All summer i was really scrambling to make my car run, and finally things worked out when Guten Parts and Service took the car on as a last minute project to make it work. i rushed the engine install as it was done over my spring break so it was such a mess that i think they got sick of looking at it! It was definately a headache for everyone involved in making the car run.
The day before the event Denis Oreshkin and I had worked like madmen outside in a parking lot to get everything together, swapping fuel rails, injector harnesses, doing valve adjustments, and adjusting my clutch stop to make the car right.. it felt healthy and really composed so i went home to finish the cage with my crew and take it out for a test run.
Sadly, D-up 2011 was my car's breaking point. with everything that was rushed to make the car drive to the event, im just glad we made it. My crew was very professional and thorough, without them the car wouldnt have been done in time. The car would not break the rear tires loose no matter what i tried, and i had electrical gremlins and a sapped rocker that had brought my day to an eventual halt.
to the crew:
Andrew Zenker, Greg Theile, Jimmy Oh and last but not least, Alan Velez; thanks for all the help yesterday, you dudes are definitely gonna get the first call at the next event. i wish i could have made it around the track without something going bad, but next event the car will be perfect. Thanks again dudes!!
Next event for me wont be till after may 14th, as its finals time. racing will take a nice lil break until i can sort everything out with my car and my grades and learn the car again.
photog courtesy of Greg Theile and Jimmy O'Donnel.
over easter break the car will receive:
new rocker eccentrics
IE rocker arms
new clutch
power steering
hydro e-brake
m50 injectors
hopefully this will help me keep this thing semi reliable!
when we first rolled in:
attempted run(what a nice fence, oh and that e30 is pretty too)
result:
After we recognized defeat, we cleaned up and had it towed via Triple A courtest of Jimmy O'Donnel.
The day before the event Denis Oreshkin and I had worked like madmen outside in a parking lot to get everything together, swapping fuel rails, injector harnesses, doing valve adjustments, and adjusting my clutch stop to make the car right.. it felt healthy and really composed so i went home to finish the cage with my crew and take it out for a test run.
Sadly, D-up 2011 was my car's breaking point. with everything that was rushed to make the car drive to the event, im just glad we made it. My crew was very professional and thorough, without them the car wouldnt have been done in time. The car would not break the rear tires loose no matter what i tried, and i had electrical gremlins and a sapped rocker that had brought my day to an eventual halt.
to the crew:
Andrew Zenker, Greg Theile, Jimmy Oh and last but not least, Alan Velez; thanks for all the help yesterday, you dudes are definitely gonna get the first call at the next event. i wish i could have made it around the track without something going bad, but next event the car will be perfect. Thanks again dudes!!
Next event for me wont be till after may 14th, as its finals time. racing will take a nice lil break until i can sort everything out with my car and my grades and learn the car again.
photog courtesy of Greg Theile and Jimmy O'Donnel.
over easter break the car will receive:
new rocker eccentrics
IE rocker arms
new clutch
power steering
hydro e-brake
m50 injectors
hopefully this will help me keep this thing semi reliable!
when we first rolled in:
attempted run(what a nice fence, oh and that e30 is pretty too)
result:
After we recognized defeat, we cleaned up and had it towed via Triple A courtest of Jimmy O'Donnel.
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