Few minor changes for mid-2017: Lightweight Battery – losing about 25lbs in the front/top of the car directly in front of the driver Thrust bearings – Used instead of torrington bearings to help spring rotate. Torrington bearings are all 2.5″, just a little too tight for the 65mm (2.56″) swifts & ohlins. Adjusted front suspension…
Forgot the camera this event. Was a good course for the Mini, flowed well with no major pinches. Result was so-so but won the class. Things to work on (Mini): Line, looking ahead Slalom spacing, cone spacing in general Smoother driving Notes (Mini): 8/9ths tank 40/43psi Pax Points: 9,952 2017 Runs: 41 2017 Run Count:…
Things to work on (Mini): Line, looking ahead Slalom spacing, cone spacing in general Smoother driving Notes (Mini): 2/9ths tank 40/45psi 2017 Runs: 36 2017 Run Count: 71 (+6 Mini)
Very, very tough course today. When people are struggling to get clean runs on the board, usually a sign that it’s a bad course. Apparently the course was opened up and vastly improved from yesterday, which was surprising. Course was not friendly for cars set up for larger, more open courses. With 2-3 turn arounds,…
Unfortunately no video this event due to forgetting the camera in the morning! Course was extremely fast, I was at the top of 2nd for more than a few seconds. on the front down stretch of the course. I had been shifting into 3rd, but ultimately ran faster staying in 2nd, dropping about 0.7s immediately,…
Drove a friends modified Civic hatch today – roughly 240hp out of a K24, stripped rear interior + cage & coilovers with 225 r-comps. The car was difficult to drive with no power steering or ABS, locking up the front wheels on more than one occasion. Car seemed to turn better being on the throttle…
Very hot & delayed event. Was hoping to make it to Boeing after running first heat with Stl Solo, but delays with the bus meant they didnt start setting up the course until after 730am, and first car off around 11:15.. Did pretty poorly until my last run. Things felt like they clicked better and…
Finally got around to installing a lightweight battery for the Evo. Reached out to the good folks at Shorai to pick up one of their amazing lightweight batteries & chargers: http://shoraipower.com/lfx36l3-bs12-p130 http://shoraipower.com/sho-bms01-p134 There is a wide range of small battery options available for the Evo – what’s impressive about the Shorai is it’s weight – a…
This applies to all 2007-2013 Mini Coopers with the regular brakes. I’m only going to show the fronts here. Do all work at your own risk: What’s needed: 13mm & 16mm socket 17mm socket (for wheels) 15mm wrench Torx T50 (for rotors) Brake cleaner (for rotors) PB blaster Copper antiseize Brake pads (Stoptech 309.13080 – Front; 309.13090…
About a month since my last full event: had not been too satisfied with the evo’s braking performance, and theorized part of this could be due to rev hang. If the car’s revs are hanging instead of dropping, at the very least I lose the assistance of engine braking and at worst the car’s rev…
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