Ran an A/X yesterday, had a few problems... Options

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Ran an Autocross yesterday.

First run: Clutch slipping like crazy. Only needed adjustment.

Second run: Damn thing wouldn't start. The little battery wouldn't turn my new engine over, too much compression. Gotta change back to the bigger battery. So some guys push started me. Clutch better but still some slipping. Clean run no cones.

Third run: Clutch is really hooking up and I was flying. Than at about the 3/4 mark, the gas pedal goes to the floor and the engine dies. I check it out and the bracket at the cable and the gas pedal has bent and the ball/socket has come off. I don't have a "stop" behind my gas pedal and when I pushed the pedal too far it bent the bracket.

So I need to fab a bracket for a gas pedal stop. If I had the stock floor board that goes behind the pedal, it wouldn't have happened. I'll make it so the stop is a bolt that can be adjusted in or out so the pedal stops when the carb linkage is fully open.

It's always somein' ain't it?

BTW, my second run with the slipping clutch was good enough for the 3rd overall quickest time. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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QUOTE (Joe Ricard @ Nov 14 2005, 07:08 AM)

Great job Paul, Once you get it reliable and gain confidence in your ride you can concetrate on the course. TTOD is only a matter of time. I suspect nobody will be within a second of you when all is sorted.

That's what I'm hoping for too (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

The more I push it, the more something breaks or bends but one day it will all be sorted out.

I would say with the lightweight/minumim approch I've taken with it. I'm kinda on the ragged edge in some ways. It is same with the f/g body. I've tried to keep it as light and thin as possible. And to use as few mounting points as possible. But this has caused cracks to develope too. Therefore before I paint it I want all the weak points found and fixed.

One good thing is that I've never found a crack in the welds or tubing. So the basic design seems to be sound. (Or that means it is over designed.) I'll have to watch to see what happens with this new engine and the stress that gets transmitted to the car structure. I also need to watch that lt. wt. engine bar I made. That thing may warp like a noodle.