Linzi & Mark's new chariot
The Pulsar was eventually sold and has found a new home in Belgium where the new owner lives a short distance from the wonderful Spa Francorchamps circuit where the car and driver will be regular 'track day warriors'. The phrase 'gone to a good home' has never applied more. Within 24 hours of the sale, Linzi & Mark headed over to the Croydon part of London village to collect their new weapon: a Global GT1 a lot like Ian's but with more 'charm' ('charm is pronounced 'wear'), creating a proper two car team at Ruptured Duck setting the scene for some great rivalry.
With less than three weeks from changing to the Global, they had very little time to get things ready for the first meeting at Gurston Down on 16th/17th April. A few basic were done - spanner check, oil and water change etc before a hastily arranged test at the Haynes International Motor Museum to familiarise themselves with the car and see if anything needs changing. All appeared to go well with only a charging issue ending the day early as we ran out of electricity. This was to be very minor compared to what was to follow.
After catching up with work for a few days, they managed to start looking at the electrical issues only to discover that there was far more serious damage to the engine caused by an oil feed issue (blocked pickup), resulting in either a full rebuild or replacement unit. With only a week until Gurston Down, we felt it prudent to withdraw out entry, not only to allow time to affect a proper repair, but to also have the chassis setup professionally and to have the rear dampers repaired.
A new engine has been found via the forum at Uphill Racers and has been stripped, ready to install in the Global. Next stop; Mamhead (or Gurston)!
