It's gone!...
After 452 days of building my GTR the car has today returned to Ultima.
Tuesday was spent messing around checking electrics etc, among the checks were
the Accusump system and the radiator fans. The Accusump provides additional oil
to the engine under surge conditions (heavy cornering, acceleration & braking)
and also during starting (very useful as @80% of engine wear takes place during
starting). The Accusump can be heard to be working when the ignition has been
turned on and this was confirmed. The Stack dash also displayed and increase in
psi for the oil pressure, so all ok there. The engine as warmed to @ 90 degrees
and the twin fans kicked in at about 85, ok there too. Managed to geta
little cleaning in also and the car looks a lot better for it.
The collection was scheduled for 8:00am this morning (04/02/2004) and at around
8:15 the now familiar Ultima trailer arrived. Within around 15mins the car was
on the trailer (I drove it on, bit scary!) then secured. It was at this point
that we said our goodbyes to what has been the biggest project of my life (and
probably my fathers too!). Early reflections of the last 15 months or so reveal
what a massive achievement it is and we are very proud of what we have done
(lets hope the boys at the factory agree).
SVA is next Tuesday...