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| bam914 |
 Apr 19 2009, 03:09 PM
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I have just a few little odds and ends to do before it is completed. Got scaled and aligned today. It weight 1830# without driver and 2 gallons of gas. It has to weight 2260# with driver. So I had to add 230# of lead to make weight. But it scaled out great. Big thanks go to Jake Raby, Len Hoffman & Bill @ Gotronix.com for the dash setup.
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| bam914 |
Apr 27 2009, 07:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 23-November 03 From: Atlanta, Ga Member No.: 1,378 Region Association: None |
This weekend at Roebling Road went about as smooth as a first weekend out with a new car can go. Which was very good. Saturday morning for qualifing was the first time the car turned a wheel on the race track. It had a slight over steer in a few corners which for the most part was adjusted out with a front swaybar adjustment. I qualified 2nd in my class out of 5. The first race went pretty well. I spun in oil in one corner and lost second place, which a few labs later I got back and finished 2nd.
Qualifing for the second race the car ran horrible. The EGT's were all over the place. I was able to qualify 3rd. Come to find out that the intake plenum had a few cracks in it. I got the plenum fixed and went out for the race. It ran great for the first half of the race and then it started to run bad again. I was able to hold on to 3rd. Jake and I have a few ideas why it starts to run bad towards the end of the race. So some fuel line routing will be changed and lots of chassis dynoing in the future. The car handle fairly well. I do think I need an LSD. The car just does not want to hook up in corners. It is very unstable. I also need a few more HP to stay up with the Mustang and the Celica. My fastest time for the weekend was a 1:26.0 which was 1.5 seconds off of the leaders who ran under the track record. The two guys up front were very impressed with the first outing in the 914. They seemed a little nervous. |
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bam914 Almost done with my ITB 914 Apr 19 2009, 03:09 PM
jsayre914 Wow
that looks like a spaceship with wheels
:dr... Apr 19 2009, 03:20 PM URY914 looks good Apr 19 2009, 04:02 PM Jake Raby Clean... No clutter... No bullshit that it doesn... Apr 19 2009, 05:50 PM Joe Ricard Cool looking car. All steel? 1830 is great and ... Apr 19 2009, 06:27 PM bam914 All steel except for the front air dam. Headlight... Apr 19 2009, 06:57 PM ChrisNPDrider What's left to do? Red pin-stripes? :D
I am ... Apr 21 2009, 10:43 PM Phoenix 914-6GT That is one clean looking little car. Nice work B... Apr 21 2009, 11:29 PM Randal Very nice cage work. And a lot of work it was hey... Apr 22 2009, 09:52 AM bam914 Thanks for the comments. The chassis dyno results... Apr 22 2009, 04:17 PM Jake Raby Blake built one hell of a car!! The first ... Apr 26 2009, 07:28 PM
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