The I suck at keeping cars stock build thread

[that911]

I _does_ work on a sedan, doesn't it? It will be really interesting to see how if influences your lap times. Couple of questions: what kind of cooling issues were you facing--just normal shakedown issues, or something else? Can you tell us more about the off on 9? Any learning points? ...off to watch Le Mans now...

I'd expect at least a second drop in lap times at any of the higher speed tracks. I could see in my data at Willow Springs (very high speed track) that I was losing time in some of the long high speed corners. Mainly turn 2 which is a very long right hander with a mean speed of 85-90 and turn 8 that I was entering around 120 and had to feather the throttle and scrub speed vs being flat out. I went off of turn 9 because my brake pedal went to the floor at 117mph in a sketchy decreasing radius corner that has killed many in SoCal. Needless to say it wasn't the highlight of my day haha. Fortunately there was no damage.

you should def mount the gurney flap! love the look of those. especially on this car because of the red/black textured/red breakup it has goin on

I should have them mounted later this week!

I noticed you still have the back seats in. Have you thought about taking them out? And also fully stripping the rear out including all the sound deadening?

Less weight is always good.

Love the exhaust set up will be looking into something similar myself for my 323.

I have a full interior due to rules. If you look at my 911 build you'll see how fanatical I am about weight, but this is my DD, and I'm trying to stay as close to the rules as possible. I'll be working on weight reduction soon though.

So good. Love all the work you have done so far. I dig the Wing, and agree entirely with it looking better on Sedans.

Like I said about your 911, I love that you actually race your cars as opposed to just driving around slowly with a bunch of power add-ons. I respect that so much. Keep up the great work too!

Thank you!

[BenTen]

I noticed you still have the back seats in. Have you thought about taking them out? And also fully stripping the rear out including all the sound deadening?

Less weight is always good.

Love the exhaust set up will be looking into something similar myself for my 323.

[getamongst-it]

you should def mount the gurney flap! love the look of those. especially on this car because of the red/black textured/red breakup it has goin on

[M.Doban]

Like I said about your 911, I love that you actually race your cars as opposed to just driving around slowly with a bunch of power add-ons. I respect that so much. Keep up the great work too!

[dvious]

So good. Love all the work you have done so far. I dig the Wing, and agree entirely with it looking better on Sedans.

[brianare]

I _does_ work on a sedan, doesn't it? It will be really interesting to see how if influences your lap times. Couple of questions: what kind of cooling issues were you facing--just normal shakedown issues, or something else? Can you tell us more about the off on 9? Any learning points? ...off to watch Le Mans now...

[BasedMarcus]

I love this

[that911]

I picked up my LTW wing on Tuesday after working on a bit of weight loss in the rear.

Here it is mocked up with the gurney flaps taped on.


Yesterday I mounted it.
Here it is getting lined up and figuring out where to drill the holes.


A half hour later it was mounted


I'm not the biggest fan of the LTW wing, but I actually like it on sedans and like the way it looks from the rear. I'm limited to use this wing for Redline, but I'll have another aero package for Super Lap Battle.

My fog deletes came back and I picked up another set of corners so my car won't look janky any more haha. I'll be putting those in this weekend along with a new master cylinder and reinforcing the rear subframe sway bar mounts.

[brianare]

Awesome! It's always the last run of the day that gets you. Love the picture after the off...racing patina! Looks like you guys had pretty decent weather (i.e., not 117 degrees)--a nice surprise. What's the next upgrade?

[getamongst-it]

pumped that it did well and really refreshing to see a car on here taking a proper thrashing. There's so much satisfaction in finishing up late nights and making something you were aiming for the next day

[that911]

The new exhaust sounds absolutely fantastic.

Any chance you'd like to get rid of that old Dinan catback...?

Sorry, but the Dinan exhaust isn't mine. It was just there since we were doing a clutch on a customers car.

Awesome build. Can't wait to read through your 911 one. I have an E36 coupe as a daily with 242,xxx miles and still going strong.

EDIT: First line: "2 years ago I decided to sell my turbo Miata."

I want pics of said Miata. I have a boosted Miata as well. Nice taste in cars, sir. One day I hope to pick up a 997 turbo.

Thank you, and I'll see if I can find some pictures of my Miata.




We finished everything Friday and I did the final oil change after a few miles for break in Friday at Midnight. I was able to make it to the track Saturday morning and overall I'm very happy with the car. It is much faster than it used to be and the car pulls like a train from 4500rpm. The tune needs a lot of work and the car won't idle, but I'm hoping to work that out.

A few pictures on track




Then during the last session of the day I entered turn one with smoke billowing out of the back of the car and no power steering. It turns out the brand new genuine BMW powersteering hose I installed two days earlier had failed.



Fortunately I had some awesome friends at the track who helped me with some tools an a hose clamp. This meant the car would still be good for Redline the next morning.



Sunday started out smooth, but the track was slow and I had no grip. On top of that I gave this engine one hell of a break in with a few revs higher than I had liked and a couple of cooling issues.
The icing on the cake was when I went off in turn 9 (scariest corner in SoCal) at around 90mph after a brake issue, and lost a turn signal haha. Besides the power steering hose, the car performed very well.


The weekend was a success overall. I managed to win my class in the BMW competition, and took second by a few tenths in Redline. All of this was on the slowest tire available for that class and no ltw wing since it wasn't ready on time.


Now it's time to get back to the drawing board and figure out how to make it faster! You can be sure that there will be lots of development during the rest of the year on the way to Super Lap Battle.

[suspenceful]

Awesome build. Can't wait to read through your 911 one. I have an E36 coupe as a daily with 242,xxx miles and still going strong.

EDIT: First line: "2 years ago I decided to sell my turbo Miata."

I want pics of said Miata. I have a boosted Miata as well. Nice taste in cars, sir. One day I hope to pick up a 997 turbo.

[brianare]

"Damn!" (the good kind): sounds friggin' amazing. And "Damn!" the bad kind: hope you don't miss the event!

...clicking away now to check out shorty headers, exhaust and cams...

[MommysLittleMonster]

The new exhaust sounds absolutely fantastic.

Any chance you'd like to get rid of that old Dinan catback...?

[andybob]

Sucks it isn't running right, but it sounds beautiful.