Skoda Rally Blog

So, today has seen a bit of progress on the car – I finished work an hour early, so I got the crank trigger issue sorted – turns out the trigger wheel is slightly off-centre, so that and the vibration was the problem combined.  I have set the gap to sort the problem for the moment (using feeler gauges) but next week I’ll take it off and have it machined to be totally true.  However, it’s running OK, and I’ve even had a chance to clean the poor old thing up – where it sits outside the roof has gained some interesting black spots which take quite an effort to get off, so i’ve done about half the roof.  I’ve also fitted a mounting to the front of the roof for the new camera I have, the GoPro Motorsports wide, which will allow a few different camera angles to be quickly and easily set, plus running a camera inside and one outside as well – I’m hoping to experiment with that on Saturday.

New wheels have arrived – another set of 4 Felicia Fun wheels, so I have more lovely yellow Skoda alloys to bend on Rally GB this year.  They were only £20 each, a bargain – way cheaper than the tyres that will go on them!