The Summernationals Test & Tune was predicted to be a massive testing day with over 200 cars. Leading up to the test we didn’t have high expectations we just wanted to work out why the car is not going straight and hopefully get some full passes down the track.
For the test day our entire crew was unavailable. The night before we had a mad scramble to find some one to help out. Gary Watterson who lives at the end of our street. (who is also building a drag car) and his mate Pete agreed to come to our aid, at 9pm Friday night. Same with Phil a friend of a friend of a friend who we had never met!!!
We arrived early (probably too early)at around 5:45am to ensure we get an easy park with the semi. and get a head start on all the work to be done including training our new crew.
First run, smoked the tyres off the line.
Second run was a little better; we got off the line fairly easily but the car as usual went to the left.
Ed Urcis from JE Pistons, offered some suggestions to improve things, he was out on holidays but was keen to help.
We had 4 runs in total, the last two were a lot better but times were not competitive.
Our last run saw a 7.50 or something with a half track shut off and a pedal before 60ft. The half track equalled our best to date.
We think we have a better handle on our suspension, and have a fair bit of work to do before the Summernationals next week. Most satisfying result of the day was that our engine had no problems and didn’t need too much servicing.
