Man that looks like big time fun! You were doing great what happened? Also, how do you know where the course goes? I didn't notice any markers. And what was the last thing I heard heard on the vid? 

What last thing?  I think it was static. 

Later on you can see course markers, they did a really good job on making sure we went the correct way.

There was a bad weld on the modified rear center link.  We knew it wasn't the greatest but figured it would hold, one of those 'if we had more time' things.  Luckily BRD HNTR was able to get it repaired and we went back out just over two hours later.  We were eventually taken out by losing the transmission from driving 70 miles without a clutch.

Bummer, but it looks like you guys are getting closer to the hot setup.  That type of racing looks like a total blast, makes me want to move out west even more.

Tore into Trouble this week.  The skid pan had about 50lbs of dirt on top of it and the reason we lost a clutch was it was filled with dirt.  Ends up we didn't have a dust shield after the engine swap, probably because the stock one no longer fits.  Also, the exhaust was destroyed.  I took out about 3/4 of the muffler.  Slight flow issue there.

In either case, she is up and running again.  Need to do some wiring, put the passenger seat back in, paint up the scrapes and such and get some new front springs.

Next year the skid plate is going to have some speed holes cut in it so the dirt can fall out.

What ended up with the transmission? Will we be ready in a couple of week? might be able to sneak over Sunday but no promises lot going on here on the island.

It was exactly what we thought it would be, the tab on the shift lever broke off, they have that little dog leg thing that moves the shifter forward about a foot.  We actually cut off the transmission tunnel, I will work on making brackets to put it back on.  This way we can get into the top of the transmission earlier in the future.

BRD HNTR made a new dust shield, since the oil pan on the 2.0 meant we couldn't use the stock one.  We'll see how it holds up.

  We actually cut off the transmission tunnel, I will work on making brackets to put it back on. 

Please work your magic to keep the engine compartment separate and maintain your firewall.



-Eric

Yep.  It was just the top of the transmission tunnel, we wanted to be able to get to the shifter mechanism without having to drop the transmission.  We ended up having to drop it anyway. 

New front springs go on today along with wiring work.

It's got to get pretty dusty in there while racin, how do you keep all the dust and dirt out of you?

With a driving suit.