Joe Little

The bloke who built my gearbox does type 9's with a 2.98 first conversion for not a lot of money and his work is first class. He has his own alloy bell housings cast too which are reasonably priced... Steve at Sp components. 01527 894232

I'll buy both the pinto books please. Will pm you

if its a complete engine ill have it please.. joe

fantastic achievement, and even more impressive with it being fwd. what was the 60ft on that?

nice one mate, that's good goin

Iv just made these engine mounts for my 100e, still learning tig every time I pick it up but getting happier with the results.... Joe

IT HAS ALSO BEEN RESHAPED AND POLISHED AROUND THE PART WHERE THE BOTTOM OF THE VALVES ARE I thinks this says it all! I certainly wouldn't bother!

nice one Col

Thats great news mate, would be slightly embarrassing being beat by a fully trimmed road car!! Joe You've no worries mate, you'll be in the 11's by the time mines back on the road. I have allowed dome time in my 2 year schedule to come as see yours tearing it up! i hope so mate, im going to have a good crack at it anyway. Just need some more seat time and the axle to stop breaking every run!! Iv got a another cwp thats hopefully of better quality than the last 1, and am going to run 13's in a bit to get the car off the line properly, theres easily another 2 10ths in the 60ft.. Oh and if its still no good you'll have to drive it for me Joe

Thats great news mate, would be slightly embarrassing being beat by a fully trimmed road car!! Joe

Just like to express my gratitude to everyone involved at the magazine, Really pleased with it!! Thanks to Simon for waiting so long for me to get it sorted, Gareth for the awesome write up and Chris for taking some brilliant pictures. Really appreciate it Thanks Joe

i know of one in malta running 12.4 second quarters!

Out with the old, in with the new Col, you'll soon forget about the essex once your running much quicker Joe

i dont make the rules but anyone who can build a x flow/pre x flow that will run in the 12's gets my admiration!! joe

I can thoroughly recommend H&H ignition solutions, Give them a ring and they will sort you out. Joe

Thanks Toby It was actually a 12.59. That means your still my hero but only just

It made 166.2 bhp and 125.5lbft of torque. pretty pleased with that, 97 bhp per litre

Now i would love to see your X-flow in joes car nick. It might not be as quick!! I know iv joked in the past that it was built on the kitchen table but in reality its been a proper serious effort, a lot of time and thought went in to building this engine. It is a home built engine but it wasn't built on the kitchen table really! Joe

Thanks James its taken a long time and a lot of effort but its 100% been worth it now. Well, im going to start collecting parts to build a pinto for it soon.... joe

Cheers Tom, thats my serious face lol!! Nick, you supply the engine ill supply the car, would be interesting to see what it would run. 11's!!! there a long way off but im not giving up just yet.

Cheers Terry, He deffinatly was, wish i could have seen him running down the fire up road joe

Thanks for the kind words, it means a lot, im very proud lol!!! Your right tho Col, its been frustrating and at times a complete pain in the arse but now it feels like its been worth while, 11 second trike thats impressive im still well happy with fastest car tho Cheers Darren, hopefully i can get it lifting a wheel with some proper 60fts eventually. cheers joe

Iv finally had my car out again after breaking the gearbox last time out. Its taken a while to sort things out but i eventually got it done and spent the weekend at Shakey for the hot rod drags. After a disappointing saturday only managing 2 runs due to it being so busy, sunday started off well, First run and we were back in to the 12's which was a big relief with a 12.9 @ 105 mph. The 60ft was somewhat off what we we hoping for but a 2.0 with a 12.9 was promising. We changed the tyre pressures and queued up again. The car felt much better off the line and ran through with a 12.5 @ 106.8 mph. To say i was pleased was an understatement, 60ft still wasn't great but wasn't too bad either 1.74 with wheel spin. We went around again, unfortunately the car bogged down a bit off the line, 1.80 60ft but ran through with a 12.6 @ 107.1 mph As far as im aware This is now the fastest x flow powered car in the uk and im sure theres going to be a bit more to come, with some better 60ft's and me actually getting more time driving the car instead of fixing it i hope it will run down in to the low 12's, Not bad for a home built 1700... cheers Joe

awesome time and its a real credit to you. Times like that cant come easy. Well done Joe

If you have a problem with your dizzy or coil id give H&H a call, Phill and Lee are very helpful and i know they will go out of there way to help customers, especially if there having problems. They really helped me out and it ended up being my fault and nothing to do with the dizzy. joe