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entire day, what did I get done? nothing
https://i.imgur.com/XvIqpru.jpg
got the part to fix this...
https://i.imgur.com/TB8M31M.jpg
nope

so I did put stuff in the motorhome and got a start on cleaning out the house in anticipation of a move.... but still, nothing.

people with tiny feet don't get it, but the pedals are pretty annoying to anyone else.
https://i.imgur.com/WsqYoCqh.jpg

a bit more space for feet - and the benefit of not catching your foot under the brake pedal
https://i.imgur.com/4JfoKrph.jpg

power window switch fixed
https://i.imgur.com/uagPL9Dh.jpg

and the rest of the wing parts arrived
https://i.imgur.com/rAMYErih.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PqhrRx0h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jaEyAxAh.jpg

final picture of brake/clutch pedal install
https://i.imgur.com/zQLYUROh.jpg
onto the tank - experience has taught me that head space is helpful in tank design
https://i.imgur.com/i3KhbVh.jpg
tack tack tack
https://i.imgur.com/oTlpvFvh.jpg

an hour here and there and it will be done

holes punched, holes drilled for pump
https://i.imgur.com/uZPUo24h.jpg
fill neck installed
https://i.imgur.com/v4FTiY7h.jpg

return line installed
https://i.imgur.com/RDmlRDJh.jpg

fuel level
https://i.imgur.com/JC0AACzh.jpg
I'm fairly sure these are older then me but still work fantastic on 16 ga stainless
https://i.imgur.com/RZJtfCjh.jpg
that is not an impact driver and I wouldn't dream of using it with my punches
https://i.imgur.com/NtY6zgoh.jpg
installed
https://i.imgur.com/3YvA8plh.jpg
weird, magnets stick to stainless
https://i.imgur.com/3YvA8plh.jpg
yet somehow they didn't before
https://i.imgur.com/3YvA8plh.jpg
OBX welded the inserts in place.... ugh
https://i.imgur.com/ox2y0wdh.jpg
NO
https://i.imgur.com/zNjoHPAh.jpg

I think round one will still be bolt the cones in place and hope it drops the dbs enough. I'm going to autox at PIR before Optima - if it works, great, if not, they toss me and I figure something out in the 6 or so weeks between that event and primetime

So this, I think, is going to work
https://i.imgur.com/upV3Zvih.jpg
reminder, 109 db, need 103... what it does is take the sharp out of the top.... dyno soon, so we'll see how it plays there... truth is the sidepipe headers do about everythng wrong - so a future thing will be new headers into the sidepipes... but that truly is a next winter deal
https://i.imgur.com/S8AsuORh.jpg
next - tank vent installed
https://i.imgur.com/Gjwtk9v.jpg
got the parts to connect the hydramat to the Aeromotive A1000 pump
https://i.imgur.com/tVcFJ9c.jpg
you cannot baffle a tank too much. Can not. in this case, there will be trimming and fabbing but this is part one of at least 2 parts
https://i.imgur.com/TfhU1bb.jpg
next it gets trimmed, then piano hinges on the bottom to seal.
Once that's done, it will get more side to side baffling

hopefully Sunday I'll be pressure testing...

yeah... not. We're likely moving, so most of the time this weekend was that. Probably Idaho. I'm from there and there isn't a day I don't miss it..... backstory is I came to the Puget sound to go to school and accidently stayed - two failed attempts to leave - but likely going to happen before the end of summer..... but still, racing is going to happen and I did get some work done on that front.
inside view
https://i.imgur.com/tVcFJ9ch.jpg
baffle 1
https://i.imgur.com/TfhU1bbh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LpLKTI4h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/l4KxoxEh.jpg
in other news, old tank has to come out (and brace for the wing, and new battery box for optima battery...
https://i.imgur.com/TfhU1bbh.jpg
I remember this view
https://i.imgur.com/REi6dKMh.jpg
also going to powder coat the wheels.... I can't force myself to spend 5k on schnazzy wheels that may or may not be as good as GM wheels
https://i.imgur.com/YWdHHMoh.jpg
and a clear view of the suspension (lordy, cameras)
https://i.imgur.com/DM6gIC7h.jpg
had to take a picture of my stock, GM mounts ;)
https://i.imgur.com/aoX7IuNh.jpg
front is as stock as the rear
https://i.imgur.com/A2bb76kh.jpg

oh and dbs.... 106 now (down from 109).... not 103 like I need.... I may put a baffle on the tip or just pray the db sensor at PIR (50 feet off the ground and 50 feet from the track) reads low... part of me says 'just go to SLC' - after all, it will be about the same distance from my new home as PDX.... never imagined when I decided to go racing that this would be a big issue...

time to install the baffles
https://i.imgur.com/ofY6HTAh.jpg
welded
https://i.imgur.com/Ny6MtM2h.jpg
braces... if you don't brace the tank (or don't brace it enough) eventually it will leak due to fatigue cracking
https://i.imgur.com/FAPTobCh.jpg
because I'm using hydramat, baffles have to account for that - more directly, no sump but side to side motion needs to be minimized
https://i.imgur.com/doaXfyRh.jpg
welded in place. tomorrow sealant and end caps
https://i.imgur.com/doaXfyRh.jpg
got the wheels stripped today - off to powder coating tomorrow (I hope)
https://i.imgur.com/Sm4Sh02h.jpg