limige
Club Member
thought the TT started at noon, found out at 11:30 it started at 10 and ended at 1.. so i hauled butt over there to make a few runs and see where the car was.
nice track on the south side of town, alot of pretty bad a$$ cars there. lined up right away, no wait. spun bad off the start and had to let off. finished with a 13.3, 1.966 60ft. hotlapped, missed 3rd and ran a 14.2 with 2.01 60ft. traction was horrible. with 315/35's you would've thought you were on the street not the strip. stopped for a moment, talked to someone who informed me they don't use VHT, of course by then i kinda figured that much.
decided to run once more before the races started. spun all through 1st and missed 3rd again,.(third gear syncros' are toast, i knew that) on the return lane the guy behind me was flashing his lights, i couldn't figure out what the deal was..pulled up to grap my ticket and he yelled "get out of there, your cars on fire!!!"
oh snap, bailed and got on the other side of the booth while he sprayed the gas tank area. holy crap.
pushed her off to the side and jacked it up to find out what happened. looks like the wiring shorted and caught fire right where the fuel tank harness connects to the car. i spliced in a relay there for my areomotive pump. all in all damage was minimal. bypassed the relay, unhooked the stock wires going to the tank and drove it home.
too close! i've been driving that car throughout the summer. never had an issue, drove it to muskegon and such. the fact this happened at the track with a fire extinguisher on hand is absolutely incredible. that guy saved my life. i was incredibly lucky today, but the track conditions were horrible, i don't think i'll waste my time there again without slicks.
nice track on the south side of town, alot of pretty bad a$$ cars there. lined up right away, no wait. spun bad off the start and had to let off. finished with a 13.3, 1.966 60ft. hotlapped, missed 3rd and ran a 14.2 with 2.01 60ft. traction was horrible. with 315/35's you would've thought you were on the street not the strip. stopped for a moment, talked to someone who informed me they don't use VHT, of course by then i kinda figured that much.
decided to run once more before the races started. spun all through 1st and missed 3rd again,.(third gear syncros' are toast, i knew that) on the return lane the guy behind me was flashing his lights, i couldn't figure out what the deal was..pulled up to grap my ticket and he yelled "get out of there, your cars on fire!!!"
oh snap, bailed and got on the other side of the booth while he sprayed the gas tank area. holy crap.
pushed her off to the side and jacked it up to find out what happened. looks like the wiring shorted and caught fire right where the fuel tank harness connects to the car. i spliced in a relay there for my areomotive pump. all in all damage was minimal. bypassed the relay, unhooked the stock wires going to the tank and drove it home.
too close! i've been driving that car throughout the summer. never had an issue, drove it to muskegon and such. the fact this happened at the track with a fire extinguisher on hand is absolutely incredible. that guy saved my life. i was incredibly lucky today, but the track conditions were horrible, i don't think i'll waste my time there again without slicks.
