As you can see the car is on the lift and the radiator and inter cooler are off getting cleaned. Funny story about that. The shop took off the parts and set them aside for the night. They were going to take them to get Sonic Cleaned the next day. When they came into the shop the next morning they noticed a large line of ants through the office and into the shop area. Apparently the ants had found the radiator and inter cooler and were feasting on all of the dead bugs stuck in the foils. They said that was a first! Right now the car is waiting for its bits and pieces back. There were a couple of surprises when they put it on the lift. turns out the radiator was rubbing on the frame. We will have to notch out some sections so that this will not continue to happen. Again, this radiator will not be staying around so we are doing quick fixes until the new parts make it onto the car. We also found that a coupler under the car is too close to the headers and is blistering. Luckily we found this as it was about to blow and that would not have been something that I could have fixed very easily at Pikes. We are going to make some changes to the way this system flows so that this will not happen again. That is about all that is happening with the car.

Pikes Peak 1 month away!

Pikes peak is about a month away. I am officially starting to gear up for it. The car is at the "shop" getting tended to. I am not going to be performing many mods for this race over what i did for the last one. The car needs a few replacement parts and some cleaning. The radiator and inter cooler are coming off for some sonic cleaning. This will be the last race for these bits. I plan on doing some upgrading for parts that are lighter as well as flow better. this will keep the car cooler and should let it spool up faster. of course this is a good thing. I am adding a few bits to the roll cage to allow it to comply with Pikes Peak rules and make it a bit safer. Other than that not much happening. Replacing the battery with a light weight model. The rear window gets a lexan treatment. Fairly simple stuff. I spoke with Hankook regarding some sort of tire package, but I never heard back. not too surprised really. I already have my tires from BFG so not really stressed about them at the moment. If they are interested in future events I will chat with them while in Colorado as they are one of the sponsors. The Time Attack class looks to be very competitive. I am excited to see how we do. I will continue with updates and pics as they come along.
kj