a GREAT drive today, not without some drama Options

[rhodyguy]

dave hunt and i drove to packwood to check out a scca event. about 30 miles from home my driver's side valve cover gasket decided to call it quits. i finally saw dave's signal to pull over. lucky for me he had 2 in his front trunk (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif) . a quick cool down, jack up the car (first time with the stock jack), remove the tire, r&r the valve cover, put the car back down on the ground, add 1 1/2 quarts of oil, and we were rolling again. not with out a few paraniod stops to ensure the problem was solved.

on the way to Packwood we used Skate Creek Rd. locals may be familiar with it. 17 miles of good to fair, 2 lane divided blacktop, with approx a 2500 ft elevation gain. the road cuts through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. no stops, few places to pass, very little other traffic (what little there was pulled over to let 2 fools race by), and more corners than i can estimate.

the a-x facility was fantastic. first picture shows the right side of the parking lot.

k