Bullrun

[Rich Team11 H/O]

Some info:
Mike and Morgan and even Jason and Jake did an incredible job...still the end is quite sketchy so I will leave it at that for now. Regardless, I feel the three finalists did deserve to be there and were all very worthy of being called champion.

Our brakes:
We actually had work done by two different shops, neither could fix the problem...it was unfixable. I actaully got on my knees and begged the Pep-Boys master mechanic to take a look at the car and figure out what was wrong. He refused to be on camera, so that part was edited out.



What we learned when we got back home was that the calipers that we installed in the Hurst for the rally were for a different make, model, and for a car with no power brakes. The company that sent it to us made an error...........A TREMENDOUS ERROR (this had an impact on us mentally and physically since we were constantly working on the car while others were resting and or partying).

So what was happening was that the pistons of the calipers were not large enough to accomodate the amount of fluid and pressure being generated by our brake system, so the weakest link would give out....that being the rear cylinders, they would over-extend the pistons every time we braked hard thereby shooting fluid out and losing pressure and all brakes.

In the challenge against the Lotus, somehow our power steering resevoir ran dry once we started so it was nearly impossible to turn the wheel....thats why we lost so miserably. Had our car been running 100% I no have no doubt in my mind that we would have spanked them.....you cant believe how well this car handles, Lambo team knows, us and them had some serious fun on the leg we did together prior to hitting the racoon.

We also had a power drain since day one that required us to disconnect the battery after every stop or else the battery would be dead by the next day.

Thanks all!

Rich

Car was not ready was the main reason we did not enter the real Bullrun, we did not feel competitive in the 73 Cutlass with the 350, and the other Olds were in various stages of restification. We almost had a big sponsor but when the Hurst's appearance became questionable due to ongoing mechanical repairs and improvements they backed down.

BTW my blazing performance in the last challenge was in part due to an unleashing of 700hp, via 150hp NOS shot, when I was at the wheel! If you take note as I take off, very easily so as not to roast the tires or break the axles, I then punch it and hit the NOS, but the lines had not been purged so the car bogs momentarily (I thought it was going to stall!!) then takes off like a bat outta hell; felt damn good, I could do that all day and night!

That was hundreds of gallons of gasoline in that explosion, it felt like a bomb, shook the ground and shattered windows miles away...insane and over the top!

Some interesting Bullrun news: www.gtspirit.com

[speedster]

BTW my blazing performance in the last challenge was in part due to an unleashing of 700hp, via 150hp NOS shot, when I was at the wheel! If you take note as I take off, very easily so as not to roast the tires or break the axles, I then punch it and hit the NOS, but the lines had not been purged so the car bogs momentarily (I thought it was going to stall!!) then takes off like a bat outta hell; felt damn good, I could do that all day and night!

Rich -

Nitrous or not, you still had to go around corners and you were flying...
Congrats overall. To make it to the top two was no small feat. Add in all of the bugs along the way and it was a very impressive showing.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Rich -

Nitrous or not, you still had to go around corners and you were flying...
Congrats overall. To make it to the top two was no small feat. Add in all of the bugs along the way and it was a very impressive showing.

Ditto.