Detune done. Corner balance done. The weight jackers do make life much easier if you don't want to make a front height adjustment. Minus ballast, driver, and fuel with Hoosier R7s, the car is at 2510lbs. With strategic ballast placement I'm within 2.1% on all 4 corners and only 50.9/49.1 front to rear distribution.
The dream of sub 2500 lbs and 50/50 weight distribution is so close...yet so far away!
First time I'm running some good tires. Practice on Goodyear 3Rs and compete on Hoosier R7s. Wow! What a difference! There was a problem. My suspension is toast. The track is bumpy but the car won't settle down which makes it tough to drive. Still, 2 seconds faster on 3Rs vs Falken 660s.
Sooo...NASA at MSR Houston did not go so well. End of test and tune - ABS light comes on. Of course, I forget my Autel MX808. So next morning Day 1. I clear the code and the code comes back leaving the garage...bad front left wheel speed sensor. Didn't want to run without ABS on sticker Hoosiers. Closest sensor was 40 min away at Auto Zone (although someone in the paddock had one...didn't think to ask). Between instructing, the soonest I could get there was 3pm. So I was out for Sat. I did install my AiM Solo 2 DL...something went right!
Day 2 - ready to go! Hoosiers on! Now my GoPro is having issues but I did capture the interior video! lol
Did a disappointing 1:41.055 on session 1. My TC Klines are officially completely worn out. The car was bouncing when turning in at 124 mph. I could have gone deeper before every braking zone but I wasn't sure if the car would turn in. I pushed as hard as my nerves could take. Winner and lap record was a full second faster.
Hoosier R7s...WOW! I'm .4 seconds off my PB on RRs with 90 less WHP, 200 more lbs and no suspension. I can see this car in TT4 trim being in the 1:38s once I get the new suspension in. The biggest difference is the braking grip at the initial turn in. On the main straight, I usually brake at the 250' - 275' marker. I was braking past the 200' marker, almost 150' and turned in with the front end not being planted. I might have to start practicing left foot braking again because the braking zones are so much shorter.
Session 2...very bad. Cabin fills with smoke and car gets sideways. I thought I blew my diff. Drove it off track, got it on the lift...transmission drain plug is missing! I'm at a loss...because I haven't touched that plug since June last year. It is very possible I didn't tighten it enough. I tend to not want to really torque on the plug for fear of cracking the case or damaging something. Not my first oil disaster rodeo...hit it with foaming auto zone degreaser, wash off with a compressed air sprayer followed up by spraying with undiluted simple green.
Drain plug replaced, fresh DCTF in the transmission. Trans seems ok. Goes into all gears. No rattles or noises. Fingers crossed.
The dream of sub 2500 lbs and 50/50 weight distribution is so close...yet so far away!
First time I'm running some good tires. Practice on Goodyear 3Rs and compete on Hoosier R7s. Wow! What a difference! There was a problem. My suspension is toast. The track is bumpy but the car won't settle down which makes it tough to drive. Still, 2 seconds faster on 3Rs vs Falken 660s.
Sooo...NASA at MSR Houston did not go so well. End of test and tune - ABS light comes on. Of course, I forget my Autel MX808. So next morning Day 1. I clear the code and the code comes back leaving the garage...bad front left wheel speed sensor. Didn't want to run without ABS on sticker Hoosiers. Closest sensor was 40 min away at Auto Zone (although someone in the paddock had one...didn't think to ask). Between instructing, the soonest I could get there was 3pm. So I was out for Sat. I did install my AiM Solo 2 DL...something went right!
Day 2 - ready to go! Hoosiers on! Now my GoPro is having issues but I did capture the interior video! lol
Did a disappointing 1:41.055 on session 1. My TC Klines are officially completely worn out. The car was bouncing when turning in at 124 mph. I could have gone deeper before every braking zone but I wasn't sure if the car would turn in. I pushed as hard as my nerves could take. Winner and lap record was a full second faster.
Hoosier R7s...WOW! I'm .4 seconds off my PB on RRs with 90 less WHP, 200 more lbs and no suspension. I can see this car in TT4 trim being in the 1:38s once I get the new suspension in. The biggest difference is the braking grip at the initial turn in. On the main straight, I usually brake at the 250' - 275' marker. I was braking past the 200' marker, almost 150' and turned in with the front end not being planted. I might have to start practicing left foot braking again because the braking zones are so much shorter.
Session 2...very bad. Cabin fills with smoke and car gets sideways. I thought I blew my diff. Drove it off track, got it on the lift...transmission drain plug is missing! I'm at a loss...because I haven't touched that plug since June last year. It is very possible I didn't tighten it enough. I tend to not want to really torque on the plug for fear of cracking the case or damaging something. Not my first oil disaster rodeo...hit it with foaming auto zone degreaser, wash off with a compressed air sprayer followed up by spraying with undiluted simple green.
Drain plug replaced, fresh DCTF in the transmission. Trans seems ok. Goes into all gears. No rattles or noises. Fingers crossed.
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