Nathan Stewart:
I appreciate all tech feedback. It's a 2,700 mile tow one way for me. I was able to adjust or fix a lot of things before I got to the salt in 2011. Of all the things we did we still forgot to address two important issues that I did in fact remember reading here but forgot in the rush to get ready.
Item one was the inertia switched to interrupt the electric fuel pump on impact. Fortunately there was a guy with a few for sale on the salt. Took a few minutes to wire up. The second was the way we set up our fuel vent. It was good on the roof, one the passenger side but the inspector pointed out that if the car rolled and stayed on the driver's side fuel could siphon out. We were thinking of the check ball in the tank but that ball might not seat if the car settles on its side. A few AN fittings and some hose it was safe from all sides.
Trust me when I say there a bunch of things we learned from this forum that we changed before we arrived at Speedweek. Otherwise we might have been spectators. So a
big thank you for sharing your tech inspection insights with all of us.
BR
Nathan, I wish their was a section in our rulebook for "Common Sense" answers like yours. It's a Dodge shame that only you and Dan have the Cajones to post frequently on our site.
I understand all the Politics, Privacy and Personality issues, but I wish the SCTA/BNI hierarchy would understand just how important this site is to EVERY COMPETITOR WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA or doesn't belong to a member club.
Thanx again, Bob
BD, I certainly appreciate the compliment but it's a little stigmatic to say that those who don't post do so because they don't have cajones and that I do. I just happen to be a "forum guy" in general and I happen to be an "SCTA guy" as well. If someone has a question that I can answer, why not answer it? I'm sure if you called up any of the tech inspectors and asked them the same question you'd get a very similar answer.... it's just that I happen to be here on the fourm. And it's probably more of me being stubborn and maybe a little too out spoken at times than having cajones but nonetheless I try to help out when and where I can.