Started getting the car ready for VIR today. I didn’t have any big mechanical issues or anything. Just the standard in-between event work. I thought I was going to have to add a rear wheel bearing in to that mix, but after checking everything out, it seems I just have a touch of play in the rear pillowball bearings, and not the wheel bearing. Also, the front tie rods have a *very* slight touch of play, so I’ll replace those after this event.
Other then that, I just did a normal nut and bolt of the whole car, rebuilt the front calipers and bled the brakes, all new fluids and some cleanup. I realized that the fuel leak I thought I had in the trunk was just spilled gas from when I was transporting the car, and the oil leak I had in the front right seems to be from the power steering pump lines rather then something more important. I couldn’t find it, and its not so much of a leak, as its just “oily dirt” around that area, so I figured I’d just pick up all the spare parts I might need, and fix it after this next weekend, unless it gets worse. I cleaned the whole area up, so it should be easier to tell where its coming from, if it is at all. Lastly, I realized I bent the bolts for the rear swaybar endlinks, so have to pick up some new ones tomorrow. Hopefully I can find those in town.
Leaving on Wednesday for Raleigh, and I’m skipping the test day, so I’m hoping the Roebling setup is going to work well for VIR, as I go right into qualifying. I might adjust the shocks a bit to make the car tighter on entry until I get a few VIR laps under my belt, but going to leave the swaybar on the max setting. Seemed to work for Roebling!
Tom:
Good Job! Great to see you after race 1. The top of the ITA field looked strong, and you looked really consistent you there.
Hope you get the car fixed and back out there for a few more wins!
Congrats, once again!
- brian