Skoda Rally Blog

… to the Tempest. I’ve done a fair bit of work on the car’s electrics – there were a few things that had been added with fuses or relays just strung along the bottom of the dashboard, and I’ve never been happy with that. And the fuse/relay board was above Kev’s feet which I didn’t think was great either – easy to damage, and difficult to get to. So I moved it into the glovebox, and fitted a new fuseboard for the other additions and the new spotlights, which are nearly done. They are bright, for sure. I’ve got a couple of other things to sort out, electrically, and I must get the trip-meter working, ‘cos that will make a huge difference to us on the next rally.

One bit of good news is that we will be running last on the road. This is a Good Thing.

But the thing is, I saw my first set of pace notes last night. Kev’s bought them, and we’ll hopefully be working off them. This is really big boys’ stuff. It makes the stages sound scarier because there are all sorts of cautions and so on in them. I’ve done my usual thing of thinking that it’ll be the hardest thing in the Universe, so I’m pretty scared about the whole thing at the moment. And I’ve still got to sort out the new tyres and steering geometry today as well as drop the rear of the car to calm things down.

Better get on with it, then…..