some in car vid from an open track day Friday, been awhile, thought I would drop by... |
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some in car vid from an open track day Friday, been awhile, thought I would drop by... |
byndbad914 |
Oct 2 2011, 12:30 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
Took some video of an open track day this last Friday. There are three of my most consistent, fastest laps to date, all in the 1:55s. I ran one 1:55 the last time I went out with consistent 1:57s after I put some old radials I had laying around on the car from a couple years back, so I got the most out of them the last track day. This time they held on for about 4 laps in the morning, and then just got greasier and greasier as the track and the day warmed up.
So I have three clean laps back to back at the beginning, a slightly slower overall time lap as the fourth but there was some neat traffic so I left it in and it was my fastest shot down the bobsled to hell and sliding back up the hill, then some footage of traffic to see some cars, general bloopers and random chaos. And then I realized upon editing that I left the camera on when I finished, so I got a bunch of footage of various folks coming up and asking questions, talking about the car when they thought I couldn't hear which is always funny, but I threw in one snippet of a corner worker that worked down in that area I would go sliding through and the open wheeler spins. The springs are getting stiff enough that I know I have to get the right camber set on the car, some new radials, then monkey with tire pressures. I suspect that I am in the "1/2 psi makes a big difference" spring rate range. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg8SkOZVLBs |
byndbad914 |
Oct 10 2011, 02:07 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
Randal - my uncle converted his garbage truck to natural gas he used for business back in the 80s and even with gas at less than a buck then, it was still cheaper to do that. I am considering getting an Excursion since getting rid of my F250 to have a place to sleep at the track, but have considered getting another F250 but V10 so I can convert to NG and just have a tank in the bed behind the cab.
Currently I rent my buddy's pickup from him (GM diesel) and then put whatever I burn to go to the track here, roughly 18 gals all said and done. The track is roughly 120 miles round trip, point being I have to burn fuel to get the trailer, pick up fuel for the car, take the trailer back, so forth so it isn't just fuel to get to the track. It all adds up. Hey Ferg - good to see you 'round. The car is a fair bit faster since that day I gave you a ride when I first moved here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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