Monthly Archives: December 2012

Elden MK 10C Makes it Debut at NAPA Speedway, Albuquerque, NM

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Progress continues.  The Elden MK10C was loaded into the trailer for a debut run at NAPA Speedway.  http://www.napaspeedway.com

The day was nice about 47deg and no wind which for us is quite nice for December.  Ran the car in the paddock to try and bed in brake pads and build in heat into the engine.  This is the first time the car has moved under its own power in over 16 years.

The Hewland works well, brakes not so much, and engine felt good.  For some reason the brake pad is soft even after several rounds of bleeding.  After many laps pulled in and found several minor oil leaks and a good portion of oil into the overflow that looked like it had water in it.  Oh Sh…  Assume it is a head gasket so put the car away.

Pulled the head the next day and a head gasket isn’t the major issue but did find more corrosion in the head and block.  Remember I didn’t rebuild the engine from when it was brought home.  The engine had started and ran so we flushed the systems and put it on the back burner.  Guess that was wrong.  So the head and block are at Santa Fe Auto Machine in Santa Fe, NM for head rebuild and block cleaning.

Back to the shop and Happy Holidays to everyone.

Update 12-9-2012

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Good Morning loyal followers 🙂

A quick Update.  Allot of work has been completed.  John and Adam Hammil finished building new radiator tubes to route the lines in a much more clean fashion from the old 12″ flex hose.  New swirl pot and also corrected a minor frame issue and helped me pour a new seat.  HAMFABINC.com

Got my used treaded tires from John Berget.  Since the Dunlops are hard to come buy got a set of Avons for initial setup and testing.  http://www.jbracingtires.net

Engine compression checks good with <6% variation.  Will do leak down tests after track day to finish breaking in and getting all the seals warm.

Car is to be put on the ground today to set initial alignment and ride height.  Then into the trailer for a Dec 16th test date at NAPA Speedway in Alb, NM on the road course.  Several of our open wheel friends will be there to support the efforts.

The Elden MK8 1973 is moving closer to its place on the roll around.  After track day will pull the engine/trans to put new water pump, pulleys and belts, and freeze plugs.  Look for new pictures of the shop later today with the FF lineups.