Sent the case to my spare engine off to Ollies for a little work to be done :D
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Sent the case to my spare engine off to Ollies for a little work to be done :D
We've been BUSY the last few days. Mostly we've been busy with other people's cars - Cayennes, 996s and 997s, a few Caymans, a Turbo, a gaggle of early 911s and a 58 356 coupe - but somehow we managed to get the race car prepped for this weekend's POC event at Spring Mountain.
John Esposito got the front Turbo flares installed, we did some suspension tuning and had the car re-corner balanced, and we tied up various mechanical loose ends on the motor. Then, we stickered it up!! :cool:
It's going to be a good weekend.
Aaaaannnnnnnddddd ... when ALL the other work was done, I even found time to hang the motor in my 914/6 project.
Found the 10 mm socket I'd been looking for at post #26 (December, 2012). It was still attached to the end of a long 1/4" drive tucked away in a little used drawer and I had long since purchased a replacement. Must be a sign that Spring is coming.
come on man! you gotta have like 3 or 4 of the 13mm and 10mm sockets/wrenches!
Sure do, straight, deep, 6 and 12 points; the one that went missing was one of those with a universal joint built in and it just bothered me that I couldn't find it after a repair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kris Clewell
Had to take advantage of our spectacular weather (read hot) here in SoCal...
So just got back from a drive in my local hills just at dusk ...
Kind'a high clouds but very clear horizon........... :)
Looks great, Chuck! Love the blue on blue on blue of the sky, car, and ocean. :)
So, this weekend we took our 1970E to Spring Mountain for the POC Racer's Clinic; it was my second clinic which, if I made it through, would earn me a provisional Cup License (FINALLY after all these years of doing track days).
To say it was an eventful weekend would be an understatement.
First, I'd never been to Spring Mountain before so I had no idea where the track went. Going off was a poor option due to the boulders, rocks, gravel, pucker bushes, and deep ruts ... roll-overs are standard fare at this racetrack. So there was that ... and then the gearbox started to let go during my second run session on Saturday. Perhaps the 13:1CR 3.3L twin plug motor might have put some strain on the 901 gearbox. :D Anyway, I lost 5th gear and 3rd would come and go - it was there on the upshift but missing on the downshift. That made hauling the car down from speed a bit tricky, and it really forced me to adjust my strategy during practice and run sessions.
As a precaution I asked to be put DFL for practice starts just in case the gearbox went KA-BOOM - I would hate to cause a pile-up in the Racer's Clinic because of a mechanical incident. Well, the gearbox hung tough and I found myself in the top three during each run session despite starting dead last. And, to really boost my self-esteem, I put the car on the Pole for the Clinic Race at the end of the weekend.
Unfortunately 3rd gear went completely AWOL about halfway into race and I slipped from 1st to 3rd place, and then I decided to park it before completely nuking the damn thing.
Overall, though, it was a GREAT weekend at a completely new racetrack, and I wound up getting my Cup License despite having to nurse a broken car through an entire weekend.
The first picture is from when we unloaded on Friday, and the second picture is right before me and Ol' #505 started from the pole.
Congrats Marco..........
Never been there. Would like to know more about the track: Length, pace, rhythm, run off, straights, elevation changes, challenges.... did you like it?
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Drove the trail the Yankees took from Charlottesville to Appomattox shortly before the end of the war of Northern Aggression.Attachment 326404
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...cle%3Dpos%3D10
Drove by many beautiful old farms like this one. The sense of history is everywhere.
http://bellairfarm.com/about-bellair/