Today was the day we’ve been waiting for – we took the car to Bogg Brothers in East Lutton and got the engine set up properly and run up on the rolling road.

Firstly a massive thanks to Rutty (aka Darren) who as usual was on hand to provide good company and a massive helping hand with various issues throughout the day.

The car had an adjustable fuel pressure regulator fitted and the fuelling set up before a session on the rolling road to determine the power output. The car is putting out 85bhp @ the wheels at 6500 rpm, which is only part way through the cam’s power band so at some point I’ll raise the limiter and see a bit more. I am over the moon with that – I wanted over 80 @ the wheels and we’ve achieved that, and the car is a hoot to drive! First time I’ve been able to fully open it up and experience the full package.

It’s very, very twitchy to drive fast, and together with the fact that I don’t know the car and haven’t yet got used to being on the wrong side of the road (Rutty had some scary moments sat facing on-coming traffic, so he says lol), I’m a bit nervous behind the wheel. Confidence will come though.

We had a couple of fuel leaks to sort from the fuel rail, but luckily I have a few spare inlet manifolds so we sorted it.

Anyway, a few pics here to make my waffling a bit more interesting. Enjoy!











Suspension remote canister relocated to allow for fuel pressure reg
















It’s dirty now – proper rally car