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shoehorn and some butter - it fits ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None ![]() |
Took some video of an open track day this last Friday. There are three of my most consistent, fastest laps to date, all in the 1:55s. I ran one 1:55 the last time I went out with consistent 1:57s after I put some old radials I had laying around on the car from a couple years back, so I got the most out of them the last track day. This time they held on for about 4 laps in the morning, and then just got greasier and greasier as the track and the day warmed up.
So I have three clean laps back to back at the beginning, a slightly slower overall time lap as the fourth but there was some neat traffic so I left it in and it was my fastest shot down the bobsled to hell and sliding back up the hill, then some footage of traffic to see some cars, general bloopers and random chaos. And then I realized upon editing that I left the camera on when I finished, so I got a bunch of footage of various folks coming up and asking questions, talking about the car when they thought I couldn't hear which is always funny, but I threw in one snippet of a corner worker that worked down in that area I would go sliding through and the open wheeler spins. The springs are getting stiff enough that I know I have to get the right camber set on the car, some new radials, then monkey with tire pressures. I suspect that I am in the "1/2 psi makes a big difference" spring rate range. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg8SkOZVLBs |
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None ![]() |
cool, thanks for that info. I admit to being aware of the loss in torque (my dad HATED that truck after it was converted) but having sort of forgot how much after all of these years and that is a concern that I appreciate you pointed out, especially now that I get to tow over mountains. Also, I did remember that tank being huge and high pressure, but I admit I wouldn't need as many as you mention since I don't need an equivalent to 120 gals, but more like 35 gals which was the max capacity of my F250 diesel by comparison.
Nonetheless, scaling down from 120 to 35 gal equivalent is roughly three 2ft diam x 6ft tanks which is just a lot of weight to carry along while also trying to schlep a trailer over a mountain pass. Always good to have someone that is "living it" chime in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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