Me and Evan were at VIR for an Audi Club track weekend monday tuesday....

Had 2 good dry sessions saturday, then rained so hard I couldnt see or drive (no more than 1/2 throttle anywhere on track, even down the straights). Came in after 3 or 4 laps. Then the last session the monsoon had stopped and standing water went away, but Warren blew his shit up 2 laps into the session and it was black flagged. I cracked a brake rotor, fortunately Advance auto 10 minutes away had a pair and the tech shed was empty to work in. Cracked in 3 spots....









Sunday was great weather all day, nearly 200 track miles (6 sessions?) for both of us. I managed to do something really stupid and drop a wheel off at the entry to south bend (turn 10) and the car got loose on entry. I corrected and sent it straigh off into the field.... slid all the way to the back straight.

RJ: Dude, did you see my car?
Warren: No, why?
RJ: I went off in south bend....
Warren: Dumbass. What happened?
RJ: I dunno, but I slid all the way to the back straight
Warren: Now thats a quality off.... dumbass (in case i missed it the first time?)





(touched up in photochop, the orig pic was shitty)







Hopefully this will present some new sponsorship opportunity for '05 though....





And we saw these stunnas rolling up on sunday as we were leaving. :blort:

You'd think with that welder he could come up with something better then 4x4's...

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Had a good 3 day weekend crewing for Bimmerworld down here. It was their 2nd world challenge race of the season, although just an invitational race (not for points) so less than half the field was there-- some of the other big teams were missing. But a good chance for Bimmerworld to show off, with James winning a qualifying race on saturday, (http://www.speedvisionwc.com/news/04press66.html) and the team getting 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on sunday's main event. And that was with Matt starting from the pits (his car didn't start as the pace lap began) and Seth starting very near last too (a spark plug backed out a bit saturday and messed up his qualifying). Seth also grabbed the Holeshot award AND the Hard Charger award. (http://www.speedvisionwc.com/news/04press67.html) So an incredible weekend for them, and the new rig, the new cars, the new setup and better organization... I was really impressed. The biggest quirk was the cars not starting randomly, just cranking and cranking, which got to be a real pain as the race drew near. Still a few bugs for the Motec guys to work out I guess, and it almost cost us the race. So a little excitement there, but other than that, it went very smoothly.

Also, there was a big drift competition, the other headliner for the weekend. The WC guys shared the inner paddock with the drift guys, many ricer vendors, a bike jumping demo, car show, model competition, all kinds of crazy stuff. And big crowds with sketchy guys and hot women. It was quite a spectacle, but interesting to see these pro drift teams with some very nice setups. Falken tire especially had a really nice trailer with a matching fleet of cars that put the WC guys to shame. I didn't get to watch all the drifting events, but these guys were a big level up from the Hyperfest guys I've seen. Pretty neat, I have to admit, watching them connect multiple corners, sliding the car the whole time, using the whole trackt, and often with 2 or 3 cars at once following eachother, passing, or holding next to one another. A lot of Nissan variants of course, but also 2 vipers and even a RWD integra. Road Atlanta had even paved a little loop in the track for them to go around, giving a nice playground for the event.

So I've got plenty of pics of course, check 'em out.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287039439

Here's a few previews:

Falken's traveling circus:


Me and the ladiez:


Big crowds come out for autographs (mine of course):


For Dave:


Slide or DIE:


The "how not to drive quickly" event:

Originally posted on rx7club.com:

Quote:Summer is coming and I just turned my A/C on yesterday... and it's blowing warm!!! I just changed all the belts myself a couple weeks ago so I thought I could've effed something up doing that but the belts look ok. What should I check? This summer's supposed to be a SCORCHER!

Quote:Look to see if the clutch on the AC compressor is engaging. If the charge is too low, the compressor wont come on.

Quote:explain please. what charge? electrical charge? how do i check the ac clutch?

Quote:unscrew one of the caps on the AC line it looks like a valve stem and push it and see if if anything comes out

Quote:it blew air... car was off and cold.. and i pushed the little valve and psshhht... air for like 2 secs. Then i stopped. What does this mean?

Has anyone here ever passed a person in reverse (ie... They tailgate you, you go into the opposing lane of traffic and brake, then fall behind them) on a 2 lane road (assuming it is a legal passing zone)? Is this a legal maneuver? Do you feel it's a reasonable course of action if you are already going 10mph + over the speed limit?

Here are my PTG pics...

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got about 150meg of WC images from this weekend that I'd like to share with some other crew folks and maybe even you guys. :wink: Anyone want to let me put them up somewhere for a few days so people can grab them?

I know that myself, Mike, and Evan (among others) have expressed lust for the venerable E36 M3. I'm sure that most of the rest of you guys (and gals) wouldn't turn one down either The point of this thread (in my mind), is to consolidate all of our knowledge, opinions, links, etc in one place. Some discussion starters:

OBD-I vs. OBD-II: 95 has OBD-I, everything newer is OBD-II. With regard to mods (especially forced induction), everything I've read suggests that OBD-I is the way to go. Discuss.

3.0 vs. 3.2: Was this change made due to OBD-II? Horsepower is the same, but does the power delivery move lower in the RPM range? Discuss.

Coupe vs. Sedan: Sedans were only made 97-98. Apparently slightly stiffer than the coupes due to the B pillar. Weight is the same. Is the suspension set up the same, or were changes made to accomodate the increased likelihood of rear passengers? Discuss.

Motorsports: BMW CCA has these things classed in Stock-I (or Prepared-C). I have no idea what that translates to as far as SCCA or NASA. Discuss.

That all I've got for now - have fun.

What do you guys think?

Allsports (2-3 arrive and drives) and then out for dinner/beers during the summertime?

DaimlerChrysler Pulls Plug on Mitsubishi

DaimlerChrysler AG will no longer bankroll Mitsubishi Motors and may sell its stake, leaving the German auto giant's global strategy in disarray and the future of the ailing Japanese firm in doubt.

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