Wahoooo! Got a second place finish in my first heat this week! My God but that felt good. (first time for that good a showing, can you tell?)
I had gone over the car pretty carefully over the weekend. Lubricated the caliper sliders, re-greased the wheel bearings, double checked all the settings, replaced the rear end housing with a nice newly straightened one. New gear oil, new oil change, new oil filter, new fuel filter, cleaned the carbs, lubed the air filters, re-tweaked the ride heights, you name it. Looks like the extra attention paid off. She ran like a dream and kept me at the front of the angry mob. Had 2 restarts and managed to pull away both restarts.
If only I could have kept the car sticking like that for the rest of the night. Going to have to work on that next. Couldn't stick it as well as the night got cooler. Need to learn what tweaking is needed as the temps drop.
Mike
