I'll add this shot someone got of me on an earlier run. PCA had dropped some baking powder last weekend and I clipped it... Super slippery!
http://s16.postimg.org/sawdh0wcl/ECv_Gk_N1.jpg
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I'll add this shot someone got of me on an earlier run. PCA had dropped some baking powder last weekend and I clipped it... Super slippery!
http://s16.postimg.org/sawdh0wcl/ECv_Gk_N1.jpg
Looks like a blown turbo to me. Part out.
GT35R time, yo.
I went on a whim to South Jersey Region autocross today, thanks to a few people poking and prodding... I won PAX (first time at an event with really fast people) and was given the FTD trophy (the sombrero) because everyone that set a faster raw time left, haha. I had 4th fastest raw time :)
Such excite! Very racecar! Much sombrero! Wow!
http://i.imgur.com/eZPuFFE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/a5C81oU.jpg
Here's the video of my fastest run. The GPS speed is a bit wonky, not sure what happened with it on this run. I left a bit of time on the table, my last run was faster up until I had a couple of slides and went off course. Oh well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shoS4b_ku50
Looks like a damn blast
The sombrero? If so, yeah, it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by FeaRpb
Pretty smoove, Doc.
Nice hat, too - I have one just like it. :p
I got this package from Ford Performance yesterday, including some goodies and a free voucher to the RS experience in Utah (instructed track time paid for by Ford with their cars, good for trying drift mode and shredding someone else's tires, hehe):
https://s22.postimg.org/5r46zax1t/A1z8_Qa_I.jpg
https://s22.postimg.org/h4qqai7kh/4ncjvvq.jpg
Nice paperweight... this is the "shifter modeled after the one in your car"
https://s22.postimg.org/txeuafj69/YIi_B52_M.jpg
Absurdly priced poster... Sure it's nice, but I'm not paying $450 for a poster.
https://s22.postimg.org/tlxdxo2q9/7pg_G91_A.jpg
So all you have to do is get to Utah and you get to participate in the school for free???
Yep..Quote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
I had the same offer with my ST. Couldn't make it out though. :(
So can you add a person like a normal class registration.........Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
I think so. There was some discussion on the forums about it... I'll check. I'm unsure if I plan on going, if I do it'll likely be next year. and yes, I see where you're going with that, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
Got a pic from autocross :)
http://i.imgur.com/V4oUutq.jpg
I see no vids. I see no resume. I see no interview! LIES!
Had fun at VIR last week with Trackdaze. I wasn't going for broke, but still obliterated my XP12/XP10 pads :( Never had AWD off or oil temp issues. I hit maybe 280 degree oil temps... but it was only 65-80 degrees and I have to stress that I wasn't going balls out.
Here was VIR full with a 2:23.184 (with traffic):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyu54bU2OoM
and VIR Grand (Lighting Lap configuration, I ran a 3:09.9 if you start the lap at the old start/finish as I never got a single clean flying lap all the way to the new S/F location...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CSAAtFlsc
Pic of the overheated front XP12 pad:
http://i.imgur.com/Ryjjung.jpg
Swapped in LED brake lights the other day, mostly for the safety reasons. A full car's worth of extra stopping distance for a trailing car at 65mph! For the study on the safety advantage: https://chemlinks.beloit.edu/BlueLig...p/an1155-3.pdf
Installed my blue Green Filter today. Easy install, even in the rain, lol. I'm glad I swapped the filter, the OEM filter had all sorts of white fuzzy stuff on it.
http://i.imgur.com/XUVfalo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yQIanXC.jpg
LMAO Green Filter is produced in my neck of the woods. I used to be in charge of production for that company for about a year. They are part of the fuckheads I worked for that I quit a few years back.
srsly? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
Oh yeah. No lie. The filter on my Grand Prix was even produced there when I was still working for the company.
They are nice filters though, and in my opinion better than K&N due to how they are produced. It's just too bad they are poorly marketed and the company is run by a dumbass.
The filter does seem nicely made, I'll give them that. I had never heard of them before, but they're apparently pretty popular on the Focus ST and the same filter is used on the RS.
Was out autocrossing someone else's car on the Sunday before VIR. I spotted these guys at my local Wawa, I had to stop and chat. It was a beautiful day and they were out cruising around. Both young guys and they were very friendly and were doing proper things with their cars (maintenance, OEM+ builds, etc)
http://i.imgur.com/lvXQTi0.jpg
Road wrap. Bit of a PITA but it worked well enough.
http://i.imgur.com/EB3h5WU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CbMvSVe.jpg
One of two ACRs at the track (taken the night I got there, I went through tech and then spotted this beast):
http://i.imgur.com/tPcBFmP.jpg
Hotel overlooking Danville:
http://i.imgur.com/WDd9YxF.jpg
Ready for the track:
http://i.imgur.com/2HgCfNs.jpg
KTM X-Bow!
http://i.imgur.com/cNTcKDi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RwW732H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YCQYmg2.jpg
This guy was paddocked next to me. He was only a little bit disappointed that I ran faster times than him while he was on his slicks, lol. Similar build to my BRZ, but his was gutted, had the Saero (splitter & SARD wing), and was on slicks.
http://i.imgur.com/UFrGTDt.jpg
Proper rotary powered FB, pretty wild!
http://i.imgur.com/Gyajt28.jpg
Diasio with rotary power. This thing was a screamer and it was fast as hell
http://i.imgur.com/yirHITU.jpg
Crazy old Z
http://i.imgur.com/rYhRxla.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CuNhA4z.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VNkQhII.jpg
NGP was there with their rig & cars. Trackdaze started as a R32 trackday group and exploded into what they are now :)
http://i.imgur.com/68kCoWn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QF3VpUs.jpg
GT3 RS... Yes please :)
http://i.imgur.com/gnaLvFA.jpg
Classic BMW love
http://i.imgur.com/CBTvSqu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8Ym63Pz.jpg
This thing (Ex-NASCAR COTF) was a beast. Probably the fastest thing on track and hearing it tear down the back straight was amazing... then hearing the driver bang down through the gears on the brakes? f'ing epic. I'm sure it was a LOT faster ABM's car I got to drive in June, and that was a total blast. I can only imagine how much fun this thing is.
http://i.imgur.com/7uzqoqH.jpg
New Giulia Quadrifoglio
http://i.imgur.com/BX5p6g3.jpg
This Atom was in my run group... He spun off immediately in front of me at one point on the first day (hence the ballerina sticker), at the end of the back straight. I popped over the hill and he was rolling backwards off the track.
http://i.imgur.com/ubS5Frp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sGXjOVF.jpg
K series in the Atom
http://i.imgur.com/2HdKAsF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/BTZJlVT.jpg
Rainbows for daze
http://i.imgur.com/ZfdfnGQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UkF5xX7.jpg
Snapped this to send to my dad... He had been looking for ages for a Molten Orange ST without sunroof. I was glad I chatted with this guy, it confirmed our suspicions that my dad needed to buy one without a sunroof for helmet clearance.
http://i.imgur.com/riWvPen.jpg
I honestly don't know how to feel about this color choice... I neglected to snap pics of the other 4 GT4s that were there, lol
http://i.imgur.com/nP0JMdX.jpg
Hnnnggggggg!!!
http://i.imgur.com/jjTuWK5.jpg
Mid engine crew
http://i.imgur.com/vJTdVR7.jpg
Huge amounts of tire rollover on the left front
http://i.imgur.com/t8JZcfw.jpg
Oddly, the right rear was the other tire with tons of tire rollover
http://i.imgur.com/SwGTd0W.jpg
I'll wrap up the track day pics with this pic :)
http://i.imgur.com/SmjFk02.jpg
Some videos from the track, as a spectator
Old Alfa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_MOfgtBMB8
NASCAR Bend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xz43ux07wA
Uphill Esses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNvUOLSjdM
Uphill Esses (longer video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAAWF8ShBP0
Patriot Course Esses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8XlNZ82pM
Idk... I am actually loving this color
http://i.imgur.com/nP0JMdX.jpg
I didn't hate it, but not my favorite choice for that car in particular. I think it would look better on a 911
You had a nice weekend, then? :p
I was at VIR in Oct. for a Chin motorsports event and got to ride a few laps in a Viper ACR, it was fast as hell. The guy had done a 1:53 on the full course that day, but I'm sure we went much slower due to traffic.
One of the two guys with ACRs there took a pic of my car and sent it to his buddy who had been looking to buy an RS. Pretty funny! His buddy posted on the RS forums and said I should hace asked for a ride. Dann, I wish I had :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mdcrose
Color matched Rally Armor flaps. I'm pretty happy with them.
http://i.imgur.com/6rOQja5.jpg
How STI like.....
While I was installing them a couple of WRXes (clearly cruising together) drove by and stared hardcore... They both had Rally Armor flaps :(Quote:
Originally Posted by R/T93
lol. I should install rally flaps on the stealth...and the vr4 because cholo wheels throw rocks
yeah, I can only imagine the looks of people on track as you fly by with your flaps flapping away, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
Found this pictogram detailing the different driving modes of the RS. The "Engine" mode that's referenced is essentially the throttle pedal mapping, it doesn't make more power or anything, just a sharper pedal response.
https://mk3focusrs.club/wp-content/u...odes-guide.png
http://i.imgur.com/cV5wj0U.jpg
Installed the front mudflaps today. The rears definitely keep the back of the car cleaner, hopefully the fronts keep the side of the car cleaner.
A bit of a diversion... but way too much fun to not share. I did some rallycross yesterday in a buddy's Miata. The course got slower with every run, which was a new experience.
Run 1 from the AM session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jePOx_nc7dM
Run 1 from the PM session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COlJU6DUK9k
Run 2 from the PM session (I was trying to link some corners with little drifts, well, I lost too much speed and had no grip to add speed, lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTEp4I8qxDc
and an oopsy... I scared the course workers :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSge9f7PHno