Do any of you keep these? I picked up a composition type book at wal-mart to start doing this with.

I'm going to go back and write down everything i can remember so far and then keep a log of everything in the future - regarding vehicle settings, parts added/removed, whats changed, track and track conditions, etc.

My thinking is that as I develop the car and if i run into any snags or whatnot i can use what i've already done to get it right the first time rather than stabbing blindly.

RJ

 

i have a field engineers book that's waterproof (well the paper is), i have kept a log since day one. (settings, specs, things i have learned..., continous strings of swear words after i crush my hand with something..)

i think it's a great idea, just be ready to have a very greasy pen!

-Scott

 

where would i find an engineers book?

certainly not wal-mart.......

I used composition type books for the research job i had last year and was splattered with blue ink (the test ink that we used to fire the print heads) by the end of the summer. I'd like to avoid that.

 

find out the shipping for a 8inch by 5 inch by half inch book, and add 2 bucks, send that to me, and i'll get ya one asap.
-Scott

 

I picked up a cheap briefcase and a set of folders for all the papers related to the racecar. Have folders for license & logbooks, results, track info, receipts, car setup, entry confirmations, etc. I'll probably pick up a small binder and print up some event logs, so I can record track and weather conditions, notes, problems, ideas, etc. My memory has never been world-class, and if I don't write stuff down it just slips away.

I was also going to do a spreadsheet of total costs in time and $$$, but decided it's better not to know at this point.

 

I started on a back-dated prep logbook, got to about $18,000, got frightened, and gave up.

If I started over building another car, I would definitely do it....might help keep costs in line.

 

I used to keep a log. But it was too easy to see how much I had spent, so I stopped. No I just dump all my recipets in a folder. As far as tracking maintenance - I pretty much do everything every weekend (oil, check/bleed brakes, blah blah) or every year (tranny/diff fluid, etc).

 

We keep a small spiral-bound notebook in each of the cars at our house so we can track maintenance stuff--oil changes, tire rotations and so on. We don't put too many miles on our cars, so it helps to have a written record of when stuff needs to be done. (Otherwise, well, I'd forget.) Anything large or important--dyno sheets, receipts, paper notes or whatever--is kept in a file here at the office.