Akciddento estd. 2003

doing the things that we want to

Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to

  • and it’s back !

    after a quick trip up to bradford in my little rental Corsa the race engine is safely back in the bus, albeit sat on the load bed rather than bolted into the engine bay. Martin taylor at Taylor MAchine services had got it all ready to pick up, and got the dyno run and mapping…

  • The weblog is back!

    the weblog should be fixed now — the only thing that should need tweaking are some broken image links. please let us know if you come across any broken image links in the weblog. respec’ on behalf of akciddento, scooterbug x

  • the new site has gone live !

    after what seems like an eternity (and a steep learning curve!) the new v3.0 site at akciddento.com has gone live, if you’re reading this (other than as a syndicated feed) then you’re looking at it! still bits to do, some text, some graphics but here it is! my very own chocolate kettle! 🙂

  • anyone know php & my SQL ?

    gaaaah ! the testing on the new version of the website is all going well *BIG thanks to all the betatesters* tracking down a few bugs and dealing with the path creation problem in the checkout system of the shop. fixed the path creation problem (hooray) the shop is now carting and checking out fine…

  • DragBus Race Technischewerk?!

    NEW DragBus shirt designs! black and white high quality inks on HEAVY weight double stitch premium tees, available in khaki, gold, burnt orange, red and shelley green. on sale in the webshop from next week and available from our stall at DubFreeze (i don’t know who makes these names up. that’s what they are called…

  • ooh! that sounds expensive…

    after a great start to the day I got a message on my phone from Martin at Taylor Machine Services saying that the crank from the race engine that Martin is rebuilding for me is fractured. I talked with Martin last week about it and although he felt that the crank was ok I insisted…

  • beta testers are go!

    after what seems like the longest time v3.0 of the akciddento website went online last night, a generous bunch of about twenty betatesters are crawling over the site testing and checking, suggesting and criticising before the site goes public in (hopefully) a week or so. the new site is a big step on from this…

  • Samba Engine Specification – 2332cc type 1 EFI engine

    2332cc type 1 engine with DTA electronic fuel injection 2332cc Engine (84mmx94mm) * New AS41 racecase,bored for larger cylinders,drilled and tapped for full flow, clearance for 84mm long stroke. * Case fitting kit. * Scat Procomp 84mm forged chromoly crankshaft, 8 dowel, counterweighted. * Bearings for above. * Scat “H” beam chromoly conrods with “ARP”…

  • the fugly is up for sale !

    the fugly is up for sale… need to concentrate all the energy on getting the bus ready for racing this year. so… 1974 412le estate, 1700cc injection automatic. FULL LENGTH factory sunroof, eberspacher. road tax and eleven months MOT. Solid car. just had alll welding done by mr. venners of der botcheinvolks and made a…

  • Ram Air systems ?????

    wow! started looking into Ram Air systems as a cheap way of getting more power… … the truth of the matter seems to be a difficult to get to… lots of flashy carbon fibre aftermarket anodised tube thingys to bolt into hondas and the like but very little information or explanation to justify the effect…

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