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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. Needed to do this because we changed rear springs at Evil Genius when I was… Continue Reading Race Report – NASA AIX Outlaw AMC Javelin AMX – Infineon March 2012
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. Because of the 3-link and coil overs the guys at Johnny Franklin Mufflers routed the… Continue Reading getting ready for round 2 – NASA AIX Javelin update
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 down. On Friday I went to the shop and spent the day just trying to… Continue Reading First race report! – NASA AIX Javelin – Infineon Feb. 11/12 2012
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 the NASA and American Iron stickers). they did an awesome job! First race is this… Continue Reading All stickered up! – NASA American Iron Javelin update
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 the oil leak, low water temp and rubbing driveshaft. I’m signed up for an NCRC… Continue Reading Shakedown no. 2 – NASA American Iron Javelin update…
well it’s been a LONG time coming but the car is finally at the body shop! Ended up going with MAACO in Santa Rosa. got a couple of bids but what clinched it was that they will be able to complete the car by next week! some people have commented that they love the unpainted… Continue Reading time to get “purty”… NASA American Iron Javelin update
After the track day at Infineon I had a list of items I need to address. So I dragged the car back to Joe’s and we started crossing things off the list. Here are the highlights – – to try to address the oil leaks we pulled the intake bolts one by one, put a… Continue Reading Thrash week redux… American Iron Javelin update
Well I survived the first outing with the Javelin! Pretty amazing. I started the build over a year ago and had delusions of finishing in time to start racing in Feb. of this year!? Obviously that didn’t happen. But on Saturday I was at Infineon with Track Masters plus my secret weapon, Joe Carr (big… Continue Reading The Shake Down – RACE edition – NASA American Iron Javelin update
Ok, I’m signed up for a track day at Infineon this Saturday (Nov. 19th) with Track Masters! My friend Matt will be there too running his Porsche 914. Should be a fun day. Just hope it doesn’t rain. The thing I’m most concerned about is bedding the brakes properly. I wrote about the problem I… Continue Reading It’s GO TIME!!! – NASA American Iron Javelin update…
yes, it’s been WAY too long since the last update. Shit happens. Anyway, finally was able to take some time off work. So, we brought the car to Joe’s shop on Tuesday and spent the next 4 days thrashing on it trying to tie up all the remaining loose ends. With the two of us… Continue Reading Thrash Week! – NASA American Iron Javelin update