WELD/SUTTON DIRT MISSILE build

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by DBasher

It’s been implied that Welds crew (aka friends) were the reason for the thread taking a turn. Nah dude, the car being built and mismanaged poorly is why all of this is coming out. Sad really.

I hope that's not being said. We saw the car in person. This had to be addressed sooner than later.
Yes Weld had a few of his friends at the track. $hit we were excited to see it. I personally walked around the car and was like WTF. First thing I noticed was the bad wrap job. Then it was the stripes not being straight and the right side stripe covering the peak. After everyone left on Sunday we took a tape measure to see if it was the stripe or the peak was wrong. It was the stripes.

The car had issues all weekend. However we put chairs outside the shop and sat around in between every session. We let Ron's team do all the work and made sure to stay out of his way.
It was hard to just sit around and watch the guys do the same thing over and over. The same issues over and over.

Watch the August 4th track video on Youtube. Look and the passenger side floor notice the color at the start of the video. Look at all the electronics on that side. Fast forward to the 6 minute mark. Watch the oil start to soak everything. by the 8 minute mark the oil is sloshing back and forth. There are expensive electronics there and it just got soaked.

This thread took a turn, but its because it had to, not because his friends decided to.

[Build-It-Break-it]

This is all so sad to read.. I guess you definitely cannot go based on pictures. That video of the car was just embarrassing to have even delivered to a customer.

I remember when I posted about my issues with Scott mocks subframe being junk a few people contacted me calling me a liar or made excuses for what was built for me. Some people reached out and said I got scammed too. I told them the same thing SAY SOMETHING THEN.

Well fast forward and one of those same people posted about losing money from Scott mock. Sad it happened but I warned people. I got flack for posting about a "valued " member ,but I felt I did what was right.

Hopefully this will all get sorted and names and reputations will be saved. No matter how rich or poor you are it sucks to loose money but worse yet your barrowed time.

Much respect for you posting this Greg.

[DBasher]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Watch the August 4th track video on Youtube. Look and the passenger side floor notice the color at the start of the video. Look at all the electronics on that side. Fast forward to the 6 minute mark. Watch the oil start to soak everything. by the 8 minute mark the oil is sloshing back and forth. There are expensive electronics there and it just got soaked.

This thread took a turn, but its because it had to, not because his friends decided to.

I never noticed this but watching again that’s a bit more than “blow by”.
You can just about register the G’s by the amount of oil on the floor.

[73CPCAMARO]

Greg,

your heart and money had the best intentions, but the other side failed. It sucks and I feel horrible for you. I am sure it hurts to have to post this, but your courage to do the right thing shows your character. Best of luck moving forward.

Miss hanging with you Greg!

Brian

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 73CPCAMARO

Greg,

your heart and money had the best intentions, but the other side failed. It sucks and I feel horrible for you. I am sure it hurts to have to post this, but your courage to do the right thing shows your character. Best of luck moving forward.

Miss hanging with you Greg!

Brian

Love you buddy! Hug Steve for me!

Was missing my little "Miata" the other day -- thinking how simple I could have kept all this.... Old Yeller - the Nat (Lotus) - and the perfectly set up Miata you built.... it was such a hoot to toss around!

As all know here -- I've cut the traveling and doing a lot of the fun stuff because I just haven't been "well" and or I've been so stoned I can't walk!! LOL

Gwen doesn't mind driving me to and fro -- and my other friends have filled that vacuum as well (me not driving)..... Thank god for my friends!! I'm feeling better and seem to be doing better..... so maybe I'll pick up the pace a bit and start doing more events. I'm not sure if it's my age or a combo -- but this stuff takes a lot of effort these days. UGH.

[Vegas69]

Wowzer, what a pile.... There is no way that thing should have been on the track.

The good news, if you can get it mechanically sound, it's the perfect candidate to beat the snot out of and appears to have a solid chassis.

[Panteracer]

Greg,
It takes a lot of effort to do these things now a days
I am about the same age as you and know this well
I have been thinking that for the last several years myself
Not feeling well does not help but your mind is still working
to figure this and that out but sometimes the body can not
keep up to all we really want to do

It has taken me a while to figure it out that if it stops being
fun to do because of deadlines or too much all at once I just
push it off to cut the stress etc.. We have nothing to prove
and we really are doing this because we enjoy it

The thing I like about the cars if you need a break you can
just walk away for a little bit... I say a little bit because we
really cannot leave them alone for very long (our sickness of
having to play with them)

Hang in there buddy.. you will be back at it shortly and if
anybody can figure it out I know it is you.. just sorry to hear
about you and Ron

Bob

[rustomatic]

I withheld commenting on this as long as possible--I actually lost sleep over it last night. There are serious legal issues here, but with the evidence present, holy crud. In most parts of the United States, you can by a pretty darn nice house for $200k. That thing represents a serious lack of . . . patience.

It sounds like somebody didn't realize that baffling must be in place in valve covers, especially with a serious dry sump system; without baffling and a legit catch can and breather setup, you have a valve cover-based oil fountain. Not only is this a bottom level mechanical f-up, it's a massive safety hazard. We have guys here who work on oil rigs who've undoubtedly seen bad oil-related incidents (massive fires) first hand . . .

Air flow--somebody should have taken a look at the TA2 ducting system for the radiator setup . . . or a Corvette.

Best of luck in getting this sorted. Hopefully, it will serve as some sort of lesson/cautionary tale for those who wish they could pay for such a thing.