So my pops gave me the photos from the track photographer at the Sears Pointless race and they look really good. Though racing in the rain in our car was quite frightening, it sure made for some great photos.
There are also some good dry weather ones he took. You can see the photo album HERE
There is some video from the race, I have a good amount of video of me driving in the rain just putting around trying to survive. I have yet to edit any of it or upload it, I will get to it some day. What I was given is a link to Cem's video which is very good and shows off the Spitfire on the dry track. Check it out... (if you are on a mobile device and can not see the videos go to the bottom of the page and click "View Web Version")
My pops also put together some video of him in the car in the rain. He added some commentary and it shows some of the frustrations of racing Lemons in the rain, like all the yellow flags.
The biggest news is we have found ourselves a new teammate for the full 24 hour race at Buttonwillow coming up June 30th. He has more automotive knowledge then we know what to do with and is a nice guy. We met up with him Saturday while going over some minor things on the car and I can tell already he will fit in just fine. Now if I can just get the other two drivers singed up we will be ready for the registration deadline of April 21st.
We tooled around a bit, made the planned adjustments to the carburetor, checked out the Hella 500 head lights, cleaned up some rust caused by the rain, and looked things over. The oil is no longer milky, which means our issue from the December race of leaking radiator water into the oil was fixed. Pretty much everything seemed good. Will just need to get under the car and tighten everything down, but besides that we have no repairs to make, just upgrades to do. Our oil cooler adapter kit arrived so now we need to pick up a cooler. Any small cooler will do, even a transmission cooler. I would like to go down to the Junk Yard to look for one to save us some money. Also I have made a list of things we could look for while there that could be useful to us.
oil coolers - crown vics, volvos, trans cooler from large ford trucks or vans
gm alternator lates 70’s (lower amp is better don’t go too high)
78-80 ford Fiesta bosch alternator
lucas alterntors - (mgbs, austins, mini-coopers, triumphs etc)
tachs, or other gauges ..
tail lights - anything that would fit
fuse holders
starter solenoid - Ford solenoid from Mustang or F100
GT6- Diff - 3.63:1 more top speed(spitfire 1500 is 3.89:1)
light bar to mount off road lights
front lighting - fog lights, off road lights
any GT6 or Spitfire parts
The major work we plan to get done within the next two months is getting the motor swapped to the one with a Schneider cam. We plan to replace the bottom end bearings in this motor as well so we will be getting started on this soon. We also have ordered some custom built 14" wheels for the Spitfire so we have a wider option on tires. They should arrive in about a month and then we need to make sure they fit and modify the car so they do not rub.
A highlight over the weekend was getting my girlfriend in the Spitfire and having her drive it around the block. She has never driven a stick shift before but impressed me with how well she did. Now we need to find a cheap little car for her to drive around so driving stick becomes second nature to her. I hope to have her race ready by December for the LeMons race at Chuckwalla. With my pops now building the RX7 we are going to need all the drivers we can get. She is really excited by the idea and it would be cool to have her join in this madness.
There is work to be done...
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