I thought you increased your timing some since the last time we talked about it.

It still looks too low to me. Maybe safe for most of the motor, but from the exhaust valves to the down pipe, probably not so much.

He was ~18 and only marginally literate. Somebody had to do it.

From now on, I will have better quality videos. My editing software had an incorrect setting and my videos were all far away looking.

I cut a right front tire in this video.

I know you are much faster than I am but I have just one critique from the laps I see. I feel like you are turning in a little too early on turn 7. You seem like you could go in hotter and brake into that zone a little deeper and then you would have a straighter shot coming out of it on the back side. I could be wrong...

Nice driving. Refreshing to see full use of the track. I miss Sebring- it only lacks hills. ;) I think the majority of Sebring's turns encourage early turn-ins only to burn the driver at track out. I am all too familiar with running off the track at the exit of at least half the turns there. T17 was the biggest (full course) thrill for me. I would stay on the throttle through the first apex into 17, effectively extending the straight, then go into a massive late brake, transitioning into some serious trail brake/steer and on throttle. High pucker factor, but forced me to maximize my speed through the turn for a great entry speed onto the front straight. There's a big benefit to extending the longest straight on a race track- especially Sebring's.

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Pic is from the garage at Homestead-Miami Speedway before the addition of the 6ULs.

Next track days are Road Atlanta Sept 13-15 and Sebring Oct 4-5.

Car looks great. Thanks for sharing.

Looks good; I was hoping for Sebring or Roebling in the fall, but both are the same weekend... Which happens to be the weekend I have a non-car event booked that cannot be changed or skipped.

I may end up doing another event somewhere before the year is out.

Steve,

Are you at Road Atl for HPDE this weekend?

-Raj

Yes, sir. I am.

I just completed the NASA instructor's clinic today.

In for vids!

First video is up.

I was only running 7-8 psi this weekend and was on really old RA1s. I haven't got enough familiarity with the track or confidence in certain aspects of the car to go higher boost there yet. I need to tune the driver to the track before turning the car up.

what was that at 10:24 ish? it looks like an older daytona prototype??

Your driving is looking great Steve. Looks like so much fun.

Looking good steve. Much calmer, much smoother driving than a lot of the stuff I have seen lately.

It looked like one but I'm not sure. He should have been faster if it was.

I was trying to keep the steering steady even when the tires were chattering in and out of adhesion. The car felt pretty balanced even with the outside tires on the edge of giving up. It feels recoverable if there's room.
Notes:
FM sways -front: full hard, -rear: full soft
Springs 550/350
NB Bilstein Hard S
205/50R15 RA1 (old worn out Spec Miata) ~30-31psi
Stock NA bumpstops cut down
NB tophats in front, ISC Racing 1.5 tophats rear
Corrado front rotors, Hawk Blues

It turns out there is a Roebling event the one weekend I have free in October, so I signed up for it (PCA event on the 20th).

Nothing like a hard deadline to force me to dust off the car and get it ready. I'll probably need to get some tires as mine have some borderline flatspots from a few spins the last time out.

Practically, speaking, I should probably order a spare set of wheels with some "commuter" tires to drive to and from and use the 6ULs and what's left of the XSes as track tires. The daises I had for backups won't fit over the TSE Big Boy Pants Brake Kit.

This is quite true, but you were certainly moving quickly yourself. I meant to comment you on your driving, especially coming into 10a, but i got distracted by the prototype thing... :facepalm:

Yep, that is a older DP car. Ford powered Crawford DP03. I have some pictures of Steve in action on the track. I will post them when I get home tonight.

-Raj

Did you notice I turn in too early for 3 everytime and end up binding up too much coming into 4?

Thanks for coming out, Raj! I'm looking forward to the pics. I wish my best tires had been on the 6uls and not on the smaller wheels for the sake of pics, but oh well.

I just want to let everyone know that Raj will be coming down to run Sebring in the Spring. There. Now you are committed to do it, haha.

It did seem a bit early, you seemed a bit early on the entrance to the esses as well. if you turn in at the end of the rumble strip on the left, everything straightens out more through the esses.

Now that you're in 4 at RA - I HAVE to get the beast finished so we can "play" with each other :pitlab:

Now THAT sounds like a good time! I have to make that happen!

That does sound like a good time! I need to put my stock seat back in and get bumped up to de 3 already...

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R.I.P. right rear stock brake rotor. 139,846 miles. You've been a good one.

LUL I'm surprised these things arent blue.

They have been sometimes. I'm sure they get brittle from the heat cycling.

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Replacements installed.

"Ventilation"

A Yakuza member told me you got an early Christmas present today.

Wat? At 5am? Did he roll over and whisper it in your ear?

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lol... Collin just getting back from late night at gay bar :-)

You take him to Quest? :giggle:

Ahh, you guys caught me! But my cover story is that I was working late night on a project... Yeah, that.

I want to see the present. I like presents.

And you didn't stop by the shop? Bro?

I'm a busy man and I'm not your bro, buddy.

Damn, I misread, I thought you said you saw it. I assumed you were in PC. My eyes are fading.

If I was up in PC I definitely would have stopped by to see your progress.

If he doesn't make a gay thread about what he got soon, I will :)

Sneak peak

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Thats what Im waiting for, I want the fully story

If you check the Ramble On Thread, you will see a little more information. Steve posted about it last Friday.

At Sebring this morning.

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How the gay tires working? Typical 2-3 laps until they're to temp. You must have 8" 6uls

Yes they are 8 inch. Gay tires worked fabulous! Thanks for asking!

They're also bad luck. They caused you to have your engine out and now I'm going to have to take mine out as well. I ended up with a couple of pieces broken on the hot side and a bit of an exhaust leak. The hot exhaust melted the stupid dipstick handle again and there is plastic down in my oil yet again . The engine is going to have to come out and I'm going to have to go through all of the oil passages. I guess I'll just have to put the forged rods in while while I've got it apart. But seriously thank you for the tires. They are a lot of fun.

Sebring fourth and final session on Saturday. Exhaust was broken underhood so the wastegate was propped wide open and was making zero to 1 psi on the straights. So no powah, but pretty darn good Continental 225s courtesy of GeneSplicer.


McLaren MP4-12CDEFG sighting on the track. Twice. Bastard.

Ken should follow you through 16-17-1 - or he was watching in his rear view. I can see the confusion on the black flag when you have a yellow, car(s) that appear disabled and the driver wave-by - it all adds up to me.

It's out.

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Uuughhh... re-living spring 2012. Someday, yes, someday we shall bump bumpers - and it will be a good thing :party:

Don't get it twisted. This will be a quick turn around.
Mo powa. Mo fun.

are you going to NASA Dec. RA?

I had not planned on it. Why? Are you?

It was a good little motor.

The head is off. 138k miles and some of it boosted on the track in hot temperatures and there is no sign of detonation or overheating. There is still factory crosshatch all the way up and down the cylinder bore. There is just a light touch of occasional carbon layering, which I expected.

My tune must be nice and safe.

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