2009 Mid-Atlantic HPDE Schedule
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Originally Posted by 9kI4,Apr 3 2009, 07:33 PM
It's always worked in the past, and it worked for Mani on Friday. Not quite sure why it didn't work better on Saturday. Next time I'll try a bigger duct and a passenger side one too.
That blower would be good, but then it wouldn't be as easy put it on/off. The heater came out a long time ago, and the wiring isn't there any more either. You can see that the hose was working, it's perfectly clear right above the dash
And I wouldn't really call it a race. After I got past the Acura, it was just a matter of keeping it clean and finishing. I don't think anybody was actually fighting for position.
That blower would be good, but then it wouldn't be as easy put it on/off. The heater came out a long time ago, and the wiring isn't there any more either. You can see that the hose was working, it's perfectly clear right above the dash
And I wouldn't really call it a race. After I got past the Acura, it was just a matter of keeping it clean and finishing. I don't think anybody was actually fighting for position.
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Had a good time on the track with the Porsche Club of America Potomac today. This is the first time I've had the S on the tight Jefferson Circuit. The Porsche guys are really nice, not a single blow-hard was in sight and my student was a quick study. The S kicked some high dollar tail today. I have some HD video but my fancy ass video editor is generating a black screen when told to render the final cut.
I'm heading out tomorrow to run TT with the SCCA.
I'm heading out tomorrow to run TT with the SCCA.
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Originally Posted by robrob,Apr 4 2009, 09:25 PM
The S kicked some high dollar tail today.
I'm heading out tomorrow to run TT with the SCCA.
I'm heading out tomorrow to run TT with the SCCA.
Good luck tomorrow Rob
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are you picking up the inside rear tire at all Rob?
Yes, one of the students said that just after the apex of Jefferson's Turn 7 my inside front wheel was completely off the ground. I'm assuming it should with my the front swaybar set as stiff as it is.
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I got good news and bad news from the SCCA Club Time Trials at Summit Point Shenandoah. We had 11 cars running TT and I took second overall behind Fred Kelly in a Cobra replica. I took more than 3 seconds off my best lap with a 140.2. The Cobra turned a 139.7.
That's the good news. In the afternoon practice I think I dropped a valve in the rearmost cylinder. The spark plug is beat to crap so something is clunkling around in there. It might have been caused by oil starvation in Big Bend, a long fast left hander. No I don't have a baffled oil pan (just ordered one today), and no I never did the banjo bolt fix (will be done when engine is repaired).
It also could have been a valve retainer. The pisser is that I was planning to pull the valve cover and do an adjustment (just got the cool special valve adjustment screwdriver) so I probably would have seen the cracked retainer and saved the engine. Oh well.
Fred, the Cobra guy, was nice enough to trailer my car home for me. I have to decide by tomorrow what to do. I'm leaning toward towing it to Hagarstown Honda, but I cringe at paying dealer prices for at minimum a new piston, rings, cylinder bore, possibly a new head and valves. Could be expensive. Anyone have a suggestion for an independent shop in Frederick, Hagerstown, or Martinsburg?
That's the good news. In the afternoon practice I think I dropped a valve in the rearmost cylinder. The spark plug is beat to crap so something is clunkling around in there. It might have been caused by oil starvation in Big Bend, a long fast left hander. No I don't have a baffled oil pan (just ordered one today), and no I never did the banjo bolt fix (will be done when engine is repaired).
It also could have been a valve retainer. The pisser is that I was planning to pull the valve cover and do an adjustment (just got the cool special valve adjustment screwdriver) so I probably would have seen the cracked retainer and saved the engine. Oh well.
Fred, the Cobra guy, was nice enough to trailer my car home for me. I have to decide by tomorrow what to do. I'm leaning toward towing it to Hagarstown Honda, but I cringe at paying dealer prices for at minimum a new piston, rings, cylinder bore, possibly a new head and valves. Could be expensive. Anyone have a suggestion for an independent shop in Frederick, Hagerstown, or Martinsburg?