Milwaukee Midget

[Milwaukee Midget]

Working on the non-fun stuff.

Thanks to Ron Gibson for the scraps of safety film.  I was able to get both headlights covered, and with the application of a little heat from Kate’s hair dryer, you can only tell it’s covered at the mold release points.  Lexan on the sides and back – laminated windscreen – I’m legal.


 
The heck of it is the rules do not allow the replacement of a standard headlight with an aluminum disc.  I submitted a rule change last year which I can only assume was reviewed and rejected.  SCTA wants to limit shards of glass on the race surface – good idea.  

In production classes, you must have stock headlights.

Many newer cars have polycarbonate headlights, but older cars and street roadsters do not.  Pegasus offers a very nice set of covers that neither aid nor detract from the ultra sleek lines of the Midget, and I think they’d look very stylish on a ’32 Ford.  

These do not produce shards.  

These are safer than glass.  

These are probably safer than Lexan.  

These are illegal.

https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=4851

I’ll be remaking my case this fall.  Please join me by going to
 
http://scta-bni.org/Forms/rulechg2010.html

It’s not like we’re driving at night . . .

Started plumbing on the second fire suppression system – this one for the engine bay –







Read Rich Fox’s recent tech inspection thread.  Gave me the guidance to locate my mandated 2 nozzles – one toward the header/oil pan, the other toward the carb.  Need to finish the plumbing in the cockpit.  Must remember to print up some lables.

Today is my first day of a 20 day run with no days off – happens every year, 11 double shifts and a 7:00AM to 1:00 PM shift on the 4th of July, followed by a 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM shift.  Any weight I’ve put on over the winter is usually gone by the 6th.  

Oh, almost forgot –



Thanks to Steve Thornton and Paul Biemann for the donation of my new – old computer.  Steve wiped the hard drive, and this old XP Windows model Dell is now dedicated strictly to controlling the ignition and knock sensor functions.  Heavy duty case, and it lets me keep my newer laptop sodium free.

[Captthundarr]

Chris, maybe the issue with the spun discs is that they are under $100.00 each. and do not produce sufficient drag on the wallet.

[Tman]

I agree on the Pegasus covers. Smart move, should become a legal rule.

[wheelrdealer]

MM:

Looking good. I want you to get your money's worth out of the tach. That tach has got three ECTA records before it made its way to you. I am hoping that is good karma for the MM. I love your dedication to the cause.

Bill

[Milwaukee Midget]

MM:

Looking good. I want you to get your money's worth out of the tach. That tach has got three ECTA records before it made its way to you. I am hoping that is good karma for the MM. I love your dedication to the cause.

Bill

Bill, I'll take all the Mojo I can cram into this little sucker.  By the way, on the dyno and on the data log, that tach read spot on.   Thanks for the encouragement - the grand experiment continues. 

Hope you're staying dry down there - could use a bit of that Debbie Rain up this way . . .

[Milwaukee Midget]

Fire bottles finished.  Stopped by C&S and talked details with Mel and Nick as far as hogging out the pushrod bores to accept a 5/16 pushrod, rather than the spindly little #2 pencils I've got right now.

I've got a quick window of opportunity to drop the car off on Saturday to have the gussets replaced, the net installed and the cross member notched, but I am officially in my self imposed 3weeks-o-nuttiness where I make hay while the sun shines.

Sometimes money costs too much . . .

[JoshH]

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=daVDrGsaDME

[Peter Jack]

Boy, does that bring back a lot of memories. I haven't worked on anything British for years but I think I could about do those operations blindfolded. It's kinda like riding a bicycle, the memories remain locked in the back fo your mind for almost instant retrieval. 

It's the more recent things I wish I could remember! 

Pete

[WOODY@DDLLC]

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=daVDrGsaDME

Anyone who has ever built an engine will love this! 

[manta22]

Great music, too! 

[Jon]

That's cool; one of my first engine related memories is my Dad rebuilding a Cooper S engine and I was "helping" him.
He put it in a Moke for getting around on a station he owned near Broken Hill, it had a 2nd radiator out the front as the normal east/west one would chock up with grass-seeds and the Weber was ducted into the cabin area.

Not many bulls got away from him.

Sorry for the highjack.
jon

[Buickguy3]

  Very cool. So, would a straight 8 Buick take twice as long to rebuild?
  Doug 

[Milwaukee Midget]

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=daVDrGsaDME

And Josh, I gratefully accept the gift!  That is brilliant.

If I were to produce such a video, the music would have to be from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

[JoshH]

Np, I immediately thought of your project when I saw it. There isn’t much of British stuff here so you do stand out.

I’m glad you guys like it.

[Milwaukee Midget]

That's cool; one of my first engine related memories is my Dad rebuilding a Cooper S engine and I was "helping" him.
He put it in a Moke for getting around on a station he owned near Broken Hill, it had a 2nd radiator out the front as the normal east/west one would chock up with grass-seeds and the Weber was ducted into the cabin area.

Not many bulls got away from him.

Sorry for the highjack.
jon

If we're talking Brit Bits, guitars, beer or deep fat fried foods, all comments welcome.

Speaking of Brit Bits - my new column has been posted at Moss Motoring -

http://www.mossmotoring.com/columnist/milwaukee-midget/

Cleared the Midget out of the garage to Dave's for some welding.  He did Stan Johnson's Olds powered '27 roadster and is working on a 2 liter GM Ecotec engine for his own '32 to bring out to the salt.  That will be an interesting roadster.