Skoda Rally Blog

Today was all about making sure the car would be ready for tomorrow – as I can tax it tomorrow and drive it on the road, and therefore get some rough mapping started.  There were a few odds and ends to sort out on the car, none of them that important, but each one needing to be done in anticipation of tomorrow, including changing some bolts for the right ones (rather than temporary changes I’d made to get the car running), getting the brakes working OK, changing the wheels for gravel ones (in anticipation of RallyDay aside from anything else), and checking everything that has already been done, such as the new suspension (remembering that I’d forgotten to do one of the spring collars up).  And then, seeing if the car would still move itself – it hasn’t done that for a long time.  I decided to start out with the same map settings we used for Rally GB 08, rather than what I’d done afterwards, as much of the engine is the same, and I’d think it probably will be similar at low revs.  And this seemed to do the trick – the car drove perfectly up the drive, and on my, er… private test track of 100 yards or so.  So I gave the car a good clean for its good work.  Tomorrow will be much more demanding!

Nice and shiny in the sun.