One Sunday at the beginning and end of every season becomes devoted to the dismantling and reassembly of the beast they called Spawn. This ritualistic behavior has come to symbolize the passage of time (and money..), and provide escape from the frigid temperatures waiting beyond the shop door.
Soon the beast roars to life again, and anticipation builds for the day it can be let loose yet again. Twelfth of March; fast approaching, yet so far in the distance.
8 Passes at Sanger, nothing broken, and a whole grouping that were within a few tenths. Turbo 350 bracket racing should be a little smaller chunk to bite off than TREMEC bracket racing was, I think. We’ll be taking our first stab at it this Saturday, but till then here’s a video from Friday –
So, it turns loose a piece of this rocker arm at startup in the shop last weekend. I would say it hates us, but doing it in the shop instead of down the road-or at the track-might actually mean we’re on it’s good side again.
In ither news, change of plans #3,263 is officially official, a turbo 350 is on the table and bracket racing will soon commence. We discovered at Sanger a few weeks back that the TKO is in need of some TLC before it makes another trip to the track. Guess Tremec means it when they say don’t shift it above 7,000 rpm..over and over again..for a year.
Oh well, still thinking Texas Mile in October, but who knows what might happen between now and then. Should have some automatic timeslips soon, and we’ll see how much the driver (ahem, was that me?) was slowing it down.
Got it all cleaned and packed up this weekend. It’s finally September, now is it Friday yet?
Well, it was an extreeeemely good Friday. We hooked up the trailer to the car, drove it 130 miles through spotty rain to Ennis for their Fast Friday test’n’tune. 90+ degrees the whole way, through stop lights and traffic, water temp never got over 180. Pulled into the track at 6, swapped out the tires, made 5 passes, best of 11.36 at 121 mph, swapped the tires back and drove 130 miles home. Aside from a dead headlight and a little hearing damage, it made the whole trip trouble free. We’re officially ready for Drag Week.
We started playing with the shocks some after the first two passes, tightened the fronts up to try to get it a little more controlled off the line, and it pulled a 1.56 60′. Then tightened up the rear passenger side one click and got this..
Videos of the two best runs. Went 11.50, 12.07 (missed 2nd), 11.36, 11.37, and 11.37. With it 90 degrees and 55% humidity.
All this with half a tank of 93 octane in the back, no adjustments to the carb, sway bar on the front, and power steering. It’s a shock adjustment and tire change away from being autocross ready. Hell yeah, if I may say so myself..
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