After the TWS Heat

Thanks to everyone for the help working on and diagnosing the car. I must not be doing something right because I was pushing so hard in race 1 trying to run down Gary (a CMC1 car with less power and more weight, but obviously a better driver) that I wasn't paying attention to the temp gauge. The car overheated and hasn't been right since. We thought we had it fixed after removing a stuck thermostat. Thanks to ALL for not pile driving me after I missed a gear at the start of race 4. That was all me. I wish I could blame that one on the car. The motor comes out soon. Let's hope it is just a head gasket and not something worse.

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Originally Posted by Wade

Thanks to everyone for the help working on and diagnosing the car. I must not be doing something right because I was pushing so hard in race 1 trying to run down Gary (a CMC1 car with less power and more weight, but obviously a better driver) that I wasn't paying attention to the temp gauge. The car overheated and hasn't been right since. We thought we had it fixed after removing a stuck thermostat. Thanks to ALL for not pile driving me after I missed a gear at the start of race 4. That was all me. I wish I could blame that one on the car. The motor comes out soon. Let's hope it is just a head gasket and not something worse.

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Is the wind deflector still on the car? After I installed it the car never ran hot but without it running hot was normal. I hope it's okay. That was a brand new DSS shortblock not to long ago. Good luck!

JJ

Yup...Gary R. and Jason L. really stepped up with some fast, consistent times! Podiums for both guys! Jason leading for a good half race. Other notables are David Neary's first podiums in AI and Sam's first podiums in CMC2.

We didn't do enough to celebrate all the victories last weekend, guys. In the heat, standing around in firesuits to take pictures would have been tough.

Let's make a point of recognizing these folks at our next event with podium pics!

-=- Todd

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Originally Posted by Wade

Thanks to everyone for the help working on and diagnosing the car. I must not be doing something right because I was pushing so hard in race 1 trying to run down Gary (a CMC1 car with less power and more weight, but obviously a better driver) that I wasn't paying attention to the temp gauge. The car overheated and hasn't been right since. We thought we had it fixed after removing a stuck thermostat. Thanks to ALL for not pile driving me after I missed a gear at the start of race 4. That was all me. I wish I could blame that one on the car. The motor comes out soon. Let's hope it is just a head gasket and not something worse.

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Is the wind deflector still on the car? After I installed it the car never ran hot but without it running hot was normal. I hope it's okay. That was a brand new DSS shortblock not to long ago. Good luck!

JJ

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The wind deflector is intact. I'm going to do some more diagnosing tonight with the help of some knowledgeable friends and see what it looks like before I start tearing everything apart.

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Originally Posted by Todd Covini

Let's make a point of recognizing these folks at our next event with podium pics!

-=- Todd

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Sheri got some good shots from T10 on Sat afternoon with her new camera... She might be the new series photog and round you guys up for podium pics if you want... she takes on projects seriously so don't ask her to do it if you are not serious...