07-21-2010, 04:15 AM
after sitting for a few months, the rado got a chance to stretch its legs again; albeit for short spurts around a curb infested parking lot, it was still a chance to shake things out and see what issue pop up. We had done so many things to the car this off-season that any number of problems could have come up. We are happy to report that most everything checks out.
We had a small clutch issue, which we assume was air in the lines. We bleed it real quick on the spot which seemed to cure the problem.
We have a small issue of the PC overheating, but think we can solve that pretty easily - it was, after all, 95* out and we didn't have a windshield with the 8" black visor to help protect from sunlight.
here's a few minutes of Jason tearing up our track tires on a rock riddled parking lot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTFmeaw4NW4
a few pics he took with his phone while testing
and a few pics from later in the day once we started doing some of the finishing touches to the interior. Interior is 95% complete. Still need to add some more padding, do some more wire management, mount the new rear view mirror, relocate the electric noise suppressor (currently zip tied to the relays), probably mount some PC fans under the PC, wire up the camera and radio... that should be about it I think.
We had a small clutch issue, which we assume was air in the lines. We bleed it real quick on the spot which seemed to cure the problem.
We have a small issue of the PC overheating, but think we can solve that pretty easily - it was, after all, 95* out and we didn't have a windshield with the 8" black visor to help protect from sunlight.
here's a few minutes of Jason tearing up our track tires on a rock riddled parking lot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTFmeaw4NW4
a few pics he took with his phone while testing
and a few pics from later in the day once we started doing some of the finishing touches to the interior. Interior is 95% complete. Still need to add some more padding, do some more wire management, mount the new rear view mirror, relocate the electric noise suppressor (currently zip tied to the relays), probably mount some PC fans under the PC, wire up the camera and radio... that should be about it I think.