So that’s your problem

We’ll, everything worked fine on Muddy’s run. So I took a turn at the wheel. 

The car seemed to be stalling on hard right turns like we were running out of gas.  As the problem was getting worse each lap, I brought the car in the check. 

We thought we had 10 gallons in the car and might have burned 3-4. With a 16 gallon tank, we should definitely be able to add 5 gallons, maybe a little more. 

We threw 5 gallons in the car and seemed to have plenty of room for more.  So we started on the second 5 gallon jug. Amazingly all 5 gallons went in. So we though maybe it has less gas than we think and started on the 3rd five gallon jug. All of it went into the tank. 

After a bit of head scratching, Torch looked under the car and saw a puddle…

So we pulled the access panel and realized the fuel tank was not closed up after the last of the fuel pump work. We were probably losing some on the track on hard turns as well as the rest just overflowed the tank when we were filling. At least the problem was obvious and happy to have it happen on Friday instead of Saturday. 

Practice laps

All done with tech and time to run some practice laps. 

Given the rebuilt front end and other changes, Muddy will take it out, get it warmed up and will come back and report. 

Setting up pits

A cold and foggy morning greeted us for the drive the morning. We weren’t in a particular hurry as the tech time is scheduled for 12:30. 

Both cars have arrived and we are at the end of the grandstands. Now setting up the compound for the weekend and doing final prep on the cars. 

Arse Freezes 2021 - Early Prep ()

We have made it!  Trailer is packed and the RV needs the final cooler tomorrow before we lunch.

Project work took until this morning to get done. Here is a list of the various items completed today:

• Finish the front end project
• Paint
• Freshen up the Car  numbers
• Install the rear diffuser
• Finish the fuel pump connections
• Weigh and cross balance the car
• Alignment
• Pack and load was also to complete.

One fun item was the weigh balance. Unload the car weighs 2863. We have about 10 gallons in the tank, so +- 2800 empty. This is in line with previous unload weight in the 2,800 range. Here is the final balance result: