Sunday, October 17, 2010

Shed stuff.

Hi all,

Well today was shed day and with 3 cars in the wash que it was going to be a long day.
I turned up at 8:30am and Glen was already there, pressure washer in hand and going for it, amazing how some form can make you keen.
Glen is on the pace and with some help in the set up department he will be hard to beat.
Todd and Gavin Davis also appear to be fired up for a big season, Todd has already been on the fence literally this season.
Dhuy looks quicker and I think there will be any one of 10 or so of us pushing hard for the wins this year.
My blog Saturday morning said Dhuy was in Wattos car, they tell me it was Dhuy's car, and his picture in sprintcar world certainly shows him in a xxx.
Well in the shed today we got onto our favorite subject for discussion, Fuel Systems.
Despite numerous fit outs and changes we cannot stop my engine flooding at anything under full revs, so we got to the chat, 3 cars, each with a different way to get the fuel delivery right.
So we analyzed each system discussing fuel pumps, fuel line sizes, high speed pressure regulators, low speed pill canisters etc.
Then like a bolt from the blue it struck us, the pressure regulator on my engine is on the far end of the fuel log, this meant the carby feed pipes are on the high pressure side, then the fuel pressure is dropped and on the return to the tank is also the pressure gauge, the set up is as per the Barry Grant book but it is all that's different to the other cars, so after washing and removing all the power steering fluid it was off with the fuel system and we modified it the same as Annette's.
The next interesting topic for discussion was my chassis, Gavin and Glen reckon it is a Murphy, David Graham told me it was a J&J, we looked at all the bits and pipework and they almost had me convinced, however Jarrad says he saw the car come from Luche and it was purple when it got to the Graham teams workshop, so a J&J it is.

Well we have 2 cars ready to go but most of our team are away working for the next few meetings, Annette says she is going to Narrogin, Janette gets to drive the truck, this should be interesting to watch.

For me it is bullet dodging in Nigeria for a week.

So for all who want to race get up to Narrogin and support the club.

See you all at Bunbury on the 6th November.

Crabby




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