Dragstrip passes!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 11:50 pm
Well, for the 2nd time in 8 days, I loaded Maliboost up on a u-haul autotransporter, this time headed for Dragway 42 to make my first passes! Not gonna lie, I was kinda nervous about what could/might go wrong. Once I get there I find out I have to go through tech inspection. Oh man, and there's a ton of cars in line.. im having Chumpcar visions and wondering if I'm gonna pass, what their gonna say about stuff like my zip-tied radiator, the overflow bottle was shady, etc. But I was advised to "go in the right lane, she's not looking at anything." In fact, her only question was if I had a preferred number. Tech passed.
The short version of today is that it was a LONG day to only make two passes. There was a crash, which I happened to see where a full-race car ended up in the wall, flipped, and slid on his roof to about the finish line. That took about an hour to clean up. Once they get going again, literally about 3 cars later, a guy blew coolant all over the track. That was another long clean up. For as little track action as I watched today, I happened to see both incidents.
The time slips: The drivers side header did come loose after the first pass. I'll bet being on a 2-step will rattle things pretty good, including the several launches I did in the driveway. I got it tightened up in the staging lanes before my 2nd pass. I definitely am hearing some sort of noise on launch. It sounds like a knocking/binding. And I hear it once more on the shift. Nothing catstrophic, but you can hear it on the GoPro. I'll get it posted soon.
But I'm just relieved everything is basically working as it should with no major issues. Great way to go into the off season.
-Dave
The short version of today is that it was a LONG day to only make two passes. There was a crash, which I happened to see where a full-race car ended up in the wall, flipped, and slid on his roof to about the finish line. That took about an hour to clean up. Once they get going again, literally about 3 cars later, a guy blew coolant all over the track. That was another long clean up. For as little track action as I watched today, I happened to see both incidents.
The time slips: The drivers side header did come loose after the first pass. I'll bet being on a 2-step will rattle things pretty good, including the several launches I did in the driveway. I got it tightened up in the staging lanes before my 2nd pass. I definitely am hearing some sort of noise on launch. It sounds like a knocking/binding. And I hear it once more on the shift. Nothing catstrophic, but you can hear it on the GoPro. I'll get it posted soon.
But I'm just relieved everything is basically working as it should with no major issues. Great way to go into the off season.
-Dave