RT

..... and if you're really not paying attention he'll bleed a caliper for you and call the job done

s2000Junky

I've been successfully running a comptech on my car much longer then you ever did, and at higher boost mind you. When you blew your motor... who did you have to blame?

s2000Junky

What ever gets you off

RT

... aaaaaaand your comment on the Brake Bleeding please ....

tukluc

luder_5555

the event was incredible. There were FIVE atoms. those who didn't show up missed a good show. though i must say that a few of the atom drivers were certainly sub par. by the end of the event i actually beat one of them, and that's saying something cause i'm SLOW... Well actually i did my personal best of 1:16.8, so i am pretty happy. i am hoping to crack into the 1:15.xxx zone at the next event.

Hope to see everyone up and running for the next event, it should be amazing.

I am planning to make the lapping day on the 1st, and hope to see at least one familiar face.


N.L.

ALFYonso

Good times for sure. I bested my previous time on 225/255 Star Specs and stock suspension by about 2 seconds with the new suspension/tire bits. The car has probably still got a solid 0.5-1.0 seconds in it without any other tuning/tweaks, so I'm hoping I can iron out all the driver errors. I'm pretty satisfied with my 1:15.1 though. I didn't quite reach my goal of breaking deep into the 14's, but for a maiden STR voyage, I can't complain. I also had a full tank of gas, a filthy air filter (this surprisingly makes a noticeable difference in power), and my top down (it's funner and that's how I ran it stock when I got the 1:17)...

The shakedown of my STR setup was not without issue though. There was some tire shaving, an off-course (snap-back after some ridiculous oversteer), many rubbing noises, and weird odors coming from the front end (fender liner?). Hopefully no permanent damage, but I did lose my front driver's side diffuser. Anyone selling one?

Good meeting some more folks while out there! Matt/Waterfall - we'll have to duke it out in STR some time before the season ends

RT

Nice!

luder_5555

amen to that . i made the dumb mistake of filling up the day before, so by the end of the event i still had more than half a tank. That extra 50-60 lbs. makes a huge difference on my shift point on the straight. I was shifting about three to four car lengths further down the straight than i was just last week. So i would asume that with a motor as weak as what is in my car, it is probably at least a half second, if everything else was equal.


on a side note; does anyone else have a hard time getting their tires up to temp? I have found that if it is a clean lap, my third lap is normally my quickest. the only reason for this is that my tires are still coming into the operating range. Even at the lapping days when i go out for a half hour straight, i come off and my tires are in the 130 degree range. Which if i am correct, the dedsired range for the r888's is about 150-170? I have played with pressure and found that i get a little better heat if i start lower. However, then my hot pressure is only about 35psi, and i know that most spec guys shoot for 38psi. Any tips for getting more heat? Especially for time attack when we only get four laps?

N.L.

RT

Slide the crap out of it on the first lap or two