[TPR] Autocross tomorrow

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Hey all,
The new Longacre rear view mirror arrived and it took a bit to get it
installed and oriented to my satisfaction.  The only thing that drives
me nuts is the fact its convex; not a true reality but rather the
problem of "objects in mirror are closer than they appear."  I am soooo
used to straight mirrors without any gimmicks.  It's all good though
since the stock mirror has no room with the crossbar of the roll cage at
the top of the windshield.  I'll just have to get used to it.

Now that I have it installed I can take the donated sun visors Peter the
German sent me, hack them up for proper fit, add some new foam, recover
and install them for a modicum of sun shade.  When I get going on that
I'll be sure to document what I do.  It's going to take some cutting and
welding of the sun visor frame, and then I'm not certain how to re-close
them; maybe with a zipper closure or perhaps keep it simple and just use
Velcro.  The old vinyl/plastic was shot and I used a razor blade to get
them off; they are somehow heat sealed and trimmed originally.

The Innovate Motorsports A/F gauge arrived too.  Although I have the
gauge mounted on the roll cage, I've yet to get the bung welded into the
exhaust pipe.  I'll contact my friend a few doors down and see when he
has time to do some welding.  :)  In the meantime, for those curious, it
does come with a serial cable to attach to the serial port of a laptop
computer.   The O2 sensor has a humongous connector on it; I'm not
exactly sure how or where I'm going to thread this puppy.  I'm hoping to
get it through the driver's side rocker if possible.  If not, it will
have to come through the tunnel and I hope I have enough length to reach
the gauge.  I'm anxious to get this done so I can map the carburetor
performance.

Tomorrow is our season opener for Autocross.  It's a test and tune day
Saturday and official timed runs on Sunday.  I'm going to try and use up
these tires at Autocross since they are expired for Open Road Racing and
I'll be getting a new set come July or August.  This will be the first
day this year she's been on the open road.  I had to move cars around in
the garage to position the Pantera for an easy escape in the morning. 
She ran a bit rough this evening, but did seem to idle without dying.  I
think she'll clear up on the 30 mile drive to the old airport runway
where we hold the events.

Let the fun begin,
:)

Asa  Jay

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Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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