June 2005 - Burnsie the Rally Wagon is back! 6 weeks of tireless, back-breaking work, and 48 hours before event start, Burnsie was mobile again.  Unfortunately, this left for no time for a shakedown or any kind of testing, and we found problems.  **Want to view rebuild and repair?? See it here**

 

Eve of the rally, Burnsie nearly caught fire a-g-a-i-n when one of his power steering lines burst - spewing power steering all over the engine bay. Thankfully, we'd wrapped the turbo heavily with header wrap, thus preventing an immediate fire.  The hose was swapped out and Burnsie fitted to the trailer for transport to the event...

 

Day 1 of the event, Right front control arm bushing was found to be completely shattered. - The team worked as fast as they could to swap it out at service, but bushing threads had stripped and were impossible to work with. Repairs cost the team 2 full minutes in time penalties, dropping them from 1st to 2nd place in GT for the day.

 

Day 2... unfortunately, things got even worse! The Left front control arm apparently had previous damage or stress damage over time. It gave up on a straightaway. No hits, no offs. Very random, and it shattered good!! Damage now includes control arm, steering rack, sway bar, axle and fender.

 

Good news is that Burnsie is back! And he was moving really well - few quirks to work out, few more inspections to do, but he should be 100% for the next event!  Enjoy the photos - Jamie