Civic of Doom: Honda Challenge Recycling

[Kaan]

The lessons you learn as a newb racer... the big thing is not to let things get into your head and to talk out whats happening with the car. if you swap a part, bring the old one with you to change it back if you dont like it...

I struggled in the heat friday/saturday/sunday... and didnt figure out my issues until the sunday race (which got cut short because of a high RPM missfire, again).

Jason was out taking tire temps... a little too much camber, but not so bad. It would just be weird tire wear. my biggest issue came with the rear bar change. i got great turn in but the car was pushing (on throttle) mid corner and out. this was killing me in T1 and the flat esses. It was bad enough i burned down the drivers side front (5 heat cycle tire) to basically nothing by saturday.

if you have seen the IG posts... i'm pretty sure this push, plus heat, plus over driving the fronts, and being too aggressive in oak tree lead to the exploded passenger side axle that decided to pop as i drove through south bend.

short list of things to do:
1. swap the rear ITR bar back in
2. dial out some of the camber all the way around
3. swap the MSD coil out for a new one, swap spark plugs, and dyno tune
4. swap the new axle in and get the back up axle out... put in the RTF trans fluid
5. build and install the cool suit (i thought i was going to die on sunday)
6. buy back up axle seals
7. bleed the brakes/clutch
8. oil change
9. clean the engine bay
10. more radiator ducting and cover the holes in the floor pan