Aug9

Written by:Steve Hart
8/9/2009 10:01 PM 

Practice Day - I arrived at 11:00 and Tom was working installing new coolant fittings as one of them gave way yesterday and he needed a tow back to the shop. He was also re-timing the engine (which is no easy job). Tom had finished installing the rally computer and today we were going to do some hands on training. Tom finished the repairs and we headed off to Jrecks to get a sub sandwich before our serious work. The cooling system was working well and then we heard a slight knock in the engine. We pulled over and found that the timing belt was starting to shred. It must have gotten out of alignment when we were re-timing it. We limped home and put the car away for day. Tom needed a break as he is putting in many hours to get the car to racing form. I received the mandatory first aid training this week and we are putting together a list of supplies and spare parts that we will need. We leave one month from today!