Oh the drama of it all...
Well as I mentioned we have the home town show here in Napa this weekend. Friday night is a cruise in (band, food and drink) then Saturday is the show downtown. I've been pushing to have the car done and there since Autorama in Feb. Over the last couple months I have rallied 6 buddies to bring their cars so really dont want to miss it plus all the friend want to check it out.
Everything was on track with time to spare until the Quickfuel issues 2 weeks ago. Sent the carb back for what was to be a 1-2 day fix then overnight it back. They ended up having to put a new body on it basically a new carb now) but the moron sends it back ground. 5 days later (this Monday) it shows up. All the jetting and adjustments are gone so it all to be redone. Chris knocked that out yesterday and got it all dialed in. Little stumble/hesitation is gone so far.
But on Friday the Ridetech control unit goes dead. This is the 2nd unit and cable we had sent to us 3 weeks ago. After some trouble shooting they determine its the cable again. Requested a new one to be overnighted and it arrived today. This is the 3rd cable now so we are good to go. Having already torn out the interior earlier this week they were ready to put it back in after installing the new cable. Then the controller goes dark this evening and wont power up. WTF!!!! Chris calls me and says its dead. I'm SOL
So I'm thinking, call them at 5 am tomorrow and beg them to send out a new one overnight so it gets here Friday morning, install, troubleshoot and re-install the interior. UGH. My hopes of having it here are slipping away. Time for a few beers.
I just got a call from Chris, they are still at the shop working on the cars for next weeks GG West Coast Nats, and he says "we got it working". Holy hell... there is hope. After a few hours of trouble shooting they determined the remote key fob pig tail that goes between the ECU and the controller isn't working. They unplugged and wala working good so far.
Tomorrow morning she goes off to get aligned and some more break in time... Fingers crossed nothing else pops up and we are a go.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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