Well the 2008 season is finally here. After an off season of troubleshooting issues that plagued the car not to mention an engine swap the car was ready to go at CMP.
Saturday morning I babied the car through practice just trying to see if everything was working and learn changes to the track. Pushing harder in qualifying I heard the (unfortunately) familiar noise of the pressure plate disintegration again (#2) and withdrew from the rest of the weekend.
In the end, it's a good thing as the start of Saturday's race ended up in a nasty multi-car wreck between Foushee & Cullen (two people I qualified between).
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Engine Swap
With the power and driveline issues that arose this season and a spare motor sitting in the garage, I decided to go ahead and swap the motor out. After all the original 275k mile motor leaked, had an oil starvation issue at Barber, and the car really seemed to be down on power. After some coordination we did the standard southeast motor swap at Eric Nissen's and dropped the motor out using a lift.
Once we directed the old motor, we found out the pressure plate straps had broken... Hmmmmm
Once we directed the old motor, we found out the pressure plate straps had broken... Hmmmmm
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