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I only had a couple of simple goals for the day:1. Disable the clutch safety switch that prevents you from starting the car, unless the clutch is depressed.2. Install a horn button.3. Rewire my dash switches to include ON indicator LEDs, and pre-wire for the GoPro remote switch mod.Continue reading Odds and Ends
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The primary point of this exercise is to begin to understand how to analyse my captured data. Only to a lesser extent is it to attempt to get faster at Cresson on the 1.7 CW track. It will be another 6 months before I might be back on that track going CW again. This was my second time to drive the track in this direction. My first being the very first...
So, I bought a GoPro HD camera. But, my camera is mounted on the main-hoop diagonal, and I can’t reach it from the driver’s seat while buckled in. This last weekend that meant starting the camera when I got to the grid, then starting the process of buckling up, putting on my helmet, and waiting to be released from the grid. As many people have noted t...
So, there’s lots more to tell, and it will take some time to get it all down on “ePaperâ€. But, the biggest news of the weekend is that I’ve been upgraded to run solo. Actually, my instructor got out after the first green session, and said, “Your doing good enough to drive solo. You don’t need me here. Just work on tightening up those Apexes.â€At the...
The last couple weeks have been a bit hectic. I’ve been swamped between things around the house, and some family stuff. Its a good thing I got the car “done†two weeks ago. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had the time to finish and I’d have missed the day at the track tomorrow!Busy-ness aside, I managed to make it down to TeamMER yesterday and get the i...
So, step 1: clean the transmission. Engine degreaser, brash brush, some elbow grease. All clean. The main thing to watch out for here is to close up the speedo opening, and the top of the turret. You don’t want to get any water down in these. I stuffed the openings with absorbent towels, and then taped over the opening with 1 1/2″ masking tape. Then...
Friggin’ hydraulics!I bought a slave cylinder for the known failures…So, I replaced it and replaced the flex-line, and curly cue with a braided stainless from Advanced Autosports while I was at it. Seems like a prudent plan, eh?Well, guess what….the master cylinder is bad! Apparently, the reservoir isn’t draining into the cylinder. When I tried to...
Crazy birds! I go out to the shop this morning, and look what I found in my toolbox! Obviously, its been there for a while: there’s an egg in it. But, it’s the first time I noticed it.http://www.tomhampton.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P1010028_thumb.jpg http://www.tomhampto...thumb.jpg Well, since I...
Today I dropped the transmission in preparation for installing the new ACT clutch. This process has been well documented in the following entries:http://www.miata.net/garage/clutch/index.html http://blog.richramb...om/main/?p=1979 So, there’s no reason for me to redocument how this goes. I’ll only add my own bits, where I differ.Continue reading Dr...
here’s nothing like a deadline to bring everything into focus. It’s one thing to get the car to street drivable. Its quite another to be ready to dive into turn 1 at 105 mph and turn right. I’m registered and paid-in-full for my first track day with Apex Driving Academy at MSR Cresson, on May 28th.Seems I have a lot to get done. Its mostly small stuff...
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