shots from the garage...
Well after 8 long months we finally made some hits. The Mopar Musclecar Shootout was held at Famoso and despite the weather forecast we made the 5hr trek west. This event had previously been a Sacramento race, but with the closing of that facility the promoter brought it south. Attendance could have been better, but I think they’re already looking for a later date next year. I’ll be honest…. If it were not for seeing my Central Valley brethren I’d a pulled the plug on this deal. 104 degrees is a fire suit ain’t my kinda fun.
The front end shake in shutdown is still alive and well. Nothing changed changing the rotors maybe 10 passes ago, but got home and made a bench jig and measured the runout and it needs to be addressed. I’ll take the rotor off the hub, double check the mounting surfaces and see if I can get it close before using the on car lathe at work to true them up.
Second issue…. Intermittent loss of two step. On two passes it just went straight to stall speed. That’ll be a fun one to figure out! Cost me a shot at round one.
Well after 8 long months we finally made some hits. The Mopar Musclecar Shootout was held at Famoso and despite the weather forecast we made the 5hr trek west. This event had previously been a Sacramento race, but with the closing of that facility the promoter brought it south. Attendance could have been better, but I think they’re already looking for a later date next year. I’ll be honest…. If it were not for seeing my Central Valley brethren I’d a pulled the plug on this deal. 104 degrees is a fire suit ain’t my kinda fun.
The front end shake in shutdown is still alive and well. Nothing changed changing the rotors maybe 10 passes ago, but got home and made a bench jig and measured the runout and it needs to be addressed. I’ll take the rotor off the hub, double check the mounting surfaces and see if I can get it close before using the on car lathe at work to true them up.
Second issue…. Intermittent loss of two step. On two passes it just went straight to stall speed. That’ll be a fun one to figure out! Cost me a shot at round one.