2017 Index Plans to get the cars ready for 2017 – may change from time to time. Mini: Change tires from 205/50-16 to 205/45-16 for better acceleration & handling New pads/rotors? Evo: New bumper cap, strut tower center bolt, spark plugs, oil crush washer BBS caps x2 – canceled, wheels sold Order new power steering…
Final event of the year today for CCSCC – brought the Evo out after fixing the brake softness to see if the brake smoking would also be fixed – it was not, and these pads are officially done. They overheated at the last track day and something about the pads on the passenger’s side just…
Penultimate event in the Evo today. Still sorting out some braking issues, and after the 2nd run the pads already started smoking. I’m going to reinstall the brake air guides, which I had been waiting on. The brakes are also a little too soft, so I’m going to bleed the brakes again one more time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
8th points event of the season in StlSolo – had been looking forward to it to pick up a few spots in index – while I had the potential, ultimately I fell short. I had two faster runs (with passengers) that I ultimately coned. I had two shots to put down a faster time (was…
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