Another great day supporting the attendees of the last Greystone GT track day at a very very wet Donington Park. Weather was awful but it didnt stop most of the attendees from getting out on track to enjoy their cars. To be hnest we werent overly busy so we...
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Mclaren Engine Low Oil Advice
The Mclaren range all uses the same base engine known as the M838T. The 3800cc twin turbo charged engine was originally developed for Indy car racing and after work from a variety of operations including Mclaren, Walkinshaw and Ricardo is now the staple engine for...
MSV Track Day Championship Round 2 – Snetterton
Well if it aint broke dont fix it, with a class win in round one we decided to leave the M3 in the same class and run it this year in part as a learning year for Callum as he gets used to the extra power and weight. Well he's learning, a near faultless drive and...
Mclaren Track Day Support
Delighted to carry on in our third year of support for Mark and his Greystone Track day operations and support all the Mclaren owners in keeping their cars track ready at Silverstone this month all for free. As usual we carried out the official Mclaren track day...
The Mysterious Hole – update
Remember the oil tank issue we discovered on Mclaren cars? if not the initial story is HERE where we had a car with a hole in the oil catch tank and no real way of understanding how the hole happened? Well, now we know. By way of a recap, all Mclaren models have a dry...
Mclaren Engine Advice
It has come to our attention that it is possible to cause engine damage to Mclaren cars if the car is run with low oil pressure or low oil level. Now this may sound a bit 'well, really' but due to the potential consequences resulting from such action we feel it...
MSV Track Day Championship Round 1
You never know what will happen with a new season and its fair to say that this one was a bit of a surprise. Pre-season went well, the car has been heavily updated with new brakes, aero, less weight, new exhaust but the one thing we didnt touch was the power, plan was...
HydroFlow Engine Cleaning
Thorney Motorsport has been in the business of tuning cars for over 20 years and its fair to say we have seen our share of 'snake oil' products to emerge promising all kinds of performance gains. Oil additives, spurious petrol claims, engine flush treatments, pretty...
Thorney Motorsport FIA cage competing in 2019 Dakar Rally
We are delighted to be able to support Ignacio Casale in his entry to the 2019 Dakar in his Yamaha YXZ1000 by supplying one of our FIA approved and certificated race cages. Ignacio, a Redbull supported athlete chose our cage to ensure the stiffest chassis as well as...
Badger Oak Sponsors Day
To reflect the enhanced support we have had from Badgers Oak this season we decided to host a fun day out for them at Bruntingthorpe Training Ground. Bruntingthorpe is basically an airfield where you can use areas simply for fun and also a short course track to both...