Well, after 4 years, 228,000 views and over 2,300 posts, I am now scheduled to show up at Gotham Racing on August 4th to do a final run thru and inspection of the car. Gotham has indicated they'll have the car ready to go, with all issues resolved and down to detailing it also. Looking forward to walking into the shop and seeing the car finished and gleaming in the hot Dallas sun

 

Woooot!!!!!!!

 

congrats david!

looks like moneymaker needs another way to make money now

 

Great news David!

 

You have to post pics when you do your final inspetion. We have been waititng long enough for the final pics.....I'm sure you will enjoy the car for yrs to come.

 

That's great news David. How did hey end up resolving the ignition breakup at high boost?

 

You bet. I have the camera charged up and ready to go.

 

The issue was corroded connectors. These got replaced and the problem was solved.

 

Apparently installing a 20b is easy, it's spelling that's the hard part. Someone get that boy an English class or something. Maybe we should take up a correction collection and send him back to school.

 

^

Start your own ALMS team with a Courage chassis built around a custom 32X direct injection motor....

 

Gordon, I've found that 'The Right Stuff' Silicone works wonders for turning two 13Bs into one 4 rotor, just make sure you let it cure overnight

 

Modify it to be a 20b helicopter!! Shouldnt take more than a week! (depending on the availability of M4/M8 Bolts and nuts of course!)

 

I don't want to prematurely congratulate you and jinx it David, but I hope it goes well this time.

I personally would feel enormous pressure to have to enjoy the hell out of the car enough to justify all the hassle, but I'd still gladly have such "problems."

 

Im glad to see the car is comming to a closure now david. It's been a hell of a long time comming
And ur right it will be hot in the Dallas sun, i can wouch for that :P

Las time i was there it was 110 degreece there and i was swetting like a pig.

Looking forward too hearing the sound of it.

JT

 

Is it just me or is every problem been related to busted wiring connections? Is the car stored unerwater?

 

Seems like it doesn't it? The water gods hate me

Just patiently waiting for this coming Monday and the trip to Gotham.

 

best wishes to you. i hope it is finally "finished".

 

PLEASE bring a video camera... pics simply wont do it justice... i wanna hear her run.

 

Well, I'm off to the airport to go to Gotham (yes, with video capabilities in hand). Wish me luck!

 

I cant say congrats yet, I will need pics of you driving away in the car before I can say congrats J/K Glad it is coming to an end, soon you will laugh about this situation, however, your wife will probably never crack a smile when thinking about it.

 

You can say that again. My wife sounds like a sailor when discussing the car and my ordeal. We've found that it's best not to talk about the car

 

David this hurts, the end of the day of work and the first thing I do is log onto this site to see the update on your saga (RIGHT A BOOK) and there is nothing. I'm hoping this is not a bad thing.

 

Well, usually no new news is good right? Not exactly in this case.

The good news is the car is much improved from my last visit to Gotham. Kudos to the guys for taking care of my long punch list. I got to drive the car and the tune is pretty spot on - no found "holes" in the map with the exception of a long hot start. All of my other fit and finish punch list items were taken care also.

The bad news? As I drove the car I kept saying "this feels lacking, only like 400 HP instead of the 650 dyno you did". Well, turns out it was accurate as my brand new Precision PT 78mm GTS dual ball-bearing turbo has a bad shaft and thus must be replaced/repaired. Gotham shipped it out today and we're looking at a possible two week delay.

On the good news side, the car looks great and I got to spend some quality time with "my other woman". Hopefully someday soon she'll come home with me

 

doh! wow

 

You must have the patience of a saint... To be without your car for over 4 years like this...