Stuff we know needs fixing

As I mentioned in passing in the intro post, there's a few things we knew needed fixing before I bought the car.

• The tyres rubbed if the back was low.
• It had been mini-tubbed, and as a result, the rear suspension had been .. er.. edited.
• It has stock heads on it, and so didn't make a lot of power. At all.

Once I got it home, it we also knew that we needed to check out whether the engine ran, whether the gearbox was intact, whether the diff is intact, and what happened to the driveshaft, and whether we can fix that or get a new one.

I got it shipped off to BTEC Racing, and my friendly engineer went to have a look, to find out if we needed to add a gearbox to that list. It appears (at this stage) that the gearbox is not making horrible crunchy sounds, when not under load. This puts new heads back into budget, which also means that I'll need a new carburettor. It appears that the exhaust system is probably not adequate for the expected power, and would be far too loud at that level, so that's on the shopping list, too.