Saturday saw us travel to Powerstation (www.powerstation.org.uk) to have the geometry reset. Our friend Lance helped with the loading of the trailer and came along to check out the Powerstation experience.

We arrived to discover a club from Wales doing a collective dyno run to compare their power figures from a varied selection of modified “Yoof” culture vehicles. We checked in with Jerry and he proceeded to get the MR2 on the ramps and begin the alignment.

When completed, it turned out the Powerstation guys were happy to delay their already belated lunch to allow the MR2 on the rollers when the Welsh contingent had finished their power runs. Andy took the controls of the car and did a quick trial run to check grip levels on the rollers before going for the red line!

We were delighted with the final figure which saw 122.1bhp at 6960rpm. That was the official flywheel power figure for the car when it was released. So to achieve that on an engine having done 118,000 miles was great. However, the Welsh boys all walked away shaking their heads in disgust. Maybe they expected much more given the racing demeanour of the car.

Many thanks go to Lance for his help during the day, and to Dirk, Jerry and Andy of Powerstation for their hard work, patience and generosity.