I wholly expect it to be parked in the lobby when I drop by.
I wholly expect it to be parked in the lobby when I drop by.
DILYSI Dave-----
Two words:
Shake and Bake
Ok, that was three, but you get my point!
We will be the fools in the poo-brown first-gen RX-7. Will trade beer for sage guidance!
Finished all our wiring last night including the new 6 pole cutoff switch. I am SOOO tired of soldering... We also finished the adapting the quick release receiver to the stock steering wheel coupler and welded in the cutoff switch tab. I realized that I had mis-wired the voltmeter gauge (Hmm, that's why the temp gauge goes to 170 when you add power...) so fixed that.
Still need to re-bleed the brakes, install the new rotors and pads, put the doors, fenders and nose back on, align wheels, install wink mirror, align headlights, rivet on sunroof panel, add graphics and get the new Dunlops mounted. Hope my wife didn't want to spend any time with me for the next few days.
Because we don't have the budget for car radios we installed a couple of "signal" led's that can be activated remotely from the pits. Should help with nighttime communication. Interested to see how this works in reality...
mistanfo wrote: I wholly expect it to be parked in the lobby when I drop by.
Well it certainly wasn't there yesterday. I think it would ruin the wonderful "old car smell" they have going on there.
In reply to Junkyard_Dog:
Yeah, we had the Lincoln out fir testing yesterday, and we are continuing work (mostly chasing parts) today. Sorry I missed your visit!
Tom Heath wrote: In reply to Junkyard_Dog: Yeah, we had the Lincoln out fir testing yesterday, and we are continuing work (mostly chasing parts) today. Sorry I missed your visit!
No problem. I picked up some plate frames from Per (no shipping FTW!).
A note to anyone stopping by the office-don't do it on a whim after waking up at 4am and spending the morning on a plane. I was pretty much a zombie when I was there and couldn't think straight. I was probably the boringest visitor ever.
We wired up the tach and lighting for the gauges last night. Mounted the third brake light and harness.
Waiting on some brake parts to arrive. The tires were supposed to be ready today but for some reason the shop is closed... like its Christmas Eve or something.
Looking forward to a good competition. I want to beat the Lincoln team but certainly not by a big mechanical failure, wreck, or something that keeps them from starting. I want to do it by lapping their slow POS 
Back at you, Greg. Steve and I just finished another round of parts that should fix (nearly) all our woes. Turns out junkyard alternators aren't completely reliable, so we'll be returning yours shortly.
I'm getting pretty excited about this event.
Joe Gearin wrote: Will trade beer for sage guidance!
I dunno...beer for sage advice? Only advice I got on sage, is don't use too much in the chili! I guess I forgot that you shouldn't drive through it if you have the chance...tough on tires!
Will that count? 
I can not wait for this race!!!
Its going to be very exciting. I'm confident in the Lincoln's ability. It should be moderately quick but will definitely endure through a lot of abuse. I cant wait to see it in action.
More testing is on tomorrow's schedule. The last few days have been super productive, we've got everything working except the gauges. We've got a last minute test on the schedule tomorrow to see what happens after everything gets hot.
Brakes are still the big question mark. The right combination of jumpers and power wires to the ABS voodoo devices on the master cylinder is working for the most part, but is unpredictable; it will go from lots of assist in one corner to virtually no assist in the next, but otherwise works and seems pretty durable so far. We're hoping to find out how fade-resistant they'll be.
Gotta admit - looking at that half mile long straightaway into a 200* tight right hander has me wondering just how many 1200 degree brake pad changes I'm in for.
man i wish i lived closer to you guys.
DILYSI Dave wrote: Gotta admit - looking at that half mile long straightaway into a 200* tight right hander has me wondering just how many 1200 degree brake pad changes I'm in for.
All of them, Dave... all of them!
Hmm - I wonder just how bad of an idea it would be to spray the brakes down with water from a bug sprayer for 15 - 20 seconds prior to diving in.
DILYSI Dave wrote: Hmm - I wonder just *how* bad of an idea it would be to spray the brakes down with water from a bug sprayer for 15 - 20 seconds prior to diving in.
got cooling ducts? if so, get some of the "mist" style windshield squirter nozzles (not the "jet" style) and plumb them into your brake ducts. wire pump with relay. trigger relay with brake switch.
if it makes your brakes suck balls, you did not get this tech tip from me.
PoorBoy Racing wrote: ChumpCar has a team that will love racing with you guys. USS Enterprise out of Charlotte NC.
I drove that car at VIR and CMP. It's fast. I'd love to see GRM out there! Gotta wait to see if Dwight and Jim want to haul that far.
We've made the right changes, and both our charging system and our carburetor are now ready for war.
It was uncharacteristically cold yesterday for our test. We had to bundle up to stay warm.
We made a few last-minute tweeks to the carburetor before heading on track.
I'll be back on later tonight to add some photos and such, but for now I'm back to turning wrenches. In the meantime, you can check out a small gallery of photos from our test session while we're working on the latest updates... Lincoln testing photos
Boy it would have been nice to get an invitation to that second test day. We may have to withhold that spare trans offer
Good luck to everybody....(lucky bastards)
Tom Heath wrote: In reply to Junkyard_Dog: Yeah, we had the Lincoln out fir testing yesterday, and we are continuing work (mostly chasing parts) today. Sorry I missed your visit!
Does that mean you were picking up a christmas tree? 
You guys doing any races outside of Florida? Say like Eagles Canyon in Feb?
Tom Heath wrote: It was uncharacteristically cold yesterday for our test. We had to bundle up to stay warm.
Dropped below 75 degrees? Tropical softies
Looking forward to all the in-car video, pictures of carnage and stories of greatness.
Leaving work in a few. Hoping to be sleeping south of GRM land tonight.
DILYSI Dave wrote: Leaving work in a few. Hoping to be sleeping south of GRM land tonight.
Travel safe. Honk as you pass through town.
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