I'm posting this in February but it relates to a quickie visit I paid to the team at RPS during January. The entire fuel system has been replaced with something much simpler and hopefully more reliable, the brakes, gearbox and clutch have all been tinkered with to make them work properly, the seats have been anchored more safely and the driveshaft completely inspected. Some nasty metal shards were found in the driveshaft that would never have been detected without RPS's thorough inspection and which could have led to grief on the rally. The shaft is being sent away to specialists for repair.
So far RPS has spent £10,000. It looks like another £10,000 before they are finished. Merde!
After this visit I sent the mechanical checklist from "How to Win A Rally" to the team at RPS to cross check that they had picked up on some of the simple but crisis averting ideas in Alan Smith's book (coconut car mats that can double up as grips for getting you out of sand - I would never have thought of that, or that you tie them to the rear bumper so that you don't drive off and leave them behind). I think there were a few new ideas for RPS and many that cost only a few pounds.
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