Super nice runs Greg! Great consistency!
And Fast!
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Mon May 08, 2023 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Super nice runs Greg! Great consistency! And Fast!
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon May 08, 2023 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Could be faster... Could be more consistent... there is still work to do.
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Mon May 08, 2023 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote: Could be faster...
Always more work to do........ Could be more consistent... there is still work to do. 
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon May 08, 2023 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Most of the work is on the driver's end of things.
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Tue May 09, 2023 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 5/9/23 |
5/9/23 At the mason dixon race sunday morning I started up the car and realized that there was no alternator charging. I swapped on the new spare alternator that I had with me. Still no charging. I suffered through all of sunday's rounds with running on less than 12VDC whilst the engine was running. I got to thinking maybe this new little denso unit needs that sense wire plugged in. I tried it tonight and yep.. it sure did need that sense wire. I have a good 13.8VDC or more volts at the battery with the engine running now. I Also had been running fixed timing for a number or years now with megasquirt.. i have tried 26°,28°, 30°, 32°, 34°, with no apparent performance advantage. I loaded a timing map into the computer .. will hafta see if that helps anything out sometime. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 4/21/24 |
4/24/24: No Local TNT's here yet. Still too wet from the last 2 weeks of rain, and its getting cold again, back down into the 30's over night due to the clear skies. Maybe a dry weekend will happen soon. I removed the car from Storage and Bought some new Rear slicks. I have run 28 x10 -15's since I have put the car together. I bought some 29 x11 -15's. I will have to see if they fit. Hopefully I can get to that this week.  
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Cool stuff Greg! Hope you get some good weather soon. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Quote: Cool stuff Greg! Hope you get some good weather soon.
Thanks, Dennis, we shall see if this all works out! Greg |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | 4/23/24 |
4/23/24: I test-fit the larger slicks last nite. Also did some cautionary trimming and mounted the other tire, balanced both, and set the car down to confirm fitment. It felt like old times cutting some rust off of this old body. I maybe lost 2 oz. of the car if that... it was not much, but reminded me of circa 2013 when I was slicing and dicing this thing all of the time! I really need to get back to some of that. I aired up and ballooned the diameter of the tires a bit in anticipation of airing them back down to maybe 8 PSI. The ballooning should confirm that they clear everything in the wheel well. I also removed the storage tires/wheels from the front, put the front runners on, and installed the side skirts. I plan on going to the first Local TNT on Friday nite. No rain is planned for a few days here so that should be nice and welcomed by all of the local racers and low-lying communities, as they have been getting high water lately. We'll see if the larger tire diameter and additional ~4 of circumference will help ET or MPH??!? we shall find out. |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 4-28-24 |
4-28-24: I went to the local Test-n-Tune on Friday at the local Acceleration Testing Facility. All went well - Nothing surprising. It seems the car might be a bit faster on the 60' times by a few hundredths, and also the wider and taller slicks seems to have slowed down my MPH by ~4MPH from 111-112 to 108, not super happy about that. All 3 runs were in a pretty good headwind, so that might have something to do with it. I put down 2 1/4 Mile passes that were exactly the same so if anything, the taller / wider tires make things way more consistent somehow, or maybe that is just because they were brand new slicks?!??!! Here is some documentation...    Ready to meet up and race with some more slanted folks at Mason-Dixon in a few weeks! Yee Haw! |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
With a loss of 4 mph I would expect wind myself. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Sounds great, Greg, except for the missing 4 MPH. See you in the other lane at Mason-Dixon! Lou |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Fri May 17, 2024 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Found some more Documentation. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Fri May 17, 2024 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
Awesomeness Greg! 
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sat May 18, 2024 7:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1968 Valiant Ruster Racer IRWIN PA |
We'll see what happens this weekend. The mason dixon street race event for today that Lou, Rick and I quasi planned to attend is rained out. |
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