Dirt Missile rebuild begins

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Sorry but you missed the mark by a mile.

Eh, you know me Greg... I'm sure we feel pretty much the same about how all of this has gone down.

I just did a poor job of making my point this morning. I blame lack of coffee.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by SSLance

Eh, you know me Greg... I'm sure we feel pretty much the same about how all of this has gone down.

I just did a poor job of making my point this morning. I blame lack of coffee.

I know what you meant — but nobody else reading it would have.....


I wouldn’t have nearly the “issues” with things being wrong — if they were just that — a little wrong - a choice vs a WTF is that doing in there sort of thing.... shock settings are subjective - how you get to the same point in handling is subjective — big bar soft springs — blah blah blah...... What we have discovered is that the living legend he thinks he is —- is not so legendary..... in fact - quite the opposite. A legend in his own mind. A completely made up history.... omitting the real and correct facts of his career and how his teams were run and all of it.....

Different specs are not what we’re finding here —— we’re finding complete and utter incompetence..... unsafe at any speed..... dangerously built and constructed.... topped off with ruinous information....

People find it so hard to comprehend —- and separate what they thought and the fact —- like this —- the motor was mechanically fine even after tear down —- what ruined the motor was the tune up — HIS GUY — HIS tune up..... It was his refusal to change the valve covers when he was told they didn’t work with the valve train — he was TOLD THIS and didn’t make the correct call —- on a $30,000 motor..... I don’t care that I have JRi triples —- they were valved wrong - gas pressures were wrong - they were missing parts - and had completely different settings from each other.... By the way folks — that might be fine in an all left hand course.... but we turn both ways from time to time.... LOL

Brake pad numbers being different — big whoop — that is just to be discovered in test and tune.... and changed as needed.... That’s not what I’m talking about at all.

Here’s what I do like though!!!! The car won it’s first weekend out — against a nothing field so big whoop..... but it ran Thunderhill backwards and without a single tuning change to anything due to all the mopping in aisle 3..... no data was garnered - tire wise - brake bias wise — shock adjustment or bar adjustment - and run the track the right way (clockwise) etc..... and it ran a 1:54

Now I’m wondering — with a far better motor/tuneup — shocks done differently - brakes “better?” - ditched the stupid de-coupled Barbie doll parts.... electrical squared away... heating working and oiling working as they should have..... Now what does it have in it???

[bdahlg68]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

..... Now what does it have in it???

Welp - there is only one way to find out!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by bdahlg68

Welp - there is only one way to find out!

They’re prepping her for Saturday!!!









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[clill]

The yellow car was not a POS. You were still learning to drive.....

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by clill

The yellow car was not a POS. You were still learning to drive.....

I’d call frozen leaf spring bushings - cracked ball joints - cracked rotors.... shocks that were completely shot (you could NOT extend one shock at all - you could with all your might - extend it an inch or so and then it would literally snap retract)..... So yeah, kind of a POS in the suspension department. Nothing to not be expected in a well used track car — but not conducive to great handling either.

[clill]

It's called "maintenance"