EP 914 on track... finally, Test session, wet Options

[groot]

I used this past weekend's Waterford Hills race as my first test session for the new car.

They threw this picture on the Waterford Hills website. Just thought I'd share it.

(IMG:http://www.waterfordhills.com/gallery/jgr5y0414.jpg)

Learned a lot this weekend, like how some lug nuts don't fit some wheels, how I needed more front flare (notice the flare extensions) and how much I can squeeze out of my Optima before I don't get enough juice to run (no alternator). More learning to come on 11-12 Sept, but this time at Mid-Ohio.

[Jake Raby]

I am "dong it" as we speak.

Kevin WILL do it in EP in 2005.....

Kevins style pushes the envelope. As soon as I saw that I knew he and I had to work together.

He could have ran in FP and with 1/2 the money he is spending he could have been a front runner very easily. He is not taking the easy way out and because of that I am soaking up tons of time into this project that he isn't paying me a dime for.

Hell, I only have 5 parts for the engine at my shop and already have 40 hours of labor in it- the first wrench hasn't even been turned yet!

No "cookbook" engine on this end(those don't exist). It would take an entire dictionary to record this project.

BTW, it will see atleast 5 camshaft changes before it ever leaves my test cell. Maybe 3-4 differnt carb arrangements, and a couple of different exhaust systems. I won't be a bit suprised if it doesn't need a "freshening up" before it even gets shipped. (thats okay because it will give us an idea of how the engine is wearing so we can predict scheduled maintenance more accurately)

Every area that is "open" in the rulebook will be maximized- its the only way we'll make it happen and keep it together.

"when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead of it and make trial after trial till it comes"
Edison