Category Archives: AB Performance Sabre

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright

If I might quote William Blake, ” Tiger, Tiger burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry.”   Although I guess Blake didn’t have to work on his focus like … Continue reading

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Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

Right, I’m beginning to feel that I’m on the home run with this car now.  However I’m still very jumpy about making the meeting @ Anglesey in early August.  Unfortunately,  my loyal  Chief Pit Monkey,  Duncan has monumentally crocked his knee, and … Continue reading

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Much to Report

A couple of days ago  , I flipped the ignition switch and the fuel pump relay went click, the secondary throttle servo motor went whirr and the exhaust valve twiddled a bit, then the pump light went off.  YES YES YES!… … Continue reading

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Progress, Progress, Progress

Whenever I’m building a racer, I always try to work in complete systems wherever possible,  because its easier to know that for example the brakes are done rather than, I’ve done this and I’ve done that but neither is finished. … Continue reading

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Double Isolation

Excuse the horrible pun, but today Duncan and I made significant progress, on two major components.  The first is the electrical isolator and its associated wiring, that kills the whole car power supply, and the  second is the main bulkhead … Continue reading

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The Sabre is back from Powder Coating :-)

Duncan and I picked up the Sabre from the powder coating folks as Fentec this morning.  She looks resplendent in her new RAL 5024 blue and I have to say I’m really pleased with the colour. Its towards the greyish end … Continue reading

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Farewell to the Sabre (Temporarily)

Well, after a week of frantic widget making and welding, I still ended up with loads to do on Saturday morning so an early start was required, but I had finally managed to find a local powder coating firm who … Continue reading

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It’s a Topsy-Turvey-Turney World

Ok so after a few days concentrating on the mini  I can happily say it is now back on it’s wheels . So I’m now concentrating on the Sabre. All my mates spent last weekend having fun at Silverstone and … Continue reading

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