Since the downer of the engine deciding its time was up things have rather improved which is fortunate because the scrap yard was beckoning for this car.

  • In May I got the engine rebuilt by at Extreme Engines. Karl was great, spending loads of time walking through the options and making sure I was clear on costs. Not a cheap thing to do, but I had to take the plunge.
  • In June we ran at Curbourough on very low boost to make sure all was well. We were a bit off the pace but a lot of the difference was due to being fairly slow down the finish straight, our terminal speed was ~104mph vs 112-115mph for the rest of the class. Even better, was that I was not far off the time of my double drive which I have never got close to at Curbourough before.
  • In August we ran at MIRA, we have only visited here once before, it did not end well, so a lot of the day was spent learning it again. Time wise I was about the same amount off the pace, but on a longer run with some fairly obvious areas we could improve. Felt like we made progress again.

Next and last outing this year is at the Ty Croes circuit on Anglesey this weekend, I have made another bunch of improvements so looking forward to possibly having a chance at being competitive.

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