End of 2017
Time for an update, After the NASA Eastern States Championship we decided to give the car a break for the rest of the year. The event overall went well, I put 6 heat cycles on 1 set of R7s and 2 on my second set, used 45 gallons of VP MS109 and thankfully none of the backup parts we brought (nearly an entire car). I ended up running PTC/TTD in a fully prepped PTD car because I had to seal the ECU per Greg for time trials. I also decided not to try removing ballast to then put it back immediately after, it was just becoming a pain. At the end of the weekend, I ended up with 3 wins in PTC earning the ESC win. In time trials, I only ended up running 3 sessions and placing 3rd. I chalked this up as a good first attempt at the national champion. https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-1.JPG https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-2.JPG https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-3.JPG https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-4.JPG https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-5.JPG https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...2018/esc-6.JPG The 2018 Plan One of the major reason we put everything on hold for the rest of the 2017 season was to wait for the ST5 rules. Now that those rule are out, we found out my R7s are useless I figure out how to tune more power, Spoilers are still allowed, and a 4" splitter is worth the weight! so now we have a plan
December 2017 - January 2018 Header After tearing down the car, we decided at minimum before the race in February is to weld the header, rebuild the calipers, change the oil, and at least clean the car! The header cracked in race 2 at the ESC when I went two off in turn 5 at Sebring. I heard my exhaust get extremely loud and I radioed to my dad asking when I come around to check to make sure the exhaust was still on. https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...er-cracked.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...der-welded.jpg Brakes Then we bought new SS brake line from 949Racing for peace of mind and rebuild kits from Mazda for the calipers. https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...iper-apart.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...er-rebuild.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...er-rebuilt.jpg Cooling System Then we focused on the cooling system. for nearly a year I have had a SuperMiata radiator as a backup to the Koyo 53MM I had in the car. Basically my backup was nicer then the one in the car. We also put the QMAX reroute on the car. We didn't pull the head off to change the head gasket, just put it on until we build an ST4 motor. https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website.../2018/qmax.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website.../radiators.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...ax-clamped.jpg You may be wondering what is holding that radiator hose onto the reroute. These are Gates Powergrip clamps. they are amazing and keep clamping as the heat up. You can get them from any auto parts store or Amazon. We like them a lot but you need the tool to remove it without destroying the hose. The we wrapped the hose with a heat barrier. Probably overkill but the cooler the fuel and air is into the engine the more power. https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website.../powergrip.jpg Finished Product https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...18/reroute.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website...engine-bay.jpg |
SuperMiata
Recently we found out SuperMiata is moving east, so we are going to build the car to run ST5 and S2. So some Changes that need to be changed
Tentative Race Schedule
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Originally Posted by AA-Ron
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SuperMiata
Recents we found out SuperMiata is moving east, so we are going to build the car to run ST5 and S2. So some Changes that need to be changed
We are happy its moving to the east coast because we were really contemplating shipping the car west to run. The only downside for the 2018 season is the closest race is NOLA and its 15hrs aways from me. We are hoping with a big showing from SE guys we can run more SE tracks in 2019. Tentative Race Schedule
Great to see that you'll be doing SPM as well! I hope they put more SE tracks on the schedule for 2019 and add events with their HPDE partner, Tracks Unlimited. I think running before/after the enduros will be a tough sell to most. I'll be making the NOLA event for SPM in my PTE car as well, it's a ~9hr tow for me. Mid-O is 3 hours closer actually, but they said numbers at NOLA will help numbers on other SE tracks, so that's where I'm headed! What event/org is at Barber on 8/28-8/29? |
Originally Posted by flier129
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What event/org is at Barber on 8/28-8/29?
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