From Victory Lane to despair [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] Friday night TnT, then 2 days at Cecil County was a thrashing bust.
The 12.90 car just won't slow down, till I throttle stopped it too much and it died mid track Friday night - had to run down the track with the golf cart to get him. Then on the 3rd run at Cecil County on Saturday, he took the turn too fast and ran the left front wheel up the wall taking out the left front tire etc... and cracked the nose. We parked it.
The 8.90 car just won't speed up. Another gear change Friday night helped ET but not mph. Went out 2nd round at Cecil on Saturday, then the car wouldn't stage on a time trial for the dial 330 race - turns out some bolts backed out of the axle mounting plate and eventually tore up / locked up the rear. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]
Ben was bummed, and wanted to race on Sunday. So, we decided to forfeit the Saturday night baseball game tickets I had for us, and we thrashed on the cars instead. Put his backup engine into Amanda's car, moved the pedals so he could fit into it, re-routed the oil overflow/breather system, swapped front wheels, and it fired up! So, we hit the hotel to get cleaned up and then a late run to Burger King.
First time shot on Sunday was disaster, oil pushing out everywhere and it flat dies at the stripe after vibrating. I knew it wouldn't like the 7.33 gear, but didn't expect 9100 rpm at the stripe! So, I figured out that it was jetted waaaay too fat, and the humidity was high, so the excess fuel along with the moisture was filling the block up. We dumped 8+ oz of oil/fuel from the overflow, and 18+ oz from the block, jetted down and barely made it back up for first round with a 'guess' dial. After all that, we lost first round - but car picks up a tenth, no oil leaking anywhere. We buy into the consolation race, and Ben wins first round on a double breakout. But, we go out in round 2. So it ends.
Today we scramble for replacement parts, put Amanda's car back into the 12.90 configuration, and give it another go next weekend! They can't all end with a trophy [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]
