Who's in for Halloween? (Page 3 of 3)

I'm starting to seriously stress at this point. Here's my to do list before I can race

Finish engine rebuild - Can't find the mopar head gaskets anymore, resorting to Felpro
Install new shift cable - need to order still
Protect new shift cable - build heat shield
Either front mount the intercooler, or resort back to the old radiator
Get new brake pads installed
Replace master cylinder with a new one (current is reman and suspected bad)
Finish building fuel cell cage
Install fuel cell cage and plumb the new fuel system
build a new exhaust to get it away from where the fuel cell will be
rewire the ignition since I ripped the key cylinder out
check all the wiring for breaks

I think i'm missing things.

This might be the closest we've ever cut it before a race. Ok second closest. There was that weekend we started taking the engine out on the trailer waiting to get into stafford.

The boat has its new junkyard engine in, another 4.3, and seems to run ok in the driveway and around the block. 
Now we turn to the civic to replace the blown head gasket.  The TR7 doesn't have a motor yet, and the Cortina hasn't run yet with its new engine.   So, we're right there with you Chris.

Looks like we might luck out with weather.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph … amp;smap=1

The daytona runs. I tried it with just a straight down pipe, nothing else. It's not as loud as I expected, which is good news for our plans to rebuild the exhaust. (currently the exhaust goes 2.5" stock downpipe > Cat > 3" pipe to the rear axle > 2.25" pipe over the axle > random exhaust can. The previous owner was a genius.) I think I could straight pipe it and be within sound regs, but I'll throw at least one muffler in line to be safe.

Now I need to swap the stock fuel system for the cell (wednesday), rebuild the exhaust (wednesday), finish some wiring, and a whole slew of small tasks. Good thing I took wednesday - friday off.

the events page says 7. I'm going to aim for 7:30/8 so i'm not the first person there arguing about extra fees to get in.

We are all planning to arrive Thursday.  Chances of work in our garages Thursday night: 100%, right on Sparky!

We are in the north garages 15 and 16 I think, whatever the far end is by turn 12.

The boat is mostly fixed, needs brake and clutch bleeding again and a dipstick tube (which are suprisingly hard to find).  The civic will be race ready, just needs final touch ups from the head gasket swap this weekend and a L axle. The TR7 doesn't have an engine yet.  Yikes.  The Cortina runs, and is getting finishing touches. 

Needless to say, testing day will be important for all 4.

I'm in center garage 17 with the Fox and the BARF Honda guys will be with us as well.  Chris I thought you guys were in the center. 

Fox took a bit longer to prep for this race than we expected but shes packed and ready now.  It was partially a function of laziness, and partially because I am in the middle of a house hunt/wedding plan and that has turned my free time to dust.

Planning on arriving about 5 or so Thursday night, and planning on not paying to get in so if I have to sit and wait I will.

Yeah we are in 24 every race, I emailed like 4 minutes after getting the email and that one was gone as was that whole section of the center.

Chris is generous with the Cortina's state (just cause it's better than the TR)... She runs... once you get her started... Starter just doesn't have the mojo to turn her over anymore. IGN only has base timing set, and carb needs to be tuned... A/F is reading pig rich (11.5-12.5:1), so much so that before the timing was based, we managed to get the header glowing red and developed a crack on cyl2 tube.... not as much fun watching the car spit fire at the alternator as one would think. There's now a heat shield over the alt.  Thankfully the carb is on the otherside of the motor as it was leaking fuel after the rebuild due to a loose bolt.  The fuel leak is fixed 100% now, but the header could benefit from a welder thurs or fri at the track. I suspect it'll get better when we lean the carb so it's not pouring 50% of my fuel into the exhaust... and yes, I still prefer carbs over a computer!

I'm looking forward to safety tech... not sure how I'm going to get her started to show that the kill switch still works...

Nothings packed, car only rolled onto the trailer last night. Have to work tomorrow.
Gonna be a great weekend!

If you can get your hands on the equipment (a welding machine), Chris from my team is an expert welder, he built our cage, I'll volunteer him to weld up that crack for you.

Sent you an email with the funny story, but in short, yeah definitely the starter.

Does anyone have a projector? I forgot to negotiate borrowing my friend's, and since he lives in CT, i don't have time to get it before the race. No projector means no GT5 at night.

I'm also in CT as well.