Installed Amsoil SS Lines as part of a long effort to fix the brake pedal feel in the Evo. Straightforward process where the hard brake lines screw into the SS lines. Only difficulty was getting it to hold in the right position to screw everything in easily.
Needed two just beat two guys today to lock in 20th, managed to do so by the skin of my teeth. Instead of drastically improving, I’ve stepped down in ranking every year so far. However, the region spiked in competition this year, with many newcomers and fast drivers. Looking at the relative scores (top 6…
Had a lot of people codriving the Evo for the GAX event. The powertrain was solid, but unfortunately the brakes were showing their weakness. They actually started smoking while AD and I were codriving in the 2nd heat, so I decided to switch things up for the afternoon – I had TS run it in…
Been battling a lot of things later in the season with this car, but none more so than the brakes. The latest string of upgrades haven’t nailed down the ‘air in lines’ vs ‘something wrong’ battle, but I have to say I’m very pleased with how the Evo brakes turned out. Ran into a bit…
Not the best event I’ve had by far – a very HP friendly course, with some frankly dangerous elements in a few spots. Didn’t get my best run down, nor did I get a good clean run in. I forgot to turn off traction control, and I couldn’t get it off during the run –…
Had an event today codriving the #1 driver in our region’s STS CRX at Family Arena. It was a great opportunity to test drive the car on a course that was fairly similar to the last event we had, where I had both the Evo & the Mini. While it was initially difficult to adjust…
Been looking for a solution for my soft brakes since the track day – flushes, new pads, new brake master cylinder, and finally new calipers. My suspicion is that the calipers’ pistons and/or seals started to go bad after the track day, prompting a replacement or a rebuild. Had a few different options for what I…
Down to CCSCC for their September event. Was a fun course that involved a launch that didn’t count, with the starter only clicking off AFTER you have to turn, followed by a long slalom that the Mini could pull off nearly WOT. The rest of the course was more or less standard fare, with good…
This wraps up any experimenting I wanted to do with oils for the Corolla. Decent results coming out here, even with a shorter run in mind. Used Redline 0w20 for the next run as well, but realistically I’ll probably just use whatever is laying around for this car moving forward, and just change annually or…
Not a lot to write home about on the SCCA PDX. I found the program to be much less organized and less formal than NASA’s HPDE school, was to be expected. The PDX was a lot easier to just hop in the car and go, many times even without an instructor, though that was mainly…
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