Sorry for the delayed response gentlemen. Haven't been on the site for awhile. My mother-in-law's health deteriorated rapidly right after the racing season wrapped up and she ultimately passed away last month. We were handling arrangements for hospice care about 2 hours away and running up and down the New York State Thruway to visit and be with her as much as possible. My wife is the executor so we've been focused on dealing with a lawyer and family members. I'm ready to get back to building and a normal routine, if there is such a thing!
As for the off-season, my buddy with the race car up and decided to retire from working while I was focused more on mom. Took me by surprise, but he's more than happy with the decision. So he has been making lists of things to tackle over the winter. The engine is all set, so we're going to leave that in the car. We are going to put a shallower oil pan on it, as we were scraping the left side of the pan on the track and had a little oil weeping where the metal was getting thin. Debating whether to put an oil cooler on it. The main task is go through all of the suspension parts and see if we have a bind somewhere. I suspect something in the back half of the car is still a bit off after the wreck we had, so we'll chase that first. We are going to build a couple of new nose pieces, which is time-consuming but not too difficult. He talked about building a new body too, but I haven't confirmed that we're going to do that yet. We need to fix a couple of rims, and some odds and ends stuff. but no major overhaul is necessary.
