We had a pretty discouraging outing at the Portland Historics for both cars. Fortunately the 1800 ran flawlessly all weekend.
The CSL was grouped with a real hodgepodge group of cars- old & new Can-Am, NASCAR cars, tube-frame Trans-Am cars, and FIA cars:
We developed an overheating problem that actually followed us from Sonoma. The inlet tube on the water pump was being sucked closed at high RPM. We didn't discover it before we experienced some overheating issues during the last run in Portland. End result- warped head. We sent the head off to Korman, but it was too far out of whack to resurface, so Korman put the rush on and prepped a new head for us:
It arrived at GMT this morning and Tim and crew are putting it on as we speak. We also sent the carbs out to Loyning's Engine in Portland for a little modification to help with fuel surging on left hand corners. They arrived back at Tim's shop last Friday.
The 700 ate a hub bearing on Saturday morning, so we parked it for the rest of the weekend. Following the race it went back up to Seattle to have the new seats and door bars installed, along with new hub bearings and carrier bearings in the transaxel. Here are the new seats and door bars:
We are looking forward to a fun week in Monterey. We will be showing the TiSA in Carmel on Tuesday, and the Legends show on Friday. The CSL races on Saturday, and the 700 on Sunday. Can't wait!
The CSL was grouped with a real hodgepodge group of cars- old & new Can-Am, NASCAR cars, tube-frame Trans-Am cars, and FIA cars:
We developed an overheating problem that actually followed us from Sonoma. The inlet tube on the water pump was being sucked closed at high RPM. We didn't discover it before we experienced some overheating issues during the last run in Portland. End result- warped head. We sent the head off to Korman, but it was too far out of whack to resurface, so Korman put the rush on and prepped a new head for us:
It arrived at GMT this morning and Tim and crew are putting it on as we speak. We also sent the carbs out to Loyning's Engine in Portland for a little modification to help with fuel surging on left hand corners. They arrived back at Tim's shop last Friday.
The 700 ate a hub bearing on Saturday morning, so we parked it for the rest of the weekend. Following the race it went back up to Seattle to have the new seats and door bars installed, along with new hub bearings and carrier bearings in the transaxel. Here are the new seats and door bars:
We are looking forward to a fun week in Monterey. We will be showing the TiSA in Carmel on Tuesday, and the Legends show on Friday. The CSL races on Saturday, and the 700 on Sunday. Can't wait!
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