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sixshooter 11-02-2016 06:17 AM

The Firm isn't a real track. And it's got some serious safety issues.

Sebring is $200 a day with NASA. $300 a day with PDG, but you get more track time. I'm running with PDG at Sebring on the 12th.

mr steve 11-03-2016 03:23 PM

I need to make it out to sebring. Hard to justify so much $ but i guess its not an every week thing.

There is an FCRC on the 12th should you be interested in seeing how you stack up to the ole NA 1.6 NA :)

mr steve 11-03-2016 03:36 PM


Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1371472)
The Firm isn't a real track. And it's got some serious safety issues.

Sebring is $200 a day with NASA. $300 a day with PDG, but you get more track time. I'm running with PDG at Sebring on the 12th.


All I can find for NASA at sebring is $475

sixshooter 11-04-2016 08:55 AM

I'll be at Sebring on the 12th.

It used to be $400 for two days at Sebring and $200ish for one. It must have gone up recently. They changed the rules last year that beginners couldn't do a single day. I didn't wee a single day option for anyone now.

Performance Driving Group is who I am with on the 12th. I don't pay for track days on the days I instruct, so the cost varies for me.

mr steve 11-04-2016 02:03 PM


Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 1372010)
I don't pay for track days on the days I instruct, so the cost varies for me.

nice one!

sixshooter 11-04-2016 06:21 PM


Originally Posted by mr steve (Post 1372103)
nice one!

Working your way through the system is truly worth it.

mr steve 11-27-2017 07:21 PM

This is how it sits today; was around 250 whp at 15psi
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...cbf4636115.jpg

Goingnowherefast 11-28-2017 01:09 AM


Originally Posted by shuiend (Post 1333538)
You vastly underestimate how much it will take to turbo your car and not have it explode.

This.

Besides rule #1 with any automotive project is that it will take longer and be more expensive than you originally plan no matter what.

mr steve 11-28-2017 11:02 AM


Originally Posted by Goingnowherefast (Post 1453876)
This.

Besides rule #1 with any automotive project is that it will take longer and be more expensive than you originally plan no matter what.


Wow such a great and relevant point. I'm guessing you saw page 1

mr steve 01-14-2018 02:38 PM

You fellers like chrome?https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...56f07f5a1e.jpg

mr steve 03-14-2018 09:25 AM

So they say the 1.6 vlsd barely handles stock power?

shuiend 03-14-2018 11:32 AM


Originally Posted by mr steve (Post 1471625)
So they say the 1.6 vlsd barely handles stock power?

It depends. I have seen them die at stock power, I have seen them in boosted cars for reasonable amounts of time. Overall they tend to fail, so replacing early is good preventative maintenance.

mr steve 03-14-2018 11:48 AM

There was a vid of me smoking an 03 cobra from dig, but was asked to take down

mr steve 05-17-2018 09:06 AM

Zoom Zoom

270 whp for 60+ autox runs (all with drag launch) and still alive. I think the 1.6 vlsd is pretty capable or I have a magic diff in my casing.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...cf5ec1724c.jpg

mr steve 05-19-2018 09:24 AM

Too much roll i'm thinking. 700/400 springs needed
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9c02113b2e.jpg

Braineack 05-19-2018 09:52 AM


Originally Posted by mr steve (Post 1482727)
Zoom Zoom

270 whp for 60+ autox runs (all with drag launch) and still alive. I think the 1.6 vlsd is pretty capable or I have a magic diff in my casing.

it's simply a matter of time. it's not capable.

mr steve 05-19-2018 11:12 AM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 1483055)
it's simply a matter of time. it's not capable.

Well, everything is that.

viperormiata 05-20-2018 01:43 PM

My friend's stock diff died when he left a stoplight going slightly uphill.

My old car had a stock diff for 180k+ miles supercharged, turbocharged and autocrossed for years.

Sometimes you get lucky, but that doesn't mean you get to be a snide smart ass.

mr steve 05-20-2018 01:51 PM


Originally Posted by viperormiata (Post 1483133)
Sometimes you get lucky, but that doesn't mean you get to be a snide smart ass.

Well I guess that is something a Millennial would say.

mr steve 05-21-2018 10:44 AM

Maybe I should have said it differently but I don't think it came off as intended.

Brain is right though, the vlsd maybe survives or w/e, but it doesn't perform like a Torsen.


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