Projects rebuilding after the crash

I see it too @loudbang...good eye

Loudbang I posted this pic for a second visual of your discovery and backing up what you have found. You fellas are racers and have eyes for these things and your right it could prevent a disaster.

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You would think after a couple of burnouts if it was glue from a label it would be gone quickly but it does not...shadow I do not believe it could be either. They did have oil all over it and Brian mentioned using excessive amounts of brake-clean so perhaps that is an abraded area from the cleanup...



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Glad you're ok bud...

 

The oil down was the drivers side. And it flops out at speed and when backing.

 

Yeah you'd think you could feel that with your hand its so distinctly visible...did they clean both sides possibly...It does look to have visible wow when moving as you say.

I remember 30 years ago I was driving down a main street in a small town and some vehicle must have spilled oil on the pavement for quite some distance and I damn near lost control..I was fishtailing all over. I wasn't even going that fast so Brian is very fortunate. I hope he is having a cool one tonight. As @David Gersic said he was damn near drifting.

 

Yeah, that's no shadow... a patch of rubber is distinctly different.

Very glad you kept the shiny side up. When you can see both sides of the car from one vantage point things are getting a bit too exciting....

 

The car last ran at union grove late in the fall. We were doing our burn out when the burst panel blew. The hot tire melted to the track. When the car was pushed back it pulled up a piece of rubber stuck to the tire. I couldn't pull or scrape it off. I was surprised to see it was not all gone after the first Burn out. Thanks everyone for keeping a close eye out for my safety.

 

Whew that is good to know.

 

Brian, will you be trying the street set-up at all before the meltdown drags to see if it's street worthy ?

 

I made the street headers. that was the last thing I needed to do. most likely after the melt down I will start to focus on that. Im sure if it works on the track it will be ok on the street. we didn't change anything as far as the street stuff is concerned. I want to drive it out to the elkhorn show aug. 5th.

 

Are you going to drive it to Sam's drive in next Thursday for the Cruise in? Ethan and I are going to try to be there

 

I will most likely ride the golf cart up there. the car will be set up for racing. I don't want to switch it over for that small ride.

 

You will also notice in that video that you had the right rear tire on the seam in the track when you hit the throttle the last time.
So the left rear may have been in the groove but not the right rear.

 

Nice save!
Did notice your steering wheel position seems a bit low and kind of awkward almost hitting your legs with all the nomex on. But hey if it works for you that's what counts. Can't wait to see this thing sorted out.

 

I used to sit lower in the car by a few inches. Padding was added to the bottom of the seat. I can see out the windshield better raised up. It does get cozy with the suit on. Its actually a very comfortable driving position. Similar to a funny car.

 

I made it to the melt down drags. Countless hours were put into the car to get it ready after us-41 the other week. Heres a short list.
Picked up more nitro
Rebuilt the steering box
Put in new seat belts
Washed the trailer
Fixed the winch
Re stocked the trailer
Ordered more nozzles
Serviced the engine
Re set the throttle shaft
We are looking for a different out come from last year's event.

 

Go Man, Go!

 

I try not to even think about last years outcome. I'll be there all day Saturday, good luck !

 

When do you sleep Brian?

 

I think him and Squirrel are having a lack of sleep contest. Looks like a dead heat to me !

 

I still laugh about you firing that thing up in front of my house. My neighbors had been being loud as hell all week and I didn’t say a peep about it.

They didn’t say anything about the loud green car either haha

 

Rained almost all day. When cars did start running it was limited to eighth mile. We will try to make a 330 foot pass for a plug reading then go eighth mile. We put in a bunch more timing so we have to creep up on it.

 

The car sounded and looked great this year! What a machine!



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Your efforts are paying off. So happy you got in before the rain.



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Standing out

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I saw the pass Saturday evening. Man the car sounded good. The pass earlier in the day I heard in the swap meet. I thought it was about to storm because I heard the thunder.

 

looking great! Thanks for the pictures and video....sure wanted to be there, but I gotta build a car right now..

 

That is so awesome to see, I wish I was there. Thanks for posting the videos.

I know you didn't make a full pass, Brian, but what do the incrementals times tell us?

 

the car is much louder this year. everything is working as planned. as far as the tuning its way too rich. now its running safely its time to make some power by leaning it out. we will do a upper blower pulley swap going from 19 over to 25 over driven. to lean it out further we can add more percentage or put in a bigger main pill. the car drove great this weekend. no more sliding around the track. it was nice to visit with eveyone that stopped by.

 

I imagine seeing it hook and make a solid full power pull is something like seeing them sling shot jets off an aircraft carrier