WELD/SUTTON DIRT MISSILE build

[DBasher]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

Picture: Choking on sandwich while trying the wrangle the concept of Dan in an office . . . Nice crane!

I’ve graduated from a bucket in a mechanical room.

[GregWeld]

I'm still on the road -- so quicky update.

Car is beyond awesome! SO WIDE and SO LOW...... and SO MEAN!!!

We developed a minor oil leak late in the day so that killed the late day bonzai runs for real tire temps and wing changes etc.

We will run the car again in "white" at NASA in August for more data and some beginning lap times.

Having not done a test and tune day with a road race car --- it's pretty dang fun but also pretty technical! Ron has an "order" to things that he wants done and so was in constant communications with the pro - Benny Moon - who was the lucky bastard that got the seat time..... Getting everything up to temp -- bedding brakes -- and making sure things are tight -- and the computers all talking and making the changes to them for the screens "I" want to see....

Benny says "blows the tires off" -- "think of the throttle in this as a rheostat NOT an on / off switch!". "BUT MAN CAN THIS SOB TURN!"

A late day unfixable trackside leak killed the end of day rock and roll runs --- so next up is August "in white" for seriousness!! LOL Oh Man wait until you see this thing rolling down track. Just Oh Man is about all I can say.

Thanks to Ron Sutton and Randy Chastain (One-off Customs) and they're crew!! Greg Wall (AKA Boris or TOG -- The other Greg) - Dylan - Benny Moon - Susan Chastain -- MY LOVERLY WIFE who has gone above and beyond driving trucks and serving people and just on and on..... and My buddy Rob Dickey (FETorino) for flying in last minute to help with chauffeuring "Miss Daisy" around when I got too pooped.......

[Ron Sutton]

Greg had a great post.

I always like to give a "Good, Bad & Ugly" of our Race days, Tests & Initial Shake Down Day like this was:

The Good:
The car was a rocket. Engine ran great & fast. Car had great grip & turned like a champ. Brakes worked excellent. The little things worked well except 2.

The bad:
We had a couple oil spray issues. One from a valve cover & one from the dry sump vent. Easy fixes. Our 16 volt battery died & wouldn't take a charge. Obviously an easy fix to replace.

The ugly:
Aside from cleaning some oil off the firewall, having to jump start the car had me frustrated.

We'll fix those two glitches learned from our Shake down & have the car ready go go soon. Here are some photos:

[Musclerodz]

Looks awesome. I assume some big mirror is planned cause that is going to be a blind SOB.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Gotta shake out the bugs. Looks good. Can't wait to see this thing run.

[Panteracer]

Very very cool
A little heavier than I thought.. did Greg gain some weight?

Looks like the Wing is mounted high enough that a rear view
mirror and a curved mirror will work for seeing things out back
and to the side

That is what dictated the height of mine.. I guess
Ron and the Boys copied me glad I could help out

Bob

[carbuff]

Knowing that this car is wider than stock, I can say that man that spoiler is HUGE! It literally looks like it dwarfs the car in a couple of the pics!!!

Congrats on hitting the track. Look forward to hearing Weld's own driving impressions.

[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

Looks awesome. I assume some big mirror is planned cause that is going to be a blind SOB.

Haha.

The rear view mirror is 17" wide !

[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by carbuff

Knowing that this car is wider than stock, I can say that man that spoiler is HUGE! It literally looks like it dwarfs the car in a couple of the pics!!!

Congrats on hitting the track. Look forward to hearing Weld's own driving impressions.

Greg didn't get to drive it yet. We shook it down with Benny Moon who raced with me for several years & is a driving instructor. Unfortunately, the oil & battery issue ended our day with less runs than we wanted. So Greg didn't get to drive it yet.

Greg did "try" to chase the new car in his old car. But with Benny driving it at 70% it still distanced itself right away.

Greg will drive it soon !

[DBasher]

Hells Yes!