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TireSmoker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:44 pm This was one of the the wires that got replaced after the Mid-Ohio fire. It's relatively new-ish. I should have enough stuff in inventory to make a proper replacement. Right now it's a too-long blue wire amongst a set of red wires.

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TireSmoker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:32 pm Found #5 plug wire arcing to the header through a seemingly intact boot. Grabbed a spare wire and its running much better again, woohoo!!

I've had weird problems like this with older wires. Sounds like another trip to Summit is in the cards for you

Major parts of left side frame structure removal • Chose a section of the sheet metal at the bottom left of the door frame, grind out spot welds, made two cuts to make a section, and remove (part A) IMG_0840.JPG • Grind out spot welds and remove outside layer of this frame below and forward of the ...

Bark River with the super trucks starting shortly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JowsEGYzU3E

Video update # 3: https://youtu.be/bkX9nWABeHk?si=FkuFHHPmTZJWA1Zy

Last time I did a video was August so this one covers the major things since then.

There was one that went through Nashville like 5-6 years ago I was able to catch as I was headed there for work. Plane landed about 30-40 minutes before the eclipse - people were already finding their place in the airport (skylights) to see it. I didn't quite make it to the office so I just pulled o...

Did the trailer come with a spare? If not u should at least know the bolt pattern and see if they are at Walmart

On one of the early pulls I manage to break one of the new clamps. This gave me a chance to see what happens when the chain snaps back, and in this case the blanket did a great job containing the chain - nothing went flying. Still couldn't convince me to stand behind the thing when under load, and t...

Left side frame structure • The bottom of the side structure at the base of the A pillar is pushed in about 1.5”. I made several attempts to grab onto this and just pull it back but I could not get any significant movement out of it. Most of them ended making an imprint on the back side which is no...

With only 4 competitors Crandon had more action that I was expecting. Racing trucks on dirt is a fun challenge, and I managed to not finish last and grab another post race interview. Up next is race 1 of 2024 ChampCar iRacing Series at Road Atlanta on Wednesday evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Hockenheimring seemed quite familiar to me though I just bought it in iRacing. Must have been on it at some point in the past. Only 6 cars. Was able to hang with the lead pack for a while but eventually lost the draft. Still managed to hold my P4 spot so it was a decent result. Up next is Crandon (d...

On 1/21/24 I raced at Hockenheimring with XSLR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQ88BRwEqA&t=1938s

XSLR is like a decathlon running races on dirt and paved both oval and road course. This was race 3 of the road course part of the season. The league is lightly attended so we only had 6 cars for the Monza race. Lost of camera time in this one. It evolved into three groups of two for a bit but then ...

updates from the past week: Frame machine: To fix the leak I removed the swivel fitting that was leaking. When I removed the swivel from the hydraulic cylinder, no fluid came out. This prompted me to fill the cylinder with fluid. After disconnecting the swivel from the hose, I connected the hose dir...

Spec-5 World Tour made the top 10 iRacing highlights for January. Check #3 - it was the 7-way race at the end of the Nordschleife race in the prior season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogWTipacl5I

Granted the video was taken in November.