I’ve been popping in to Zannetec to see how it’s been getting on and was extremely happy with the progress. I wanted the exhaust done in stainless with an X pipe crossover, and a bung for my datalogger in the centre of it. For silencers, I bought two ebay stainless ones so it was a bit of an unknown how it woul all sound. I also got the seatbelt and seat mounts put in while it was there. It came back on the trailer as a pretty complete car, but I need to connect the heater hoses up so that I can fill it with coolant. I’m also waiting for the oil for the diff to turn up as its currently dry.

It’s way too heavy to push up the little ramp into the garage now, and when Zane said to me “drive it in slowly and gently so you dont hurt the axle” I nervously sat behind the wheel and fired it up. It sounds incredible, and you can see the blower hoses flexing as the boost comes in. I gently reversed it in at about half a mile an hour, then ran out of petrol. I had to push it back out, hit the central locking button and leave it on the drive while I went to get some more. With it topped up I started to reverse it back in again, and gave it the tiniest amount of throttle to go up the ramp. It spools up and lifts the car immediately, and scared me to death!. It may not be that powerful in this day of 1000hp+ cars, but it’s enough for me I think. It’s nearly four years to the day since it was pushed into the garage as an old wreck, and here I am driving it. I cant tell you how excited I am.