David Love AI27
08-07-2006, 10:28 AM
The AI(X) 27 car is done!!... After running 5 sessions in friday's test-n-tune we found the car is geared too low for TWS... Last year I didn't notice since I was too new to get it up to speed... Amber and I were both getting on the 6600 limiter 3/4 down the front straight. Saturday I decided to up the limiter to 6800. Amber started the day running 2.15s in practice, I told her to pickup the pace and she did a great job by improving to 2.11s. Her Mom came to watch her race in R1 which really gave her a great boost and she ran an awsome race getting down into the 2.05s. HOWEVER, I jumped in the car while she was touring the pits with her mom before R1 and laid down a near 2.flat which may have been the cause of the motor failure with 1 lap to go... SORRY AMBER... We both had a cry afterwards...
I'm a so proud of Amber's performance... From my view in the stands she drove pretty smooth and gave passing drivers lots of room... She has commented to me that she is just trying to keep a good line so there is no guessing as to where she is going... Amber and I both would like input from anyone, both good and bad....
As for the 27 car... the oil pan is dented from the inside out and thas a couple of gashes in the side, the starter housing is broken and there is LOTS of loose pieces of metal in the bell housing, one of them appears to be from the back of the block... I can't complaint too much... for a sub-$10,000 race car it has done very well...
I'm a so proud of Amber's performance... From my view in the stands she drove pretty smooth and gave passing drivers lots of room... She has commented to me that she is just trying to keep a good line so there is no guessing as to where she is going... Amber and I both would like input from anyone, both good and bad....
As for the 27 car... the oil pan is dented from the inside out and thas a couple of gashes in the side, the starter housing is broken and there is LOTS of loose pieces of metal in the bell housing, one of them appears to be from the back of the block... I can't complaint too much... for a sub-$10,000 race car it has done very well...