First DE @ TWS + corner balance #'s, finally getting on the big track! |
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First DE @ TWS + corner balance #'s, finally getting on the big track! |
cha914 |
Jun 6 2007, 07:19 PM
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MUSR 8 - 5lug conversion done wed - drive 500miles thrus Group: Members Posts: 739 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 63 |
Hey guys,
So, finally signed up for my first big track DE with the PCA out at Texas World Speedway this weekend - anyone from here going to be there? Finally got my car corner balanced after getting all of the rubber out of the suspension (elephant poly bronze up front, mueller bearings in the rear, koni sports all around, 21mm welt up front, five lug conversion with M calipers, and re-drilled hubs in the rear, running 15x6 cookies and falken azenis) The car came out at 2154 lbs with a little over a half tank of gas and a 170lb driver. Not bad for an all steel '74 body that still has the crash bars in the doors. And we got her to balance at 50.2% - Thought you guys would be interested in those numbers. I am pretty excited about this event, and curious to see how I match up with these newer porsches. I think my car is a good 10 yrs older than the oldest car out there, but I do have some Mr. Raby magic to help level the field (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Anyway, I will post the results after I get back...and any comments, suggestions are welcome. Tony |
cha914 |
Jun 11 2007, 01:32 PM
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MUSR 8 - 5lug conversion done wed - drive 500miles thrus Group: Members Posts: 739 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 63 |
Well guys, the car did awesome. In the green group I really only had a couple of people pass me and that was on the long front straight where they had the power advantage, but for the most part I was running people down left and right.
I got promoted to the Blue group on the second day, and the cars got alot faster, but outside of getting passed on the big straight I was able to hold my own quite well. I supprised both of my instructors, and when I was "tested" for blue, my instructor commented that "you have this car setup beautifully" which really made my day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) So I can't wait to go back, however, I am going to have to get a bigger oil cooler and installing my accusump will definitely be needed, because as I started getting faster, on the second day, I caused the oil light to come on in a couple of the turns, and I am sure the heat didn't help anything either (it was close to 100* and humid both days). Overall I was very impressed with how well the Loanstar PCA ran this event, the instructors were awesome, the runs were always on schedule, and everyone seemed to be playing nice for the most part. I really had no problems getting pointed by much newer / faster cars. Some of the highlights were a new M5 that I was able to pass a few times, a couple of C5 Z06's, and later in the blue group I was able to run down and pass a 997S :-D Oh and almost everyone that came up and said hello on sunday was asking me "is this a six?" |
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