Really fun first time out at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI. Located in a really beautiful area, this is probably one of the most open tracks I have experienced with lots of run off room – total opposite of Road America. Gingerman also feels unique in that there are a lot of long duration…
Road America is an unbelievable track. Stretching just over 4 miles, it is the largest track I’ve ever been to, and maybe one of the largest in the US. While Autobahn feels more like a country club that happens to have a racetrack, the entire facility at Road America is built with the racetrack integrated…
Busy weekend so far – busy last few weeks and months really. With the discovery of a stuck piston in my caliper, I wanted to get another set built and turned around ASAP. As mentioned, this time we went with the high temp seals and aluminum (factory) pistons. Given that I had bled the brakes…
Following the discovery of a stuck piston in the Evo’s caliper, I decided to get these rebuilt by the same guy who has been doing them. The calipers this time were built with high temp dust boots and OEM pistons. We’ll see how this combo works – hoping it performs faithfully at Road America. I’m…
As is customary, after I get a few events in with the car, I have a number of tweaks I make to optimize the setup. The first is a minor tweak – the rear bar was set to the middle setting last event for the last session at Grid Life, and while the car felt…
What a weekend trying my hand at time attack with Grid Life’s 2020 Chicago event. It’s been a long time goal of mine to get into competitive track racing, and to see it finally happening – despite all the various setbacks from this year and last – has been truly rewarding. The event actually runs…
Finally back on track after over 8 months since my last track day and crash at the October Autobahn Full Laps, Inc. event. This was a Wednesday evening event, similar to how SCCA runs their PDXs. They went from 530pm to 830pm, the key difference being that this was an open lapping day, meaning the…
First alignment for the Evo since the accident – I’m happy to report that everything came out normal. The car has no weirdness in any of it’s alignment specs, though part of that may be due to how flexible the suspension is to adjust for both camber and caster. Regardless, the car felt great after…
The Evo is finally back at it, at its first event since the accident last year. I’m happy to report that everything is back to normal on the car. I forgot just how fast this thing is. It is just on a different level, both power and handling. Exhausted between work, school, moving, and car…
Another new battery for the Evo after the Deka ETX16L died – seems like it had one too many discharges after large periods of sitting with no trickle, from when the car was getting repaired. Short update, as much what I posted here still holds. This battery is slightly bigger, slightly more capacity, 1lb heavier.…
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