That sweet smell of fuel... wait a second.

So as you may or may not be aware, these Subarus are quite susceptible to having their fuel lines get cracks in the winter cold, and it has been particularly cold here in the Chicagoland area lately. The smell is definitely coming to the driver's side bank of Injectors and pictured is the only seemingly wet spot I could find with a quick inspection. Sweet.

:( - I hate seeing the frost build

Sorry about the soft focus, it was cold and I wanted to head back inside...

BTW - I'm still on my Star Specs <devil smiley>

Winter is Coming

This isn't an ad for Game of Thrones, which coincidentally starts back up near the beginning of the racing season. This is just an observation of fact(s). It's starting to get colder here in Chicago (more precisely Schaumburg) and it's not going to be getting any warmer anytime soon. I'm not looking forward to it, but I knew it was coming. I am actually hoping to get a daily in the form of some type of gas friendly Honda, but that is down the road.

TSSCC Event 8 (2013 Season) - Not the way I like my Finale to go...

***Tire Roll-Over Sound***

In a nutshell that was my day -- that and the sound of knocking over a few cones while I went. I woke up to the sound of light rain (it was forecasted as a 90% chance of precipitation) and it didn't let up; if anything it only got worse. I had the thought to roll-over and go back to bed, and I should have done just that. I already paid for entry, and thought it would be a waste not to go. I would have had video for you at the least of me spinning out or something fun, but my GoPro was acting up yesterday as well. Above all the other issues I was having I didn't even want to start diddling with my camera (probably just the setting between wifi remote and wifi on smartphone).

TSSCC Event 4 (2013 Season) - Perhaps it wasn't a fluke

I managed to trophy again - Huzzah! So apparently the trophy I took home in event 2 wasn't just a fluke. I took the last (of 5) trophy spots for All Wheel Drive Street Tire of a total of 14 competitors. Currently in the Championship Standings I am 7th of 48. Granted quite a few of those folks only have a couple events under their belt for the class but regardless I am happy to be trophy-ing in my second year of Autocrossing. I'm hoping next year I'll be able to do some SoloI events and perhaps some PDX/HPDEs. Who knows?

TSSCC Event 2 (2013 Season) - That's more like it...

What you are looking at right there is my first trophy. Yes, it is a shirt, but oh is it so much more than a shirt. Of the 17 competitors in my class (All Wheel Drive Street Tire) 6 were awarded trophies. I was #6 - http://tsscc.org/2013/event_2_fin.htm#A. I know 6/17 isn't all that brag worthy but this is my first time trophy'ing, and was also top for my Index - ASP.

TSSCC Event 1 (2013 Season) - Heck of a Way to Start the Season

Well, based on the title and the photo one can only imagine how well my event went. The short of it: My steering rack busted. ~$650 dollars and several hours of failing and relying on the help of others and I had a brand new steering rack in my car.

Let's play some catch-up...

A new racing season is underway and that means more posting from this guy, or at least it should...

New (to me) P&L Street Series Exhaust

As I write this we are about a week away from TSSCC Event #1 of the 2013 Season. Currently we are at 39 entrants, which I assume will grow drastically between now and next Sunday. What better way to kick off the new season than with a new exhaust. I'm in the process of editing some video clips comparing the two exhausts; it'll be nothing special just informative. I'll put up a post for that as soon as it is finished.

Fewer and further between...

Last Post: Nov 4th

Yea... so it's been a while. I've updated my mod list as I have a lot of parts waiting to be installed. This should be an interesting year for racing. Sorry to any/all who read this (if anyone besides myself), but as the season picks up, so too will post frequency.