[elky] Re: Race car update/BFT (and more!)
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:55:15 -0500
Alright Man!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!!!
I burned a little rubber on a real fast corner today....... Priceless.
JC
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Dan. Some days I think, "hell, I've been doing this stuff long
> enough that it otta be easy." Then reality sets in and I remind myself
> that I'm doing new stuff every time. Maybe not everything new, but enough
> of it to make it a challenge every time.
>
> There are things that make it worth it. Like today. I called Jim and
> told him I'd fired it up and I wanted to try a "move under its own power"
> test today. So he showed up and we had to do a few things. Like add at
> least a gallon more ATF and then fix a problem with the shift linkage.
> That one had me worried. We had plenty of ATF, the motor was doing fine,
> but all I had was "a box full of neutrals." "Not again!", I thought to
> myself. But a quick check under the car showed that the pin that retains
> the cable on the shift arm hadn't been fully inserted and the cable had
> come loose. THEN it had gears!
>
>
>
> I backed it out into the sunlight and wiped it down for a few quick
> photos. Then it was time to put it back in the garage (after sweeping the
> floor where it had been sitting for months)....
>
>
>
> Now if I was explaining this to my Ma, I'd say something like, "but he
> dared me to do it!" He didn't, but it makes a good story. :) I only
> power-braked it up to about 2500 or 3 grand, then let it go. I didn't
> wanna end up parked in my laundry room, especially cuz there's a 2-foot
> concrete step there. But it DID make some pretty marks. Wait til I get
> the power steering working and then get a chance to give it a shot in the
> street. :) There isn't a lotta life left in those old T/As...might as
> well use 'em for something. A smoke show seems like as good a use as any.
> Here's an HDRI shot showing the stripes and the car back in the garage:
>
>
>
> This was a go/no go test. If, for example, there had been a problem with
> the transmission, I would have put it off until next year. But since it
> seems to be functional with the exception of a few little items, it's full
> speed ahead. Next: make the power steering work and change the alternator
> pulley back to the original one, since it seems that it's not turning fast
> enough to "light."
>
> I feel like I've just gotten over a huge hump in the car's reparation and
> preparation.
>
> r
>
> On 7/31/2012 9:26 AM, Dann Keller wrote:
>
> *Way to go, Ray. It seems to us more pedestrian types that you have a
> good handle on things to make it to the salts agin.*
> **
> *Dan*
> **
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:36:26 -0600
> From: rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [elky] Race car update/BFT
>
> I can't say that I ever donated for money...I can't donate much of
> anything...I was exposed to tuberculosis years and years ago (I think it
> was in Spain) and a tine test always shows up positive. So there are notes
> in my medical records that say, "don't use this guy's blood...he's rotten
> to the core" or something like that. :)
>
> Oh...yeah...the BFT. Lessee here. ATF, check. Oil, check. Coolant,
> check (and almost none of any of it spilled on the floor....amazing.) Coil
> wire repaired, check. Alternator connected, check. Battery connected,
> check. Banzai!!! (Driver hits his head on the top of the car getting into
> the new seats he isn't used to. No blood. Good.)
>
> Banzai take 2!!!!!
>
>
>
> Ya know what the cops said?
>
>
>
> Well...nothing, really. I realized I'd fired the thing up without opening
> up the garage door. When I opened it, there were 2 cop cars outside. They
> were checking out the house across the street. I ran in and grabbed the
> camera. I was gonna ask 'em if they got a noise complaint, but they left
> just as I got back to snap a coupla shots.
>
> So. It fired up. I cranked it over a bit and then had to give it one
> spray with starting fluid. After sitting for so long, I'm not a bit
> surprised. But then it started on the next tap of the key. Oil pressure
> was good; I didn't run it long enough to see any coolant temp, but the
> electric fan was working fine. The volts gauge is pegged negative and I
> bet that has a little bit to do with the broken brown wire at the
> alternator. I'll get to that "almost" next.
>
> After I ran it, I made sure I had 35 pounds of air in each of the tires
> (ancient BFG T/As) and remembered I had chicken cooking in the oven. So
> that was it for the evening. But tomorrow will prolly be the go/no go
> test. If the transmission and drive train are working (that is, if it
> moved under its own power) then it's a go. If not...for whatever reason,
> I'm gonna bag it and get ready to go to Speed Week on the 8th.
>
> r
>
>
> On 7/30/2012 7:18 PM, John Christensen wrote:
>
> I have donated blood once or twice. Even got $10 for Plasma one time and
> ate bacon and eggs for 3 days. Please keep your donations to a minimum.
>
> Your list is getting shorter!!! Looking forward to when you fire it up.
>
> JC
>
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