by dreinecke » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:59 pm
It is ALIVE!!!
I managed to finish up the wiring tonight. Yahoo! I'm very pleased with the wiring itself and it is very clean and easy to follow. The fuses are in, and both the Voltmeter and Ammeter work perfectly. I ended up putting some solder over the bolts that go through the track for the tap just to ensure it had an excellent connection.
I ran about 100 laps in each lane and observed something that might be my imagination: it seems faster, and not because of the shorter lap length. I suspect taking out all of the taps the old version had probably fixed a few drops. The old version never had any real issues with tape, but it seems faster. Again, it could just be that I haven't gotten to run on the PDR for 3 months.
The new paint job seems too hook well as I mentioned earlier as well. I even drove a few cars with stock tires and noticed that.
I plan on getting some borders up this week to keep cars off the floor (although the padded carpet is nice!) and then some real driver's stations.
Back to the dungeon to sneak a few more laps in before bed!