That's kind of the impression I was getting. I knew that something like the first 60% of the long straight is uphill, so I've been looking at the map and already pitying my poor brakes for what they're going to go through at the end of two decent downhills.
I've got the Scoob ready and the Mustang on the lift. The Scoob got new brakes, including rotors and pads. A Porterfield pad that's supposed to have nearly the same torque as the Hawk Blues but not be as abusive to its relatively expensive and fragile rotors. The Scoob also has new tires/wheels on the back and the old backs got moved to the front and the old fronts are coming along as spares. They're asymetrical and directional, so I've got one spare for each side of the car.
I went ahead and put the fuel tank in the back of the truck and filled it and found my extra marine battery, so as far as the truck goes, all I need to do is semi-securely mount the battery and wire it to the fuel pump.
I'll need to buy a jack. Haven't had a good one in ages because I usually haven't worn anything out at the track, and whenever I have, I just switched fulltime to the other car. I expect I'm going to go through plenty of brakes and tires in 5 days of track time; especially the Friday instructors/advanced students day. You gonna be running Friday?
I also need to gather up all the tools needed to service brakes and tires and make sure they're all in the trailer. Have more than enough Gatorade. I'll pick up ice in EL Sunday evening.
Won't be bringing a motorcycle at all except the parts bike I'm picking up in Illinois on the way. I'll use the Scoob for commuting.
The Mustang's going to take a lot of work. I have no idea what condition the drums and rotors are in, but they acted fine last time out, so they'll come along as spares. I'll buy new ones today. And since it's got shoes on back, the brake work will take substantially longer than the Scoob did. And I need to flush/replace the brake fluid in the Stang.
Both cars will be showing up on new brakes and rotors and have a complete set of new brake pads/shoes in boxes along with one usable front and two usable rear rotors for the Scoob, and 2 of each for the Stang. I'm literally going to be bedding in my brakes at the track.
The tires are a bit hardened, especially the spares, but they'll have to do. Not really enough time to set up the rig (sawhorses and a long pipe) to HotLap them all and let them set as long as they need to. Which reminds me. I think I've got a fair amount of tire dismounting/mounting to do for the Stang. All of my spares will be on pony wheels (turns out they're just as light as the fancy aluminum ones I got), so I need to just pick out the best ones and make sure they're on the right rims.
And still need to locate my small inverter to run the laptop in the truck since I've temporarily replaced my stolen GPS unit with a much less expensive laptop one.
Heading out here soon to pick up the Stang's drums and rotors then home to get that car ready and get everything into the trailer.
I won't have enough time to do the thing I wanted to do of putting a battery isolater in the bed of the truck and tap one of the alternators to feed the trailer batteries directly rather than through the 30-amp fuse. Was really hoping to do this, as 30 amps thrown at 8 deep-cycle batteries really doesn't do much in the way of charging them. And we've found that if the batteries are drained, starting the truck doesn't provide enough power to even run the lights in the trailer. Not until the truck has charged the batteries a bit, which takes forever at less than 4 amps per battery.
Not a big deal. I doubt we'll need much juice from the trailer. It's awfully handy when needed, though.
Darn. That reminds me. The tire inflator for my little 2-gallon air compressor is screwed up, so I need to get a replacement while I'm getting my brake rotors and drums.
Got a lot of tools and clothes to pack and also need to make sure I've got pillows and blankets since I'll probably make this trip in at least 2 or maybe 3 legs, and plan to just sleep in the trailer on the air mattress. It's really pretty cool to sleep in that thing and wake up to the smell of the coffeemaker brewing up a batch.
