I've sort of promised myself that I will now not get a new daily driver until the Sylva is on the road. In the last week, I have made a set of exhaust downpipes and the engine is in the car and ready to go.
The eagle eyed amongst you will see that the exhaust is not quite finished in this pic.
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All I need to run it is to give it sparks and fuel. The guy I got the engine from has a fuel pump which I am going to get from him tomorrow. As an incentive, he decided today to try it on one of his spare engines. There's always something cool about an engine running with no car around it. It's even cooler when there isn't even a hint of an exhaust on it.
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Hopefully, mine will make similar noises by this time tomorrow.
If it does, I will feel quite justified in getting something which might seem a bit boring to some of you. If I know that it tows a trailer with the Sylva on it, which can do this sort of stuff.
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Did I mention the paddle shift before ?
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Andy at
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is making me one of these.
Now, something to pull the trailer... Promise not to mention the D word.