XUD powered kit car

[Xud Missile]

Road trip to Scotland was pretty damn cool. What better way to test your car just after MOT than 1000 miles?



We set off at about half 9. We pushed back departure 24 hours due to a couple of issues that needed sorting - leak off pipes, oil breather, installing a battery isolator and fitting a 12v + USB socket (proved to be very handy). The morning we left @ half 9:



An hour later in a layby off the A1:


The front right brake was binding slighty. Nothing major, and it was freed off in no time.

Co-op @ Balloch. The first of many 'Irn Bru Extra'



On the way up to Fort William




We took a 12v VHS player. Film Night was a regular campsite feature




Great roads


Old machinery at the roadside




The view from Applecross towards Skye


Applecross campsite








Ready for the return over Applecross pass


Top of Applecross pass
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What a great trip. The only real mechanical issue was the gear selector housing shearing off. A local garage in Lochcarron helped me out and welded it back up. Otherwise it was disappointingly faultless. I had my photo taken on the motorways and dozens of conversations with friendly folk asking what it was etc. Walkie talkies with a motorbike helmet adapter kit was brilliant, used all the time. I never knew how good a road trip was for figuring out what you want to improve on your car. Diff gearing needs sorting out soon as it was a little high on motorways. I measured fuel economy once from Greenock to Inveraray and was getting 46mpg.

The support car was a '97 Citroen ZX. It shares the same turbo'd XUD lump as my MK. 217k on the clock but she kept on going the whole trip. A great support vehicle! When I do a Scotland trip again it'll have to be 2 weeks minimum. 1 is nowhere near enough

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You're nearabouts to me would love to see this in the flesh!