Sunday, December 6, 2015

Day 2


Everything is back together now and we are ready for day 2. We lost 15 minutes of track time and the two cars are 50 something-th and 70 something-th 



We changed the oil in the Z's transmission and no parts came out today. So for it it was pretty much oil changes, clean the windows and it is ready for Sunday. The new control arm and bushings held up great so we did the same on the driver's side.  

The D took a lot of hours to repair. The chassis is bent and the suspension was pointed decidedly to the right after hitting the wall. The first attempt was to unbolt the subframe, move it, drill some new holes and then reattach. That didn't work so we ended up welding it back to the chassis. While that got that left wheel pointed in the right direction, the right was still off.  So we cut the lower control arm, shimmed it until the toe was right and welded everything back together. 

What could go wrong?

Still no idea if there is any damage we haven't seen so we'll do a parade lap to start the day and then bring it back in for an assesment. 

No chance we could deal with the body damage, so pulled it away from the tire and Picasso painted it to mostly match. 

We had rain overnight, but it has stopped for now. So we are eating a breakfast sandwhiches waiting for the drivers meeting and track time to start. 






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