Here's some shifting I had to do on a crappy local course today. I was pissed about the ending coming toward the wall.

https://vimeo.com/98893588?utm_sourc...Q5MjgyNHw3NzAx

 

I started out his thread whining about getting beat by a vette. I can't complain anymore, I beat him yesterday, even if only by .050 seconds.

 

CHEERS! S2K power!

 

JOSH OWENS SHIFTING IN AN AP2?!!!!!! UNPOSSIBLE!!!!!

 

And somewhere, on a Corvette forum, a driver is complaining about the unfairness of being in the same class as an S2000....

Congrats on the win!

 

Who would of thunk they could build a course that required 3 down shifts in a ap2? Not me! I've been proven it's possible

 

This isn't exactly new news, at least with a few tuners who looked into this in the past. The tuner I use specializes in Haltech products (Haltech USA is close to us) and works with harnesses and patches on a regular basis. I had the option of going this route, but have no more interest in running my AP! in STR, so I installed the Haltech by itself. The holdup on using the Haltech was getting the OBD2 port "functional." Some might suggest the rules means 100% functional, others think just making it work/readable is good enough. With the AP2v2 (or DBW cars), in order to use the Haltech, the OEM ECU need to be used in conjunction with the Haltech due to the locked map and functions of the DBW system. Using the same patch/harness, but slightly modified, the 00-05 cars can use the Haltech and patch in the OEM ECU to run the OBD2 port. At minimal, the port wouldn't really report anything, but make it "functional" and fulfill the requirement to retain all the factory sensors and obd2 functions. Depending on how far you wanted to go with the harness, my understanding is you could get the port fully functional to diagnose and read the sensors like normal.

-Marc

 

Yep! I paxed 2nd out of 84 drivers Sunday. Fastest production car raw time. I finished 18th at the NJ Tour earlier this year.

 

with lincoln around the corner I find it interesting to bring this old thread up again.

Looking at the Championship Tour so far this year
C5 4 firsts and 2 seconds
S 2 firsts and 3 seconds

at spring nats the C5 scored one of those first and second place finishes.

So, do we predict the C5 to win at Nationals in two weeks?

interestingly, I find myself in a regional battle (Huntsville AL) with the C5 (Ed Fisher)that finished first at Wilmington. We are very close so far this season. I have found if the course design includes a drag strip start I will struggle to catch him. Looking at the 0 to 60 numbers the C5 will have a one second lead right off the start with a drag strip start. That is hard to make up unless the rest of the course is tight.

Also, it seems like there is less and less interest in B street among S2000s, honestly it is very tempting to drink the koolaid and mod into STR. I have been thinking seriously about it. If only this driver didn't enjoy DDing the stock S so much.

 

You can still daily an STR car, but everyone's tolerances are different. Im also interested to see how this plays out, Im no longer in B street since I recently purchased a CR. So I will be dealing with a comparable situation.