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OK, last NASA event of the year. Going to be at Homestead first weekend in Nov.
I will be there both days, Saturday in H4 and doing my check outs/test/evals/etc and Sunday plan to be entered in SE30! Would love to see lots of other SE30ās out there! Besides, hereās your chance to come mess with the FNG, me! :woohoo:
There are probably only 3 you could hope to be there which is Natalie, Scott, and Don. Homestead is too far for me.
Waggoner, Iām trying to decide what to drive. Maybe Iāll bring the Miata and the SE30. Unfortunately, āpick on youā means I do something devious when I come around to lap you. The rumor at the water cooler was you are 10 seconds per lap off at Sebring. That isnāt going to work well for you at Homestead. Hell, Natalie doesnāt even have and X and Y chromosome and sheās only 3 seconds per lap off 
-Scott
Not sure what water cooler you frequent, but I dare say someoneās spiking it.
My only laps in my new SE30 at Sebring so far were either with a motor coming apart or in the wet. If my times on 5 cylinders or in the wet are only 10 secs off your dry time, then Iām not the one who should be worrying. :woohoo:
Youāve got the trailer, bring 'em both. Run the Miater on Saturday and run SE30 on Sunday.
I am going to try to make it. I have a few things to work out (car, wife, schedule) but I think I should be there.
Don
I committed to bringing my Cobra and running ST2, and they are running everything in Thunder except for the Miatas, so I cant run the Cobra and the BMW. Don you want to rent the BMW?
Weekend Report -
Natalie was āon her gameā all weekend and was consistently quick earniong the pole for both sprint races. We tussled a few times at starts and we both were badly balked by an out of class RX-7 but at the end of the day I had nothing for her. Since only she an I participated she had two āflag to flagā wins. You Go Girl.
Shawn Waggoner earned his privisional license on Saturday and planned to race with us on Sunday but sadly another blown motor late in the day Saturday eneded that opportunity.
We are done until early January and have a few week to implement our winter repairs.
Don
Blown motor? What are you talking about? A little JB weld and this should buff right out:
Yeah, this was frustrating. I was looking forward to running out there on Sunday with you guys. While fun, it sucks sitting in stands watching the race when you should be out there.
Iāll get it fixed and be back out there soon. I didnāt work this hard to get the car ready to fail here. Iāll rebuild a motor myself this time and have her back out there. Already tearing down one of my other motors to go through the short block.
Any thoughsts on the cause. I think the is the first time I have seen a rod go through the block like that. Good luck rebuilding the motor, hopefully you can help me with mine one day. Any video?
All the issues Iāve had so far with this motor have all been workmanship - or lack of. In the picture above you can see the thread hole in the rod - perfect threads and no bolt. The bolt had to back out then it came apart from there. There is not even a broken piece of bolt in the hole. Iām going my the shop that built the motor after lunch to see what they say.
I have a laundry list of issues Iāve found with the build, most are all do to carelessness or just pure sloppy work.
Iām building the next motor - if it fails, then I can only blame myself.
Happy to help youā¦just let me know what I can do!
