Quick Update - 9/10/2012

So the $63 pair of Monroe Air Adjust Shocks came in the mail. Did not get to mount them on the car yet. They could work... or they could blow out.. Who knows. Will keep the old worn out Konis as back up just in case. The idea is we can make a little bit of ride height adjustment with them to compensate for the Spitfire rear sag. It is ill advised, you should rebuild your spring and use proper gas shocks for racing, but when did "ill advised" stop anyone else in LeMons racing?

The first design and execution of Circle Track Mesh in place of the Lexan windshield was a failure. To weak, not enough support, and not enough mounting points. There are other ways I can design this and I just need to figure out a strong one. I was given some stronger metal mesh to work with, and this time I plan to build a frame for it to make it strong. It will then be mounted to the car using U-bolts. Safety is important.

Taking the old '88 Ford Truck in for the smog check this week, pass or fail, it needs to get done. I plan to use this thing to haul the Spitfire 3.5 hours each way to Chuckwalla in December and 7-8 hours each way to Sonoma Raceway next year. If it fails I will get a 2 month temp registration from the DMV and will keep throwing money at it like a it's a stripper till I feel it will make it on these hauls.

Saturday I plan to work on the Spitfire a little... and Sunday I am off to Puerto Rico for a two week work trip. Should be interesting....

New Team Driver - The Girlfriend

So it is official....

These emails from LeMons and Car and Driver are really cool. I never get them because I am the team captain.

Short work day - 9-1-2012

Well Justin came over to help me do some work on the Spitwad on Saturday. Pretty much I took off and cleaned out the Oil Cooler and he cut down our scratched up hard to see through lexan windshield and put on some steel mesh. At our last 2 races we had vision problems and this was the quickest cheap fix I could come up with. Also last race we had to swap the motor and stupid me forgot to hook up, take off, or plug the oil cooler. We then ran 14 hours and had a few off track excursions so the oil cooler was full of dirt.

With life being busy I took the time to speak to my teammate Ron, who is planning to turbo charge our 1300 motor for the next race. I told him I have a lot going on and I know he is a busy man so if he does not get the turbo charge set up done, we can just run the motor we have, or run the 1300 without the turbo.

We need to keep it simple and just go out and have a good time. This will be my girlfriend's first race and a new track for all of us. The only things we really need to do on the car is maintenance on the brakes, put different shocks on the rear, get the oil cooler hooked back up, and get our spares in order. I drove the car last and it was running fine.

I guess the shift light would be a good idea since my GF is learning how to drive stick... and damn, I could go for some good bacon right about now...