FINALLY, THE UPDATE YOU'VE ALLLLL BEEN WAITING FORRRR:
She runs. She stops. She turns (kind of).
The Legends Car finally made it to it's first autocross. Let's start off with the brakes. We replaced the master with one from VMS Motorsports (marking the third master we've seen in this car), and still, she refuses to stop. Break pads had a ton of metal left. However as it turns out, they were warped. So, $12 at autozones later, the legends car stops, and man does she ever. We packed the car at that evening, and headed to Myrtle Beach, SC at 4am. Five people were driving the car that day.
After an initially look over the car, we noticed something we'd managed to overlook for quite some time. The rear suspension is resting on the frame. No big deal though, we'll just adjust the coil overs and be good to go. Or at least, it should have been that easy. The perch on the coilover was cross threaded. So, the suspension stayed exactly as it was, for fear of breaking the perch in attempts to fixing it, and being dead in the water from the get go. At least this way, the car drove, just had ZERO droop when you turned right. So, we're going to be looking in to backing off the perch and properly threading it, though it may result in us having to find a new shock. We'll know more once we can get back in to the shop.
Problem 2: The shifter really was not our biggest fan that day. We kept running in to issues where the shifter wouldn't move in the direction of first anymore, but the car was still in like third gear. So, the shifter linkage is definitly going to need some of our attention. It was a small track, so once we got the car in to first we just left it there for the remainder of the day.
Other minor problems: The car is running very rich. The carbs definitely need to be taken down and cleaned thoroughly. The car also needs some alignment attention. After noticing the steering snapping a little in the turns, we checked the alignment between runs. TWO DEGREES TOE IN! So, that will also be taken care of before its next even on October 18 (much higher speed course as well). We will also need some sort of muffler. We without a doubt blew the 103dB limit for this course, but luckily we were in an area where it could sort of be ignored.
Now, on to the good. The car has SO much power to give. We were given five runs at the event, and I can't imagine what we could have done with ten. The car had so much more to give. It was an absolute blast. It sure did grab peoples attention. Well, that's all for now! Posted some pictures and a video below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
(Also, VMS we haven't forgotten about getting your stickers on the car. Things just got hectic trying to get the brakes fixed)
