Ended the 2018 season: 10th in Stl Solo 1st in BSCC The BSCC championship was extremely close – I led by 2 season points coming into the last event, which could easily slip through my fingers – however, with the last minute rain cancellation for the last event, the championship fell to me! With this…
The Evo rotors had a lot of runout, so decided to get them machined by a local shop. For $70, they resurfaced all four rotors to like new status. Figured with the car up in the air, it would be a good time to get this done. After getting some brake dust remover on the…
This is a how-to based on the steps described in this post on evom, with pictures – way more straight-forward than the video I saw on youtube. Do all work at your own risk. Tools: Heavy-duty jack & stands (or Quick jack, mini lift, any of those will make this job way easier. Towel Drain…
Had originally planned to put the Evo away for the season, as the last event had been the track day I did on 7/7 – however, the more I had thought about it, the push that the car was experiencing had been nagging me. The car physically will tend to push due to most of the…
Picked up some lug nuts a while back from my sponsor, Kami Speed – Kyo Ei Ti64 Titanium Lug nuts. These are extremely light, and feel like toys. They are almost as strong as steel, and almost as light as aluminum, so they don’t excel in one or the other. Below are some images comparing…
UOA from the Evo using Red Line 30WT (10w30) Racing Oil. Some interesting things to note – the car had 1,500 miles, 4 autox (29 runs) and 2 track days (3x 20min sessions) on it, so the result looks pretty good here. I specifically wanted to test the TBN for the racing oil to see…
Testing the new 24psi map at the novice school for future track days – everything felt pretty good, not too much difference. Not a ton of difference on the more aggressive ACD tune here also, but saw 3 ACD lights come up on the drive there and back, which subsequently went away after the car…
Had my first track day since 2016 – this is a culmination of most of the prep that I’ve done this off-season; namely, improving the brakes and oil systems. With the brakes, I jumped from 320mm rotors to the 350mm rotor setup of the evo X. This also meant going larger wheels and tires, and…
After breaking the strut bolt, messing up the wheel and strut at the last event, I immediately ordered new parts from the dealership and swapped the eccentric camber bolts and the bottom strut bolt. While I’m still planning to have Solo Performance Specialties give the car a once over before the track day on 6/1,…
Switched back to my autox set for the stlsolo event and after the second run the driver’s side lower shock bolt (non eccentric) either broke or sheared and I lost all camber control in the driver’s side wheel. The camber would go practically straight on right-handers and went so negative on left-handers that the back…
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