Thanks again Brian, Gina and Jeff, and others. Well done as usual.
Think we had more fun than being on a cruise ship?
Think we had more fun than being on a cruise ship?
Wow, Addicted!!!!
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You, my friend, could do it. :beer:
Ha...yes, my FWD car seems to act like a RWD car at the limit on these Hoosiers, I love it! I dropped 2 off into the grass there quite a few times, but thats what makes that series of turns fun at WFO. :thumbsup:
I found it funny to watch one of the Saleen guys (not the guy with the rockin fu manchu, but the younger guy) plug his ears every time I'd go by. I finally started cupping my hand to the side of my helmet like I couldn't hear him each time. I dont think he found it amusing.
Well George is definately fast. He's the only guy that passed me all weekend (not counting the guys I pointed by while I was getting the motor up to temp
You certainly didn't make it easy, I had to go full-on Nigel Tufnel and turn it up to 11. Your car corners way flatter than the other Foxes. Most were pulling the inside wheel in turns where yours seems to stay flat. Whatever was done to that car seems to work because it looked planted to the ground.
first session out on saturday i did some damage to the rear end. i am hoping it is just a few broken welds on the 5 link axle brackets that caused me to lose my pinion angle. and took some chunks out of the driveshaft where it bound up. definately was not trying to take a break from driving, as i still had to drive my truck to get it. drove down, trailered home... oh well
Sean, I saw you loading it on the trailer before leaving, and I thought "Didn't he drive it down?"
Did something happen, or were you taking a brake from driving? Naw, couldn't be that, you drove to Florida after Summit a couple years ago.
My addiction (If I can call it that yet) started when Bruce introduced me to a dirty little track whore (compliment of course) named Gwen........I haven't been the same neither has my wallet and I'm just getting started! :crazy:
Darin, I saw you having to lock them up to avoid the Bimmer just as the spin stopped, and I'm so glad you did. I'd have hated to have anything bad come out of my mistake (I turned in a bit too soon and was coming off the curb while the rear was unweighted :nonono: ).
On the video there's SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL.....silence......CHIRRRRRP!
My car really worked well from the section coming out of the bowl up to the hard right hander so I carried pretty good speed through there. I have the braking system set up on the car to only require very light brake pressure. Since that was really my first event running the car hard I was still adjusting to the pedal feel. The left front locked up as soon as I jumped on the brake but I pumped it quick and didn't flat spot a tire...... no harm done.
Believe it or not the car pushes like crazy. That was my first event since the complete transformation of the car that I got to run it at speed. I bought the car a year ago and pretty much changed the entire thing (except for the body, I can't take the credit for that.... :dw
I plan on running an event that I don't instruct at so I have time to start working on the handling. I need to stiffen the front bar and/or springs (already at 1350#) further, dial a little negative out (not enough tire on the ground for hard braking) and check some tire temps to figure out pressure settings.I could use more tire on the car but I get my tires for free from the guys I crew for on a Koni Challenge car. So they have to do. :rockon:
Your car is fast and you were driving well. Very nice job for the little time you've had on track.
You know...you guys aren't helping me any. This is something I've been looking at getting into as the 1/4 mile strip gets real old after a weekend. Now if I can just find the time to get started...I'm sure I'll never look back.
I guess that makes sense as to why it looked flatter, and why I kept seeing your door.
I swapped my V710's off and drove to work, car is a little creaky, hoping its just bushings, but overall no carnage.
Not bad for a street car with 170,000 miles on it.
If I had a dollar for every drag racer I converted to open tracking I'd be able to buy about 5 gallons of race fuel. lol After only the first session you'll be wondering why you didn't switch years ago. You need to make the time to try it, you'll never be sorry
I guess that makes sense as to why it looked flatter, and why I kept seeing your door.
I swapped my V710's off and drove to work, car is a little creaky, hoping its just bushings, but overall no carnage.
Not bad for a street car with 170,000 miles on it.
Damn.... 170K out of a Chevy.... how many motors did that take?? :-D
You had Joe Quarantofrom the Rochester NY area. He runs two very organized events at the Glen each year. One in June and another in August.
www.phoenixcmr.com
A bunch of the SVTOA instructors attend at these two events each year.
See can you blame me for not remembering his last name.:lol1:
I guess that makes sense as to why it looked flatter, and why I kept seeing your door.
I swapped my V710's off and drove to work, car is a little creaky, hoping its just bushings, but overall no carnage.
Not bad for a street car with 170,000 miles on it.
The creaks are normal after a track event. My car has them as well, but after a few days of street miles, they go away.....well...except for the creaks that were there before the event.
BTW: I passed 54k miles at the event. Not bad considering the beating it is getting.
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Original motor, transmission and rearend. On its 6th or 7th set of brakes, 5th set of tires, 3rd clutch. I did the heads and cam at 150k for a little more power, makes 389 at the wheels. The LS1 is pretty bulletproof.
BTW, I'm also a converted drag racer. Used to go once or twice a week.
Pretty good for 170k and a track whore... :lol: Did you buy it new?
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It was 4 eyars old with 137k on it, I have put another 23k on it one track event at a time.
Hey Troy, this is my old ride.
It was 4 eyars old with 137k on it, I have put another 23k on it one track event at a time.
Hey Troy, this is my old ride.
That's the way to buy em'.
That thing as fast as the Vette??
Well, good news about my engine. I had started feeling a bad vibration in the instructor session, and parked it for the day. I had visions of needing to rebuild something, and wasn't looking forward to funding that.
It turns out the cross brace we made from the stock vert brace to fit under my canton pan had gotten smashed up and was vibrating against the pan. Gee, I wonder how that happened?
It's gone and everythings fine....for the street. I need to come up with a better brace for the track. I have a few ideas.
I'm so HAPPY!!!! :banana::banana::rockon::rockon::bowdown::bowdown:
It turns out the cross brace we made from the stock vert brace to fit under my canton pan had gotten smashed up and was vibrating against the pan. Gee, I wonder how that happened?
It's gone and everythings fine....for the street. I need to come up with a better brace for the track. I have a few ideas.
I'm so HAPPY!!!! :banana::banana::rockon::rockon::bowdown::bowdown:
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