shots from the garage...
good news! Qualifying went great! Good data, good lights!!
....and I threw it all away on race day. Oh well, great time freezing with good friends. It’s safe to say that was the last Street Car Supernationals I’ll take the car to. Ungodly amount of downtime and schedule changes. I might return to watch.... but I’m not going to be tethered to a car all weekend hoping they call you to the lanes.
funny learning experience. Thursday afternoon, after the rain, I was pulling out for tech and noted a hard bump going on with the car. The dang Terminator trans brake button was sticking. Pulled up on it and drove to and back from tech ok. Upon getting back to the trailer I started looking at the switch. Pushed on it a few times and it seemed a bit sticky. Well I grabbed a can of brake clean and gave it a shot. Bunch of black grime came off it and it worked lightning quick.... for about 10sec. Big oversite that the body of the trans brake button is plastic and I basically melted it. Went to a self guided class of switch disassembly and was able to ream/clean the bore out with a drill bit. Lubed it with silicon spray and made it through the weekend. Also put the shift timer back in and the Co2 for the air shifter. Let go of button, drive car... pretty boring I guess
good news! Qualifying went great! Good data, good lights!!
....and I threw it all away on race day. Oh well, great time freezing with good friends. It’s safe to say that was the last Street Car Supernationals I’ll take the car to. Ungodly amount of downtime and schedule changes. I might return to watch.... but I’m not going to be tethered to a car all weekend hoping they call you to the lanes.
funny learning experience. Thursday afternoon, after the rain, I was pulling out for tech and noted a hard bump going on with the car. The dang Terminator trans brake button was sticking. Pulled up on it and drove to and back from tech ok. Upon getting back to the trailer I started looking at the switch. Pushed on it a few times and it seemed a bit sticky. Well I grabbed a can of brake clean and gave it a shot. Bunch of black grime came off it and it worked lightning quick.... for about 10sec. Big oversite that the body of the trans brake button is plastic and I basically melted it. Went to a self guided class of switch disassembly and was able to ream/clean the bore out with a drill bit. Lubed it with silicon spray and made it through the weekend. Also put the shift timer back in and the Co2 for the air shifter. Let go of button, drive car... pretty boring I guess