After running the car up to temperature after finishing all the little bits that needed doing, we noticed a little drip of oil. I nipped up the sump plug and the screws holding it on, just in case... However, after running it up to temperature again, I noticed it was coming from behind the alternator pulley... Suspiciously like it would from the crank seal. Given it was coming out at too high a rate for me to feel comfortable driving it, and that putting oil on the track at Dunsfold would make me supremely unpopular, I called it a night and abandoned the idea of getting my car out on track.

A drive around the block also brough to light the true sponginess of the brakes, and some overheating issues that will need to be looked at.

A close inspection of the rack bridge also revealed it was higher on one side than the other - quite how I managed that I will never know!

So all in all I was feeling a little bit blue, but some encouraging words from friends and fellow members, and I think I will have another crack at the seal, brakes and coolant. Who knows, I might get it right. If I don't, it's off to Redline I think!