Saturday morning arrived and the sound of exhausts rumbled throughout Kirkbride as once again CWC had a rolling road day, this being their 7th. The venue was once again the ever popular JDM Dyno at Kirkbride Airfield near Carlisle.

    There was a good turnout on the day and 20 cars made power runs and a few others came along to watch and have banter. Although some people had to wait a long time to run their car, the craic was enough to keep all involved occupied and gave newbie's a chance to get to know everyone. The comedy award of the day must go to Morris and the boys attempting to get their Corsa on a trailer ready for the trip up to Crail the next day.

    There was a mix of cars and something to everyone’s taste, with Dougie and Morris bringing out the big guns in the form of their CTR and Corsa. Dan and Rob brought along their old skool hot hatches in the form of their 205GTi and Renault 5gt turbo, Dan’s car was holding back due to carb issues but Jonathan from JDM Dyno was on hand to let him and any else know how to deal with their minor trouble.

    Dean headed up the new with his VXR, and the Jap tuners were out in force in the shape of several Civics and Skylines. Scott’s induction kit was the surprise of the day helping his 1.4 Ibiza to 132bhp.

    Special thanks to Jonathan, who was kept busy all day. Big thanks to everyone involved in organising the event and all who turned up. Without you CWC wouldn’t be where it is today. All this made for a very enjoyable day out in the countryside and sparked a lot of talk of further upgrades to most cars.

The next CWC rolling road day should be very interesting indeed.

Watch this space………

    The power runs shown below are flywheel horsepower, a 20% factor has been added to the wheel horsepower figures measured by the dyno to compensate for transmission losses. The actual transmission losses will vary by a few percent from car to car, but given that standard cars usually show standard power on the dyno, it's a pretty good approximation.