Nearly a month since the last update as things have been on hold recently. There wasn't/isn't much left to do.
We did a few jobs on the weekend tho..........
28th March 2010 - Alternator Fix And Decals
Not much to update as we have been taking a break from the car recently. Todays activities mainly centred around tidying up our spares and organising the stuff we need to take to races.
We did however manage to fix the alternator. A new regulator was needed. We also changed the pulley to a bigger one. The alternator originally came from a Volvo so probably isn't used to 7,500rpm engine speeds. A bigger pulley and a longer belt should see it turning at similar speeds to when its fitted to the Volvo. Some more livery applied too!
31st March 2010 - Unexpected Shakedown!
The snow at Bedford back in Febuary ment that the car still hadn't been driven on circuit.
Today we took the car up to Silverstone to get a noise test done on the exhaust. There was a Renaultsport trackday taking place. They didn't have a hand held sound meter, only the meter fixed to the pit wall. An instructor volunteered to drive it by to get a reading. In the end he did 7 laps before returing to the pits and saying 'its great'. No strange noises, it went straight, stopped stright and everything worked as it should. He was quite impressed with how well the engine picked up.
We were totaly unprepaired for it to hit the track, the suspension still hasn't been setup and we didn't even check the tyre pressures.
BUT, for the car to be driven by a professional for its first run out was very helpfull.
