Good luck to Blue Velocity at NASA TTU @ High Plains Raceway this weekend!

We'll start with some corner weights...

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Wheel base...

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Wheel Stance...

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Front...

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Rear...

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Hood...

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Interior...

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Exterior...

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5 min call...

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2 min call...

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more later, photo downloads taking forever on my crappy cell. :)

Looks like his stealth is confused lol nice pictures


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what about the coolant overflow picture? :awesome:

Damn! pics don't work on my work PC :(

I'll check them out when I get home.

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Originally Posted by i3igpete

what about the coolant overflow picture? :awesome:

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I think its a blown headgasket and have for a while now. He lifted the heads two years ago on the dyno shooting for 800 on the GT42 and has had issues ever since.

Was hoping to see him in action with the splitter to see if that aided but it got damaged when loading Blue on the trailer. Lastly, I also know that hood is a cowl (I used to own one), he refuses to believe it...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y...4/IMG_3886.JPG

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A few notes, that weight ^^ up there is with driver. 3322 without.
Ended up 6th overall out of 34.
I was DQ'd on my qualifying session for, get this, tire scrubbing. I wasn't told they don't allow it, so I was placed on grid dead last, 34th place. The times I ran I'm honestly surprised by. There wasn't a single lap where I didn't pass at least a half dozen cars.

It's not cowl buddy, see the lips on the front leading edge? That's the trick right there.. Without those, yes, it would be a cowl. Those lips lowered the coolant temp by over 30 degrees at lap 4.
The head gaskets were replaced when we blew them, 2 years ago. I don't lose the coolant into the over until lap 6, which is boil over. Same thing used to happen years ago on the 15g's, with a smaller radiator and more boost pressure. (read: mega heat generators) My true down side now is the front mount. It doesn't matter how much air it gets when it comes from the FMIC, it's just too hot. Looking at other options now. These new pads Raybestos ST47's takes from the old coefficient of friction on the old pads, mid 40's, up to the mid-high 60's range. They bite a tremendous amount and require less pedal pressure as well as later braking. The down side, they do make more heat as I learned on Sunday. I had taken off the brake ducting because it wasn't needed on the old pads (R4-E). These will need it for sure. That's in the works, no question there, it's a must do. Between session 1 and 2 we bled the brakes and it was good for a solid 6 laps, lap 7 however, became a "pump twice" before every corner lap. The tale-tale sign of boiled fluid. (Motul 660 mind you) I have quite a few things to address over the next couple of weeks but these are the first on the list. Other than that, the car really felt great. Clutch was fast and solid, the rear diffuser worked great and gave me so much more rear end grip that I now have the car pushing again instead of power on oversteer. The surge tank worked perfectly, never sloshed, down to a now tested 4.21 gallons. (AIM dash displays in gallons) Speaking of which, the dash is really nice. Now I only look for the lights. The shift lights and the 6 warning lights. Other than those lights going on it's considered to be good to go. I really like it. New camber settings on the Hoosiers were spot on. No roll of the tire, only some body roll. (see 3 wheel pic above)

All in all, it was a successful weekend. The car is alive, I'm alive, had massive doses of adrenaline, got to hang out with some good friends, and got to test about 10 new things on the car. I have a ton of video to process as well. I'll get some posted in the next few days. Thanks for filming Jer! The back straight vids are just priceless!