I went out in the first session, made three laps, then got towed in..Not
a large problem, in fact, one that would never come up on any other car,
along the ownership line, someone wired in a "hidden" cut off switch for
the ignition, the switch was located in the drivers side
wheelwell.........The vibration of the racing action caused one of the
connections to break off the back of the switch, thus shutting down the
engine........... Embarrassing to so the least, especially with Mike
acting as the "Pit Boss"..Easy 8 minute fix after I found the wiring
hanging with noplace to plug back in......went back out for another 30
minutes and the car ran fine.......Came in, went out during the second
session, and again, the car ran great..............Tried to go out for
the first afternoon session, and the starter won't crank over........2.5
hours of ****ing around and trying to fix it (in the 95 degree heat) and
I gave up, rolled the car back on the trailer and called it a
day......Tried to fix it for about 30 minutes this morning(at 6am while
it was below 80), had breakfast with "the gang", then came home out of
sheer disgust.......The combination of new Canton road race pan, Hooker
long tube headers (with Stahl conversion plates of unknown variety), and
the stock (but gusseted) "K" member means that the only way to get at
the starter (with the one month old solenoid attached to it) is to jack
up the engine, remove the headers, and have at it..Something I was not
willing to do at the track today.....In the 19+ years of racing
(assorted venues), this is the very first time I have had a problem that
could not be taken care of....I was long overdue, and have hopefully now
paid my dues for the next 19+ years......
TS#15
PS: I hope Mike got a chance to get in a little more time
today....Record highs (close to, if not passing the 100 mark) and high
humidity were forcast for the day...............
fast Ed wrote:
> Bill S. wrote:
>
>>keller428@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I won't be in town until later (9-9:30) on Tuesday night. I'll
>>>check in at my hotel (in Montour Falls) and I'll meet you guys at
>>>the Lodge shortly after. You won't be chasing me too much. I'll be
>>>down at Pit - 1 "talking" to folks who've found theirs or thier cars
>>>limits. I'll have some track time (about 1/2 hour) near the end of
>>>each day to get it out of my system. I can still take you out for a
>>>ride if you'd like........
>>>
>>>-Mike.
>>>
>>
>>Let's hope that I'm not one of those guys your going to "need to have
>>a talk with".........See you there.
>>
>>TS#15
>
>
>
> Have fun down there guys. I'm looking forward to the Phoenix CMR event in a
> few weeks. BTW, I'm at Shannonville (about 2 hours east of Toronto) this
> Saturday to help out at the SVTOA On-Track event. Have to come back home
> for Sunday to help run the car show we do at the dealership once a year ...
> damn.
>
> --
> Ed Nicholson
> TS # 27
>
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