Shiny stuff. Every drag racer tries to “keep the shiny side up”. Yeah, its kinda sick because no racer wants to roll their car. Those pro-mod guys come the closest every time they get in the car – I mean, full body cars going that fast? Crazy. Anyway – we like the shiny side of [...]
With the manifold temp, water temp, driveshaft rpm, engine rpm and other internal sensors all wired up and fired up, we hit the record button on the new racepak system while the car was in the garage. Unfortunately, I had failed to put the terminator cap on the VNet line and so we saw nothing. [...]
Just got in a whole batch of parts from Jegs! We’re stoked! Things like fuel regulators, carb gaskets, fuel jug and lots of other little goodies. Its really cool. If it wasn’t scheduled to be in the 40′s all weekend, I’d surely be out there working. I might do some valve cover drilling and other [...]
Had a fun weekend working on the car. Didn’t get a ton done, but got closer. Installed the water temp sensor for Racepak. Got a new trans coolant line replaced and installed. Customized the bracket for the Racepak driveshaft sensor – so that part is getting closer to done. Lets talk about that: With the [...]
Since our most recent dwelling doesn’t have an attached garage, it is very difficult to warm the building and/or work in the building during the winter. With the “storm of the century” bearing down on us, I’d have to leave all my heaters on for two days to get it comfortable enough that my back [...]
Having just moved from FL, I had no idea it would be so cold, for so long. No wonder people are so excited about the summer time. Where I was at before – it was racing all year long. It was still too cold to really think about risking breaking car parts – but you [...]
Crazy, but I just bought foam from a craft store and it cost $26. Couldn’t believe how much it was considering it was only 18 inches long and 4 inches thick. It should be plenty to put on the bottom of the racecar hood so that we can set the hood on the roof without [...]
Even though we weren’t racing, Dad and I had alot of fun inspecting the car and reviewing our current setup. Made some interesting discoveries of things that are not functioning properly, things that need to be updated after 6 years of nearly idle rest. I say nearly because we definitely took the car out for [...]
Well, I was going to be pretty excited to get my new RacePak this weekend. I was led to believe the kit that I ordered would be tested and packaged to be sent by the beginning of this week, giving it plenty of time to get here all the way on the right coast – [...]
Its not a decision I take lightly because it means a significant investment of time and resources, but I have made a big decision: