One of those days.... you thought Teve's was bad

[PRSRIZD_V6]

Saturday 4-20-02 Opening Day at Owosso Speedway

It’s just one of those days.

9:00AM: Wake up
10:00AM: Start Suburban to move trailer, realize fuel leak
10:30AM: Swap trailer from cube van to suburban, realize open trailer has plate missing and no tail lights
11:00AM: Pull rear gear from racecar, begin axle seal change/install, hit self in forehead with air ratchet,realize forgotten gas bottles at parents house, meet Mike there, Steve Y shows up with GN go for a ride (only good point of day), man is that car fast!
NOON: Finish axle seal, adjust sway bar preload as the car was a little loose in the last practice on Wednesday.
12:30PM: (Gates open at Owosso Speedway) get racecar/tool boxes loaded in trailer, knock over freshly sorted toolbox while loading
1:00PM: Lock keys in cube van, while running, on the side of the street in front of the garage
2:00PM Dad arrives unlocks rig, leave for track
2:30PM Dad calls, trans in Cube van is acting up
4:00PM: arrive at Owosso Speedway, unload, practice, car is loose, realize trailer tire is flat, piece of pit debris, broken chords, tire is useless
4:15PM: realize battery charger is FUBAR, borrow from adjacent parked Late model, generator won’t start, work on generator later
4:30PM: Qualifying begins, car still loose in practice, adjust stagger and lower panhard rod
5:00PM Qualify, 12th qualifying position, missed invert by 1 position, car still loose
5:05PM: work on generator for 45min, find problem to be stuck valve, cannot start, borrow electricity from adjacent parked Modified
5:30PM: Car doesn’t pass tech for the first time in 3 years because of new silly body rules, that effect nothing, told to cut up our beautiful new body
6:00PM: Heat race, car still loose, dad drove great, started 10th, got 3rd.
6:30PM: Swap tires, take more stagger out
9:30PM: Feature, start 12th, battle to 6th, get spun out, battle to 9th, break engine, car still loose
10:30PM: inspect car in pits, find axle seal still leaks, causing loose condition, load rig, realize headlight out on cube van
11:00PM: decide to limp cube van home after getting our measly $125 prize money
MIDNIGHT: Cube van pukes trans, stop at rest area, park, consolidate to Mike’s lesabre
12:30AM: arrive at parents house, Mike leaves, Mom mentions trans fluid in driveway, I drive dad to garage where his truck (S-10) is.
1:00AM: find no trans leaks at garage, call Mike warn him it may be his car, dad’s S-10 parked on lawn
1:30AM: arrive home, shower, go to bed
1:31AM: phone rings the second my head hits the pillow, dads truck puked a trans 50miles away on his way to work, found where the fluid came from
2:30AM: pick up dad on side of road, drive home
3:30AM: arrive home, unable to sleep after drinking a red bull and a coffee on trip to pick up dad
4:00AM: finish writing this document


Plan of attack for tomorrow: repair fuel line on Suburban, fix open trailer lights on suburban, go to rest area, unload cube van and enclosed trailer into suburban and open trailer, return to garage, unload, return to rest area with suburban, swap enclosed trailer to suburban, attempt to limp unloaded cube van home, swap trailers again, take suburban to pick up dad’s S-10, return to garage, begin removing transmissions and racecar engine and axle seal and buy headlight and battery charger and get generator fixed and build a new body for racecar and pick up new engine for racecar and begin repairs and….

Weather report: 4-21-02, High 41 Low 30 Rain/Snow mix, wintry conditions

4:15AM attempt to email this, cannot connect to GMI server….... gotta use mom's Gay-O-L


[This message has been edited by PRSRIZD_V6 (edited April 21, 2002).]

[This message has been edited by PRSRIZD_V6 (edited April 21, 2002).]

[Turbo_Tim]

Damm PRSRIZD_V6, It would take me a year to have a day like that!

You might get stressed out if it wasn't for the fact you have a nice hobby to relax you!

[*JOKER*]

Ouch.

[PRSRIZD_V6]

The good news is that the $125 prize money is almost enough to buy a new trailer tire and a headlight.

Gonna be a long week fixing all this crap, probably won't make next weeks race.

[Steve Wood]

No, the good news is that I feel much better after reading that episode. Man, that would make a good series for HBO!

I am glad that us old guys cannot remember more than about 30 minutes of stuff before we have to take a nap.

So the Mafless wonder runs pretty good, huh? He told me has another idea to improve it now....

[PRSRIZD_V6]

Originally posted by Steve Wood:
No, the good news is that I feel much better after reading that episode. Man, that would make a good series for HBO!

I am glad that us old guys cannot remember more than about 30 minutes of stuff before we have to take a nap.

So the Mafless wonder runs pretty good, huh? He told me has another idea to improve it now....

YES! all is good on that frontier as soon as I find my false knock. Unfortunately, I've got at least a week of repairs to the regular cars/ tow vehicles to face. I can't wait to get all of this crap taken care of and get back to playing GN.

[PRSRIZD_V6]

Well, just figured out the engine damage on the racecar. Bent a valve. This thing has had some serious valvetrain issues, this is the 2nd bent valve and I noticed a bent pushrod too.... arggh. Looks like the little 331 (327) that could is gonna need more work to compete with the 400+s I wonder if there's something we are missing with these Dart Sportsman 2's?

Looks like my dad's new 377 will have to go in, darn It does have the same heads though.... I want this 331 for my car, lotsa gear makes it pretty peppy.

ho-hum, at least I have sanding hardwood floors in my new house to look forward to.

Steve, the grammar police were looking for you after that last post. Just when I was gonna let you proof read my thesis too... tisk-tisk.

[Steve Wood]

had a teacher once that told me to write like I talked so I do...I do leave out most of the uhs, tho'.

Send it to CDNGN--from a purity of language standpoint...that is the best you will find here...from a let's make it interesting, it will suck tho....

okay, go mic the lifter bores carefully to make sum

[CDNGN]

Originally posted by Steve Wood:
had a teacher once that told me to write like I talked so I do...I do leave out most of the uhs, tho'.

Uh, so that's what is, uh, wrong with your, uh, posts.

Originally posted by Steve Wood:

Send it to CDNGN--from a purity of language standpoint...that is the best you will find here...from a let's make it interesting, it will suck tho....

Hey, I can't always perform miracles with the poor material I receive. (Which is why I don't bother working on your, uh, posts)

IMHO, the best writer on this board is Turbo_Tim, although you've got to watch him closely because he wants to include Cecil and Beanie in everything.

Originally posted by Steve Wood:

okay, go mic the lifter bores carefully to make sum

Uh, do you want to, uh, finish your sentence?

[Steve Wood]

Originally posted by CDNGN:
Uh, do you want to, uh, finish your sentence?

Damn board hates me today...

Go mic your lifter bores to make sure they are not worn. Out of spec lifter bores will cause the sort of problems you all are having. May be time to have them bushed and reset to spec.

[PRSRIZD_V6]

I had the engine builder over today when I pulled the head off. I ran lifter bores and valve guides by him forgetting this was a virgin block when we started. He said the valve guides are new (which doesn't mean it isn't the problem) and that the the lifter bores were untouched. He checked them and said they shouldn't be an issue, not sure what the reading was. Says he'll fix it tonight. This guy is a great motor builder, best we've had in 12years of racing.

Then I attacked the problem with the Suburban fuel leak, found a line with a leak in it. I pulled the line off, took it to the parts store. $90.20 for a pair of new lines, and you can't get the feed line alone. Have to wait until tomorrow when the floks can buy it from somewhere with the employee disount. As soon as this truck is done I can get the cube van trans out.

My dad got a fresh(junkyard) trans for his S10, and a friend of his is going to swap them.

Now for my first meal of the day and some time searching for false knock on the GN. The simpler things in life.

When it comes to writing, I would say that my technical writing is far different from my speech. BSing with you clowns is a little closer, but probably less condescending and sarcastic than my actual speech.

[Zap]

Originally posted by CDNGN:
IMHO, the best writer on this board is Turbo_Tim...

True, but isn't that like being the best looking member of the Spinks family?

[Steve Wood]

G-Man, I think you need a life as bad as Zap and I do.

Zap- Just because the Tooth Fairy was a regular visitor to Leon's house does not mean he was dim witted. He got a lot more money for his teeth than you or I did.

[PRSRIZD_V6]

Well, I don't do much now that I have no job, don't drink, and have a bunch of broke-assed vehicles. I don't do much, all the school chums are off working, I have one class to finish, and I'm too broke to go party with anyone else.

thank god for the broke-assed cars.

[Steve Wood]

Heck, you will be married in six months and then you will wish you had learned to drink and party!