Topic: Setting up the Spitfire and teams - We failed
So over the year i got a few parts here and there, .. and finally put them on and my pops rebuilt a motor. , the rebuilt 1300, that lasted the warm up and 1/2 a green flag lap before a rod came loose and we lost oil pressure and i coasted in. Hopefully it did not seize .. I did not check. We put the old faith full 1500 back in and got back on the track. - No worries about the motor .. shit happens. I could not have done a rebuild myself.
Second - put some new front calipers on (cheap china ones) I used a power bleeder on them but neglected to bleed the rears.. So eventually the brakes started to go out on my driver I sent out at the end of Saturday. He (being the smart one) helped me properly bleed all the brakes.
Third.. I got a rebuilt leaf spring and dug out some used Koni's we had on before and put that all on.. well that lead to the rear being so tight and high up with almost no camber. So the thing was loose.. even after my driver spun and I took off the Federal ss-595s and put 14" star specs on the rear, it was still loose..
Gah.. So i guess either put a saggy leaf spring back on and just tighten down the koni shocks.. or I need a huge spacer to put the stiff leaf spring on to raise it up which will lower the rear and give a little camber.
We will open up the 1300 later when we feel like it.. but I have way too much going on in 2014 and had some personal team conflicts at this race not to mention a bad wreck in the other car.., .. not sure we will even take it out to a Lemons race this year.. maybe some SCCA Solos or strip it down and sell the parts.. not sure.
It is not the work, the break downs, motor swaps, or being slow that bother me., hell even the wreck is just racing... it was the bummer of the drivers from the two teems just not all getting along. Trying to share and ask for a place to sleep, sharing tools, people not being able to find them, yelling names out loud, loudly cursing in front of our non driving friends/guests, team mates calling each other ass holes, not speaking up when another is doing something you dont like and just despising them for continuing to do it... DROVE ME NUTS! There were two innocent people who joined us (Ron and his son Chris) that dealt amazingly well with our crap and I would recommend to anyone!
A solid great 4 man team that is always there to help, can wrench, and get along.. is hard to impossible to come by..
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