First Outing

Yup, taken it for it's first drive today ;-)

Took a few last minute adjustments - the alternator, for example, decided to short out and start sending up smoke signals, so that was taken out and replaced. Windscreen and wipers went on (which proved to be important), and a few more bolts were tightened up here and there. We also had to bore out the clutch master to 7/8", refit and bleed. The clutch is still long, but at least it works. Once all that was, done, there was nothing stopping me from taking it out....

Of course, today is also one of the wettest days in Perth this year, with biblical rain showers, thunder and lightning all day. So I had a ten minute window to take it out on cold tires onto very wet roads - doesn't matter.



So, first impressions. Well, for a start, the brakes are waaaaay off being anywhere near where they need to be, which is alarming to start with. They just need to bed in (new pads, new disks, new everything), but there's not much feel to them at this stage. What I need to do is get a dry day, then go for a drive somewhere quiet and stand on them a few times from 50kph or so. This should get the pads into good contact with the disks, and improve the bite a lot. Other than that, well, I didn't drive it that fast or hard to be honest - I mean, new and untested car, no brakes, and terrible weather doesn't lend itself to lots of confidence. So perhaps tomorrow when the weather is better, I can take it out again.

Oh, and the new video camera? I forgot to set it to record when I drove out. Idiot.... ;-)