Typical guy from Texas who is faster than the rest of the country. First year in CMC and came from Miata's. I figured he would win nats with ease. Oh-and it's a Mustang-how many years has it been since a Chevy has won nats? Maybe 5?
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Typical guy from Texas who is faster than the rest of the country. First year in CMC and came from Miata's. I figured he would win nats with ease. Oh-and it's a Mustang-how many years has it been since a Chevy has won nats? Maybe 5?
You Chevy guys need to pool your money and send me back. I have a pretty good track record. It would be a worthy investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
I'm...not sure...I buy that. Started from the back and passed the entire field and ran 1.6 seconds faster than 2nd place while doing it? I would think CMC rules are way too tight for any car/driver combo to put nearly 2 seconds between first and second place in a National race.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
Has he been putting the rest of the Texas field that far down? Did he run Hallett?
And why aren't you at Nationals? Guess I haven't been following that closely this year. You not running?Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
He was a top 3-5 car from day 1 with us. He has a few years running a SPEC Miata. He's likely learned a few things running those cars. He is a great driver and very detail oriented. There has already been a DQ. If he is not in compliance, let the Tech shed catch him. He'sbeen very clean here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney
Havent ran Nat's since 2009. Don't have the funds to do it anymore. I went for 4 years straight and many of them on the dime of Sponsors and good friends who didn't think I should be at home for Nats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney
FYI - I like my 2006 3rd place finish out of 23 more than any other year of Nat's I ran.
Two (or was it three) years since a certain Mustang driver lost, then won, then lost the CMC championship in a Camaro.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
We were all cheering that certain Mustang driver on too...heartbreaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe
Was that CMC 1 or 2 or after it merged back to CMC? I wish they had a list of all the past champions on the nat. site somewhere. I think the S197's won the last 3 since they started showing up as street cars that were driven to/from the track that won. Prior to that Kellam won I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe
Sidney-what part don't you buy? I could make it clearer that he is a typical Texas Trophy Girl. Not everyone in Texas is that fast of course. He is a smooth driver with a well setup car. All true that he was in a miata and this is his first year in CMC. He only did 2 events with us. Pretty sure he won his first race and maybe all that he finished? I would have bet that he would win unless he has a mechanica. But just because it's nats doesn't mean its the fastest cars in the country. From my vantage point on some in the field I'm surprised he isn't more than 2 seconds faster than some. Has CMC run at that track in that configuration before? What were the times?
I'm just surprised that any new driver can come along with an old Mustang and run faster than guys that have been developing the Fox for years. The rules haven't changed and the S197's are gone. Again...just surprised there is room left to develop this chassis.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
The Midwest guys that qualified 1,2,3 yesterday are pretty fast. They are faster than last year and setting track records. Records that Ander's set in his S197. These 3 have also been faster than Bob Denton all year and he ran fairly well at Hallet in June against you guys. If memory serves me I believe he won one of the races but may have been an inverted start. Either way he's always been considered very fast and has been the benchmark until 2013 when he built and is developing his new 4th gen.
For any car/driver combo to put 2 to 3 seconds on the Midwest guys makes me question how it's happening knowing the rules have been stable and the Texas guys have been running Mustangs for years and not been able to put that kind of distance between an old Fox and the 4th gens.
Sidney
I have a 2004 GT not a fox
Aaron isn't in a Fox and he isn't a new driver-it is an SN95 I think (I don't know the SN95/99 stuff). The last driver in Texas that spent time developing an SN chassis also won Nats-Kellam so it shouldn't be too surprising. Are there any fast Fox drivers at Nats? Just because a guy has been driving a chassis for years doesn't mean they have been developing it or testing it either. Plenty of people (me included) have driven a car only to find out later there was a problem like a blown shock, etc. Very few do any actual testing or setup changes. Kudos to Aaron for his driving and setup skills along with his builder Jason Massey at Illicit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney
Last year of CMC1. I actually had to convert the car from CMC2 trim back down to CMC1.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
Today I finished what I started yesterday...... I finally did some brake service to the tow rig.
167,000 miles. I have owned it since new. I have never performed any brake work on truck or had anyone do any for me.
Factory stock everything down to the fluid - all w/ 167,000 miles.
Hydroboost was leaking (failed visual on state inspection - been that way for 5 years) so I swapped that. New master went in as well since I was going to flush the fluid and didn't want it to fail a week later, and new front rotors since they were warped. Put the OEM stock pads back on since they still have 1/4" of pad before I get to the wear clips. New P/S fluid since the old had 167K on it. I wil likely need new rear rotors and pads along w/ new pads in a year or two. Flushed 2.5 large bottles of fluid through it and it stops like a new truck! I also used to get an ABS and BRAKE warning light on the dash. I don't get that anymore. When swaping the master fluid res over, we cleaned it. Once cleaned we could hear a clink sound inside. It didn't do that before we cleaned it. There is a magnet inside the res. There is a sensor under that. The fluid floats the magnet. If the fluid gets low, the magnet trips the sensor and tells you your brake fluid is low. W/ the old ass fluid in there, it was all gunned up causing the magnet to stick when I hit bumps (bumps seemed to cause the ABS and BRAKE warning lights to come on). After a long test drive, that seems to be fixed.
I have read reports of 200,000 on stock brakes on this year modle group of GM 2500HD's.
Got my new motor all ready to go in the car tomorrow. Might get it running tomorrow night, hope to get up to TWS this Friday for a solid shake down.
Very nice... just don't tailgate Glenn through the tunnel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pranav
I finally got mine all back together with a rebuilt engine. I will dyno it tomorrow and find out if it will hold together for that. I won't make TWS in time for any practice... but sure would like to see if it could make some practice time before I race it. I keep going out to the shop and running it for 5-20 minutes at varying RPM's to try and break it in some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pranav
Took Mandy for an extended drive with my wife - love it when I get to drive.
At some point I'd like to dyno that car...seems she's got a lot more pull than I'd thought she'd have..easily rip the wheels free grabbing second and have to be real careful pulling away at lights...especially since any cop around is staring right at us. :) Not sure if I posted pix on here before, but here's After (still need to get the rocker molding re-done), In-between and Before.
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Working on this car has me seriously thinking about a 68/69 coupe as the next racecar instead of an S197 - while we were building Mandy out we spec'd what we could do - we'll see...need to see what happens at the end of the year with my contracts before I pull any triggers.
Was hoping to take a drive to TWS for the race weekend but we've got a ton of work to do before end of month (Anna's entered in a Microsoft sponsored game contest that ends at the end of the month).
At anyrate, sounds like a lot of you are getting your cars in shape so hope everyone has a great time in a couple weeks!
Took #67 to MSR-C for some well needed shakedown testing to ensure the cooling issue and transmission issues are resolved. Car ran like a top. Motor seemed a bit weak, so I'll address that in the offseason with hopefully a new tune.
Put another control module on the ABS system, but to no avail... Not sure what is wrong. Either a wheel sensor or the HCU. There is a test procedure that isn't too in depth on the wheel sensors, so will probably try that in the off-season.
The Astro A-5 gear set worked VERY well. Thanks to Tony at Astro for talking me thru building another T-5. To see the 2 gearsets next 2 each other is crazy...
http://www.astroperformance.com/
Great news Marshall, I've been feeling your pain.
Had a successful day myself; managed to tame the excess horsepower the new setup gave with a few Dyno hours, a little tweaking and some crafty restrictor plate adjustment. Now for a full weekend of suspension set up...
Got it running late tonight. Only had it running long enough to verify there were no crunching/tapping/knocking noises or any fluids gushing out, dad said I can't run the car after 8pm in his house. Still got to finish cleaning up everything under the hood before I can drive it.
Flew over this yesterday - looks like fun. It is the Texas DPS Training Facility NW of Georgetown. I don't think they will let us use it.
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Well they should. Pretty sure we paid for it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe
I ran the S197 street car at Cresson while testing w/ Marshall. I put some old Toyo's on it and started with a full tank of gas. I couldn't do more than 4-5 laps before the brakes started feeling like crap but still was running 1:28's.
I now feel it was a good decision removing the S197 from CMC b/c it would have been a class killer. It is like you are on a Sunday drive. It has 3.31 gears and was very interesting pulling 3rd gear to 110 mph into rattlesnake. It got 6 mpg.
True, Eddie.....very true!!Quote:
Originally Posted by edrock96GT
New front brakes, cleaned the MAF and got rid of the helmholtz resonator, quick adjustment on the too hard to deal with coilovers (on a chassis that didn't come with them), flipped four tires, pulled the nose to get the brake ducts in better. Need to change oil, check it over, get it aligned and go beat up the #24...
Therapeutic for sure.
That's what I call fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
While not technically what I did today, but my 15 year old son William has been busy getting his glider pilot's license. See link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtGH_5bjrU
Next month he starts learning to drive a car, then I will be nervous.
That's pretty cool. You're a good dad!!
That's awesome Rob! You interested in teaching Kaleigh how to drive? Two for one! :-)
Anyone beside Corey and I know what the yarn is for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe
JJ
Airflow/stall indicator...? Low tech. If it's flopping around it means you are too far nose up?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowBolt
It’s for knitting while you wait for someone to pick you up because you missed the last thermal back to the airport.
It's called a yaw string or slip string. It measures sideslip angle. It was the first heads up display.Quote:
Originally Posted by AI#97
JJ
I did a tour of a glider museum last week and they guide started to explain and blurted "slip angle"... he asked if I flew and I said "only in a car"... ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowBolt
www.swsoaringmuseum.org/
Went to a great game last night.
Apparently the guys in black won....
OU - Baylor
Baylor is scary good this year!!!
We are heading to the Tech / K-State game this weekend. I hope there is no cow smell in Lubbock this weekend...
I was directly across from you. What a great game.Quote:
Originally Posted by y5e06
I really did not think Baylor's defense was as good as they are. I'm a little worried about Tevin Reese and Lache Seastrunk.
JJ
Doesn't Lubbock always smell? Good luck this weekend!