First RCR40 on the road!!!!!

[Ron McCall]

Well,it finally happened!! I have 4 miles on the odometer! I'm so excited I han hardly type.I just made a few short "shake down" runs tonight.Tomorrow
I need to get a timing light on the engine and go over all of the bolts before I put any more miles on it.Everything went very smoothly.I need to adjust the brakes,suspension,clutch ,valvetrain,etc.....One thing I was worried about with the aluminum chassis was heat transfer through the tunnel from the coolant tubes.This does not seem to be a problem at all! driving with the cover ,above the foot box, off does!! The air from the radiator blows directly in on your feet! I warmed the car up and drove it 2 miles,when i got back,I noticed the temp was about 200deg.I remembered that I unplugged the hard wired fan so I turned on the aux fan and within 2 mins the temp was 180.I turned off the aux fan and plugged in the primary fan and went for another drive.(car idled for about 10 mins) When I got back,the temp was steady on 180deg. It looks like my electric pump set up works pretty well under cruising conditions.In May,we'll see how it does on the track!!!



Later

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Nice one Ron,

Well at least the odometer works............
Big smokey burnouts next.......??

 

[Dean Lampe]

How strong does that engine feel! Man, I am jealous! My car looks worse now than it did when I got it. I am hoping to see you at Mid-Ohio in June.

 

[Dave]

Good job Ronrockonsmile

How about a Utube video for us all to watch? epper: epper: epper:

 

[Randy V]

rockonsmile epper: Congratz Ron!!!!epper: rockonsmile

 

[Bill D]

I'm right behind you Ron. Hopefully June

 

[WesS]

ron,
someone had to be first! congrats.
a video, that'd be nice.
wes

 

[Sandy]

Nice one Ron,

Well at least the odometer works............
Big smokey burnouts next.......??

You beat me to it, for good measures, it should be a bleach burnout.

Sandy

 

[Chris Kouba]

Nice Ron!! It's been a long time in coming, congratulations. I can't wait til I get to post the same announcement.

I agree, got any vid to post yet? Love to see it moving.

Congrats!

 

[Fuoriserie - Italo]

Congratulations Ron..

 

[Ron Earp]

Very nice, congratulations! Put up some pictures or video on U Tube so we can check it out.

R

 

[Danimal W]

Congrats!

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Good onya Ron Congrats.

 

[Ron McCall]

Thanks for all of the congrats guys! The car feels amazing! I still need to get the alignment settings finalized but it drives great.
I made a VHS-C video but I don't have a digital video camera.I will try to borrow one this week and get some video posted.

 

[Scott Calabro]

Ron,
When you post video, make sure you stick the mic right next to the exh. pipes ! I bet the overlap sounds Bitchin with those headers....

Here's to continued success:chug:

Regards,
Scott

 

Way to go Ron!!!