Alleluia! First run showed 50bhp, which isn't quite what it should have been. Much shaking of heads, concerns that the cam chain was out, air blockage. Then he checked manifold pressures, had a fiddle and instantly found another 72bhp. The timing had been retarded by 20 in the MS setup which Northampton MS had either done or not spotted. By the end of the session, we were up to 133bhp but torque cover almost completely flat. So a bit off from where it supposedly started from 47 years ago, but a complete transformation to drive. Revvy, torquey and very nicely tractable. So much so that the slowcoaches that curse our modern highways seriously peed me off on the way home. Lovely. Full marks to Ed at Fusion Motorsports and Charlie at Surrey Rolling Road. I can't describe how happy I am.
