Up and running and itching to go!!!

New engine is now installed and upon firing up it seemed to start better than the last engine and sounded different. So fingers crossed it was just a duffer and i was just very unlucky. We will have to wait and see how the car performs at Mallory and if it survives before i draw my final conclusions!!

We swapped the engine over within a few hours, so pretty confident we could manage it in the paddock if the its ever required. I have sourced another engine with damaged gearbox, so will combine the 2 to hopefully make a good engine to carry as a spare.

The engine drama seriously affected the progress of the front splitter, this is were we are at the moment, lots of trimming and filling to do and the actual floor tray will not be as big as this.

With the time lost it means that at mallory and Brands (dad is on holiday the week after mallory, how dare he!!) i will have to run without. The problem with that is that the lower half of the bonnet is completely missing and open, luckily we kept the corners we cut of and have now bolted them back into position.

So the car is ready, but i want to get it on the rolling road to check the fueling is ok, so on the way to Mallory on saturday i have booked a session with HLM in Bromsgrove, i have no idea how good (or bad) they are, but they maintain and run Jedi Hillclimb cars, so hopefully know their bike engines. Bob is also going there on saturday so i will be able to get a sneak peak of his lovely new BDN!! And nick his corner weight scales to set the Fury up.