Also good news, the car is fast. Plenty of test day stories generated yesterday of what Marc Donahue describes as the joy of the high horsepower pass. We'll see if the drivers use that power wisely today ...
The Z yesterday had the worrying tendency to cut out from time to time and it chose right after the track was black flagged to not start for Torch.
We have a suspect crankshaft sensor. Suspect in that the original sensor was sheared off when we got the motor. Since we didn't have a proper connector I had rigged up a connector from misc parts that sort of worked together and it was the source of not being able to start when we first tried the engine in the car. So a trip to oreily was in order and I picked up a new sensor. We still don't have a proper connector so a dremmel, solder and epoxy were used this time to create a much more solid connection. If it continues to be a problem, it isn't the electrical connection today! It might be electrical interference however as the wire run is a lot longer given the changes needed for converting from RHD to LHD. I have my fingers crossed that is starts and runs today.
Oil came out in great shape.
The rear diff is geared from the 300 transmission vs where the engine came from. So we are driving 3rd, 4th and 5th gear instead of 2nd,3rd and 4th and the shift points around the track are a good bit different from where they were. I'm sure everyone will sort that out today.
We seem to be consuming brakes faster than usual. Not a huge surprise given the engine changes, just hoping pads will last a day, and that we don't have have to swap them at mid day both days.
Sun is up and waiting for the crew.
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