today's kit market. Is it good and cheap or cheap and good?

3D THINKING 84

Andrew Kirk's P Type three-wheeler may not be everybody's cup of tea and possesses no styling whatsoever, but as a tool designed to do a job, it's got potential.

I COULD DO WITH A ‘D' 90

Peter Marsh completes his bitsa D Type and confesses that he's bored. He likes C Types too but would need another garage. However, the land is there. But first there's the thrill of driving this car.

WHAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT 96

We've all heard of people who couldn't find the right car, so built their own. Well these three chaps couldn't find the right data logger so built a belter. The Hot Lap indicator is a cracker!

WORKSHOP

HANGING BY A THREAD 26

David Hill delves into the mysteries of nuts, bolts, setscrews and nylocs to tell you what bolts to use where and why your car will fall apart if you use the wrong ones in safety critical areas.

CODEBREAKERS 52

There was a time when car builders were petrified of ECUs; now they can programme the things. And if all is not as it should be, Iain Ayre tells you how you can sort it out - and you don't even need a hammer!

TOOL STORY 88

Ian Hyne does a stint in the garage to try out a very neat little brake-pipe flaring tool from Car Builder Solutions. This one has the advantage of being able to work with the pipes on the car.

WORKSHOP Q&A 122

Iain Ayre sorts out Burlington rear brake cylinders, steering wheel boss snags, a V12 to V8 Cobra engine swap and advises Danni on her girly computer gremlins!

STOKES STUFF 124

David Stokes comes up with an other selection of recommendations on tools plus a range of new products to interest kit car builders.