Karen's MR2 was forced to race with a standard induction system, as our cone filter setup had not arrived. I've since cancelled the order, and yesterday I stripped the K&N cone filter and some piping from our Subaru Impreza Turbo road car. I then set about doing some bodgery and successfully grafted the massive cone filter into the MR2. (As pictured above)

Darren and I had previously removed the resonator box from the induction piping before race 2 in an effort to give Karen a bit more power, and it may have worked. We'd filled the hole left when removing the box, by plugging it with the top of a brake fluid bottle That was clamped tightly with a jubilee clip and sealed with superglue! Well, it certainly seemed to work at the time. Yesterday I replaced that piece of pipe with another, without such a bodged fixing...

I took the car out for a spin last night, and the induction roar over 4500rpm is intoxicating. I'm sure the car now revs more freely and is subsequently quicker. However, it could just be extra psychological horsepower.