S197 Chassis Coyote Swap Endurance Race Build
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Looks good man.
lol @ breakfast on the wing. Car looks good brother
First off I would like to thank Greg from Elgin Racing for sending these machined calipers that dont need to be twisted back in!
This is huge for quick brake pad swaps while endurance racing! Also answered all my questions about setup and their car.
Wish them luck during the Devil in the Dark the same week we are at the Glen!
Anyways I started to stripe the car and finished late Saturday night, came out ehh but I love the way it looks! Almost race ready! Testing at NJMP this weekend at NASA!
This is huge for quick brake pad swaps while endurance racing! Also answered all my questions about setup and their car.
Wish them luck during the Devil in the Dark the same week we are at the Glen!
Anyways I started to stripe the car and finished late Saturday night, came out ehh but I love the way it looks! Almost race ready! Testing at NJMP this weekend at NASA!
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What issues?
O2 Sensor was fried and One of the wires for the throttle body got loose.
Well Got the car stickered up and last night and Emergency Wiper wiring!
I cant think Chris (captdistraction) enough! He helped me in my time of need and made a wiring diagram just for me!
Chris couldnt have done it with out you!
Other than that Got everything strapped in the trailer and ready to go!
Also tonight I had stopped by NJMP and Met Greg with Elgin Racing, Their car is gorgeous and wish them luck at the Devil in The Dark and check out the live stream!
I cant think Chris (captdistraction) enough! He helped me in my time of need and made a wiring diagram just for me!
Chris couldnt have done it with out you!
Other than that Got everything strapped in the trailer and ready to go!
Also tonight I had stopped by NJMP and Met Greg with Elgin Racing, Their car is gorgeous and wish them luck at the Devil in The Dark and check out the live stream!
Do you run tomorrow or on saturday?
Regardless, good luck!
Regardless, good luck!
Been busy as hell since the race and wanted to do a proper write up.
Last I left off it was Thursday night. I had class on Friday morning that I could not get out of. So my dad had taken the car on Thursday Night and was set to Qualify with our other driver.
On Friday morning we started with a DE/Practice session. Goes smoothly my dad and Kirk got about 5 laps each in the car in practice. Qualifying starts and About an hour in Jeff from SpeedyCop, Most famous for his Lemons builds, Blows his 400k Mile Cosworth motor.
With the new pavement at the Glen and the fact that it started to rain meant that they could not use speedy dry on the track. So they spent about 2-3 Hours cleaning that up. About the time they finished I finally arrived at the track. After never seeing the track I jump in the car and qualify for the next hour. Got to learn the track a bit and feel the car out and everything was all good!
We ended up Qualifying 1st In class 3.
So Saturday morning we start the race with Kirk in the car. Everything is going well, the first pit stop rolls around and my dad gets in the car. Everything went fine with his stint also. Finally after about 3 hours of race time I get my turn to go in the car.
First impressions-
This car is a Monster! Im having a great ass time! This sound coming from the engine is like a symphony. The gear changes are crisp and perfect. Even tho the car already had 3 hours of race time on it everything still felt great. With the full Cortex Suspension this car could handle! I was carrying the same speed through corners as most of the BMW's in the race.
After About an hour I Jump out of the car and Kirk goes in. We finish the day with no issues. The only thing was that they bumped us up from class 3 to Class 4. We were on track to take a podium in Class 3 but class 4 is where we belong and I could not argue. Ended up 12th in class and 18th Overall. All in all a great day with ZERO issues with the car!
Here I am reflecting the day in the car
At the awards ceremony for Day 1 I took the opportunity to get a picture with Randy Pobst. He was racing in a Black E46 M3. He ended up 3rd Overall. It is a pretty cool feeling to say that you got to race with professional drivers like Randy.
After that on Saturday night we did started to do our maintenance for the next day. We found out that we went threw an ENTIRE Brand new Set of Pads! Front and Rear! This is defiantly something that we have to address for the next race.
We start Sunday morning and about 15 Laps in the Lead car smashes in the wall. Its a Corvette and they said that the rear toe link went. You can check out the video here- http://youtu.be/_uCKNxthiD4
After that it was pretty quiet most of the day. We were just putting in laps and doing our thing. We ended up 8th in class and 11th overall out of the 77 cars that started the race. I am ecstatic of the result and could not be happier! We ran a best of 2:14:24 on Street tires!
Now we are preparing for the next race and possibly the Optima Street car challenge! Here are some great photos taken of the car on track.
Last I left off it was Thursday night. I had class on Friday morning that I could not get out of. So my dad had taken the car on Thursday Night and was set to Qualify with our other driver.
On Friday morning we started with a DE/Practice session. Goes smoothly my dad and Kirk got about 5 laps each in the car in practice. Qualifying starts and About an hour in Jeff from SpeedyCop, Most famous for his Lemons builds, Blows his 400k Mile Cosworth motor.
With the new pavement at the Glen and the fact that it started to rain meant that they could not use speedy dry on the track. So they spent about 2-3 Hours cleaning that up. About the time they finished I finally arrived at the track. After never seeing the track I jump in the car and qualify for the next hour. Got to learn the track a bit and feel the car out and everything was all good!
We ended up Qualifying 1st In class 3.
So Saturday morning we start the race with Kirk in the car. Everything is going well, the first pit stop rolls around and my dad gets in the car. Everything went fine with his stint also. Finally after about 3 hours of race time I get my turn to go in the car.
First impressions-
This car is a Monster! Im having a great ass time! This sound coming from the engine is like a symphony. The gear changes are crisp and perfect. Even tho the car already had 3 hours of race time on it everything still felt great. With the full Cortex Suspension this car could handle! I was carrying the same speed through corners as most of the BMW's in the race.
After About an hour I Jump out of the car and Kirk goes in. We finish the day with no issues. The only thing was that they bumped us up from class 3 to Class 4. We were on track to take a podium in Class 3 but class 4 is where we belong and I could not argue. Ended up 12th in class and 18th Overall. All in all a great day with ZERO issues with the car!
Here I am reflecting the day in the car
At the awards ceremony for Day 1 I took the opportunity to get a picture with Randy Pobst. He was racing in a Black E46 M3. He ended up 3rd Overall. It is a pretty cool feeling to say that you got to race with professional drivers like Randy.
After that on Saturday night we did started to do our maintenance for the next day. We found out that we went threw an ENTIRE Brand new Set of Pads! Front and Rear! This is defiantly something that we have to address for the next race.
We start Sunday morning and about 15 Laps in the Lead car smashes in the wall. Its a Corvette and they said that the rear toe link went. You can check out the video here- http://youtu.be/_uCKNxthiD4
After that it was pretty quiet most of the day. We were just putting in laps and doing our thing. We ended up 8th in class and 11th overall out of the 77 cars that started the race. I am ecstatic of the result and could not be happier! We ran a best of 2:14:24 on Street tires!
Now we are preparing for the next race and possibly the Optima Street car challenge! Here are some great photos taken of the car on track.
Awesome pictures and thanks for the update. Looks bad ass, cant believe that was once the older s197 model.
I wonder how much the car weighs?
Funny that even on his off time Randy Pobst is STILL racing.
I wonder how much the car weighs?
Funny that even on his off time Randy Pobst is STILL racing.
We did get the car on the scales with about 13 gallons of fuel and a Pass seat the car weighed 3350 Lbs. I could defiantly shed some more weight and probably will.
Very nice! This looks like a lot of fun.
Awesome.
Well got some time to work on the car and next thing you know.......
Pulled the motor to check a few things on the car since it was a new build and wanted to make sure everything was ok and redo a few things I wasnt happy with. Was glad that I did because I found a few issues that I would like to address.
Next Race is July 14-17th at NJMP Lightning ! Try to make it out if you can, we can always use some more crew!
Pulled the motor to check a few things on the car since it was a new build and wanted to make sure everything was ok and redo a few things I wasnt happy with. Was glad that I did because I found a few issues that I would like to address.
Next Race is July 14-17th at NJMP Lightning ! Try to make it out if you can, we can always use some more crew!
A little bit of a long overdue update but have been taking a well needed break!
Anyways we had our first test day in Mid June after Pulling the motor and saw that our coolant temps after a hard 20 min session were getting close to 220* in 90* ambient temps, not scorching but hotter than I would like it to be. So I designed this custom Radiator enclosure-
Temps hit a max of 206* through the whole race and Was usually at 195-200 even with temps being 85*+
The other issue with the hotter weather came with the alternator. We blew one out on our test day, the again and again. Total of 4 Alternators went before the race with the last blowing on Friday Qualifying.
So with our last alternator I pulled the headlight, Put in some mesh and a Brake Duct and had no issues during the race! That was a nail biter.
( Also Myself making an appearance during the Friday night prep for Saturday)
We also brought our other 2005 Mustang 3v To test/Parts car haha, Needs some work but has potential.
The race start on Saturday went well. Had no issues in the day except for a few off-road Excursions.
And with that we Brought home our First Hardware! 3rd In class for the day-
Sunday went well as well except for one issue in the last 10 mins of the race. My dad was in the car and reported brake failure and I thought that we had just lost vaccum But the rear housing had actually twisted and caused the Brake pad to fly out. Other than That We ran perfect and were able to Bring a 3rd For the day, and 3rd Overall for the weekend.
We have some more surprises coming up for the next Race at Summit Point
Here are an assortment of photos from the race-
Anyways we had our first test day in Mid June after Pulling the motor and saw that our coolant temps after a hard 20 min session were getting close to 220* in 90* ambient temps, not scorching but hotter than I would like it to be. So I designed this custom Radiator enclosure-
Temps hit a max of 206* through the whole race and Was usually at 195-200 even with temps being 85*+
The other issue with the hotter weather came with the alternator. We blew one out on our test day, the again and again. Total of 4 Alternators went before the race with the last blowing on Friday Qualifying.
So with our last alternator I pulled the headlight, Put in some mesh and a Brake Duct and had no issues during the race! That was a nail biter.
( Also Myself making an appearance during the Friday night prep for Saturday)
We also brought our other 2005 Mustang 3v To test/Parts car haha, Needs some work but has potential.
The race start on Saturday went well. Had no issues in the day except for a few off-road Excursions.
And with that we Brought home our First Hardware! 3rd In class for the day-
Sunday went well as well except for one issue in the last 10 mins of the race. My dad was in the car and reported brake failure and I thought that we had just lost vaccum But the rear housing had actually twisted and caused the Brake pad to fly out. Other than That We ran perfect and were able to Bring a 3rd For the day, and 3rd Overall for the weekend.
We have some more surprises coming up for the next Race at Summit Point
Here are an assortment of photos from the race-
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