Thread has been a bit quiet for a while, not because nothing has been going on, quite the reverse, it's been all hands to the pumps here sorting issues arising from the old engine letting go at Kames.
Last weeks diary for example
Sunday Morning, Install engine after it being out to Helicoil rocker cover fixings and cam cap fixing.
Sunday Afternoon, discover Head gaskets gone after a roasting the previous week.
Monday, Work
Monday night, remove engine and strip heads.
Tuesday Morning, deliver Heads to Pitcairn Engineering for re-finishing.
Tuesday Afternoon, Work, whilst Wifee Spice picked up skimmed heads.
Tuesday night, rebuilt engine.
Wednesday, work.
Wednesday night, re-fit engine
Thursday, Work.
Thursday evening, arrive home late do to flood as a result of Thunderstorm in one of our server rooms.
Later Thursday evening get car out to test. Fuelling issue that caused first engine to expire gone, Head sealing good.
Laterally Thusday night, trying to kill myself and my friend whilst applying 500bhp to some standing water in middle of thinderstorm on Semi-Slicks.
Friday, more testing in the dry, happy.
Apply UberSafe Map and head for Boyndie
New engine is in and is running on a 'safe' map. Andy is giving the car the once over next week so I expect it to be a 'bit' quicker then
Car was out last weekend at Boyndie (Banffshire) finishing second on Saturday behind 'Stormin Normin's' Evo, with the car down on boost and a UberSafe Fuel map. Played with the map a little and managed to reverse that situation for Sunday with a win.
Bolted a second seat into the car tonight to take Craig out for a Wee Hurl, I was conscious he'd spent a lot of time and effort on something that till tonight had been an inanimate object, not what a car is supposed to be, I think he sees it a little differently now
Car is off to ProGrip tomorrow for John to work his magic as geometry was out at Boyndie as a result of me needing to change a couple of things.
---john---