The I suck at keeping cars stock build thread

[that911]

Round 2 of Redline Time Attack at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway was 3 weeks ago and I was little nervous because the car was murderous at Round 1 without the wing (determined to be illegal at the time and fixed for round 2) and with the suspension settings way off due to it being the first time I'd run the car on that set up. Between rounds 1 and 2 I changed to wing stands to make it legal, and made some adjustments to the suspension to get it back on all KW springs and how I wanted it. With all of the changes I made I was eager to see what the car would do. The last time I was at Chuckwalla for competition was my first Redline Time Attack race and I had just put on the TC Klines and was running no aero. At that event I did a 2:08 and walked away with a third place finish. It's been about a year since then and now the car has been improved in every single way. I was looking forward to seeing what kind of lap time the car was going to put down in its new form.

Saturday was practice and I had the goal of setting a lap time near the limit and to give the tires a proper first heat cycle. I went out in the first session warmed up the tires, did three laps, and hit my target practice lap time of a 2:00. With aero, more power, and the set up dialed I shaved 8 seconds off of my previous Time Attack PB. I was thrilled with the results and was looking forward to the Time Attack sessions the next day.

Sunday came and my qualifying laps went well putting me as the fastest RWD car on street tires at the event with a 2:00.1. The Time Attack session was early in the morning giving me a great opportunity to try and dip into sub 2 minutes. My flying lap was looking great and in the ball park to hit my target of a low :59. Disaster struck at one of the most crucial corners where I was trying to brake a little too late. The lap before and after that ruined sector were faster than my previous pb and would have been in line with my goal of a 1:59. Unfortunately my mistake cost me dearly and I was unable to get a clean lap after that first hot lap. I had to settle for a 2:00.7 which was a new class record, besting the existing record by over 4 seconds. That lap was also good for the fastest RWD car at the event and the fastest Naturally Aspirated car at the event despite having a full interior and being a street driven car. The results were great despite the disappointment of not hitting my goal.

Here is in car video of my lap.

http://youtu.be/K6P1zyO9Cng

I owe a huge thanks to StanceWorks, Avus Autosport, KW Suspension, VAC Motorsports, Motorsport Hardware, Koyorad, PurÖl, and Dream Room for all of their support.


Shots from Sunday



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[that911]

I thought your car looked familiar.That's me all photographer stanced out in the background. Looking good man, keep it up!

Nice, gotta love C&C haha. And thank you.

[DEADheadDOOLEY]

I thought your car looked familiar.That's me all photographer stanced out in the background. Looking good man, keep it up!

[that911]

saw it at cars & coffee, looking good man!

Thanks!

Glad it all went well!

Is that a Narita Dog Fight sticker on the window?

Yes it is. Sean from NDF is a good friend of mine.

Beautiful Sedan, Love that its a pure race car just makes it all the better

Thank you

[ChristopherJason]

Beautiful Sedan, Love that its a pure race car just makes it all the better

[rice4life]

Glad it all went well!

Is that a Narita Dog Fight sticker on the window?

[frink84]

saw it at cars & coffee, looking good man!

[that911]

Hey guys, sorry I've been lacking in the updates, but here is what's basically happened since my last post.

I picked up a new Koyorad radiator since I was having issues with cooling the Aluminum radiator that was in there seemed to work poorly. The Koyorad is a lot bigger than stock, excellent quality, and very affordable.


From there I made a few adjustments to the aero by putting a new wing on and modifying the old splitter to work with the current rules.


After that I made a few adjustments to the suspension to set up the KW's which have been incredible.

And finally I've been working on changing up the livery a little bit. I'm almost done with only the front and back needing to be finished.






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This weekend was Round 2 of Redline Time Attack which was a success. I'll post and update with results and some pictures in the next couple of days.

There's so much win in this thread. I love your M3 and the 911 also, keep us updated!

Thanks man I appreciate it!

Why are you running stiffer rear springs? I love this thing man. Id love to take my shit heap on track. It looks like so much fun. Prep aside.

You should take your car out to a track event. I should warn you that it's highly addicting and may ruin the rest of your life haha.

I run stiffer rear springs because of the motion ratio of the suspension. In other words, the springs in the rear are located in a different position than the fronts, so the rears are a stiffer spring, but their effect on the wheel rate is much smaller than the front due to the leveraging effect of the suspension on the spring location.

[Thom]

Why are you running stiffer rear springs? I love this thing man. Id love to take my shit heap on track. It looks like so much fun. Prep aside.

[xXp_ExoTiic_qXx]

There's so much win in this thread. I love your M3 and the 911 also, keep us updated!

[that911]

Love the daily driven race car. Is that your shop or do you just take it there to work on it?

Thank you. I work at that shop, It's Avus Autosport in Glendale CA.

Absolutely love the build man! amazing how a little throttle cable can give you that much trouble. Not easy to find with no check light or anything, Glad you find it before the end of the race! Would you mind sharing your spring rate and your sway bar setup? Im kinda in the market for bigger sway but not sure which one I need.

Thanks! It's crazy to think that such a small amount of travel made a 3-4 second difference.

My spring rates are 10k/14k. I run 30/24 sway bar set up, but I'm not sure that I like them.

[Phil G]

Absolutely love the build man! amazing how a little throttle cable can give you that much trouble. Not easy to find with no check light or anything, Glad you find it before the end of the race! Would you mind sharing your spring rate and your sway bar setup? Im kinda in the market for bigger sway but not sure which one I need.

[axelillo_PR]

Love the daily driven race car. Is that your shop or do you just take it there to work on it?

[that911]

It's been a while, so I figured I'd post a few updates.

First, right after Super Lap we had the Redline Time Attack finals at California Speedway. That weekend was really weird because I was 2-3 seconds off my previous personal best, and my top speed down the front street was 5-8mph off what it should have been. Cal Speedway is a Roval where you run 1/2 of the NASCAR oval, so top speed is crucial and my lap times were suffering due to this decrease in max speed.

I had noticed that the car felt a little slower than usual at Super Lap, and the weekend after Super Lap I was at Willow Springs International Raceway (high speed racetrack) and noticed that my max speed was 4-6mph lower than it normally was, but I attributed it that to the new aero. At AAA speedway I was back to my old aero though, and was trying to figure out what was wrong.

I started pulling plugs and even pulled the LTW wing off and did a session. None of these things made a difference and everything seemed okay. After the first competition session I was in third place and my lap time was 2 seconds off of my previous personal best a few months prior in much worse conditions and was in third place. As I was pulling into the pits after that session I noticed that the gas pedal felt weird. I parked the car and I was inspecting the gas pedal I saw that accelerator pedal wasn't connected to the accelerator shaft. Instead it was just sitting on top of it and due to this I wasn't getting full throttle. This explained why my car had felt down on power at Super Lap and Willow Springs. I fixed the pedal, went out in the second Time Attack session and went 4 seconds faster. With this I was able to secure first place and beat my personal best by two seconds. I was glad to finish the season on a high note and with momentum for this years season.



Since then we got to work and have been adding some parts to the car.

We switched to KW Clubsport coilovers to help add some speed in the corners.

While we were at it we installed some VAC Motorsports rear control arms to let us dial in as much camber as we needed. We also installed a fuel starvation kit that has worked flawlessly. Gone are the days where I would get fuel cut with well over a half tank at Willow Springs.

Finally we widened the front with Motorsport Hardware studs and spacers. Since I'm want form & function I also picked up a set of the Cold Forged Neochrome lug nuts to improve the look of the race studs.

The car feels much better and should be quite a bit faster after our initial run of testing. We're making some modifications to the Aero and suspension/wheel/tire setup, so we're hoping to set the class record at every track this year.

A link to the article here on StanceWorks.

http://www.stanceworks.com/2014/01/building-competitive-time-attack-race-car-stanceworks-m3-at-avus-autosport/

Photos from the install



Some parts from VAC Motorsports
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Motosport Hardware Supplied us with Extended studs and Spacers




Soon it'll be back to many pots of coffee and long nights at the shop as we prepare for Round 1 of Redline Time Attack in February.

Beautiful m3 man, those tracks shots look awesome aswell

Car Looks great!! always loved the M3's

Thank you!

I still cant get over how awesome the 911 and M3 are. Words cannot explain the jealousy of those cars and that nice shop you work at. Repairing cars is boring, I wish I got more high performance work. How did you get to where you are now?

Work, luck, and perseverance! Just keep looking for opportunities and eventually one will come up.

[Belvader]

Beautiful m3 man, those tracks shots look awesome aswell