Gemini Motorsport LTD

21/05/2026

Bit of an engine day today 🥵

Fiat 500 cylinder head gasket and BMW with the infamous N47 engine with a snapped timing chain.

20/05/2026

20/05/2026

This is why we recommend the wet belts on PSA vehicles with the 1.2 puretec engines (Citreon, Peugeot and Vauxhall) are changed at 50000 miles maximum!
This vehicle has only done 45000 miles and had oil pressure faults due to blocked oil strainer.
Luckily caught before any damage was caused.

25/04/2026

Been a while since I've done a Ford Timing belt that doesn't live in oil!

Lovely little 2005 1.4 Duratec Fiesta in today for its timing belt change and done how it supposed to be done with valve cover off and cams locked and timed correctly, NO pretty paint marks everywhere 😉 Camshaft, crankshaft and tensioner bolts replaced and torqued to spec.

Good for many more years of motoring.

10/03/2026

Very close call for this lucky Ecoboost owner!

3 missing teeth and a the rest barely holding on 😬 this one was about to let go at any moment!

Another one saved to live another day 💪

05/03/2026

Wow this one went really bad!

Out all the failed Ecoboost’s I have done I have never seen one snap a camshaft 😬
This particular one is an automatic and has suffered the normal oil pump belt tensioner failure resulting is loss of oil pressure and seizing the exhaust camshaft.

-Amazingly it suffered no damage to the crankshaft bearings and only required a new cylinder head, camshaft and sprocket.

Another Ecoboost successfully saved 😉

03/03/2026

A busy few weeks coming up for Ecoboost wet belt replacements and some repairs!

19/02/2026

A lot of you will recognise my old Toyota Chaser if you’ve visited over the years, so I thought I’d share a bit more about it.

I originally bought it in Ebisu, Japan as a drift car to use while I was out there. It wasn’t my first choice — I was short on time before flying — but after a few trips and plenty of seat time I got attached to it. Instead of selling it, I shipped it back to the UK.

Back home it ended up doing family duties with the odd drift day, but over time it became more of a dedicated drift car. It’s also the car that pushed me into manufacturing aftermarket parts, particularly brake conversion kits for the JZX platform, as parts availability in the UK was limited at the time.

A few years ago it had some major upgrades — a GTX3076 on a 6Boost manifold, 1000cc injectors and a retune. Around the same time I’d been following ZF 8HP gearbox conversions. The 8HP boxes are affordable and easy to find, whereas R154 gearboxes had become expensive and most had questionable history.

So I converted it. Using a Turbolamik TCU, we got the 8HP working alongside the Link ECU and it transformed the car.

Last year, with drifting getting expensive, I tried my first track day at Snetterton in a basic BMW 123D. I was hooked. After more days at Brands Hatch and Cadwell Park, it was hard to ignore the nearly 500hp Chaser sitting there on coilovers and an 8HP.

So I made some changes for grip driving. The modified knuckles and arms were swapped back to stock geometry, track pads and fresh 360mm discs were fitted, the wastegate was plumbed back in for noise limits, and it was aligned to my own settings.

First grip day in the Chaser at Snetterton took some getting used to! The rear springs are too soft and the L*D is aggressive on downshifts, but overall it ran flawlessly.

Next up: stiffer rear springs, suspension tweaks and more fine tuning… and maybe paint it so it looks less drift car.

https://youtu.be/CPeQLr7Rt0o?feature=shared

09/02/2026

Kicking off this Monday with one of our favorite jobs—the infamous Ford wet belt! Today, we’re working on a 2018 Fiesta with only 56,000 miles on the clock, and honestly, the belt is in fantastic condition!

We tackle hundreds of wet belts each year and have full kits in stock for just about everything, including:

- Ford 1.0 Ecoboost
- Ford 2.0 EvoBlue
- 1.2 PureTech engines fitted to Peugeot, Citroën, and Vauxhall

If you're in need of a wet belt replacement or just want to chat about our services, drop us a message! Let’s keep those engines running smoothly!