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No sir. Had the shop mount it to the underside of the trunk filler plate. I'm not ready to smell gasoline fumes in my garage.
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Been a while! Dropped the car off at the shop at the beginning of March to get some work done. Part of the list was as follows:
- Swap transmission fluid with supplied Redline D6 - swap differential fluid with supplied Redline 75w90 - swap power steering fluid with supplied pentosin chf - change engine oil with supplied motul synthetic - install supplied Turner Motorsport rear subframe bushings - install supplied revshift transmission bushings - install supplied berk technology midpipes - modify and install hard motorsport rear trunk cover. Fabricate bracket to mount charcoal canister - review and advise condition of fuel filler neck in passenger rear wheel well. Replace? -> Tire rubbed on fuel filler neck and chewed away at it real bad. Didn't cause any spills tho. - blast engine bay with compressed air - fabrication of HVAC blower and AC hard-line block off plates on firewall - Fabrication of center exit axle back center exit exhaust. Exhaust to exit right below structural bumper. To be fabricated high enough to allow for future diffuser. - welding of 2" vertical extensions onto chassis brackets for rear wing uprights. Purpose is to install one more Clevis pin on each side - fabrication of removable block off plate for cowl area Took a stab at making my own front splitter out of 3/4" plywood. It came out decent. Coupled with the ebay front lip /w brake duct openings, it'll tie in nicely. Will post finalized pics when its done. Also had the car corner balanced and weighed. With an empty tank and no driver, it came in at 2937lbs. Not bad!
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Battle ready.
Hoping to complete the shakedown sometime this week. The wrap job on this car is hurting so bad and is accentuated by the fail of the placement of the //M stripes on the hood. But at this point, I'm riding it out for the season as I'm out of wrap and tapped out in patience to redo it. Time to drive!
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I also fabricated wire splitter stanchions to prevent the splitter from sagging at speed in front of the main brace. The splitter doesn't attach to the plastic bumper at all; its all chassis mounted. I'll try to snap some photos this weekend of the setup.
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Tracking season makes for slow updates! Some noteable things: - Managed a 1:31.28 at Canadian Tire Motorsports park. That's on par with the IMSA Continental Tire ST class; part of their tour comes to my home track. There are large differences in chassis builds but the lap times are similar nonetheless. - Had an off at another local track last Wednesday and ripped the splitter off the chassis mounts. Damaged a radiator support bracket in addition to destroying the splitter. Ended up spending the following days hustling up a new splitter for a time attack event the following Sunday July 31. Some photos: - First one is me taking turn 4 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP) Grand Prix Track flat out at 190KM/h. Entry is WOT. Just after turn in, there is a hump then the track drops around 30 feet while turning left. The rear end gets light and shifts about 6-12" over. As long as you don't lift, the aero keeps the car planted the whole way through. Its pretty wild. - Second photo is at the CTMP Driver Development Track. Its much smaller and slower than the Grand Prix track. This was the Time Attack event; the Subaru behind me is 2 classes higher and ran me down about 3 turns later. Its wicked fast.
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Hope the splitter, bumper etc are okay.
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Turn 4 is my favorite.
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Season has been over for me since September. Didn't take long for me to tear into it in preparation for 2018. Started off by thinning out the wiring harness some more at the PJB. Went a little too aggressive and now the car cranks for about 3 seconds before firing and the dash lights up like a Christmas tree. Troubleshooting electrical is going to be fun... Put this aside for now. In the mean time, I decided to go hella wide for next year. Enter Apex 19x11 PS7s. I went with 19s as I can only get 305 RE71Rs in 19". This will allow me to still run a street tire in the class I want to compete in next year. I'll be ordering fender flares soon.
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Oops. After I posted, I realized I did some other work...
For the sake of aero improvement, I went down to one oil cooler behind the kidney grill. The duct openings on the bumper will be covered off. Hard to say whether this single Setrab unit will keep me from going into limp mode. My hunch says I'll be fine but I'm just firing from the hip at this point.
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Looking good! What fender flares are you going with? N5tuner rear like the Solo car?
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I'm working on something. Stay tuned.
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The OEM rear quarters seem like a nice option because they look better and I think you'd gain some resale value back although once the cage is in that's out the window lol
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Have you run he car with a single core oil cooler in front of the radiator?
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Resale value is definitely not a consideration when you're in this deep. Things like "what can I take an angle grinder to for weight reduction" tend to take priority. Ha.
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The top was mounted to the rad support (all openings at the top of the rad support were covered off to force air through the radiator) and on the rad shrouding /w 90* aluminum brackets.
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