I was hoping to use Sunday's WDCR autocross as a shake-down for the upcoming UMI Muscle on the Mountain to see if my changes affected keeping water temps down.
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| It's only weird if it doesn't work. |
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| Fabbing something to keep air forced to the radiator. |
CAMT ran in the second heat, which saw the beginning of rain for the first run, and then it didn't let up throughout the heat.
Water temp was fairly stable at 180 degrees, so maybe the changes worked? I think?
Anyway, five runs, all of them in the wet. I checked tire pressures before the heat started -- they were about one PSI below what I'd run them hot -- then didn't check the pressures after that. The course was wet, and everybody sat on their first run, so what would be the point?
There were actually two other CAMT cars, and Phil Knowles wasn't one of them. Someone with an LS-swapped 1995 Camaro that was originally a V6 car, and another driver with a 1978 Trans Am featuring a stroked Pontiac 400. The latter turned out to be a former customer of mine from the Matco days. No, he didn't owe me money.
As the second heat started, rain began falling. It was fairly light, but word was that it was going to continue. My first run was a fairly conservative 39.7, and that stood as the class-winning time. That was it -- one run and done.
I finished the last four runs even though there wasn't any hope of improvement. Mainly to see how the Yoks were in the rain -- they are really good. I had my stretch of consecutive clean runs end on my final run -- 11 in a row going back to the DC Pro and the last WDCR autocross.
Next up is Muscle on the Mountain.
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