okay,it's been a week (almost),i've finally calmed do enough to tell people about my sunday of "relaxation" at oran park supersprint.first,i didn't know if i was running,as i was first reserve,but hauled myself out there anyway.being a reserve stumped the signin officials,who couldn't find my entry form,& so i held up the line for 10 minutes while they found it.got the scrutineerng forms,lined up in the lines,had a chat to some friends i hadn't seen for a while,got to the front finally,to be told my throttle linkages weren't to regulation,( i now know what stevo1000 is experiencing in vic).what they wanted was a return spring on each throttle shaft.the claim was that if a linkage fell off,i wouldn't have return springs.even though there are internal springs on dcoe's,they weren't good enough.what i was told to do was to fit 1 spring to the balance linkage between the carbs,& another spring to the rear carb.so i had 1 spring that really wasn't doing anything,& another spring that was really bodgy.then they picked on the numbers.the problem was they were white on black,not black on white.gees,did i enter an international event,not just a supersprint.so,my co-entrant spent $25 dollars on numbers so we'd be legal.the 'good' news was both my friend & i could run,but due to the 'fabrication',we missed the first run.so we got a run about 11:30,due to at least 3 serious oil spillages.on the first run found the car was hopelessly rich,& that they'd changed all my markers for braking points & turn-in's.gee,it's only been 10 years.so,we leaned out the carbs,gave it a tune,etc,during my second run,first flying lap,going good,second lap,it's pinging,it's overheating,it's spewing coolant onto the windscreen.i'd holed the radiator on the first lap,hadn't i.so,back on the trailer,lets go home,stopping for a set of lights,one of the ratchet straps breaks,the car jumps forward on the trailer,& lands on the trailer hitch.result,damaged bumper,lower valance,lower control arm,it's leaking coolant still.so,it's taken me a couple of days to get over it.& i do this to relax!& i've got a list of things that have to be done to make it go better.i've just got to change to the front struts with the commodore calipers & verada discs,the welded 4.6:1 diff,shorter rear springs,check the carbies,& fix the front end.the next event is late may,so i've got time,but if i see that scrutineer again,i'm not going to join his line.& i've been to carburetor services in sydney,who say fitting return springs to the shafts will cause them to twist & the butterflies won't seal on one cylinder.also,he hasn't seen anything in the cams manual about springs needing to attach to the shafts.
maybe i should just do motorkhanas,all they check there is if the wheels seem to point in the same direction,& numbers are white shoe paint.paul.
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