Happy to report that the shakedown at High Plains went well. No mechanical issues of any kind. The car just drove normally. Actually it was quite smooth!
It was seriously hot out there today---almost 100ºF. Quite miserable. Oil was getting to 290. And they ran open track today (no sessions) at High Plains which meant first-timers with mellow street cars were on the track with much faster cars.......not a great overall situation. So, I literally did not get a single open lap all day. No matter. I wasn't out there for fast laps. I just wanted to test the car, and I'm satisfied it runs without issue.
The only minor hiccup I had was that one of the new fabric panels under the mid-section of the car folded down and was scraping the track. A couple of zip ties took care of that for now.
Looking forward, I will probably return to High Plains next Thursday to hang out with fsmtnbiker and a couple other dudes. Then, early October is a NASA TT at High Plains. Then, third week of October, I will return the car to California and start with a PCA event at Chuckwalla. And then, in November, I'll do GTA Buttonwillow. That's as far as I've mapped out so far.
So, the next task is to get the stock battery out of the car. The new battery is a VoltPhreaks VPH1200. Would be nice if I could get it in the car before before next Thursday. We'll see. I got so much going on right now.
Anyway, I want to thank Cory and the guys at Honest Assembly for all the hard work. The car looks and acts like nothing happened to it. Ryan from Zebulon gave some advice on how to place the canards in a more effective way than before. Appreciate that.
So yeah----it's back! Now I just need to get my head together and get back into the game!
