Rather a disappointing day ... Car ground to a halt just one and a half laps into Free Practice this morning. Turned out that the fuel injection metering unit seized, yet another 'first' that no-one seems to have come across before, and again a unit that had been recently rebuilt... Albeit could be as simple as some grit in the fuel ... Had a massive amount of help, particularly would like to thank Geoff and Grant Kelly, and Michael Heaton who've spent a lot of time with me today; Ian Watt who has loaned me a replacement metering unit (but it's not exactly 'plug and play'); Brian Richards and my pit buddy Californians who've loaned tools etc. As of now the car is still in 1000 bits, but I'm confident now that it'll be running by Race 1 tomorrow, and starting from the back of the huge grid can be great fun! Not only that, but there's specialist fuel injection man in N. Melbourne who can sort it before we head to Tas ...
Bit grumpy right now, but standby for more upbeat report in 24hrs...
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