I'm really surprised no one has mentioned using the RB race flash, or the eventual Accessport once it's released...either of these for sure will go into my car for TTD.

 

I was considering forgoing spending a bunch of money on shocks/springs until after maybe next season and instead using the points towards a softer compound tire such as the hoosiers in 245 width. I would go wider but that would necessitate buying a set of wheels and I don't need another set of wheels sitting around. 3 + whats on the car is probably enough

 

I'd love to get it for mine too but its +4. Car isn't blazing fast as it is and I just don't think it's gonna help that much ... not more than anything that'll make the car handle better.

But, I guess it really does depend on the track you're at. If it has some long straights it might be worth it.

 

I have my points down at home, but I have been planning:
Coilovers (already have)
Sway Bars (already have)
245 RA1s
high flow cat (already have)
Accessport

I want to say this put me right at 18 points, but I might be forgetting something...I'm thinking the extra ~15whp is significant enough to go with it...but who knows...

 

15whp is roughly an 8% gain in peak power. I really don't think I'd give up 4 points in tires or suspension for 15 peak whp.

 

what i have down here is

coilovers +5
sway bars +2
RA1's +5
flash +5
cat +1
exhaust +1

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19pts

 

I was counting like putting the OEM cat back on the car again...

As for the extra 15whp...it's definitely not a lot, but definitely something...with the Accessport I should be able to flash back and forth anyways...so we'll see.

 

good, maybe ill just pick that hiflow up off you then.

 

Nope...didn't mean catalytic converter, meant cat back...hence why I wrote "again" at the end of the sentence.

 

d'oh. you have mail.

 

If it's lighter than OEM then it may be worth +1.

When Porsche asked Mark Donahue how they could make the 917-30 better, he told them to give me more power.

 

for a turbo 12 cylinder, you could use more POWER

 

you can expect 12+ whp from the AP alone ...

 

what about with a synthetic hyper gallactic underoverdrive shift kit?

 

^ that bumps you up to TTC

 

It seems the E36 M3 could be the car to beat this year.

The Midwest Region TTD is currently being led by a guy I know who drives an E36 M3. Last weekend he broke the 2006 national champ's (Allen S.) record at Autobahn South. I think he has a good shot at nationals this year. He has a lot of resources at his disposals including time since he has his wife doing HPDE at the track with him. Track wife=priceless.

There is also a pretty fast guy from Minnesota in a stock S2000 with Hoosiers who is also doing well in Midwest although he only finished third at Autobahn.

Congrats on leading your region and good luck the rest of the year. Maybe the E36 guy in your region will money shift (drivers of the E36 are known to do that) or something... Are there any tracks left on your schedule where you have an advantage in experience?

 

Unfortunately, he has the advantage. Mid-Ohio in Aug & Putnam (new to me vs he has been there before) in Oct. Chances are I'm not going to make the long haul to Indiana in Oct. unless I can get my act together and win in Aug. I can only try my best.....

 

buy a track mate--time to analyze. There is always a second somewhere.
Olddragger

 

Yep. Think of it this way ... if you can find .1 sec on each turn somehow ... on a 10 turn track that is 1 second. But if you can get something to analyze you should be able to determine how your section times look and break it down to where you can make up time.

 

I ran my first TT this past weekend at Road Atlanta in my RX8 with NASA-SE and was glad to get my first 2 wins. I earned top spot on Saturday and on Sunday. My real competition in the class was a BMW 528i that had a bunch of work done to it. I don't even know if it was legally running in the correct class. It had a motor swap running a 3.5 liter inline 6, coilovers and other suspension goodies, race exhaust with no cat, RA1s in the right size for TTD, fully gutted interior (even the dash removed and replaced with an aluminum plate with guages in it) and a cage. I beat him on Saturday by .1 seconds. I ran a 1.46.901 and he ran 1.47.013. On Sunday I ran a 1.46.111 and he ran 1.46.387.
The coolest thing was that I outran a bunch of TTC, TTB, and TTA drivers all weekend as well. There are still several seconds to be found for me at the track but I don't know how much harder I want to push.


Full results here. I was in 85X.

 

^ way to go!!!!

 

So in person was the one on the right better looking then the one on the left? OH and congrats.

 

don't answer that for him, he's married. Answer it for me.

Congrats TA.

 

Awesome Track Addict!

 

They are both married (not to each other though). I also am married so I didn't even notice their short shorts, tight tops, or nice endowments pressed up against me. And my left hand is not where you think.

On an additional note, the track record for Road Atlanta for TTD was 1.46.34
Since I ran 1.46.111, I am the proud holder of said record (for the time being anyway). I can't wait for them to update the website so I can screen capture it as proof.