Getting closer........

[Jim Nilsen]

Jim, I hope you have a great time! I'm jealous of you. I'm sure that car of yours will give you loads of fun on that track!

Take pics!

I am going to have as much fun as possible. It will be an experience for sure.

I have not had one problem with my cooling system until I had to pull my radiator out to change the cam and I think my temp probe got damaged pulling it out. The fan isn't working now and I have a manual switch running the fan wich is not as good at keeping it steady on the temp but it does work very well.

I went out and beddied my brakes some more and found the threshhold of the rear brakes finally. I had to take a little bias off of the rear to keep them from locking up. I checked the rotors with a heat gun and they are all within 10 degrees of each other after hard braking , the rears are 10 degrees warmer than the fronts. Repeated hard stops left me with some fade by the forth time which is why I need to bed them in more from what I have been told. The brakes do stop much better when warmed up and so far are getting better each time.

I am really nervous and hope things hold together. I keep trying to be positive about the little things and the setbacks they cause. I have been through so many problems that I just figure they will always show up.


Get the plates that make your life the easiest and keep you out of trouble, you don't want them to impound your car even though the reason they should be illegal in itself.

So much to get ready and not enough experience but I am getting it now!!!!!