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Wow it's colder than the 2011 Road America Chumpcar race. The Corvette I have borrowed from GM is on summer tires. Not sure how well that's going to work on tomorrow's track day!
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drgitlin posted:Wow it's colder than the 2011 Road America Chumpcar race. The Corvette I have borrowed from GM is on summer tires. Not sure how well that's going to work on tomorrow's track day! Anyone bring snow tires this time? Good luck and stay warm.
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Apr 8, 2016 11:47
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NitroSpazzz posted:Anyone bring snow tires this time? Good luck and stay warm. We might actually have to buy a set of cheap all seasons for tomorrow. The Golf is a little bit more manageable than the Corvette today; can't give it any gas in the corners or it wants to find the Armco! Faster on a straight line though 
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Apr 8, 2016 20:36
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You thought I was joking about snow tires... Kind of glad we decided to sit this one one.
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Apr 9, 2016 16:15
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Yeah we're not racing today. The plan is still to go out tomorrow though!
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Apr 9, 2016 17:55
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In 2008 we went to Nürburgring for a race.  The snow melted and the race went on in temperatures a few degree abve freezing.
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Apr 9, 2016 19:09
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 The all seasons were probably a mistake this morning. The team that beat us in GP3 was about three laps ahead at the end, and we probably lost at least six or eight minutes between having to change tires at the first stop and having garbage chinese tires (they would totally have helped if we'd have run yesterday though). My driving was OK but I didn't push the car hard enough (I'm rusty as hell after not racing for a couple of years) but the team did great, Mid Ohio is a blast (even with this weather) and as ever Joey and the WRL put on an amazing event.
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Apr 11, 2016 02:44
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I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtYjujhW27Q
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Apr 11, 2016 07:29
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the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! Lol dude, at least you had a good attitude about it! The side view is hilarious, the tire just leaves.
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Apr 11, 2016 12:57
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American Muscle? I can't find weights on them anywhere.
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Apr 11, 2016 13:07
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Phone posted:American Muscle? I can't find weights on them anywhere. Forgestar F14, 17x10 +55 17.75lb Wrar fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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Apr 11, 2016 13:19
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I'm good @ Google.
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Apr 11, 2016 14:35
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Hahaha awesome response. Is it just me or shouldn't a set of wheels take more than 14 track days to start seeing that kind of fatigue? I installed a set of speed bleeders on my e30 yesterday and they are amazing. Took less than ten minutes to bleed all of my brakes with them and my motive power bleeder and no assistant required.
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Apr 11, 2016 14:57
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I think it depends primarily on (ab)use and metalworking technology. I can't remember where "rotary forged" lies on the Hot Or Not table of forging tech. But if you drive on tracks with aggressive curbing and you're frequently bouncing off of them, that is a significant factor in wheel life. I also like how the poi is literally the only resource on using this particular wheel on track.  I think Emilio has 17x10s for you. They're 18lbs, too.
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Apr 11, 2016 15:04
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Phone posted:I think Emilio has 17x10s for you. They're 18lbs, too. They're just so ugly though 
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Apr 11, 2016 15:36
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You guys ran great this weekend, congrats on the second place with the iffy weather. I was watching race monitor throughout the day and happy to see a strong showing from the Midwest teams we usually run with.the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday!
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Apr 11, 2016 16:04
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the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! That is awesome. I lost a rear wheel at BIR a few years ago and wasn't quite as excited but I had to wait for the gopro footage to watch it go rolling by as the car span.
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the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! That point-by pass tho, I lost it. 
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the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! Fun video fo sho. But call me cray, but aren't your shoulder belts a bit loose?
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Ziploc posted:Fun video fo sho. But call me cray, but aren't your shoulder belts a bit loose? Haha, I was thinking the same thing when I first saw the video. I think it's the HANS or something making them look weird--I always cinch them in the grid, then once during the outlap and then AGAIN the first time I reach the straight, so they're tight. Certainly looks sketchy in the video though! Also, update--I tagged Forgestar in a Facebook post with that video and got a call like 5 mins later. They're going to refund me on the wheels AND buy me a new balljoint. So that's pretty cool.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:38
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That's pretty rad. I mean, still, don't powdercoat your wheels, kids, but that's awesome for them to take care of you like that.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:43
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the poi posted:Haha, I was thinking the same thing when I first saw the video. I think it's the HANS or something making them look weird--I always cinch them in the grid, then once during the outlap and then AGAIN the first time I reach the straight, so they're tight. Certainly looks sketchy in the video though!
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Apr 11, 2016 22:39
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the poi posted:Also, update--I tagged Forgestar in a Facebook post with that video and got a call like 5 mins later. They're going to refund me on the wheels AND buy me a new balljoint. So that's pretty cool. Nice. Do you have to send the old wheels back for analysis or something?
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Apr 12, 2016 00:07
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the poi posted:I misplaced a wheel on track yesterday! As a fellow unrepentant curb crasher I say "Job well done."
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Apr 12, 2016 01:49
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Those are bad? I hit the curbs at Auto Club regularly. Didn't think they were really super abrupt.
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Apr 12, 2016 01:52
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Bumming Your Scene posted:Those are bad? I hit the curbs at Auto Club regularly. Didn't think they were really super abrupt. Depends on the track, some will beat the poo poo out of you and the car while others are just a gentle rumble. I'd think floating the inside wheels over one would have a pretty minimal impact but running wide over bad ones (Road America) will absolutely punish you.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Depends on the track, some will beat the poo poo out of you and the car while others are just a gentle rumble. I'd think floating the inside wheels over one would have a pretty minimal impact but running wide over bad ones (Road America) will absolutely punish you. Speaking of road America - going to be there this weekend? I won't be driving; just running crew again - wife wants a new kitchen. #378 Low Farm Racing - stop by, ask for Zak.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Nice. Do you have to send the old wheels back for analysis or something? Ya they're in Anaheim, so I'll take the remaining wheels to them.
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extreme_accordion posted:Speaking of road America - going to be there this weekend? No Road America for us this year which is a bummer because I love that track. First race for us will be Brainerd. They took the car to a test and tune thing last weekend and worked out some of the bugs and played with some new setup options. Think the car is finally ready after a bunch of work this winter.
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I'll be there, #87 e36. It's looking like we'll get perfect racing weather. I'm pretty confident that we won't have so many stupid mechanical issues this time. I did a bunch of preventative maintenance over the winter. We also have good shocks and a functional muffler now.
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Apr 12, 2016 19:14
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User Error posted:I'll be there, #87 e36. It's looking like we'll get perfect racing weather. I'm pretty confident that we won't have so many stupid mechanical issues this time. I did a bunch of preventative maintenance over the winter. We also have good shocks and a functional muffler now. "e36" or e36 at RA... we'll be waving to you, as you continue to lap us.
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extreme_accordion posted:"e36" or e36 at RA... we'll be waving to you, as you continue to lap us. Nah we suck pretty bad, I think our best lap was a 3:04 last year.
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I'm waffling on the track day at Leguna next month. Would love to drive it, but its just expense after expense after expense.
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ilkhan posted:I'm waffling on the track day at Leguna next month. Would love to drive it, but its just expense after expense after expense. Having done LS, it is totally worth it, even though I stayed at some lovely youth hostel (for 30bux) and didn't get any sleep. Yeah, thill is way cheaper, but not as cool an experence. However, there's a reason I only did it once. The fuel is also even extra expensive if you buy it there. The other cool thing about LS v. Thill is that you can do it in august without overheating everything in your car including the driver. I turned my ac on one thill day. The best part about having done a bunch of trackdays in the past is it makes bikes look cheap.
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SCCA has NO track nights in Socal this year. drat.
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nm posted:Having done LS, it is totally worth it, even though I stayed at some lovely youth hostel (for 30bux) and didn't get any sleep. It's worth noting that T-Hill is cool as poo poo too, but I say that having not gotten to ride Laguna... yet... Planning on doing a fly-n-ride with Feel Like a Pro later this year. Chuckwalla blows all of the Arizona tracks out of the water, Thunderhill is more unique (I guess that's the word) than Chuckwalla but not necessarily better. God, Arizona sucks. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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Track day from the weekend. Apparently they actually ran, I'll admit I'm glad I didn't go. First track day this year will be may 5th, can't wait. Unless it snows. Again.
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TrueChaos posted:Track day from the weekend. It a much shittier feeling on a bike, would not recommend.
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Well we are scrubbing out of the race this weekend for CHUMP - we'll be back this fall.
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Congrats on getting on the front page of Jalopnik.
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