My X11-08's debut meeting

[Randall34]

Finally finished installing the electrics into the pred last night, all ready for its maiden run at TORCH.
Took some pics incase it didn't come back in one piece: see below.

After arriving early to get in some practice laps (as it hadn't even been run on the ground before by me).
Quickly discovered a nasty knashing sound under braking. Sure enough i hadn't meshed the spur gear tight enough and i had lost a few shavings from the teeth (i have spares but more about that later).
So i re-meshed and went out again, but decided that as it was nearly endo-ing on the brakes that the slipper was way too tight which didn't help with the meshing issue either.
So after a while of umming and ahhing i worked out how to loosen it (don't laugh, it came assembled and i'm used to 2wd - plus the manual has know mention of how it is put together). Also a few speedo tweaks and we were ready for the day.
I had an absolute blast, the thing flys, tons of grip, all perfect and a huge smile.

Only one mishap all day was the threaded pin popped out from the front hub, after a hard landing - easy fix.

A couple of things to ask, that maybe Mark, Martin or anyone else can help me with:

Seems to be nose heavy in the air - i had some weights in the front (under shocks) which i took out, this helped but it was still nose diving. My solution was to gas it a bit mid air to lower the rear - any opinions?

Front bumper - has been cut down, does anyone know where i can get the new style one?

How do i remove the spur gear? - do i have to take the whole thing out and disassemble it (as i said earlier, there is no instructions for this in the manual)

How much lateral play do you guys have in the spur/prop shaft unit-mine has about 2-3mm of movement, is this normal or should it be shimmed with washers?

And finally...... Is the onyway shaft a good idea, i feel i can't put the brakes up full with the fixed shaft - opinions please...

As the car is I love it - so if these things can be answered it will be the best car i have ever driven. I did some really fast laps (for me) can wait to get it on the bench and tinker some more.

Thanks guys
Neil