Maintenance on KMP259

[Morris]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Interesting stuff Morris - thanks for posting. I'm always amazed by how pristine that aluminium front dam looks. One would think that with all of the track work it would take a few chin-plants into the tarmac every so often.

Buzz

Quick story .... at one of the Run N Gun's .... my brother went off track going in to the S's.... and I kept telling him he was to slow thru that area of the course..... so he went out and didn't lift going into the S's.... and this time he flew off the track and the splitter acted like a Landscapers Sod Machine and shaved up all of the grass at about 2" deep around the S's.....I was eager for him to come in and asses the damage..... thinking it was going to be folded up or the whole lower side of the nose was going to be folded under..... well.... when he got into the paddock ...we took the Nitrogen bottle hoses and turned it up to 300 psi and blew out all of the dirt and grass from the radiator and front of the car..... what a mess.... but when we got it cleaned out ..... not only did the Splitter not move but you couldn't tell except for one little scratch on the passenger side of the splitter that anything ever happened...... it's a good reminder to this day.

So within 10 minutes we had him back out on the track doing laps again.....

Except this time I told him to try feathering the throttle going into the S's....

Worked much better and he did good .... and we tested the splitter the Red Neck Way.....