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Brian,Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanL
Shouldn't be a problem. It's at the shop in my pit bag. I'll be around Sunday morning around noon, but won't have much time to hang around as we are getting together at my folks for a B-day party for two of my kiddos.
I've got one here if you need itQuote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
Well I poured a bit of oil into that cylinder and the compression jumped about 60 PSI, so it looks like its rings. Found a stock 96 motor with ~130k miles that has a blown head gasket on Craigslist. Said he will sell me the short block for $125. Will probably chunk the pistons, take the block to a machine shop to have the cylinders checked to see what kind of work they need and then order some pistons based on that. Will likely have the heads heads gone through while everything is apart.
Tonight on velocity tv at 9, my dad will be a "TV star" on "dallas car sharks". He will be working on an old orange Chevy panel wagon.
Look up velocity on internet to get channel. Dallas---time/warner is 755.
Set to record.
Dad got his 15 seconds of fame!
Made touch up with no paint booth look easy!
I recorded it and watched it, but didn't realize which one was your Dad.. I was thinking maybe it was the guy painting the limo. Isn't that shop next door to yours? The guy did kind of look like an older Michael....but still too young to be your Dad. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
I will have to re-watch it tonight.
He was at the very end (last 10 minutes) with the old Chevy panel wagon.
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Stuart was the guy painting the limo. He usually only does high end exotics. Him and Mike Luango (Ferrari shop owner) are the go to guys for ferrari repair and body work.
Hallett...
Maybe now Corey will decide the track is nice enough to stay on; new surface CW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNQk...ature=youtu.be
Nah, he'll have to find some way to keep the RR's cool.
Looks really nice!! Can't wait!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
I'm with you there Marshall, that place is a blast both on and off the track
The door is wide open for this one... (Ben Stein's voice) Francis...Francis...Francis...Quote:
Originally Posted by Trublu
I went mountain biking with Dan and a couple of other people yesterday. Pretty late into the ride we came up on a large downed tree across the trail. The area around it had been built up with several smaller logs so that you could ride over it if you are good. The first guy in our group made it fine. Dan got to the top but had an issue and basically went over the handlebars from pretty high up. When he landed, it knocked the air out of him in a big way. Pretty scary watching him gasp for air. It initially seemed to me that he might have put a rib through his lung or something... After a few minutes of recovery from that, he had to ride out of the woods with his hand hurting a bit. A trip to the clinic showed a small issue. Now, apparently the cool people around here would just have it removed so it couldn't bother him anymore. I believe Dan went the boring route of having it set...
Richard P.
Ouch... That looks pretty painful. Dan... hang in there and get well.
Is that a pinkie and a wrist fracture? Ouch!!
May the 4th be with you!!
Sorry about that Dan.
Jerry
So the PDS event at TWS was short on instructors this weekend so ended up going back for another run at CW. During the race weekend I noticed I used about a quart of oil over the weekend. Ended up using about a quart this weekend over the course of 9 sessions. I finally looked under the car yesterday afternoon and realized the car has been puking oil out from somewhere on the drivers side. I'm hoping this explains why my oil pressure is only ~5 PSI at idle when I come off the track (oil temps normally 240-260*).
On Saturday I ran all the sessions with RA1's. First session was the best, with a best lap time of 1:56.6, and an optimal time of 1:55.8 (traffic was bad so it was hard to get clean laps). For Sunday I swapped to the RR's, and again the first session was the best. Had a best lap of 1:55.4 with an optimal of 1:54.7 (only got 2 clean laps, first lap out was the fastest). I had a 1:54.9 going on lap 4 but had to lift to get around someone between 6-5 and lost .9 sec. I need to dig into the data a bit more and look at the lateral and braking G's.
I'm still not sure about tire pressures for the RR's, and I didn't check to see what the cold pressures were before going out in the first session. I think they were 29psi front and 28psi rear, and they were pretty consistent for the 6 laps I ran. As it got warmer I kept bumping the cold pressures down and ended up getting as low as 24psi front and 25psi rear. If I had to make a decision right now I would probably go with 26psi all around cold. I have no clue what my hot temps were as I was having to hop out of my car and into a student's.
It's not racing, but here's the video of the 55.4 and the 55.8 on lap 4 where I had to lift if anyone is interested. I also have the TraqMate data if anyone wants to take a look at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3xntwthB_I
Wow Kevin, nice drive.........wow.
Thanks Michael. The weather really couldn't have been any better. Mid 60's in the morning, but got up to mid-high 80's in the afternoon. Track would get greasy about 1:00.
Anyone else have any comments on RR tire pressures? I know Mike P. said to start low, but couldn't remember where he was running his cold pressures. He was running nitrogen in his tires so he would have less pressure increase than I will with normal air. Would a heavier car generally warrant lower pressures, or is there no real rule and it comes down to preference?
Impressive mate. Any less gear changes and you might as well stick an automatic box in there. What rear end gearing are you running?
What the... you must be confused, I think you had sticker A6's for those runs, great job!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by blk96gt
That's rough Dan. Definitely should have just had it removed. I don't have a scan of my after x-ray but think it maybe on here somewhere. I do have a pic on here after the second surgery of pin removal and tendon graft. .
3.27's. Even when I had the 3.73's I'd stay in 4th up to the carousal and downshift to third, then short shift back to fourth up the hill going into 9. I would stay in fourth until turn 3 and downshift to third. Not long after I was back in fourth before turn 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trublu
For me I've found that the less I shift the better. It's likely because I don't shift fast enough, but trying to shift quickly ends up causing me to try to drive more aggressively and less smooth, so I just avoid it unless I have to. I also seem to lose time when I shift, especially going from 2-3/3-2 or 4-5/5-4. I'm afraid I'll miss and go to to 2nd on the 5-4 downshift or 1st on the 2-3 upshift.
Also, while not a "real" car, I noticed in iRacing with the Miata around Lime Rock it wasn't worth it to downshift into 3rd for the first couple turns. I would be able to get into the sweet spot for the RPM in 3rd, but I had to get everything perfect to actually gain time. I found I was much more consistent staying in 4th, and I'll take consistency every time over nailing the perfect sector to gain .1 of a second one every five times (and usually lose .1 when I don't get it). I think the same thing applies to "real" driving.
Ok, that's it... all my stuff is for sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by blk96gt
Dude, thanks for sharing that. I too wonder if I shift too much and probably do.
I think you should miss Hallett... we don't have any fun and the racing is dull and boring.
I am going to get my data overlay on my video ASAP, I can't wait to compare our vids.Quote:
Originally Posted by blk96gt
I whipped up a quick site just for that reason, you can side by side 2 youtube videos and get em sync'd up
http://dualvid.com/?vid_id=4h
I hope I wasn't implying that I think shifting is slower. What I should have clarified is that, for me, shifting will sometimes slow me down. This is due to lack of confidence in my shifting abilities and wanting to focus on other things. My belief is that focusing on the braking zone, proper line and maximizing mid-corner speed should be worked on first, followed by optimizing shift points, although this may be the wrong way to go about it, so please correct me if I'm wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
One example for me is Turn 7 going CW. I started out short shifting into fourth going up the hill to 9 just before turn in. Once I got the line down through 9-8 I started shifting between 8-7, with the shift point getting later and later. My ultimate goal is to shift right at turn in and use the weight transfer to rotate the car for turn-in. That should slow me down just enough to make the turn-in and get back on the gas, minimizing the time off throttle. I'm just not very consistent with my entry in to 7, and I will be carrying more speed through by shifting just before turn in.
I won't be making Hallet this year, but hopefully next year I'll be able to make it. I am still debating on making nationals at Road Atlanta though.
Tyler: That's a pretty sweet tool you made. I'll have to bookmark that.
Certainly nothing wrong with it last race. I was agreeing that having too much going on may be taking time out.Quote:
Originally Posted by blk96gt
I still struggle with "value," knowing what to give away when to get more back somewhere else.
I'm glad you're not coming to Hallett this year... we'll make fun at your expense, and that's one place higher for my finish. <<PPPpbbbbtttttt!!!!>>
For some dumb reason I decided I needed to get rid of and clean up some of the wiring on the car. Pulled the split loom off for most of the engine compartment wires last night. Majority of the headlight wiring is now gone from the engine bay, along with some other stuff that I'm not sure what it went to (wasn't plugged in to anything). Going to work on unpinning wires from the power distribution fuse box tonight, then work my way inside the car and behind the dash. From what I can tell as long as I leave the PATS system untouched I should be OK. Still would prefer to be able to disable it with a tune though.
The main goal of this endeavor is to attempt to make the wiring as simple as possible. If there are any wiring experts in Houston that don't have anything do this weekend (or non-experts that just want to come drink beer and point out what I'm doing wrong), feel free to swing by.
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Got the majority of the unneeded wires out of the engine bay yesterday. Dropped the number of fuses in the engine compartment fuse box from 15 to 8, and will likely end up dumping a couple more before I'm finished. Today I started working inside the car and have pulled the majority of the harness wrap off, as well as a large number of unused connectors and wires. Now it's just a matter of following the rest of the connectors to their point of origin and pulling the pins. The easy way would be to just cut the wires, but I'm trying to make this not look like shit.
Only major headache so far was after I pulled the dash off, I realized the cage ran through both the passenger and driver side dash support brackets. I didn't have an issue cutting the passenger side, but the drivers side I was hesitant about since it supports the steering column. Once I dropped the steering column and unbolted the bracket I was able to move it around and access the majority of the harness.
In case anyone was wondering why I didn't order something similar to a painless harness, it's because nobody makes one for a 4.6. The closest I've found is this Telorvek harness. I wasn't about to pay $870 for it though, although it would be nice. If for some reason I hose this up to the point where the car won't run, the Telorvek harness is my backup plan. The site says you have to tune out PATS, but if you call them they will include the appropriate wiring for it. My goal is not to go that route.
A couple progress pics. My plan of attack has pretty much been been starting at all the connectors that aren't plugged in and working my way back to where they start.
Dash/steering column bracket still attached. The harness runs behind that big tube, then down to the interior fuse panel and a few other places. One of my goals is to relocate that fuse box to make in more accessible (Yes I see the unpainted cage tubing, planning to remedy that before everything goes back together).
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Steering column dropped and harness access!
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Harness wrap removed to reveal a wonderful mess...
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As a final note, if anyone ever decides to build a 4.6 car, do all this BEFORE the cage is put in. The cage makes accessing the interior harness a huge pain in the ass. The ideal time would be right before you go to get the cage installed, since you have to get most of the shit out of the car anyways.
Cruised through the 2014 One Lap of America results and spotted a familiar set of names that came in 14th overall. Great run for a 1st time effort.
http://onelapofamerica.com/event/Cum....do?eventId=33
Was having lunch at Whataburger and heard a woman yelling at one of her kids, "Sit you ass back down! We don't act like that in a restaurant."
Yep. We are still recovering from the beating which is 3500 miles in the car, most of which are on crappy northeast roads, and another 2200 in the truck/trailer. We feel pretty accomplished considering we had the lowest wheel hp of the cars in the top 28....some by a good bit and did it on the second narrowest tire in the field with 245's. Even the other subarus may have had 100 hp on us at the wheels and were 400-600lbs lighter. Only car with a narrower tire was a bone stock BRZ on 235's. Considering the car in 8th place was a full on world challenge Merc SLS and some of the GTR's had 800 HP, not too shabby. Looking at the individual results we scored as high as 8th at two events and averaged 12th-14th at the rest. The one Camaro SS that finished below us would put some of the nicest AI cars to shame with it's dry sump LS7, aero and weight savings. It was a blast doing more new tracks in 7 days than we had done in 10 years....combined! Only track either of us had been to was Mid Ohio and it had been 6 years since I had been there. The event format doesn't translate to a lot of track time, but the transits between are the adventure, especially for Husband and Wife. I think we are going to have to return to a few of these tracks with the big cars and do some ludicrous speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbrewmr2
We felt we punched well above our weight class with the little grocery getter station wagon. We are already looking ahead to next year and another 100-150 hp. Made some good friends this year and can't wait to see what Brock has in store for us next year. Only 11 and a half months to prepare! Maybe the racecars get moth-balled for a while for wholesale upgrades on the Subaru!!!!
Very cool - congrats to Matt and Misty!
Sounds like you had an awesome time. It's very rare for a husband/wife to share the same passion. That's really cool. It doesn't surprise me though since you met at the track (at least that is what I surmised)... :)
I was pondering Aero for the Fat Bird today when i saw this on my way home.
duh. home depot parts....
Ditto!! Very cool. I would like to do this sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe