Ahhh I keep forgetting about this blog! Three rallies to update.....
I competed on a local nav scatter, which resulted in overheating... The new headgasket was swapped and the head skimmed having noticed some pitting that had ruined the gasket again.
So firstly the Powys Lanes starting from Builth Wells. Seeded at car 48 with a novice navigator. We managed to miss a small section which cost us 4 fails. This topped off with being stuck behind a broken down car cost us a possible half decent result, but it's all iffs and buts
Again, we suffered from overheating.
A new automatic radiator and higher pressure radiator cap for the next rally two weeks later, the Peak Revs in Ludlow. This being a non-spotlight event, we also swapped for the facelift front end with better headlights.
This time seeded at car 15 with a friend navigating for me, we managed to set some decent times, being 12th overall at petrol. Unfortunately a missed hairpin near the finish lost us 3:30 and put us down to 16th at the finish. Again, we suffered from overheating.
With just one week until the next event, the (fairly new) thermostat was checked, which was found to not be opening. Finally, we thought we had found the problem! So a new thermostat went in.
Next up was the Cilwendeg, the biggest road rally. Seeded at car 67, I was hoping for a nice fun night and hopefully a finish.
On an icy November night, we started off great with less power than other cars (being the smallest capacity engine out of 90 cars). Unfortunately, we began to overheat very quickly after around 35-40 miles, forcing us to retire.
So after many fixes, the last plan is to replace the head or build a new engine.
The Micra will now go into hibernation so I can finish building my BMW 318ti Compact
