Author Archives: asifnyc

FLAT ACRE EDITION! – American Iron Javelin update

Posted on August 26, 2013 by asifnyc 4 Comments

Well, it’s been 5 long months since my last update. What the hell have I been up to? Here’s what happened. Shortly after getting the car back from Evil Genius I got an opportunity to buy my dream property. Jeff … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, 1975 Gremlin, Misc

FRANKEN-JAV… NASA American Iron AMC Javelin update

Posted on March 20, 2013 by asifnyc 6 Comments

It’s been a little over 2 months since I brought the Javelin to Evil Genius and now it’s back home. John took a total disaster and turned it into hope. I have a foundation again and can finish the job … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint

the long road back… Nasa American Iron AMC Javelin update

Posted on January 31, 2013 by asifnyc 7 Comments

So I had a destroyed race car and the back half of a rusty Javelin. But no idea what I was going to do with the whole mess. I talked to several body shops and emailed them pictures and got … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint

Field of Dreams…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

After wrecking the Javelin and banging on it to get it to be a roller again I had an idea of how bad the damage was and what I would need to repair it. Both rear frame rails were damaged/bent … Continue reading →

Misc

Chumpcar West Coast Chumpionship Dec. 8/9 2012

Posted on December 10, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

The Javelin may be scrap but I was still able to get one last weekend of racing in for the year! Chumpcar is the bomb and if you want to go racing relatively cheaply this has got to be your … Continue reading →

ChumpCar, Racing

Last dance… NASA American Iron Javelin Update

Posted on November 19, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Finally got around to checking out the video/data from the last test session. This was the first time I had my Traqmate and GoPro camera running at the same time. After messing around with the Traqstudio software I was able … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events, Traqmate, video

sifting through the wreckage…

Posted on November 12, 2012 by asifnyc 1 Comment

After a week of mourning it was time to drag my ass into the garage and survey the carnage… I had already borrowed and brought home Jeff’s Porta-Puller. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically an hydraulic jack … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint, Wheels and Tires

When it all goes horribly wrong…

Posted on November 1, 2012 by asifnyc 13 Comments

So this will go down as one of the worst days of my life… I get home from what felt like a fairly successful test session at Sears. The car’s in one piece, seemed to run ok, probably not any … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron

Testing, testing, 1 2 3… NASA American Iron Javelin update

Posted on October 29, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Well I got the MSD distributor in and got the car running and set the timing around 34*. Then I had to figure out whether I was going to try to get a test in before the next race. Kind … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events

Distributors 101… NASA AIX AMC Javelin update

Posted on October 24, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

Ok, after the epic fail at Buttonwillow it was time to dig into the Javelin and figure out wtf was going on with the timing. I had the car dyno tuned before the race to make sure the engine was … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train, Electrical