CrazyDavey Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Three days at Fontana this weekend. It was was kinda crazy what that car went through. First the weather was a bit strange, hunidity was anywhere from 65-45%, temp wasn't bad topping out around 80 on Saturday and the DA got up to about 3000' on Sat and Sun. I was having a lot of carb trouble all weekend, didn't want to idle, killing the plugs..what the.....once I got it off the idle circut it ran good, couple of 10.21's, 10.22's @ 130+. Finally got so bad on Sunday it just wouldn't run at all. I had the carb all the way down, cleaned everything still no good. How it this thing dumping so much fuel that it's killing plugs..long shot I decided to change the power valve in the front. Pulled out the block went to put the wrench on the PV and....it was already loose!! I have never, ever seen that (Prosystems carb), that was the issue. So cool, just in time for elimn's, clean the plugs again but sounds weird, try to make a pass, 7 cylinders, 10.84. Put the infrared on the headers and # 8 is dead, pull it, it's cracked..geezz.. Ran Street Muscle and Bracket 1 electronics classes (I run B-1 because it is a pure bracket class plus it's fun to put electronic's cars on the trailer with a footbrake car). So the next thing is in the middle of the B-1 elimn's the left rear shock decides to come undone at the top mount. I'm back in the staging lanes trying to patch up the shock so I can make the next round.....what a day... Went to the quarter finals in Street Muscle (60 cars), and made the finals in Bracket 1 (40 cars). I went 10.253 on a 10.27 dial and he went 9.80 on a 9.81, double breakout, 17 to 10. It was so close neither of us could lift because we couldn't tell who had the stripe. Sorry this is so long but it was a hecka weekend and it taught me to keep digging until you find the problem. The car absolutely worked its butt off, track guys said its tounge was draging.... It's back to running like it should and it made some money so my aches and pain was worth it. staging lanes.. here's a couple of short vids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Glad you figured out the issues Davey, you sure work that car hard Its really nice seeing someone enjoy the fruits of thier labor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 57 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Had to feel good to get your issues corrected and go deep into the rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaman Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Glad you fixed the issues and congrats on getting so far into the eliminations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreese Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Way to fight through the gremlins Dave!!! You get an A+ for perseverance. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCfan Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Congratulations on your success in spite of difficulties, Davey! Thanks for sharing your experiences and videos - it's the next best thing to being there. I love anything mechanical but can't imagine the patience it must take to flog multiple mysterious problems over a three day period. You are truly an inspiration to anyone who lifts a wrench! One of these days the door you are knocking on will open and you will be at the very top of the heap! Wishing you continued success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Wow 3 days of racing, sounds like fun Davey! Thanks for sharing the videos and it looks good going down the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71monteme Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Dave. i'm jealous. 3 days of racing. nice. good job on going so deep into the ladders, not a very easy thing to do. especially in 2 classes. thanh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDavey Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 thanks guys...the experience was an exercise in trying to keep my frustrations in check.... It is so exciting to go a lot of rounds, one of the reasons I set the car up to run under 6000 rpm was so it had a chance to hold up with that kind of work....hope it does..this is a life long dream come true...I'm very greatful to be doing this.... oh yeah I forgot...as I was backing the trailer into the driveway one of the tires went flat....I put a jack under it and went in the house.... I was so tired I slept all day on Monday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte7071 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Davey your a better man than I no way I could have kept my cool. Glad to hear you had fun the trailer tried to put you over the edge you think it and the velle have something going lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mcarlo Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Nice going, Dave! It must have been very satisfying to overcome all the obstacles (and very tiring ). Chevelle looking and sounding great as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Nice going Dave, Way to keep punching!!! Do we call you Crazy,Patient,Davey now You certantley earned it this weekend.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo's70MCs Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Do we call you Crazy,Patient,Davey now You certantley earned it this weekend.lol DON'T' GET HIM STARTED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevyss Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Man Davey, that velle is really running good. After all the issues you had to fix. Enjoy the videos. I have to order my Pro-systems carb soon. Was fixing to run this weekend, but they are saying all weekend rain. 70%. So much for that. I really want to go out and just flog the @ll out of it so bad. Get rid of the Mustang Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDavey Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: willie Do we call you Crazy,Patient,Davey now You certantley earned it this weekend.lol DON'T' GET HIM STARTED! patient like they're coming to take me away hey, hey, ho, ho...? Mustang delayed Royce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 lol on that song. My wife wouldnt even listen to it in the dark. Bringing back some memories there. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 LS5 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger! Nice runs despite the gremlins.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDavey Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Finally got my finals pictures,,, that was a lot of fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCfan Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Great pictures, Davey! Good memories of fun times! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 57 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black07ss Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Sweet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mcarlo Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Great photos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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