That's right, the Drift Union Invitation. Mat, Trent, Pete, Chris
and Matt Do, made the trip out to Penticton last weekend to throw their
cars around for a day!!
Mat and Trent's Friday
started out a little rough. Both of the trailers they were supposed to
rent ended up not working out. They ended up finding two trailers last
minute. When we were going to load the Skyline onto the trailer it
didn't want to run on it's own. Pat came over and we spent the night
trying to figure it out. We re-weired the coilpacks hopeing the cracked
and exposed wiring was the problem. It wasn't. By this time it was
about 11:00pm and we decided to load the trailers up and take the trip
to Penticton anyway. Hoping to solve the problem in the morning. We
planned to be in Penticton by 9....(we left at 11:30. haha)
Filling up the trucks and ourselves with energy before we head out!!
Wemade it into Penticon at 3am, and hit the sack. Only to wake up at 9am
to try and Mat's Skyline running. We head over to the Husky to wash
the cars and to meet up with Ramsay Trew. Ramsay stuck around for a
couple hours while we tried to pinpoint the problem. Eventually we
decided it was a dead MAP sensor so we called and drove around trying
to find one. GM wanted $700 for a cross referenced replacement part.
F&^*) that!!! We made a few phone calls and got Pat Lee and Eric
Zapata to bring one to the track to swap out. We put in the new sensor
at the track and............ NOTHING!! It wasn't the problem. So
everyone got together again to put their heads together. Eventually
Steve Thompson from Drift Union told us he had a problem before with
his FCD and he took it out. So we decided to try that. We pulled out
the FCD and right away the car was running!!!!! Literally 5 minutes
before the event started!!!
All day the car ran awesome and Drift Safari was throwing down!!! Now for the event pics!! :D
Mat and Trent
Pete - He was killing it all day!! Especially after his wreck. Way to keep going Pete!!! was fun to watch!!
Matt Do
And a HUGE Thank You goes out to Ramsay Trew for helping Mat get his car running and able to drive!!
Thanks again.
