How much quicker were the awd cars? That looks fun as heck.
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How much quicker were the awd cars? That looks fun as heck.
I beat all but one AWD car :) http://www.bmr-scca.org/livetiming/Quote:
Originally Posted by R/T93
Holy shit does that look fun!
I did the free mod too. I didn't get quite as much out of mine, the nut started hitting the curve of the bar and I wasn't comfortable having it dig in. I also didn't get the hole placement perfect... Didn't seem to be terrible and the end links still fit OK. I'd like to have some adjustable links to make sure there's no preload, but that'll be down the road. I don't want to mess with those again any time soon, there's not much clearance :(
Before:
http://i.imgur.com/K6TtC8A.jpg
After:
http://i.imgur.com/SS785HJ.jpg
All done:
http://i.imgur.com/M9eaiTR.jpg
I did the math, it should be good for about an 18% difference in bar rate, at least at the 3/4" hole spacing that I got. I'm on snow tires and I didn't push it hard or anything, but it seemed to have a bit less roll up front. I'll find out tomorrow with a longer than ~5 minute drive.
Also, I got some resistors in the mail today, I'm aiming to disable the rear shocks and have the fronts go into Sport mode to speed up transitions even more. Should be B Street legal, but I'll have to talk to a few more people about it.
Did some more rallycross last weekend too :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqdA1zddo1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CohdIeGI2fY
I finished third of three, lol. I pushed too hard and made costly mistakes, but had a lot of fun anyway :)
Dirt = different, eh?
Have you done that before, Kenny?
Never driven in anger on dirt before the rallycrosses, other than blasting some rally roads at safe speeds in my dad's trucks (aka, above "normal" speeds, but not risking anything)
Did a Borla exhaust on my buddy's RS.. we had quite a crowd of spectators show up to help (or just gawk at us doing the work)
https://s27.postimg.org/tyx3a9pjn/r_RLRdq5h.jpg
https://s27.postimg.org/j0lts30yb/gwsm_IDoh.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bawh0Ws2vq4
I wish they had rally cross over here!
Installed hood struts today. No cutting of the rubber hood seals like some of the other struts on the market :)
http://i.imgur.com/1v7XrHkh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VhSDVgQh.jpg
A bit of feedback on the swaybar mod...
It definitely feels tighter and less floppy on corner entry. Doesn't seem to increase understeer much if any at all. Even in long sweepers at 9/10ths on the Cup 2s I don't notice it understeering more than it did before. Tight corners are unaffected on exit, still tons of on throttle oversteer :)
I've got a set of Whiteline endlinks to install to make doubly sure there's no preload on the bar, maybe tomorrow. I'll check to see if there's enough preload for me to care because it's a rather unpleasant job swapping endlinks.
http://i.imgur.com/mYyOKt7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vSrOhte.jpg
soon...
Whiteline end links installed. Tedious, but WAY easier now that I own a set of ratcheting wrenches.
http://i.imgur.com/C9T9Igkh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tujqDBoh.jpg
Before I start in with the pics and such... Here's a video of the stock exhaust. Cold start, some free revs, then a moderate pull into 3rd gear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPRObYwozrM
Now for the ETS exhaust. Titanium and I custom ordered it without the "normal" blue tips. 19.4 lbs. versus 42.2 lbs. for the stock exhaust, a good deal of weight savings.
http://i.imgur.com/H3tOFEGh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1uPM23ih.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HnrFUSUh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5fzWIdZh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/m95DXObh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ODxWNm2h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oYpCmR3h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bq7p1WGh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R1ZNS2Zh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qyO613Wh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/e3MvWFzh.jpg
Here's a really crummy video of the Ti exhaust:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6rBmdyTifI
Got some zing, now. ;)
Here's the final video from me for the Ti exhaust:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i8LvDuvRfs
Any further videos will be with my normal autocross mic setup sometime down the road.
Also, since someone on a facebook group asked for it, here's a shot of the ground clearance:
http://i.imgur.com/0491SMNh.jpg
and the best part of any purchase, stickers!
http://i.imgur.com/p3hqdQgh.jpg
I really like that.
Is that cold idle or warm, Kenny?
Does it change much?
The startup and idle is cold, but near the end of the idle/rev bit it's on warm idle. At warm idle you really can't hear much of anything, especially when auto start/stop shuts the engine off :p but mannnn when it fires back up it sounds MEAN. burble out the ass and you hear the turbo spool up like it does on cold idle. sounds amazing, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Thanks man, I really dig it. It's definitely got a bit of drone around town, I can't wait to find out how bad it is on the highway :p but the Ti gives it a really unique racy sound and it's by far the loudest car I've owned, so that's fun for a while. With the windows up it's boomy inside, but not loud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OVneB9_XGw
I didn't drive particularly well, but oh well. Still had fun and had a tremendous battle today in B Street. I finished 4th exactly 2 tenths behind the winner in another RS, which may give you an idea of how close it was.
5 hour round trip to this autocross, ZERO drone from the new exhaust on the highway :) Super stoked with that. I hope it's quiet enough, I'll find out in a month or so.
First in B Street today (Sunday) at Hershey autocross. 2nd overall in PAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEaYpm8uwI
dirty run that would have been good for first overall in PAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unGT01gVW2U
All of my SoloStorm runs are on the cloud if anyone wants to see
I got a pretty sweet picture of my car from autocross yesterday :)
https://s17.postimg.org/lwz2j04en/17...32381826_o.jpg
credit goes to: https://www.facebook.com/XtremePhoto...c_location=ufi
That's a nice shot, but it does make it look like your passenger has quite the mass.
It was 45 degrees... It was full on winter jacket weather, lol. yes, he looks enormous, but he's as skinny as you, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
I like the noise - almost sounds like a bike...
I was actually referring to how loaded your right front suspension was. Out of the context of high speed cornering it looks like you just have a hefty passenger. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
And Kevin's right, the exhaust sounds sweet.
lol. derp. my bad :stupid2: on that note... there's evidence of the mudflap touching, sheeshQuote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
thanks. I'm really happy with it. apparently it's not too loud according to people's ears, so that's good. gotta see what it does on the sound meter :)
Does anyone make an Aluminum or composite skid plate for those cars yet? Given how low the front dips in the photo you may need one to avoid doing to your bumper cover what you did to your mud flap.
There are metal skid plates to replace the factory undertray, I actually helped install one on a buddy's RS last night. It just replaces the factory undertray though, not anything further forward... The OEM undertray has NACA ducts and scoops in it, and Ford made it out of fiber material. The scoops pick up snow, pack the engine bay with snow which pushes the undertray down, eventually scooping enough snow to push the undertray into the ground, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
Nobody makes a skid plate that extends forward enough to protect the bumper. I wish someone did though, I'd love to run a rallycross but the bumper lowness is a big concern.
My guess is that with a platform like the RS it will only be a matter of time before someone makes the parts. However you could always go the HDPE route like me. My splitter saved my bumper cover when my car decided 3 wheels was all I needed to run the road course at NG13.
FYI, I did not larf when I heard about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
I felt oddly compelled to let you know. :p
There are splitters and such available, but shiny carbon isn't exactly what I'd want protecting my bumper, lol. There are more "race" oriented splitters on the way soon. Just takes time :)
Yeah you wouldn't really want a stiff composite plate, you would want something with better abrasion resistance than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
I would and do laugh at it. I didn't at the time, but I feel like that kind of stuff is always something that is only funny upon reflection rather than while experiencing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
I distinctly remember hearing the noise of the grinding and thinking I just killed my transmission. Then I realized the car was leaning excessively and that meant I lost a wheel somewhere. I also remember distinctly having my head on a swivel when I brought the car to a stop, trying to determine where the wheel was and hoping it didn't hit anyone.
Aye to that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 95gto
http://i.imgur.com/t7CGizx.jpg
finished the shock bypass resistors... they work, but I don't know if they make the car better yet :)
My fastest from NNJR TnT today, good for 11th in PAX, I felt pretty comfortable with my pace today. Not perfect, but not too slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92eEj8qLOgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecy7Z365htA
1st in class, 13th overall. I had a run with a faster first half but I kept screwing up the second half, this was by far my best run on the return trip.
Sooooo, shock bypasses ftw or ftl?
Forgot that I never posted that.
Based on exactly one event on a not super grippy asphalt lot with a lot of elevation change and weird undulations. I have the modded stock front swaybar & 255/35-18 RE-71R's.
The rear shocks being disabled makes the RS feel almost exactly like my Mk2 GTI w/ KW V1s in sweepers. A weird oscillating mess... Nowhere NEAR as bad as having all four shocks stiff though. In slaloms the front end of the car feels composed and I really liked the feel. Nice and shard turn in and it doesn't take forever for weight transfer to happen.
butttt..... I doubt the stiff front/soft rear combo is faster. I did a back to back test and tried to drive consistently. Times were essentially identical. I was just as fast in the slalom with the soft dampers. My lines weren't perfect in either case in the sweepers but the times were essentially identical there too.
I'll test the stiff front setup again at another event that I know will be stacked with slaloms and transitions instead of sweepers.
I have no clue what it will do on a grippier surface, maybe it'll be better there? Maybe it'll make the oscillations worse? Take a wild guess :)
My guess is Ohlins and class bump, lol. All soft is probably the answer.
Not my car... but I bolted this on. Street class legal, no class bump. We're waiting for perches to do the fronts...Quote:
Originally Posted by anyonebutme
http://i.imgur.com/L7PpTnG.jpg