My Noble M12

are those Michelin Pilot sport cups?

Not many of these around at a bargain price, nice purchase I love it

Had a blast in an Ultima demo car a while back,any experience with how they compare?

Fantastic car. Seller of my first E30 M3 had one and have been pretty much smitten ever since. Sadly I don't have the funds to run one myself. Once my lotto win come up though, I'll have one amongst the collection.

Any details on the white one?

After Le Man the main event was a big Noble meet at Silverstone , this was part of a Goldtrack track day and we saw 30 Nobles on track and a similar event in the pit lane .
Great fun and brilliant too see so many British cars together !!







I fitting end to a stunning year .

2014 started with some new admissions to the family , firstly a trailer to help keep the mileage of the UFO .



Then in February we bought this :



Never thought I would own a Jag but she is just plain stunning both to look at and drive .


2014 was a big year as I decided to have a go at UK Time Attack , the early part of the year was taken up by a mega road trip to Spa and my first time at Zandvolt , both stunning a tracks which the Noble just loves !!

Very wet at Spa but some great practise and some stunning photos .

Here is one of my favorite's .



Fantastic shot of all the aero working at high speed , even in the wet 150mph was achievable with great stability .


Zandvolt was stunning !!





After returning back things were set for our normal trip to Le man , this was a family tradition and both cars were packed and ready to go , along with us was a group of TVR and other nobles .



All in all the Noble did 2000 miles in 5 weeks !!! Apart from a litre of water and 1/2 litre of oil nothing else was needed !!!

June was a incredible month for me and UFO , our first ever competition , Cadwell park was our first event and I was pretty nervous , I think I was more afraid of letting the Noble down !! She looked great in her new sticker set .




Format is basicly 2 practise sessions 1 qualifying then a final . I don't mind admitting sitting in the pit lane waiting to go out for my first practise I was crapping it but I need not have worried , the Noble was quite frankly stunning , I was fastest through the speed traps all day and qualified 2nd in class !!








The final was just just bloody brilliant , never been so scared yet thrilled at the same time !!! The Noble never missed a beat and looked after me even when I pushed too hard !!! Managed to hold on to 2nd and win the one hit wonder class :-)

So proud of her !!

That Ultima is gorgeous!

Brilliant story! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks very much guys , it has been a epic journey !!

On the way back from Cadwell it became apparent that the car was built to do Time Attack and with a 3 second gap to make up on the winning car it was obvious to me that my Road/track setup was not good enough .
Add too that the next round I could do is Silverstone I new my setup was not right and would cost me more time !!! So a pretty drastic step was taken and over the next 5 weeks the suspension was completely stripped and rebuilt using stronger lower Eibec springs and re valves Protech dampers .
Then the car was Shipped too Center Gravity for a full chassis race setup to be put on the car !!!!
It was a massive gamble but if I was going to get faster I needed a more aggressive setup and I had nothing to loose as if I was going to do a full season next year I had to get the car sorted !!!
I collected the car 2 days before Silverstone and boy was it low !!!





Getting it on my trailer was a major feat with planks of wood and a trolley jack and I have to say most people thought I was mad changing a setup I had used for 4 years but I was convinced it was the only way to go !!!

Silverstone arrived a bright sunny warm day and as I sat on the pit lane waiting I have to admit my guts were churning !!!!!
First practise went well but I had massive amounts of under steer !!! Something I hate :-(
I softened the front dampers a bit a dropped the front tyre pressure also but in second practise it did not improve !!! The car felt so slow and difficult to drive fast :-(
I was gutted !!!!! I sat in the pit lane feeling very dispondant when my wife came skipping over with the time sheets grinning from ear to ear , she wanted to know why I was curse word off when I had topped the time sheets in both rounds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was stunned , how then he'll did that happen ?

Time to regroup and head out for qualifieing , keep smooth and trail brake seemed to help the front end and I pushed like crazy , never had I driven the Noble so hard !! Running med boost (550bhp) the car felt brilliant and it just came together , no time to check gauges or temps I just went for it !!!! The Noble never missed a beat and on the second to last lap I set a time that put me second in class but just 3/4 of a second behind the winning car !!! Bloody fantastic .

I was exhausted and elated !!! The final was a mess as 2 red flags ment no running on pace but I still came second and won the one hit wonders class !!!!

What a weekend :-)

A second trophie to add to the first and a very dirty Nob signalled the end of a epic year !!



Tux

Thanks Ian , I'm never sure if there is anybody ready this post !!! Thanks for the input .