Traci and I had a lot of fun at the races in Dallas but our friend Mike Janis went out in the first round. His main competitor went out in the second round so Mike is still leading the points.
I have been working on miscellaneous stuff on the car and continue to make progress a little at a time.
I learned a lot of stuff by looking at Mike's car and have been rethinking some of my placement of equipment, systems, etc.
I received my new billet 3rd member (rear end drive gears) and it is a work of art. It is super strong and should stand up to the abuse my engine will put on it!
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| "Billet Porn" 3rd member carved out of a solid piece of aluminum. Very strong and a work of art. |
I also fabricated a new parachute brackets which spread the parachutes out and directs them into the air flow so they open quicker when I release them.
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| New parachute bracket and air cylinders to push the parachutes out of the packs |
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| The stop sign shaped pieces sit inside the parachute packs (not on the car yet) and push the parachutes up and out of the pack so they open quickly. A late parachute opening will make you take a trip through the sand traps. |
I also moved the location of the magneto to the front of the engine for two reasons. One is to get the magneto tucked in underneath the hood to reduce wind resistance. The second reason (which I learned by watching Mike Janis service his car) is to make it easier to prime the engine oil pump after servicing the car between rounds. When the magneto is in the stock location, you must pull the magneto out of the engine to prime the oil pump. This is because the engine oil pump is driven off of the same gear and shaft as the magneto. If you pull the magneto off between rounds to prime the oil pump, the magneto must be put back in exactly the same position to ensure the spark plug firing is at the right time. This leaves more chance for human error!
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| Magneto mounted on the front of the engine |
Last but not least, I am starting to lay out all of the wiring and air lines so that I can weld tabs on the chassis to hold the wiring in place.
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| Air bottles, regulators and hoses hooked up. The car has 3 different sources of air to operate the shifters, transbrake, torque converter lockup, and parachutes. |
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| Air distribution header and air filters to make sure the air supply is clean. |
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| Air manifold and filters |
Pretty boring stuff but forward progress!
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