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- D_Eclipse9916 - 07-25-2007
sunuva btich, free awd dyno pulls, and I just got my cams in, argh!!! Maybe ill do a rough tune dyno, maybe try to get the cams in tomorrow.....
- Dave - 07-26-2007
that's awesome!
maybe we'll find out how much torque the escort really has
- BLINGMW - 07-26-2007
That's an incredible setup
hock:
- Evan - 07-26-2007
dammit, i didnt have time to put the fresh head or fix my exhaust this week
70whp here i come
- .RJ - 07-27-2007
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- Nis01 - 07-29-2007
Great weekend. Lots of fun. Lots of learning. Time for sleep.
- LorenaBeana - 07-30-2007
Oh it was SOOOO nice to see you guys and the race track, and that Aston-Martin up close. Now that school is over hopefully I can make it to more events, and meet all ya'll that are still in school at JMU!
- BLINGMW - 07-30-2007
?? heh, I didn't see you there! Oh well, fun weekend. I figured we were going to get rained on a WHOLE lot more than we did. It was quite nice! And I didn't hit anything this time! :beer:
There were some neat cars there on Friday... too bad out of the 3 Ariel Atoms that were there, I didn't see ANY of them on track. Apparently the only one that was out broke early morning. Good showing. :oops:
I think ~12 Nobles were there too? Thats too many. It was satisfying to pass them. And get lapped twice by the only "fast" one. :lol:
- Nis01 - 07-30-2007
The atoms were just paddock transporters remember? :lol:
Review:
Track time is an absolute blast even if it is scorching hot. As with most people I was pretty nervous for my first outing on the track but after the experience I'm extremely glad I pursued it. The event ran smoothly and not once did I ever feel that either myself or the car was in danger. Getting out for my first session was definitely iffy at best and it showed that my only prior experience was auto-x as I had a ton to learn. I got lucky and had a great instructor that was a great teacher throughout the event. The car performed well and I never felt like I was ever near the limit of the car or feared an off track excursion. As with anything on track I did have some incidents of noting... 2 Porsches spinning right in front of me, one coming through T1 and the other through T4. My only self-induced iffy situation was a nice AWDrift going through T8 at pretty substantial speed... needless to say I didn't attempt that again. Even in just one event I feel like I came away with a ton of information that I can apply in the rest of my driving. The first time out on track I was completely out of my element and extremely uncomfortable at higher speeds but by the end of the weekend 125 down the front straight and going deep into turns didn't seem too extreme especially after riding in my instructor's car
hock:. Got the opportunity to learn basic lines and then worked on improving those throughout the sessions and picked up substantial speeds. All in all I came away with a greater respect for the track and the skills that it requires to go fast and still be in control. For those who are thinking about trying it, please do it... you will have no regrets. Because of my experience I plan on attending a few more events but I have a few things to pan out before I do so based on what I learned from this event.
Thanks to all of the MMers and NASA staff for making such a great weekend.
- ScottyB - 07-30-2007
nice Shea! good review, glad you came away all the wiser :thumbup:
- Evan - 07-30-2007
my pics from saturday are up. sunday is still uploading.
shea and DJ you guys have some pics in here
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- D_Eclipse9916 - 07-30-2007
Great time except for having a cracked valve cover which caused oil to squirt everywhere for the first 2 sessions until we realized there was a crack. Then my car kept creeping up to 215 water temps, and I was freaking out at first and then I rode with everyone's cars and noticed everybody else was running those temps and so I pushed back my warning in my own mind and she ran fantastic.
Overall I came away with a LOT especially this weekend. For the first time I got a REALLY GOOD instructor and he really helped me push back my fears and start working on trying to get to the limit. My main problem is compressing brake zones as im apparently a "not confident" of my brakes. So especially when he SOLOed me on Sunday I mainly worked on trying to compress those brake zones and I really noticed that I was becoming much calmer than I had before on my previous 2 track weekends. Even when I came in a little hot on 17 trying to compress my brake zones and got sideways coming around 17 I didnt freak out and just adjusted throttle and used smooth inputs on the steering wheel.
Had awesome rides with Maeng and Channing and I really appreciate the help from them. Thanks to everybody out there and another thanks to Channing for the rtv and tools to get that crack in the valve cover fixed up.
- Andy - 07-30-2007
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:thanks to Channing for the rtv and tools to get that crack in the valve cover fixed up.
That's how Channing fixes most of his car stuff.
How does a valve cover crack and did your laptop give you any warning?
- BLINGMW - 07-30-2007
Andy Wrote:How does a valve cover crack and did your laptop give you any warning?
:lol: zing!
- Maengelito - 07-30-2007
Evan Wrote:my pics from saturday are up. sunday is still uploading.
shea and DJ you guys have some pics in here
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hurry up with the sunday pics.
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- Maengelito - 07-30-2007
Andy Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:thanks to Channing for the rtv and tools to get that crack in the valve cover fixed up.
That's how Channing fixes most of his car stuff.
How does a valve cover crack and did your laptop give you any warning?
lol, you watched it finally!
- Evan - 07-30-2007
sunday pics are up. except the pics of maeng, i left those out.
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- D_Eclipse9916 - 07-30-2007
BLINGMW Wrote:Andy Wrote:How does a valve cover crack and did your laptop give you any warning?
:lol: zing!
Son of a bitch...I dont know wether your making a fast and furious comment or going off of hearing that I didnt have my laptop with me to tune and watch her as the cams were put in thursday night.... The valve cover was cracked when tightening them down after the cams, but only leaks under heavy loads......I finally just stutterboxed it in the paddock and heard WHOA! from a few people when oil shot out :lol:
Edit: Thanks for the pics Evan!
- Maengelito - 07-30-2007
Evan Wrote:sunday pics are up. except the pics of maeng, i left those out.
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wow, those are awesome pics evan, can ya hook me up with full res at some point?
- Evan - 07-31-2007
Maengelito Wrote:thanks.Evan Wrote:sunday pics are up. except the pics of maeng, i left those out.
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wow, those are awesome pics evan, can ya hook me up with full res at some point?
full res is on smugmug. click on 'original size' or 'save image' in the popup menu when you mouse over the pic