NPC: Run at the SCCA Majors |
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NPC: Run at the SCCA Majors |
ThePaintedMan |
Jan 10 2015, 12:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
So with the tutelage of you guys over the past few years I got a chance to prep a car for a gentleman making his first run for the SCCA Majors (formerly National Runoffs). This is our first weekend and with a fraction of the budget of the big boys in P2, so far we qualified 3rd for this afternoons race. If we finish well enough today and tomorrow, we only need to run Sebring next weekend and Road Atlanta to be in for Daytona in September. Already avoided a catastrophe yesterday when I spotted a control arm bolt nearly ground off by the curbs during my final check.[
attachmentid=482655] Even cooler is that I've had two different team owners ask me to come crew for them next year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Anyhow, thanks for helping me get a foot in the door! Attached thumbnail(s) |
ThePaintedMan |
Jan 13 2015, 02:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
Pretty good Shane. These cars are really finicky, and this one being a home-built chassis has it's own quirks. Everything is hard to get to and I'm still trying to get a handle on what's over-built and what isn't engineered well enough.
We finished 6th on Saturday and 5th on Sunday out of 8 cars entered in class. Personally, I don't think it's setup right yet and the driver isn't doing quite what it's capable of. Right now, the fronts are wearing out the inside shoulders of the tires over the weekend and since he always complains about not having enough front end grip, I'm positive that it's just got too much camber for as soft as the suspension is - i.e., he can't transfer enough weight to the corner to get it to get a full contact patch on the ground, so most of the time the inner portion of the tire is doing the majority of the work. I suggested we add some positive camber to get a little more contact patch for him... but he is adamant it's setup correctly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) We have to qualify again for Sebring on this Friday, so we'll see what happens. Still have to change the oil, tires, chain and sprocket before Friday anyways. |
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