I drove Dens s12 (JAPSTER)

[PukkaSilvia]

We all met up at dens today for a brew and to get a few things sorted.Dens car had been having a few electrical problems. We narrowed it down and fixed it. It was the alternator charge wire. We put a new one in and me and den went out for a spin. He isnt afraid to give it some stick. Flat out at 26psi over a hump back bridge was a memorable moment.lol
He then let me have a go and was egging me on. after the first stretch i had got used to the paddle clutch and the different gear linkage position. Its fecking awesome. It goes sideways extremely well and the long gearing ment it was right in the power band at a good speed in second coming out the bends. We hammered it around for about an hour. He doesnt like to see anything but full throttle. All was going well until the last road back to his when his brother called and said he was behind us and wanted to see how it goes, so i came round a tight bend after some traffic lights and dipped the clutch slightly to bring it into the power band and floored it. the thing felt like it was going to pull a wheelie......until BANG! clonk clonk clonk lol/ First thing Den said was 'is that the gearbox' as hes buggered one before.We pulled over and Luckily it wasnt. The propshaft was dangling on the floor . I had managed to twist two legs clean off a u.j in the prop. i was very apologetic but He didnt seem all that bothered at all and was happy it had happened 5 minutes from his house instead of at a track etc. Its the first time its been working well enough to give it some proper abuse as he has had turbos and clutches go recently,The prop shaft is all in good order still bar a few scuffs so it will be a cheap fix.
So all in all it was great fun. Norris designs have done a damn good job with that setup imo. Love it. Cheers Den.