So after doing a bunch of changes to the car over the winter we were finally able to go racing a week and a half ago. The race was at Nelson Ledges in Ohio.
Improvements over the winter were Maximum Motorsports tubular k-member, tubular control arms, front coil overs and long tube headers. The MM k-member gains 3/4" of wheel base plus we went with forward controls arm that gain another 3/4" for a total of 1 1/2". We also took a shot in the dark and went 250#'s heavier on the front spring rates.
We were already running MM torque arm and pan hard bar.
Motor is a stock 2015' GT motor with stock tune. Currently running a Tremec TKO 3550 trans.
Brakes are our own fabrication on the front that are calipers from a 68' Lincoln (4-piston) with custom adapters that allow us to run 14" GT500 rotors under 17" wheels.
Rear brakes are 13" PBR 2 piston caliper setup that used to come stock on the Cobra Mustangs.
Brakes are manual with no ABS.
As you'll see by the pictures this car is a total sleeper.
Race Format for Nelson was a 4 hour qualifying race on Saturday and a 9 hour race on Sunday
We chose to cycle all 4 of our drivers in the 4 hour race which caused an extra pit stop. We also had fuel pressure issues late that were slowing us down but still managed a 3rd place finish in our class.
Sunday we were leading our class when we developed fuel pressure issues again. This resulted in 2 unscheduled stops and then a 23 minute stop to replace the pump We still managed a 4th in class finish and were a lap away from 3rd. The 3rd place car had developed brake problems very late in the race and was limping around very slowly.
Here are some pictures and video:
Series is AER. Cars are classes by speed after qualifying. 5 is the fastest and so on down to class 1. We qualify mid pack in class 3. The black Porsche you see in the above with the green wing is an LS1 swap car. It's light and fast! They're probably at least 800#'s lighter than we are. Our car is currently 3,400 #'s
To put in perspective how the Cougar runs we were .2 tenths off of the fastest lap by this yellow Cayman and ahead of them due to consistency.
Forgot the video:
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Improvements over the winter were Maximum Motorsports tubular k-member, tubular control arms, front coil overs and long tube headers. The MM k-member gains 3/4" of wheel base plus we went with forward controls arm that gain another 3/4" for a total of 1 1/2". We also took a shot in the dark and went 250#'s heavier on the front spring rates.
We were already running MM torque arm and pan hard bar.
Motor is a stock 2015' GT motor with stock tune. Currently running a Tremec TKO 3550 trans.
Brakes are our own fabrication on the front that are calipers from a 68' Lincoln (4-piston) with custom adapters that allow us to run 14" GT500 rotors under 17" wheels.
Rear brakes are 13" PBR 2 piston caliper setup that used to come stock on the Cobra Mustangs.
Brakes are manual with no ABS.
As you'll see by the pictures this car is a total sleeper.
Race Format for Nelson was a 4 hour qualifying race on Saturday and a 9 hour race on Sunday
We chose to cycle all 4 of our drivers in the 4 hour race which caused an extra pit stop. We also had fuel pressure issues late that were slowing us down but still managed a 3rd place finish in our class.
Sunday we were leading our class when we developed fuel pressure issues again. This resulted in 2 unscheduled stops and then a 23 minute stop to replace the pump We still managed a 4th in class finish and were a lap away from 3rd. The 3rd place car had developed brake problems very late in the race and was limping around very slowly.
Here are some pictures and video:
Series is AER. Cars are classes by speed after qualifying. 5 is the fastest and so on down to class 1. We qualify mid pack in class 3. The black Porsche you see in the above with the green wing is an LS1 swap car. It's light and fast! They're probably at least 800#'s lighter than we are. Our car is currently 3,400 #'s
To put in perspective how the Cougar runs we were .2 tenths off of the fastest lap by this yellow Cayman and ahead of them due to consistency.
Forgot the video:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="AER Nelson Ledges Hour #3 Sunday 2020 - YouTube" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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