http://www.93fd.com Trials and tribulations of the FD Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:17:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mid America Motorplex is basically my 'home' track, so I was expecting to do well here. The car had a few issues after the last event, and I ended up having to install a new transmission because my old one was basically munched. However 100k+ miles, and 20k+ ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=25 Quickie update, the Iowa Speedway pics have made their way to the gallery here. Here's a sample: Also, we just got back from the MAM NASA race, so lots more to come. Haven't gotten to that video yet... :) http://www.93fd.com/?p=24 OK, this is going to be a pretty big update. We (s2k Ben, rx7 Damian and I) headed to Iowa Speedway over the weekend of the 28th/29th of April. This was a exciting deal for a bunch of reasons. #1 is it was the first race of ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=23 Finally got the images of the dyno sheets into the gallery. Check them out here. Also, just had the first NASA event last weekend, will get a post for that going soon. http://www.93fd.com/?p=22 Had the dyno day for the upcoming NASA Midwest season opener. Went quite well. Here's a short highlight vid: http://www.93fd.com/?p=20 So, after all those changes, I finally get to drive the car again!!! This was the first 2 day event for Find the Line, so it was a cool deal from several angles. We had 50+ people there on Saturday, the car has good brakes for the first time in ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=21 Ok, it's been a while since I updated the site. A long while. Doesn't mean I've given up, just that I needed to regroup. My goal this year for the site is to try to keep a weekly log of what's going on with the car and ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=19 I missed writing about the FTL held the week after the NASA MAM event. That one went well, lots of cars and lots of people. Had a great time and the car ran great again. Everyone should come out to these events as you get a ton ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=18 After a longish layoff for the OneLap with Damian (onelap06.myrx7.com,) it was time for another event with NASA running TT, this time at MAM. The car drove/ran really well the entire event, with the exception of one wierd session Sunday morning. Didn't see anything wrong, and it was fine after ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=17 Well, another weekend, another track event. This one was at Blackhawk Farms raceway, on the Wisconsin/Illinois border. Thankfully this time I had (new) proper track brake pads and everything went real well. My RA-1's are still holding up, and since I left them full tread when I ... http://www.93fd.com/?p=16