Pics of our new #16
04-06-2008, 09:22 PM
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Pics of our new #16
Here is one of our 2 cars that we're running in the Grand Am Koni Challenge Series this year. Feel free to stop by the shop if you're ever in Indianapolis.
i'm kidding - it looks awesome.
04-06-2008, 10:09 PM
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Today we fabbed up a custom exhaust to our header, installed the seat, belts, dash, power cut-off and some other jazz. This Tuesday is her maiden shake down up at the Autobahn CC outside of Chicago. Then to Mid-Ohio for more testing and her first race next weekend. Then Limerock. Then back to Indy to finish the second car.
04-06-2008, 10:11 PM
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04-06-2008, 10:21 PM
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Sorry---but you could buy the suspension and a turbo will make more power than my N/A mill.
Speed Source Front Swaybars from Mazda Motorsports (there are 3 Mazda Swaybar options), you want the Speed Source front bar.
MSpeed rear sway bar (yes, the accessory sway bar). These cars don't need much of a rear sway bar.
Koni double adjustable shocks at about $800 per
Various spring rates.
Voila' other than 2-300 lbs of reduced weight, we have a stock RX8 (plus a very well designed and beefy cage of course). These cars are a blast to drive. Add suspension to them and they'll do stuff you could never imagine.
Speed Source Front Swaybars from Mazda Motorsports (there are 3 Mazda Swaybar options), you want the Speed Source front bar.
MSpeed rear sway bar (yes, the accessory sway bar). These cars don't need much of a rear sway bar.
Koni double adjustable shocks at about $800 per
Various spring rates.
Voila' other than 2-300 lbs of reduced weight, we have a stock RX8 (plus a very well designed and beefy cage of course). These cars are a blast to drive. Add suspension to them and they'll do stuff you could never imagine.
04-06-2008, 11:07 PM
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Ran the motor yesterday for an hour with the engine builder and everything was fine. We just put a fresh rebuilt trans in her with new synchros, shift forks and the usual consumables last week.
Today we fabbed up a custom exhaust to our header, installed the seat, belts, dash, power cut-off and some other jazz. This Tuesday is her maiden shake down up at the Autobahn CC outside of Chicago. Then to Mid-Ohio for more testing and her first race next weekend. Then Limerock. Then back to Indy to finish the second car.
Today we fabbed up a custom exhaust to our header, installed the seat, belts, dash, power cut-off and some other jazz. This Tuesday is her maiden shake down up at the Autobahn CC outside of Chicago. Then to Mid-Ohio for more testing and her first race next weekend. Then Limerock. Then back to Indy to finish the second car.
04-06-2008, 11:20 PM
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Sorry---but you could buy the suspension and a turbo will make more power than my N/A mill.
Speed Source Front Swaybars from Mazda Motorsports (there are 3 Mazda Swaybar options), you want the Speed Source front bar.
MSpeed rear sway bar (yes, the accessory sway bar). These cars don't need much of a rear sway bar.
Koni double adjustable shocks at about $800 per
Various spring rates.
Voila' other than 2-300 lbs of reduced weight, we have a stock RX8 (plus a very well designed and beefy cage of course). These cars are a blast to drive. Add suspension to them and they'll do stuff you could never imagine.
Speed Source Front Swaybars from Mazda Motorsports (there are 3 Mazda Swaybar options), you want the Speed Source front bar.
MSpeed rear sway bar (yes, the accessory sway bar). These cars don't need much of a rear sway bar.
Koni double adjustable shocks at about $800 per
Various spring rates.
Voila' other than 2-300 lbs of reduced weight, we have a stock RX8 (plus a very well designed and beefy cage of course). These cars are a blast to drive. Add suspension to them and they'll do stuff you could never imagine.
04-07-2008, 07:43 AM
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Those are 225/17/45 Grand Am Hoosiers mounted to 17X9 enkei's. The GAm hoosiers use a compound that is designed to last longer (the Koni races are typically 3.0 hours +/- They are not as fast as the Hoosiers (or the AutoX versions which typically run .5 second faster than the road racing versions---but don't last as long). I would say that GAm Hoosier compound is somewhere inbetween a shaved Toyo RA1 (which you can get about 15-20 open track heat cycles) and a race Hoosier (which you can get about 3-6 heat cycles out of).