My apologize for not updating this thread sooner
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Anywho, on with the updates.
With the help of greengeeker and a couple of my friends were able to get the car back to me in Sturgeon Bay at the end of September and needless to say they all really enjoyed driving the car and let me know that if I needed a place to store it for the winter they were more than happy.
For some reason I don't think the car would stay put if I left them with the keys.
I snapped a few pictures of it, since it looked 10x better than when it was dropped off by greengeeker a little less than a year ago.
I was glad I got the car back when I did, since 2 weeks later I had everything setup for a track day at Road America to see how it could do with no speed limit and in a controlled environment.
Sadly the forecast called for rain starting around 11am and since they run rain or shine we made the trip. We got to the track around 7:30 with a heavy fog in the air, but no rain yet.
My driver went to the drivers meeting at 8 and unfortunately had to sit through what had to be the longest drivers meeting ever, so by the time he got out around 8:45 we still had to remove all the loose items from the car, get strapped in, and put our safety gear on. With it being our first time taking the car to the track things took longer than they should have so we ended up missing our 1st session with the intermediate group. We even tried to talk our way into the 1st session of the beginner group, just to get a feel for the car, but that fell on deaf ears and they sent us back to the pits to wait for the 2nd session.
While waiting for the 2nd session my dad and a friend showed up to help with whatever we needed. So we start getting ready for the 2nd session when it turns from a heavy fog to a light drizzle. My driver and I are thinking great...we're taking the car out for it's first laps on the track and the track is wet.
The first couple of laps we took it easy to get a feel for things, as my driver got more comfortable we were passing cars here and there on the straight aways with the track going from damp to wet. For those familiar with Road America, on the carousel we had the back end step out on us a couple times while we were out there.
Session 3 had rain coming down the entire 20 minutes we were out there.
By session 4 we pretty much had the track to ourselves, since over half the guys there had called it quits for the day. The track was still quite wet when we were out there and then half way through we lost power, which I thought at the time was due to oil pressure, since the McNally gauge read ZERO! Come to find out that I forgot that the gauge wasn't hooked up, so it wasn't the lack of oil that caused our loss in power, but the MAP sensor wires had the insulation melted off and were grounding out.
The MAP sensor wires were ran too close to the intake manifold, so they are getting zip-tied to the strut brace to keep them away from the heat.
Besides the wires getting moved, the car is getting a roll cage added at the moment to help save us if the car were to ever get in a roll over.
With the rain blocking the lens at times the videos aren't the best, but here they are.
Looking Forward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fN6YUon5qI&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3nxew5D7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoz-EItfchI&t=1s
The looking back view is going to be less than ideal at times, but it's some great shots of us rolling coal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrEXrcuuTtA&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylpst6qxq-Y&t=3s
Again sorry for the delayed post, but hopefully in the future I'll do a better job of posting updates on the car.