secu wrote:
[quote]Well it was one hell of a weekend. Saturday morning I got on the dyno to see how the car was doing, very bad was the answer. A/F was going dangerously lean after 5K and power fell through the floor as a result. 140HP was the max at 5K and it was probably down to 100 by 6K. Luckily for me, this weekend had the SE30 turnout it did and that SE30 drivers are always willing to help out. Without the time to try single things to see what fixes the problem, I changed everything I could that might help the A/F. I got a fuel filter from Jon, an ECU from the Davidsons and a AFM from Ray, can’t say thanks enough. After that stuff was put in, got back on the dyno and put down 153hp/156tq, was a very happy camper.
Missed practice and qualifying so I had to start at the back of pack, didn’t really mind cause I was getting to race. The car felt great, but it was a pretty uneventful race for me.
Sunday, me and Mike qualified around 0.1sec from each other with him starting in front and Andrew right behind us. Ray and Ed had to deal with some other classes mixed into the grid, but overall the class wasn’t too seperated. Andrew had an amazing start and blew past Mike and myself, splitting right up the middle of the pack in process. Not sure when it happened but Mike and I got passed him at some point and then began a really fun battle. I found myself in the lead but had to push 100% the entire track just to keep him behind me. After a bunch of laps, I read some traffic wrong and had to slow up coming onto the speedway, Mike took complete advantage and cruised by me. This is the point were things go south for me. Two laps later, I thought if I got the power down a little sooner coming onto the speedway I could possibly get by him turning into the infield. Unfortunately, I put the power down too soon, lost the back end, tank slapped, didn’t save it and got nice and personel with the unforgiving concrete walls of the speedway. Whole side is smashed up pretty bad, but hopefully it is repairable, I’ll have it at the frame shop in a few days. Now it’s a mad rush to fix it up for Hyperfest in 3 weeks.
When I get the chance, I’ll put the video up and some photos of the aftermath.
Even with a smashed up car on the trailer, it was still one of the best weekends/races I’ve had and I was still smiling on the drive home.[/quote]
Sean I had a blast man. That was one the most intense races i’ve ever raced and you drove a hell of a race. We raced within inches of each other and never touched, that’s awesome! I really enjoyed the race and I hope your car gets fixed soon. I’m not going to hyperfest but I will be a VIR in July. I’m gonna try and upload my video but google video has been acting weird and the video is too long to put on youtube. If google video doesn’t work i’m just gonna edit the video to make it short enough to put on youtube.
cheers,
Mike
