Competition Inspiration

You’ll need these,” explains Ian Mackenzie as he hands me a pair of Terratrip intercom-connected headphones that double up as ear defenders. As I pull down on the TRS shoulder straps and take up the slack, I’m comfortably secured to a Corbeau Forza Sport high-back bucket passenger seat with my feet resting on an aluminium footplate. Below my legs, there’s a 12-volt battery, which is relied upon when cold-starting the engine. Otherwise, there’s a smaller 12-volt competition battery, mounted inside a fibreglass box in the rear seat squab area.

In front of me, there are the remains of a standard Metro dashboard, including the OE instrument pod, but there’s an additional centre-mounted switch panel with fuses and oil pressure and oil temperature gauges. In the far right corner, there’s another vinyl-trimmed panel, housing more switches and a voltmeter. An