Today I had some minor maintenance to do to have the car ready for this week's Wednesday and Friday night races. I disconnected the throttle bypass and readjusted the fuel pressure both at the fuel pump and at the regulator. I'm hoping that this will really pick the car up ET wise. I think I was starving it for fuel. I also had to stuff the new oil absorbant pads into the new catch pan Will Bodley built for me.After Friday night's embarrassing episode by leaving on the other guy's top bulb, I installed an extension to my dial in board with the letter "N" (for No)so the track will know that I want to opt out of the Cross Talk system and get my own top bulb even if I'm the faster car. This little addition is what the track requires and should take care of the problem.
Friday night at the track the generator in the motorhome was acting up and sputtering. We found a small hole in the fuel line but we were able to fix it right there. However, having that air in the fuel line it reacted similar to a PCV valve and sucked a lot of oil up into the air filter. As a result, today I had to take that apart as well and wash out all of the oil in the foam part of the filter. Now I just have to buy a new paper air filter and that's taken care of. Geez...it's always something.
Bottom line (as John Force would say), we're race ready.
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