[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Sorry for the delay! Got in about 4pm, and had a TON of work to do as this is only the second time I've seen the car since November. Between the Class Nationals and 4-5 weeks of customer work plus apartment living, I just have no time or place to work on the car. I'm totally not ready, but making an appearance at least. Today's worklist: new seatbelts installed, changed the starter, put my big front tires on, new class/car# decals, and saw Lynn Ellison for Collector Tethers. Since I've got the old school straightpipe collector with the 3-bolt flange, I didn't know exactly what I needed, but Lynn crawled under the car and had a combination for me in a jiffy. I also got to check out his JustNTime transbrake button test bench. He had three buttons set with different springs, shims, etc. I hit each one, not even hooked up to anything, and the last one was visibly, shockingly slow to release. Actually did a double take. They've hit on a perfect balance to accomplish that. I'm a footbraker with a slow leaving car, but if I were in Adger Smith's car again, that button would be just the trick for those 7000 rpm launches.

So Michael, what else is going on?