Re: BerettaFest NE New Hampshire 2011
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:23 am
No times... too much rain... Whole weekend at Epping was canceled...
Did MT Washington just a bit later than we anticipated and when we got to the summit holy hell was it foggy... Visibility was 0, Wind was 45-60mph, Temp was 43* and wind chill was 31* My Beretta was the only one that made the trip up. Paul left his at the bottom with the Idle issues he was still having since the national Bfest.
Rally was quite interesting... unfortunately we did start a bit late due to some unfortunate events but during the rally it got dark about halfway through making the whole deal just a bit harder. Pat and Stacy were with me along with Amy's father, and we were the only car that continued through the whole thing.. It definitely helped to have 4 sets of eyes looking for stuff since it was so dark, I completely understand why some threw in the towel when it got that way.
Now to explain why Pat and Stacy were with me... On his trip up his trailer acted up and couldn't get any lights working so he left late Thursday night and arrived Friday around 11:00 after a stay over in CT. We were already in North Conway getting ready to hit the Muddy Moose for lunch so we told them to head up and head straight for Mt Washington... On their way they hit unbelievable traffic... so when were were at the base of Mt Washington waiting they said they were 40min away so to just head up. At the Summit we got a message saying Pat was towed to the parking lot at Mt Washington. Upon inspection we came to the conclusion there that it may be the fuel pump, but the car would start, so he tried to go on the rally and made it 5ft out of the parking lot before it quit again, so we left it in the lot and decided to come back later. Thats where it gets interesting
After the rally and dinner Me Pat and Stacy stopped at Walmart and grabbed an emergency bag for the air pump and then loaded up his tow dolly and headed back to Mt Washington. Air pump needed since you leave the dolly air pressure at 10 psi when towing empty to reduce bumps and it needs to be 50-60 when towing.
So after a slight wrong turn and an extra 30min we got to the parking lot... around 1:30am, tried to start the car again hoping it would limp onto the dolley... No dice. worked for a while getting it on by hand but got it done... waited 10min a tire to fill them with air... POS pump... and then I took over piloting and headed out at 2am. We got back to the hotel at 4am, talk about one long night.
Following day was supposed to be dragway day but was raining so instead we got up went to breakfast our own ways, and then headed over to Maine for some outlet shopping. Then a small group of us hit up a Brewery in a small town and did that tour and had a "lunch snack" there.
That night was just a relaxing chill at the hotel deal and do some trouble shooting on some cars... First was Brendan's GA where we found his Map sensor crap the bed and was reading 91kPa at idle... Not a good driving reading... lol... so swapped that out and all was better there. Put my TMIC on the legacy and took it for a ride also... then just shot the crap for a while in Paul and Cynthia's room.
The next morning was departure day for most, so we had breakfast at the hotel and then me and Pauly took his TB off and corrected his high idle issue... who ever built that TB and used it last had the throttle plate stop screw adjusted WAY too far out. I brought it in at least 2-3 threads before the blade began to stick in the bore, so we adjusted it out just a bit from there and now the IAC was working to control the idle and wasn't the throttle blade being open too far... After that we headed down to the Holy Grail Food and Spirits restaurant for lunch before sending off.
So, it was a fun weekend, obviously we didn't get to do everything planned but we did have plenty to do in the area, I'm glad everyone had fun and we hope for better weather next year! I'm a little disappointed that I was not able to run my car but oh well, there is always this Saturday.
Did MT Washington just a bit later than we anticipated and when we got to the summit holy hell was it foggy... Visibility was 0, Wind was 45-60mph, Temp was 43* and wind chill was 31* My Beretta was the only one that made the trip up. Paul left his at the bottom with the Idle issues he was still having since the national Bfest.
Rally was quite interesting... unfortunately we did start a bit late due to some unfortunate events but during the rally it got dark about halfway through making the whole deal just a bit harder. Pat and Stacy were with me along with Amy's father, and we were the only car that continued through the whole thing.. It definitely helped to have 4 sets of eyes looking for stuff since it was so dark, I completely understand why some threw in the towel when it got that way.
Now to explain why Pat and Stacy were with me... On his trip up his trailer acted up and couldn't get any lights working so he left late Thursday night and arrived Friday around 11:00 after a stay over in CT. We were already in North Conway getting ready to hit the Muddy Moose for lunch so we told them to head up and head straight for Mt Washington... On their way they hit unbelievable traffic... so when were were at the base of Mt Washington waiting they said they were 40min away so to just head up. At the Summit we got a message saying Pat was towed to the parking lot at Mt Washington. Upon inspection we came to the conclusion there that it may be the fuel pump, but the car would start, so he tried to go on the rally and made it 5ft out of the parking lot before it quit again, so we left it in the lot and decided to come back later. Thats where it gets interesting
After the rally and dinner Me Pat and Stacy stopped at Walmart and grabbed an emergency bag for the air pump and then loaded up his tow dolly and headed back to Mt Washington. Air pump needed since you leave the dolly air pressure at 10 psi when towing empty to reduce bumps and it needs to be 50-60 when towing.
So after a slight wrong turn and an extra 30min we got to the parking lot... around 1:30am, tried to start the car again hoping it would limp onto the dolley... No dice. worked for a while getting it on by hand but got it done... waited 10min a tire to fill them with air... POS pump... and then I took over piloting and headed out at 2am. We got back to the hotel at 4am, talk about one long night.
Following day was supposed to be dragway day but was raining so instead we got up went to breakfast our own ways, and then headed over to Maine for some outlet shopping. Then a small group of us hit up a Brewery in a small town and did that tour and had a "lunch snack" there.
That night was just a relaxing chill at the hotel deal and do some trouble shooting on some cars... First was Brendan's GA where we found his Map sensor crap the bed and was reading 91kPa at idle... Not a good driving reading... lol... so swapped that out and all was better there. Put my TMIC on the legacy and took it for a ride also... then just shot the crap for a while in Paul and Cynthia's room.
The next morning was departure day for most, so we had breakfast at the hotel and then me and Pauly took his TB off and corrected his high idle issue... who ever built that TB and used it last had the throttle plate stop screw adjusted WAY too far out. I brought it in at least 2-3 threads before the blade began to stick in the bore, so we adjusted it out just a bit from there and now the IAC was working to control the idle and wasn't the throttle blade being open too far... After that we headed down to the Holy Grail Food and Spirits restaurant for lunch before sending off.
So, it was a fun weekend, obviously we didn't get to do everything planned but we did have plenty to do in the area, I'm glad everyone had fun and we hope for better weather next year! I'm a little disappointed that I was not able to run my car but oh well, there is always this Saturday.