TeamWankelr

In racing, you leave the weekend with the things you know you need to fix, and then there are the one’s you learn about when you get her up on jackstands. Known: zip-tied tensioner bracket? New bracket done. Pulsing brakes at the end of the straight? Maybe it’s all those cracks. New rotors ordered and installed. Unknown: Ehy is there a puddle under the radiator? Oh, cause it’s been rubbing against the oil cooler tanks for 6 years and developed a pinhole leak when pushing it from the trailer to the garage. Nobody wants that! Except@if we found it o. The test day at ORP, it coulda been fatal. So, new radiator and a bracket to keep the two from fighting, and we are back in business. So major@silver lining there. Finally, what’s with those cracks on the wing mount points? Oh, just repeated vibration shearing through the trunk lid. A couple of load spreading plates to the rescue, and we’re good. While we are at it, Cool Shirt unit installed and prepping spare hubs with new bearings, because why not. So there you go. Bring on with

We’re off to paint! A huge step forward on the project. We have a lot of learning and a lot of work to do over the weekend but we’re super excited to see how it turns out.

Quick flashback to when the weather was warm, and the the wheel hadn't fallen off yet.