Drag racing at Portland International Raceway! Weather looks clear for both nights. I'm taking the RX-7 tonight and the cop car tomorrow night. Gates open at 6, racing until midnight, $25 to race, $8 to watch, as many runs as you can get it. I know it's short notice but it looks like all the other meets died out...

 

if I can get the motor in and running ill try to be there

 

Stupid track was WAY too sticky...

First pass out went a 16.512@81.95 with a 2.3 60' (2 tenths and 2 MPH better then previous best, no changes). Drove around and went again immediately to a 16.63@81.5. Everything was perfect and the lanes were clear (there was maybe a dozen cars there) so I pulled up to do a third run in a row. Did my burnout, staged, launched from 7500RPM's...


...and snapped the new rear u-joint clean in two, and the driveshaft banged the ground and broke one of the collars off. SUCK! So I wasted a good 30+ run night 10 minutes in! Got a guy to tow strap me to the Burger King outside the track (after pulling the driveshaft out), then called the insurance. Had it towed to a family members house in Vancouver and my neighbor came down to rescue me.

Hitching a ride back down tomorrow with my tow straps to get it home, but we're going to try the driveline shop in Vancouver first.

The track better be this good tomorrow for the P71!!!!

 

i got in 6 passes,but the track was slippery out of the hole,the track was not too sticky,is that even possible,your new u joints jus weren't up to the task.i didn't break anything,although my times suck,i wasn't expecting anything quick,that's what the RX-3 is for.it was fun to beat up o 2 5.0 mustangs and a honda.

 

UPDATE:

I am the luckiest son of a...

I brought the broken driveshaft to I-5 Driveline in Vancouver, WA. He took one look at it and showed me that they were non-serviceable u-joints. So the "new" u-joint wasn't new at all! Just so happened to have a first Gen RX-7 driveshaft sitting there in the shop (that's the lucky part). He put new Spicer u-joints in it, cleaned it, trued it, balanced it, painted it, and sent me on my way in under an hour for a very, very competitive price (cheaper then the quotes I've been getting for a used one shipped).

So the car is home, and now I'm trying to figure out how to get a Summit universal driveshaft loop in it (since I already have one).

I do have to say that I-5 treated me very, very well, and on the Saturday before Easter at that. Couldn't ask for an easier fix to my breakage!

 

no such thing as a track that's too sticky. glad to see you have it going again...

I made my driveshaft loop from 2" x 1/4" flat steel. bent it into a U on the trailer had my brother weld the U to another flat piece.... two holes and bolts, done.