Booked our room @ the lodge

We are ready for some

 

Getting ampd to see everyone and hit some sweet roads. 69 days and counting, new tires and brakes shortly.

 

What tires and brakes are you going with?

 

Old school sizing, 215/45 and 245/40 Dunlop ZII's on closeout. I've been obsessing on reducing unsprung weight and improving turn-in response lately. The soft floppy flaccid sidewall on the 225/45 RS3 have been a buzz-kill for me since the day i had them installed. The original star specs had stiff sidewalls that really inspired a lot of confidence. Also, no turbo powah to spin up the big tires.

Brakes are either new oem pads or hawk HP+. I am fairly easy on brakes but would like to confidence that the over-built pads would give.

I hardwired a passport escort x8500 black to the rear view mirror. Makes our mountain roads more fun here. Also took the dead-pedal out, can finally stretch my stupid leg out! We are building a house here in Huntsville, the framing started going up today. Very exciting, but till all the moving expenses get taken care of the S will likely stay off the track (and stock rims).

You put enough miles on those bushings to give a review yet?

68 days and counting!

 

Not yet. Still putting some miles on the new tires before I start testing. I am getting a slight bit of vibration that is new. The car feels very planted. Feels more stable than before. This could also be due to going to full stuff on the Saner. I won't have a legitimate review until the autocross in February.

 

Recommendation: those who already booked at Fontana, call to confirm your reservation and ask for another confirmation email (especially if you did not get one initially). Reason: they recently upgraded their systems--last week--and I know of at least one case where a reservation booked in the old system did not get transferred to the new system.

 

Are you talking a SCCA event in FEB? The next NFCA event in St Augustine is MAR 21, 2015.

 

Yes, there is an scca autocross in Feb that I am considering checking out.

 

I saw this posted in the Tampa forum.

http://www.greatsmokies.com/roadnowhere.html

Any interest in checking out "The Road to Nowhere"? I'm thinking we could do it as a Friday drive from Fontana?

It begins here on Everett St. in Bryson City and goes until you reach the tunnel:

Fontana to Bryson City

Road to nowhere map:

Road to Nowhere

 

looks fun. Not sure what the Tampa guys are doing on this but Friday night be good or Saturday when the dragon is over crowded