With the fuel tank all fitted and both pumps working there was nothing left to do but add some fuel and give it a go. A quick look round and on with the ignition and crank and... it started! I was shocked. The engine quickly settled into a decent idle so I had a quick look round to make sure the ignition light went out and the rev counter worked and everything did! With no radiator and the exhaust blowing badly as it was held on by very few nuts and no gaskets I switched it off. I have to say I felt exceptionally happy after all the hours that have gone into the car it now sounds like a real one. After all the excitement it was back to the list of jobs?

As my car has the full cage fitting the throttle pedal and cable was more complicated by the large bracket which locates the cage at the base of the "A" pillar. To get clearance of the master cylinder reservoir and steering column I needed to move the top bracket on the pedal towards the middle of the car.

With this done I could drill the scuttle to fit the cable. I didn't want to cut or modify the standard throttle cable so that replacements would be easy and the reliability better. I developed from some alloy tube and alloy angle this solution.

Fitted it looks like this:

The pedal feel is good although I may end out with a small spring on the pedal to help with the return of the pedal. We will see.

With this job out of the way its more wiring to tidy up the loom to finish the job once and for all (Probably not).