Author Archives: asifnyc

back in the game! American Iron Javelin update…

Posted on September 22, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

Well, it’s been 5 months since I blew the motor at Buttonwillow. Let’s recap what’s happened since then… Early May I brought the Motor to Rob’s Auto Machine in Hayward. Took a couple of months for the rebuild to be … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train

Chumpcar – Buttonwillow 2012

Posted on June 18, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

While the Javelin is laid up with a blown motor I’m not totally out of options for racing. It’s time for another round of Chumpcar racing with the Dirt Track Pirates. This time last year was our first race weekend … Continue reading →

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Dun Blowed Up… NASA AIX Javelin update

Posted on May 20, 2012 by asifnyc 3 Comments

blown motor? check… Ok, the motors blown but the question was, how bad? I took off the valve covers and manually rotated the engine. none of the valves moved and the engine wouldn’t turn a full 360*. It hangs up … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train

Race Report – NASA AIX Outlaw AMC Javelin AMX – Buttonwillow April 21, 2012

Posted on April 21, 2012 by asifnyc 3 Comments

Fresh off my test day with Dave Brown I had less than a week to get ready for Buttonwillow. I decided last minute to try and get a little more downforce at the front to try to help the push … Continue reading →

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the cold, hard, facts… NASA AIX Javelin update

Posted on April 16, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

After two race weekends it’s clear that both the car and me are way out of our league. At Infineon I’m 10+ seconds behind the leaders and I’m even slower than the CMC2 cars (even though I should have almost … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events, video

Race Report – NASA AIX Outlaw AMC Javelin AMX – Infineon March 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

well, another action packed weekend under my belt. I’m the slowest thing out there but I survived another weekend with myself and the car intact. Went to Joe’s on Friday and had him scale the car and adjust the toe. … Continue reading →

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getting ready for round 2 – NASA AIX Javelin update

Posted on March 4, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Ok, here’s what’s been going on since the first race weekend… My single biggest issue from the Feb. race(s) was a bad vibration. After thinking about it a lot I convinced myself that it was the exhaust touching the axle. … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train, Exhaust

First race report! – NASA AIX Javelin – Infineon Feb. 11/12 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

wow… after more than a year and a half the Javelin completed it’s first race weekend! it was sooooooo much work and I was completely exhausted by the end of the weekend. here’s a summary of how the weekend went … Continue reading →

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All stickered up! – NASA American Iron Javelin update

Posted on February 6, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

ok, now it looks like a race car. Ivan and his dad from AFEX Graphics supplied the graphics and installed them. while there were there I also asked them to do the NASA required stickers (windshield banner, toyo tires and … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint

Shakedown no. 2 – NASA American Iron Javelin update…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by asifnyc 6 Comments

with the car out of the paint shop it was time for another test session to see if all the tweaks we made after the first outing in November improved the car. the big issues from that first outing were … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events, video