cautionary tale for the 914 racers here, vid gets a bit long waiting for the tow truck but worth a view Options

[byndbad914]

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The latest track day adventure. Had a couple friends out and was going to split the first session of the day giving them both a quick ride while I warmed up the tires... turns out to not be the case but also get to learn a new lesson.

[byndbad914]

I have all the parts I need to get it back together so I hope to get a couple more track days in with it. I did get all the 2x3 rectangle tube last Friday to start the Nova frame so will be working both in parallel for a bit. I bought a new, complete wiring harness for the Nova as well, so I will be leaving all the wiring in the 914 and may just build new suspension uppers and have the lowers cut out again, I still have the solid model, so I might leave it as a roller, no shocks. We will see, wouldn't be that hard to drop parts in it again at a later date and track it.

edit - was thinking about it as well and considering I have ran the car pretty consistently the past few years, other than the transaxle BS I dealt with Mendeola, this is the first track failure I have had that put the car on the trailer in quite some time so I really can't complain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Randal]

I have all the parts I need to get it back together so I hope to get a couple more track days in with it. I did get all the 2x3 rectangle tube last Friday to start the Nova frame so will be working both in parallel for a bit. I bought a new, complete wiring harness for the Nova as well, so I will be leaving all the wiring in the 914 and may just build new suspension uppers and have the lowers cut out again, I still have the solid model, so I might leave it as a roller, no shocks. We will see, wouldn't be that hard to drop parts in it again at a later date and track it.

edit - was thinking about it as well and considering I have ran the car pretty consistently the past few years, other than the transaxle BS I dealt with Mendeola, this is the first track failure I have had that put the car on the trailer in quite some time so I really can't complain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

To me, you were looking like going into the low low 50's in the video. Slowly working up on it and increasing speeds in and out of corners, which is the smart way to travel.

Now, once you get there, next to the cup cars, anything else will just be playing. know what I mean?

And not many guys get to have the satisfaction of doing it by building their own cars. That has got to feel pretty good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

[byndbad914]

And not many guys get to have the satisfaction of doing it by building their own cars. That has got to feel pretty good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

Yeah, there is definitely a satisfaction when I make a few tweaks and the car picks up more. I was thinking about it and this car, since I started the race car project roughly 12 years ago, has been the longest I have had one car my whole life! I have had 8 other vehicles in that same 12 year time frame! I think right at 3 years is the longest I have had any other vehicle in the last 12 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) So I have been jonesing for a different car to track, but then when I click off a good time, it gets hard to move on.

But, along with the satisfaction mentioned earlier, I really want to see if I can get a 66 Nova with no flares, complete interior, completely street legal into sub-2 minute laps. I know Corvette Grand Sports are 1:57s with ballast to meet SCCA weight. I should have a bit more power than a tuned LS3 but will break even at best dragging that brick of a body shape through the breeze, Vette suspension may be better given all the engineering it has, similar tire size, and hopefully 300-400 lbs less weight... that might add up to a bit slower but maybe 2:00s or less.

[Randal]

And not many guys get to have the satisfaction of doing it by building their own cars. That has got to feel pretty good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

Yeah, there is definitely a satisfaction when I make a few tweaks and the car picks up more. I was thinking about it and this car, since I started the race car project roughly 12 years ago, has been the longest I have had one car my whole life! I have had 8 other vehicles in that same 12 year time frame! I think right at 3 years is the longest I have had any other vehicle in the last 12 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) So I have been jonesing for a different car to track, but then when I click off a good time, it gets hard to move on.

But, along with the satisfaction mentioned earlier, I really want to see if I can get a 66 Nova with no flares, complete interior, completely street legal into sub-2 minute laps. I know Corvette Grand Sports are 1:57s with ballast to meet SCCA weight. I should have a bit more power than a tuned LS3 but will break even at best dragging that brick of a body shape through the breeze, Vette suspension may be better given all the engineering it has, similar tire size, and hopefully 300-400 lbs less weight... that might add up to a bit slower but maybe 2:00s or less.

I raced a couple of well driven LS-6's at Cascade Lakes. Think I would have got them without a huge 1 to 2nd (901 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) ) mistake on my last run. Was within 1.2 seconds of them and that missed shift cost me 2 seconds.

Would love to see you running Cascade Lakes. You do it once and you would never take that beautiful car apart. Honestly, nothing like a hill climb. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)