So, the last outing in the Skoda left it feeling pretty sorry for itself. The engine had had more than enough, and there were (as ever) more things that I wanted to fix or improve on the car. So, simple enough, take the engine out, put a new one in, job done….<\/p>\n
… except, of course, it never works out like that. The clutch I ordered to replace the one that was in there turned out to be wrong, so I had to put the old one back in (for the time being), and that all went smoothly. Until I went to put the driveshafts in, and the diff gears had fallen inside the casing, so I had to remove the gearbox, and fix the diff. Another day wasted. <\/p>\n
Finally, I got the car running (having forgotten that the in-car camera is constantly powered means the battery goes flat), and took it for a drive. And found it to be a little….. gutless. Not good news. I won’t bore you with the entire details, but let’s just say I’ve checked everything, and I know it’s running as well as it can (perfect air\/fuel mixture, clean air filter, new plugs, etc), and it’s still a bit lacking in power. Which is thoroughly disappointing, as I know that finally I’m getting to the point where I want more power! Typical. But it’ll have to do. It should be good on fuel, at least…..<\/p>\n
There were other things to do. One of them is to do with Wales Rally GB. To do that, Paul needs to get his licence, and he’s a big chap, so I needed to make the seat movable – forward for me, and back for him. Now, this might sound like a trivial thing, but to do this properly, so it’s a nice job and I’m happy with it, meant almost a day’s work. But had the bonus of meaning I removed all the carpet from the front of the car – much more like a rally car now, and far easier to keep clean. There are a bunch of other things that I’ve done, but I won’t bore you with the details of the starter solenoid, terratrip probe, helmet net and various other little things.<\/p>\n
In short, the car is slow. This is me making excuses for my future non-performance against countless faster N1 cars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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