This Weeks Run
#16
Posted 06 July 2014 - 03:45 PM
#17
Posted 06 July 2014 - 05:39 PM
http://m.youtube.com...h?v=SZJCabdhuJ4
And the feature from trackside. I know, I know, it's amateur. Gettin too hot out for wifey to go to the track so prolly the last one. I won so I gotta find another track to beat
http://m.youtube.com...r&v=PTzI0Z85ctQ
#18
Posted 06 July 2014 - 05:49 PM
Rules say 12 laps. Used to be 15. Last weekend we ran 13 for some reason. It is in Oklahoma....
#19
Posted 06 July 2014 - 05:58 PM
#20
Posted 06 July 2014 - 07:19 PM
There's more in the suspension. Goal is to not have to lift it's possible with a good dry track.
Edit: I timed the laps on the video and they are close to 2 seconds slower than my fastest on dry track.... Still faster than the rest but crazy that mud/slick would make 2 seconds difference. I know the car is faster than last week. If it likes mud, it will love some dry/burnt/rubber/clay.
#21
Posted 07 July 2014 - 09:45 AM
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Hoping to get back into the 1G game ASAP!
#22
Posted 07 July 2014 - 08:09 PM
I grew up on Lake Fork. Actually, way before it was there. My brother lives in Arlington.
#23
Posted 08 July 2014 - 01:38 PM
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Hoping to get back into the 1G game ASAP!
#24
Posted 10 July 2014 - 12:32 PM
#25
Posted 11 July 2014 - 08:06 AM
#26
Posted 11 July 2014 - 01:51 PM
That blows! Getting broke is a horrible bummer. Sitting in the bleachers watching the feature is no fun.
I'm shootin for trophy #2 tonight. Saturday is Tri-State big track time! I'm excited to try 1/2 mile. Running third gear, my car should really like it. Prolly have to go back to my 15's to stay away from fuel cut.
#27
Posted 12 July 2014 - 01:33 AM
Some video inspection shows I lost about 5 to 600 RPM's with the tailpipe folded over. I did the side exit because it sounded really cool but cool ain't gonna win any races. What a rookie mistake. I coulda banged doors for a couple of laps and maybe got him if I hadn't choked the motor. Best racing in our class all year. Video is downloading.
Oh ya, RF was still bottoming so I gave it four more turns. It made it really twitchy ( LOTS of cross) in the heat so I gave the LF three turns. It cleaned up a lot but I think I raised the front so much my toe is off. Lots to do in the morning before I go to the big boys track.
#28
Posted 12 July 2014 - 01:52 AM
http://m.youtube.com...r&v=vrbW5x-V2oU
Somewhere in turn three right after I got banged by 88, I lost the exhaust. You can't hear the car when I pass the camera any more. They wore me out after that. Still, the most fun you can have in a car.
#29
Posted 12 July 2014 - 06:00 PM
1st place PAX today, 2nd in raw time (only two seconds behind the XP 280z with 400 hp driven by a national caliber driver). 16 drivers.
#30
Posted 13 July 2014 - 09:33 PM
Good work!
My virgin trip to Tri-State was a blast! Really long day. I started at about 0900 fixing the exhaust and some minor suspension tuning. It's two hours away and six classes (90 cars) of racing. There were twelve heats before ours. Got home around 0230. I think the twitchy steering is massive bump steer from continuing to raise the front to eliminate the RF bottoming. Tri-State is a huge, smooth track. Been there since 1968 and was paved until 1978. I put the 195/55 15's back on the front and the car loved it! My crispy hard old tires did not. I borrowed a durometer after the race and they are at 75.... Which is close to the hardness of a golf ball. My new Achilles are 58. I could actually pull a little on the black/blue turbo Eclipse in the straights but he gained too much in the corners and subsequent head start leaving the corners. Poe was a little slow in the corners but killed in the straights. The Eclipse got him on the last lap. I was a distant third in a field of 10 but for a rookie trip, I'll take it! I need to spend more money to be faster. I need 20 more hp.
I'll shut up. I made the trip by myself so there is some wasted video time at the beginning. The really cool part is, the top five teched cars go through tech and pass, literally, through the bleachers. There were 50 kids in the front row so the cars pass at arms length and fist bump with the fans!! It was a blast. Ok,video.
http://m.youtube.com...em-upload_owner