Archive for September, 2008

I got the car back last Monday – it now sports 4.10 Strange gears in the rear end. So far there are no leaks or anything like that, so I am happy about that. Unfortunately Nate didn’t tie down the car properly for the return trip to my house and one of the straps ended up coming loose. The axle strap is lost and the tie down strap is most likely not safe to use again. He said he’d get me a new axle strap but I haven’t gotten it yet.

Some pictures – the first one is of the box for the new Strange gears, then inside the box is the old 4.86 gears that were in the car. The next two are of the tie down strap that got loose.

I am in negotiations with someone right now about getting a fuel pump and fuel filters in return for some work that I can do for him. We’ll see how that goes! I am hoping to get them soon so I can move on with getting my car set up for the next season of ADRA.

I’ve got the new tachometer mounted properly and the shift light hooked up. I’m not really done with the mounting of the shift light – I need to cut out a couple of plates from left over sheet metal and use that to mount the shift light on the dash. Right now it’s just a couple of bolts straight through the vinyl & foam. Here is a video of the tachometer running.

And here is a picture of what it looks like at night time with the lit numbers and needle!

The replacement tachometer that I ordered from Summit Racing arrived while I was out on vacation last week.  This is a much more expensive tachometer and is eligible for contingency awards.  The reason I got this tachometer is because it has a lit needle – that will make it much easier to see where the RPM is when playing videos back.  I will be putting this tachometer in after Arizona Differential Specialists changes out the rear end gear – hopefully this one is not defective!