Next time Juan! Edging ever closer to the 12's!!!!

 

The time slip looks like the other guy red lighted, and you still beat him to the 60' mark.

 

The timing system doesn't start counting your own time until you cut your own light. So the other guy can redlight, and you can wait there all day until you launch.

Same if he didn't red light. You could do a better time, but since your reaction time is "slow" he can beat you across the finish line. That is what counts - the first to finish (assuming no DQ).

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

More videos from West Palm Beach Raceway (Moroso).

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM39f82_0ro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFaB451sU0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM6xltQUHcc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1snzN2xl3s

 

Hey guys. I'm going to be upgrading my suspension and I can't decide whick shocks to get. I'm looking at the Bilstein HDs(good price), Koni Sports(good rep on track), and the Tokico Ds(lots of adjustability). Any ideas??

 

Alot of people praise the Koni's
If you decide to coilover I personally like the Tiens(I have the Type Flex coilovers w/EDFC) which can be upgraded to include and EDFC Electronic Damping Force Controller, 16 way adjustabilty, and thier also rebuildable if a shick blows out which Ive never actually heard of happening....

 

juan knows what is killing him from getting into the 12's.
he is having to shift to many times and he cant do a hard take off.
drop rears to a 17" and a 24.5 height and put skinny's up front and do a 2nd gear lauch.
he will be a 12 sec car with just that.
OD

 

Thanks for the advice Denny. Actually it did not cross my mind but even at 19 psi I still had to launch at 3k rpm. Next time I’ll try launching on 2nd gear and at higher rpms. The car felt a bit unstable going over 85 mph so I decided not to go any lower on tire pressure.

 

it looks like 4th gear is really holding you back. At the 1/8 mile, you were at 83.xxx mph and th other guy (corvette?) was at 81mph. At the end of the quarter mile you were @ 105 and he was at 109mph...

put some 4.77 gears :D


edit: Ignore my comment....

 

/\ the 4.1 diff + would be better

 

smaller diameter tire guys would get his ratio lower--a 24.5 or so would almost get him to a 4.77 --allow 2nd gear launch and eliminate a shift---added "skinnys" up front(you wouldnt believe how much rolling resistance those big street tires are!) and the 2nd gear launch would also allow higher rear tire pressure (you need a LITTLE spin) which furthers reduce the rolling resistance.
Juan it did sound like a very controlled bust out--figured--something was up.
olddragger

 

Yeah, that's why I edited my comment... It would be better.

I think having smaller rims (17's) would make a big difference too,unless you already said that OD.

 

I never tried launching in second gear. Does that put more stress on anything?

 

not with the right gear ratio--would not try that with the 18 inch wheels on.
17's with a 40 sidewall?
olddragger

 

the clutch.

 

Yep

 

Autocross this weekend on the PBIS kart track.

 

dudes---stop this low speed stuff and get it on the road course!!!!
OD

 

^^^^^

what he said!

beers

 

Well let’s see.

AutoX once a month, less than an hour away, $25 fee including lunch/drinks and less than a quarter of a tank of gas.

However it is on my future plans once retirement sets in.

 

Well, the plus about this is its on a track and not a parking lot.

 

just curious, but what kind of lap time (any road course) improvements are people making with the SC?

 

Good question!!! Well, lets base it off of the best time that I get this weekend since my car is still stock, except I scored a set of wheels and tires from Cam. Ill probly use the same tires after the blower install next time they autocross the kart track wich shouldnt be that far away. I think that will give a general idea.

 

Lots!
Od

 

ok more seriously --easy 5-10 seconds per lap on a typical 2 mile coarse.
OD