The photo above captures a fleeting moment in history - one of the two laps that MRS2 covered in two days at the track.
Shakedown run #3 did not turn out as we expected. That is the purpose of shakedown runs, however. On lap 2, while Rick was driving MRS2, the rod bearing on cylinder 3 completely gave up and the rod bearing on cylinder 2 was close to suffering the same result.
As luck would have it, we were able to turn to our fall-back option, my Mini Cooper S, for the remainder of the event.
Prior to the event, we resolved several issues:
- We relocated the battery to front of the car
- We stopped the oil leak around the oil filter housing
- We installed a sweet new exhaust system (see below)
That's right, friends. That's the whole exhaust from manifold to the exit point at the rear of the car. For you exhaust system aficiandos, you are seeing correctly. That is, in fact, a Cherry Bomb glass pack welded on to the factory pipe. That is the shortest route we could find to channel the exhaust to the rear. I'm sure we save 30 pounds in the process, and she sounds oh so sweet!
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