KB Motorsport

June 8 and the Abingdon CAR-nival Rally will be to blame for (finally?) popping my rally competition cherry – in the Cherry-Red 205 Gti. The car and the assortment of spares are looking readied and if-only it was June 8th already.

Since the practise day, unfortunately I’ve hardly driven the car – and even so, it has provided it’s share of drama. What was always going to be in the end a simple problem, did turn out a simple problem – when for about a week and a half the 205 would not fire over. Most annoyingly this was right after relocating the coil-pack in the engine bay for easier access and cleaning up a few other engine bay bits and pieces. With a-thousand-and-one variables thrown in thankfully a local auto-electrician was basically able to pin-point that a single wire had pulled completely free before the Ignition Module.

A few purchases for the tarmac adventures include a cheap set of MaxSport RB5 Soft’s and two good Yokohama RE045’s softs and further sets of rims to mount these one – something, something about owning 25 rims and tyres again – but for a small, tiny, puny car. A brand new custom FIA-spec 3-layer racing suit – comfy as, just I can’t imagine wearing it in summer (or winter?) in Australia. A terratrip intercom, borrowed from co-driver, and a good-once over, oil change and service from ASM Mechanicals. Not to mention also, a whole bunch of stickers so the car at least looks like its in a competition – here’s hoping for a non-rainy day this weekend to clean and polish the car before putting those on!

Photo’s maybe to follow. Updates after I get my arse-whooped at Abingdon.