TRANSCRIPT: RICKY TAYLOR, NO. 10 KONICA MINOLTA CORVETTE DP TAKE US THROUGH THE EARLY STAGES, HOW DID IT GO? Weve been having incredible electrical issues this weekend, Weve been without traction control all week as well as wheel speed sensor and other issues. The team has been absolutely thrashing, and last night we thought we had a solution for it. Then we didnt know until the start of the race that we were about 50/50 as to whether it was going to work or not. I went out for the start, and something felt funny with the throttle pedal. TC (traction control) wasnt working again, and then we had an additional problem, the engine was cutting out up to a half a second or a second at a time. I was just thinking here we go for the 24 Hour and here we have all of these problems. We just kind of ran around until the fuel window opened and then we pitted. We shut the car off, plugged in the updates from the engine guys and went back out and everything was perfect. So, Im very happy. Now we have a car we can go race with. We restarted with a bunch of GT cars between us and the leader, We picked our way through some of the prototype field. Felt like we were a lot stronger than the No. 01 other than in the straight. I felt like the Fords were pretty strong. I think we have a really good Corvette to race with now. ARE YOU SAYING THEY PLUGGED IN A FLASH DRIVE AND THAT FIXED YOUR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM? Yes, the just plug into the ECU and send a new map, Im not sure exactly what they did, whether it was with the Bosch wheel speed sensor or something in that system. But they can upload some new maps. I dont know exactly what the fix was. But they plug in, we had to shut the car down, reset the ECU. And they gave me a little touch of ECR magic. SO THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED WITH THE FIX FROM LAST NIGHT? The team described it to me as a Band-Aid, not a permanent fix. They are 90 percent sure that it will last the 24 Hours but when we go back to Indianapolis, we are going to find a more permanent solution.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:37:54 +0000
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