[The Glademister]

Our 2016 Solo season is off to a good start. I ran the car several weeks ago at a Test N Tune and was pleased. But last weekend we ran at the Dixie Championship Tour 2016 in HCR class. It was a blast but no competition in class unfortunately. I found that the car had better times at the Test N Tune with a passenger (less push) so I added 160 lbs. ballast to the passenger side floor pan. I'm still under HCR weight (2056 lbs.) but that does help understeer; coupled with loosening a half turn on the front Konis.

My times at Dixie were good in comparison to other classes. Good grip from the A7s with temps being mild both days. What does need to be addressed is rev limit and gearing. I just spoke to Greg at FAT Performance and we're going to switch to a 7100 rpm rotor. That's going to help get 2nd gear top speeds up and make that transition from 2nd to 3rd more in the power band. He's given me some notes on carb and valve adjustments. So I'll need to do those along with the rotor change.

And... to make the car HCR legal, I'm switching to 8" wide rear wheels. the folks at Bogart Racing Wheels say they can replicate the outer rings on my 8" fronts and all I'll have to do is put the narrow outer rings on the rears. After that, I'll need to add more weight and part of that will be a race cage. Time to speed some $$$ on the race car

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