With the wagon's first track day coming up tommorow, the rush has been on to finish the final prep. Yesterday I had Lyle at Vinyl Styles in San Carlos, CA do the numbers and logos, he did a great job at a fair price. Today I finished up some tube flaring and nozzle installation on the fire suppression system, got the seat belts in, solved a brake issue, cleaned up some wiring, … [Read more...] about FINAL PREP
DYNO DAY
Today I put the Race Wagon on the dyno. I've done this with all my racecars, and can't understand why so many people don't take advantage of this service. Why spend thousands building a high performance motor and not spend the last couple hundred bucks tuning it. I worked with Rob from Z Car Garage, he has a nice, clean shop in San Jose that services the South Bay Area Z … [Read more...] about DYNO DAY
CORNER-WEIGHTING THE RACE WAGON
Recently my posts have been shorter, more frequent, and filled with pictures. It kind of reflects the ramped up rate of work on my Lil' Red Wagon. I have either been at work, or working on the race car, every day for the past couple months trying to get ready for some racing before the season is over. Today I worked on gettting the car cornerweighted. It's not a complicated … [Read more...] about CORNER-WEIGHTING THE RACE WAGON
ALMOST THERE…
My buddies at The Moore Speed Co really came through for me by working with me all weekend wrapping up several projects on the Race Wagon. We finished up the paint, door panels, fuelcell firewall, and a bunch of little things I needed some help with. I've still got several more issues to wrap up prior to getting the goon on the track, but we are almost … [Read more...] about ALMOST THERE…
ADD A FEW STRIPES…
We painted on a couple stripes, got the front end back together, and made some door panels. … [Read more...] about ADD A FEW STRIPES…
A REALLY RED WAGON
We got a nice coat of fresh red paint on today. Some stripes and numbers are up next. … [Read more...] about A REALLY RED WAGON