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06-03-2020, 06:08 AM | #25 |
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I have an old beater desert truck too. Looks like you dabble in off-roading too.
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Yup, my wife daily drives the crawler. I only have 2 hobbies, crawling very slowly, and driving as fast as possible lol |
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06-07-2020, 01:21 PM | #27 |
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Cage has the last bar and is painted! Feels so cool to sit back and look at the half cage now that it's done. I'm so happy with how it turned out.
Car is finally ready for the track. Road Atlanta next weekend! |
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06-07-2020, 02:49 PM | #28 |
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I'll see you there. Steel Grey E46M3 with 67 TT3 on the doors.
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06-07-2020, 02:51 PM | #29 | |
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I hang out with the spec Miata boys cuz I like sparkly beer Trying to figure out if RA has water hookups so I can fill up my truck bed pool that I bought today. It's way more enjoyable than I thought it could ever be |
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06-18-2020, 09:44 AM | #30 |
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Finally got the car out on the track this past weekend. MAN! What a huge difference from where it was last time I was out. I had a great comparison point being that my pre-half cage/seats track event was at Road Atlanta, and then the most recent event was at Road Atlanta as well. I only managed to pick up about a second on my laptime, but, I think that heat played a factor. Back in March, the ambient temps were pretty low and it was cloudy all day, so the track surface was much cooler than it was this weekend. Temps in the upper 80s and sunny as could be. Even so, oil temps never exceeded 265 on entirely stock coolers, so I was pretty happy about that. Only took an occasional cooldown lap which effectively amounted to short shifting and working on momentum cornering.
As far as the mods, the differences were obviously the half cage, full interior stripping (except for front seat carpet and dash), BW solid subframe and differential bushings, and OMP Seat with Schroth 6 point harness. What a crazy difference it felt like to be strapped into the car. I think the biggest difference is that it just felt so much easier to drive the car fast, repeatably. Regarding the subframe bushings, I can't say that I felt a huge difference over the stock rubber bushings, but the car did feel very good putting the power down and very controllable in oversteer conditions. Either way, happy to have them done. Regarding the solid differential bushings, I could not love the noise any more. Definitely understand how it would bother some folks for normal street driving, but, I'm ultimately working towards building a full track car here. More "race car" noises are a good thing in my book. Particularly, and you can hear this in the video, around 140, the differential is spinning fast enough to be easily heard while WOT at 140+. Very cool stuff. I think my favorite part of this track event vs the last one (besides the new PB) is the SOUND that it makes now! With nothing to isolate noise from the exhaust, it sounds absolutely ridiculous when you're on the track! I absolutely love it. Certainly need to work on my driver mod, I think there's easily another second for me by driving harder into turn 3 and turn 12, and maybe entry into the Esses, but I feel less confident about that transition than other parts of the track. Some other random notes: Was finally able to figure out my coding problems. Using several different race seat coding articles didn't work for me, and here's why. I had removed my side airbags as part of the stripping/creating more head room for my giant ass, so I had to go through and code those out as well. Coded out the TPMS warning, which is good because I hate lights on the dash while I'm driving. The DSC light doesn't bother me terribly, since it comes on as a result of me intentionally doing something. Still, I may look into coding that light off the dash as long as I can still retain some way of knowing that it's actually on or off when I press the button. More coding, my AC was only blowing hot air even on the max setting. This was particularly bothersome as I was sitting in the car during 2 consecutive red flag sessions because of accidents. Turns out, removing the rear vents and the associated wiring harness throws the AC system into an error state and it won't work properly. I basically played around with some Google Translate to try to pinpoint how to code out the rear vents, and I believe I found it. The AC now blows cold. Lastly, I never thought I'd be at this place, but right now, I am absolutely sick of working on the car! Very satisfied that it's at a point where I can leave it be for quite some time. Next planned mods are MCS coilovers sometime next spring, and full aero at some point. Guess I should around to building the front half of the cage as well. Now to the video, first, if you've made it this far, congrats! Would love if some Road Atlanta vets would pick it apart. I've never had an instructor in the car at this track, but one of my very long time instructor friends who I commonly meet up at the track typically watches me when he can and tells me what I'm doing wrong. Last edited by WhiteM3EMC; 06-18-2020 at 09:58 AM.. |
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06-18-2020, 10:26 AM | #32 |
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Unfortunately I do not. It's certainly on the list of things I'd like to get eventually. I don't think I can convince the wife to let me spend another cent on this car right now lol
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06-18-2020, 10:28 AM | #33 | |
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06-18-2020, 10:31 AM | #34 |
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Good to know. I'll add it to the top of the list. Its certainly cheaper than coilovers and aero, and I can't pay these NT01s to wear so I think I'll have em around for a while.
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06-18-2020, 11:05 AM | #38 |
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Ahhh, that one isn't as pricey as I thought. The SmartyCam is the kick in the pants. Still, 1600 or so for the package isn't awful, and I see a lot of chatter on these threads about data and its interpretation and how that relates to becoming a better driver.
I assume it's better to just opt for the hardwired CAN option? Not like this thing is in pristine electrical shape anyways |
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06-18-2020, 11:11 AM | #39 | |
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Smartycam ultimately is worth it but if you already have a camera then just use that for now. When I am being coached, I'll review Smartycam video as it automatically overlays the data. |
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06-18-2020, 11:14 AM | #40 | |
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I use my phone for video now, but have been considering getting an older model go pro. I'll continue to use my phone and wait until I'm ready to grab the Smartycam |
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06-18-2020, 11:22 AM | #41 |
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Your camera sucks! When you upgrade splurge on a Smartycam.
It's hard with out data but a couple things: - carry more speed into 1. Its uphill. I managed go in at 90 a couple of times this weekend but I run aero and Hoosiers. Burak has similar tires to you and also no aero and he can do 85. - Hug the inside before the esses. I can stay flat from 3 to entry without coming off the inside. - I didn't really pay attention to your turn in but turn into esses is earlier than you may think. - carry more speed into 6. It has lot of camber and in the inside - 12 looked ok to me though there is always more speed Watch some of Burak's videos as I think you should be able to match his speed in the corners. |
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06-18-2020, 11:39 AM | #42 | |
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Thanks for your thoughts! I picked up over 10mph into 12 this weekend just by telling myself that it was ok. That wall is certainly scary. Very interesting about the Esses. I find my problem with them is trying to get the car back to the left after turn 3, so that I can set up for entry into the Esses, but the main problem is that I can feel it upsetting the chassis and losing grip. My buddy had been on my ass all day about turn 1. It was certainly a focal point for the weekend, along with 12, but good to know that I can still pick up more speed there. I guess I wasn't paying much attention to turn 6, but I agree, there's a lot of good camber there. Will definitely work on it in the future. Thank you for your thoughts! |
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@ThunderMoose - Totally agreed. I bought the AIM Solo2 system new and was convinced to use the M-World PNP. Made for easy install into the CAN. Must buy if you go with AIM. I am ditching the OEM cluster and upgrading to MXL Dash so the AIM Solo2 will be up for grabs.
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