09-18-2018, 10:52 PM
So I bitched out of the race. I was driving the Ralliart to the store on Saturday in a light drizzle thinking I'd totally be fine if I as caught in this in the Demon. Then something happened I had completely forgotten about: my windows fogged up real bad out of nowhere. It dawned on me I have no functioning defroster in the Demon ... fuck I'm an idiot. I would've been so screwed.
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that I either need to weatherproof this car or face driving it 3-4 times a year and missing a lot of events every time there is even a threat of rain. I can pickup a decent heater and ducting for a defroster for around $200. Fortunately someone makes wiper arms for this car because mine have been missing for a while now. I just need to figure out the wiring for the motor and hope it's still functioning. If it's not that's another $200 to send it off for a rebuild.
Then there's the gaping hole in the hood with a scoop over it that doesn't come close to sealing it off. That problem may have helped solve itself because it tried flying off on 33 today when I was coming back from a grocery run. Apparently the epoxy isn't strong enough to hold the studs in the hood because they ripped right out. I'm going to have to fiberglass it into the hood and make it one piece or more accurately have soomeone else do it because it will without a doubt look like dogshit if I try to do it.
Ooooohhhh the joys. And here I was think about picking up a Holley distributor and setting up my timing through my EFI system to make it easier to tune. Not sure why bother at this point, by the time it's done raining every other day it'll be fucking freezing again.
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that I either need to weatherproof this car or face driving it 3-4 times a year and missing a lot of events every time there is even a threat of rain. I can pickup a decent heater and ducting for a defroster for around $200. Fortunately someone makes wiper arms for this car because mine have been missing for a while now. I just need to figure out the wiring for the motor and hope it's still functioning. If it's not that's another $200 to send it off for a rebuild.
Then there's the gaping hole in the hood with a scoop over it that doesn't come close to sealing it off. That problem may have helped solve itself because it tried flying off on 33 today when I was coming back from a grocery run. Apparently the epoxy isn't strong enough to hold the studs in the hood because they ripped right out. I'm going to have to fiberglass it into the hood and make it one piece or more accurately have soomeone else do it because it will without a doubt look like dogshit if I try to do it.
Ooooohhhh the joys. And here I was think about picking up a Holley distributor and setting up my timing through my EFI system to make it easier to tune. Not sure why bother at this point, by the time it's done raining every other day it'll be fucking freezing again.