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BBC71Nova 05-20-2012 10:07 AM

Very cool car in person. Might need to throw in some ballast for autox. Looked like that gocart was a handful :)

george@ridetech 05-22-2012 08:58 AM

Haha ^ true that.

We'll nothing blew up last weekend, which is always good ;) . The new steering rack worked wonders. We've found several tweaks we need to do to the car for the next event. But we're slowly dialing the car to where we want it. We were running 35 second laps which put us in the top percentile.

Here's some pictures of the car at Nashville.
http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/15/1.jpg

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/15/2.jpg

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/15/3.jpg

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/15/4.jpg

waynieZ 05-22-2012 09:55 AM

It looks great with plenty of contact on all 4 corners.

coolwelder62 05-22-2012 11:13 AM

Congrat's on building such a awesome ride.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

bret 05-22-2012 12:16 PM

Well, we did make it to Nashville. The 33 ran well...nothing fatal fell off...the steering worked GREAT...and we generated a short list of items to address before the Midwest Musclecar Challenge next week.

First on the list is swaybars. I knew the car had some roll issues but simply could not get a swaybar designed and built in time, so we worked around the problem with excessive spring rate. Better than nothing, but still a compromise. We'll have that all fixed this week.

Second is tires. The tires that we had on the car at Nashville were old when we installed them for initial fitment 3 years ago. I left them on to shake the car down a bit. Now its time for some real rubber

Power steering vent - If anyone saw the run I made where I ran down 6-8 cones...it was because I saw some fluid hit the windshield and got...distracted. We band-aided itwith a shop towel and a zip tie, but will fix it permanently this week.

The last item is some kind of hood ornament. Why? Because I can't see anything out of the car...no tires, no fenders, no hood...nothing for a reference point to aim the car with. Rob McGreagor told me I was missing my apex cones by six feet! Anyway...I might just make something to bolt to the top of the grille so I can see where the hell the front of the car is!

Thankfully a short list.

bret 05-22-2012 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBC71Nova (Post 415329)
Very cool car in person. Might need to throw in some ballast for autox. Looked like that gocart was a handful :)

Ballast? No problem...carry it with me...never leave home without it:)

Flash68 05-22-2012 12:28 PM

A car that NEEDS a hood ornament. Now that is awesome. :thumbsup:

HWY Nova 05-22-2012 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 415719)
A car that NEEDS a hood ornament. Now that is awesome. :thumbsup:

Another spot for the "V8/RideTech" logo!


--Eric

Garage Dog 65 05-22-2012 01:36 PM

Maybe add another layer of seat padding in there Bret. :P :P :P

Loved the car and really glad I got the opportunity to met you and the rest of the crew ! Bummer on the truck though....

Jim

george@ridetech 06-01-2012 07:03 AM

A little update on the 33: We had it out last weekend at the Midwest Musclecar Challenge, though it didn't get to run much. Recently, we whipped up a nice new custom made sway bar and an aluminum license plate holder.

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/1.JPG

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/2.JPG

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/3.JPG

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/4.JPG

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/5.JPG

http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum/33-ford/16/6.JPG

Also we uploaded new video footage of the 33 making a lap at the GoodGuys Nashville autocross.
http://www.ridetech.com/images/forum.../autocross.jpg


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