http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/ Welcome to My Little Slice of the World Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:30:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Automotive Models http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:29:33 GMT Well after winning the Winged Warrior II event for Team USA this year my car has now been placed on the front page at the lower left. http://wingedwarrior.net/ http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:47:29 GMT It's been awhile since I've added anything here. In the past month or so alot has actually gone on though. I guess I'll start in chronological order to make it easiest for me to remember. At the very beginning of July I got an e-mail from our local SCCA Region that were were going to be entered into a parade in a small little town near one of the members and that if I wanted to I could bring my car for the parade and a carshow afterwards. I figured if nothing else this would be a great time to get some face time for my various sponsors so we cleaned the outside down and headed out for... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:17:49 GMT Well after a couple years working on their website, dsmtuners.com has jumped on board for the remainder of the 2006 racing season. You can check out their announcement here: DSMTuners.com Sponsorship Announcement http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/18.html Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:53:31 GMT Just got word that I won the Team USA Overall Champion crown at the Winged Warrior II event I wrote about in my last blog. Should have a large trophy from that one. That same day I also got news that I've got a new sponsor joining the project this year as well. I don't want to break the news too early, but I will say that it is a large web forum that I'm a member of. Which one you'll have to wait and see. I also did just take some new photos of the car. I'm still awaiting graphics for the new sponsor, should have those before the end of the month hopefully. Expect more photos once the... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=18 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:59:34 GMT Wow, what a weekend. I've never been a part of anything like this in my life and it was an absolute friggin blast. For those of you who haven't been paying attention to what's going on the Winged Warrior II was a charity competition for the children of Riley Children's Hospital in Indinapolis, IN. Through two teams of sports cars we put on a race and donated some of the entry fees and other donations to the Riley Cheer Guild as well as giving rides to some of the children who were able to actually make it out to the event. The weekend started with a drag racing competition to be held... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Sun, 21 May 2006 23:09:06 GMT I'm not at all surprised that the rear brakes on my car were an absolute mess and near impossible to get off of the car in one piece. After all I haven't worked on them for the last 5 years, but damnit this was a total pain in the ass. The front's went so-so this time around after only having one bolt give me a bit of an issue. But that turned out to be nothing really major and was taken care of quickly. The passenger side rear brake however had something against me. After remembering how to remove the parking brake cable assembly I was getting ready to... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Thu, 18 May 2006 21:53:45 GMT Wow, fun day yesterday. I'm trying to finish up some last minute things before the Winged Warrior event on June 3rd and I've only got a couple days to do it so I had to make good use of those few days. I started off yesterday by pulling the car in a nd removing the transmission as well as the other parts needed to get it out. The input shaft seal has been leaking a decent stream of fluid right into the bellhousing so I had to get it fixed before the oil got all over my clutch taking it out. The fun thing is that the seal is clear at the bottom of the transmission so you've got to... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/14.html Sat, 13 May 2006 20:05:59 GMT This month the drama surrounding the event started a day early on Saturday. After trying to get ahold of my new graphics sponsor all week I was told that my decals would be available on Saturday and that I could swing down and pick them up after work. Knowing this I figured I'd bring the talon in to work that day so I could give it a good free cleaning at the dealership. After un-successfully trying to reach the owner of my sponsor company I decided I'd just head off in the car and meet him at the shop to pick everything up. On my way out of the dealership though our #1 salesman backed... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=14 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/13.html Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:15:23 GMT You read it right, she's on the fast track to being back on the road. With the first autox coming up soon ( www.fwscca.com ) coming up soon I've got to get her up and running soon. I'm looking at about 3 1/2 to 4 days working time on the car total before the dealine comes up. I just got in my new oil cooler from Diamond Star Motorsport ( www.dsmotorsport.com ) as well as my new braided stainless turbo feed line. Just got confirmation that Brian and the boys down at FP are sending my turbo back to me post haste for no charge. If you ever need to get a turbo for your car I'd never... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=13 http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/archive/12.html Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:48:49 GMT Turbo death that is, and it looks like it's struck again. There's good news and bad of course. Good news is that the turbo still makes boost, so it's not beyond saving. The bad news though is that the bearings will definitely need replaced but hopefully not the shaft itself. Time will tell. As for now the car's sitting at work without any lungs in it, but I'll be swapping in an old junk blown 16g to get it back to the garage and do a further tear down. Initial speculation is pointing at a possible oil feed issue so I'll be installing a braided line to the oil filter housing... (more) http://mavisky.blogdrive.com/comments?id=12