And so the fun begins...

[nvr2fst]

Nice write up and u tube, James

[James OLC]

So we're spending the holidays with David and Mary in sunny California (at this point, if it's not snowing it's close enough to being sunny for me) and trying to have some fun with the OLC while continuing on our development path. Hellwig was kind enough to build us some new sway bars which we have on the car now and on Christmas we started on some more mundane modifications...



...preparing the car of the 2010 One Lap of America (in the long term) and a couple of local autocrossed in the short term.

Saturday we headed out to Marina to run with the Lockheed Sports Car Club in an entertaining but challenging autocross.

The day started out cold with low cload and rain threatening most of the day





and eventually the rains did come


Autocrossing in the rain... I think Mary said it best... I'm glad it's you and not me. Funny thing is though, I think all of our best times came in the rain

[James OLC]

Mary was there - of course - in her '73





As was our friend Linda

[James OLC]

some video...

SplitterVision - David driving


a little bit higher perspective with me at the wheel


and speaking of the wheel



It was a fun day and the drive home in the rain made it all the more entertaining. We've still got some work to do on the car this week in preparation for our next autocross on January 1st - a new master for the rear brakes is waiting to be installed to fine tune the bias and I want to hook up the O2 sensors and tweak the ECM a touch... plus a little bit more adjustment on the suspension is coming.

But before we head to the track we're going to get some quality time in... Steve is heading down tomorrow and we're going to hit the highway and head down towards Big Sur and Hearst Castle. Should be a blast - we'll be in the Camaro, Steve will be cruising in the 2010 and Mary is still debating between the '73 and the '02...

[Bow Tie 67]

I like the last video, it gives a good perspective of how much the tire contact patch moves while cornering.

James, have you kicked around the idea of adding an inlet tube to help straighten out your intake air and reduce IAT? I'll assume your running speed density as I see no room for a MAF senor.

[awr68]

James, when did you move the coils to the valve covers....weren't they mounted near the x-member?

I LOVE that this car gets USED!!

[nvr2fst]

James
Nice way to spend the holidays. Better than shoveling up North. Looks like everything has been improving and performing well.
Between you, Penny and Todd (vegas69) I cant keep track of the changes and updates you guys do on a monthly basis. All for the better. Gees, Im just looking forward to get mine off the chassis table
Dave

[Vegas69]

That's the way to spend a Christmas.

[Moose]

Not to get to far off subject, but which go pro do you use? I'm close to buying one, and now they have the HD version with rechargeable batterys. just wondering your thoughts..

Mike

[buickfunnycar.com]

Mary's not driving a orange '70 Z/28 is she...?