Driving the Kak around the Nurburgring was at the sametime terrifying and exhilarating. It is not the most agile or quickest of cars. Having 911's, M5 Ring taxis and motorbikes coming up behind you at over 150mph whilst trying to muscle a 2 ton lump round one of the most challenging tracks on the planet does tend to jeopardise the cleanliness of your pants at times! The only thing more nerve racking then driving was being in the passenger seat when Dad was driving.
As it had rained over night and our T-top leaks this saved us sitting in wet seats for the rest of the day. As we unwrapped the Kak other non-Scumball guests took one look at our cars a then hurried off to see if theirs had remained unmolested (they had). We checked the oil and water (no water required and less then 1/2 litre of oil) then set off for Germany after finding another petrol station. The Scumball roadbook was faultless and directed us to our lunch stop in Eupen. Although the described fountain was considerably smaller then I imagined - more like a bird bath.
We were amongst the first to arrive but were quickly joined by the others. 
After several coffees and a cake we resumed our journey to Germany and arrived at the Hotel safely around 2pm. Some decided to get in a few laps on the Ring but we opted for the beer and lard based snack option. We also needed to perform the only piece of car maintenance that was needed on the entire trip - adjusting a slipping alternator belt. Whilst exploring the town we came upon Darryl and Geoff (Team Jamfund) who were waiting at the petrol station for the recovery truck to arrive as the auxiliary belt tensioner had destroyed itself on their Golf VR6. Their car was taken to the local VW dealer for repair.
The G-force meter was inspired by one I saw on a Skyline GTR but instead of complex japanese electronics I opted for a plastic plate, woolly string and and nut. I also added the stickers onto the bonnet that some of you had written messages/abuse onto in exchange for sponsorship money.
The Evesham journal also came round and took some pictures and ran this article whilst we were away. 
We then drove up to the Hotel to meet the other Scumballers. Both ITV and the BBC sent up local news crews to cover the start. We feature most on the ITV one, stick with the clip past the weather to see us all driving off.BBC CLIP (we are only on near the end of this, shown driving off)
Difficult to pick out in this line up I know (we are the £600 car next to the £140.000 car)
Lets hope that Pontiac have a sense of humour!
Its the 305 cubic inch (5 litre) small block chevy V8, standard apart from an Edelbrock Torker II inlet manifold and a 4 barrel Holley carb. When new it pushed out a modest 150hp. I'm not sure how many of those horses have escaped in intervening 24 years though.
Engine wise we have done the following:
