SLOWPOKE goes short course racing

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Awesome, order from raceco yesterday. Thanks

Nice!

One thing you note about splined quick releases though... The splines on the wheel will line up any way on the column and putting the wheel on crooked is easy. Best bet is to paint a couple splines and do the same to the quick release hub where the wheel lines up centered so its much easier to get on straight.
 
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Nice!

One thing you note about splined quick releases though... The splines on the wheel will line up any way on the column and putting the wheel on crooked is easy. Best bet is to paint a couple splines and do the same to the quick release hub where the wheel lines up centered so its much easier to get on straight.
Did that when taking the hess qd out. Just waiting for the new one. Thanks
 
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Got the rear tires mounted on the new wheels along with the lexan mud covers I picked up and then pushed it outside so I could clean the garage. The garage was getting a wee bit out of control....

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The carbon fiber hood looks killer out in the sun!
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Today's adventure is going to be pulling the sender out of the tank and swapping pumps. I gutted the stock sending unit when I switched to the Injector Dynamics return style fuel system and ID 1300 injectors last year but only installed a slightly bigger fuel pump. My Injector duty cycle was higher than I wanted it to be running E90 so I'm swapping the pump out for a larger unit to get that in check and have it flow enough volume in case I want to run methanol at a track that doesn't have a fuel rule....

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With a bit of luck I'll get the tank and lines in tonight before I leave for my work trip in the morning so it will be one less thing I have to do when I get back later this week.
 
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Fuel pump is in, fuel tank is back in, fuel lines are re routed to a cooler location and the floors are back in.

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Moving the battery and wiring to the passenger compartment really cleaned up the back of the frame on the passenger side. There used to be a crap load of stuff there and now it's empty.

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Front diff clutch delete is almost finished. My guy says I'll have it by the end of the week. :cool:
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As soon as it's in my hands I'll be able to install it, take measurements and then have The Driveshaft Shop build me a carbon fiber driveshaft. Zoom-zoom 😁
 
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Man @SLOWPOKE693 - That's a lot of upgrades for this year. You're going to be taking names!
 
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It's alive! Let it come up to temp and then changed the oil and filters. While I was working on the engine I threw in a fresh set of Brisk spark plugs.....

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I forgot to clean and re oil the air filters so I'll have to do that sometime this week after work.
 
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After the maintenance stuff was out of the way I bolted in the seat and the new Team Tech harness and got the belts adjusted. I still need to put all my gear on to finalize the seat belt adjustments but it's pretty close now.

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Before I cleaned up and went in the house for the evening I bolted the new window net on too.

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