GARX8Club track day at TGPR Jan 28 2006
12-17-2005, 12:48 PM
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Great guys, Thanks, I recieved one today from TR, and I think there is one more in there.
I am SO siked about this, I can't wait. Someone, promise me a swap in their car for mine. I REALLY need to feel the rx8 chassis again. I also want to play with the corner-weights on one, with coil-overs.
I am SO siked about this, I can't wait. Someone, promise me a swap in their car for mine. I REALLY need to feel the rx8 chassis again. I also want to play with the corner-weights on one, with coil-overs.
12-17-2005, 02:01 PM
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Dave, I would love for you to drive mine so I can see how it handles with someone who really knows what they are doing. It should give me more of an idea what my car can do. My mods are not as extensive as most of these guys. RB Sways is all you gonna get on mine.
12-17-2005, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Stop&TurnFreak
Great guys, Thanks, I recieved one today from TR, and I think there is one more in there.
I am SO siked about this, I can't wait. Someone, promise me a swap in their car for mine. I REALLY need to feel the rx8 chassis again. I also want to play with the corner-weights on one, with coil-overs.
I am SO siked about this, I can't wait. Someone, promise me a swap in their car for mine. I REALLY need to feel the rx8 chassis again. I also want to play with the corner-weights on one, with coil-overs.
do you have the ability to weigh a car and then corner weight it. because i would be interested in being the guinea pig on that.
12-17-2005, 02:18 PM
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STF. Let me know where to send the check. I'd like a spot please... please... please... please... please... please... please... please... please... please... please... 
is that enough??? Don't make me beg...
is that enough??? Don't make me beg...
12-17-2005, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by L8APEX
is that a hint?
do you have the ability to weigh a car and then corner weight it. because i would be interested in being the guinea pig on that.
do you have the ability to weigh a car and then corner weight it. because i would be interested in being the guinea pig on that.
You can adjust each coilover up or down to swing more or less weight on a particular corner. This is done to try to get even 50/50 front/back, 25/25/25/25 all corners, or whatever weight distribution someone wants.
12-17-2005, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by legokcen
You can adjust each coilover up or down to swing more or less weight on a particular corner. This is done to try to get even 50/50 front/back, 25/25/25/25 all corners, or whatever weight distribution someone wants.
12-17-2005, 03:19 PM
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Yes, you are correct, most folks will need scales, but, um, well, after 15+ years, I am pretty good without them. I setup my Evo without them,and then find where it is when I am done. Having used the Flex system, I know how many turns on the suspension is accountable for how much weight.
Ask any of the guys who were at Roebling, I am pretty good moving weight, and making a car handle. I just wish the Falkens wouldn't have finally bit the bigone. I was turning times 4 seconds off of the race cars of equal power, running 400+ pounds heavier, and running on street tires with not 4 not 5, but 12 days of tracking. Nabil and Phlash will tell you, I am not easy on tires .
However, I will make suggestions, and teach you how to do it. So, when you autocross or track again, you will know how to move the weight, making the car better for you.
That is what instructors do...........
Ask any of the guys who were at Roebling, I am pretty good moving weight, and making a car handle. I just wish the Falkens wouldn't have finally bit the bigone. I was turning times 4 seconds off of the race cars of equal power, running 400+ pounds heavier, and running on street tires with not 4 not 5, but 12
days of tracking. Nabil and Phlash will tell you, I am not easy on tires . However, I will make suggestions, and teach you how to do it. So, when you autocross or track again, you will know how to move the weight, making the car better for you.
That is what instructors do...........
12-18-2005, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by legokcen
When you ride with him, you'll pee yourself....
12-18-2005, 12:17 PM
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It will be like a Sunday drive......however, the last guy I told that too, well, he found that 105 through turn 3 at Roebling in the rain, in a full drift, passing a 996 Carrera S, on the outside, was a bit much. .
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12-18-2005, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Stop&TurnFreak
It will be like a Sunday drive......however, the last guy I told that too, well, he found that 105 through turn 3 at Roebling in the rain, in a full drift, passing a 996 Carrera S, on the outside, was a bit much. .
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, which I will not forget to bring. But if it is your car you are doing it in, I dont know that it would really bother me. if it was in my car, I would be the whimpering little girl that phlash turned into. Fear of bodily harm is one thing, but fear of loosing my car is another thing entirely. Something wrong with that logic, I know, but that is how it is.I may even bring those big *** pants that I had at RA, just for the fun of it, and a few more zip ties to go with them.
I really am looking forward to this more and more every day. I have been getting used to the new suspension setup. It really does make the car feel completely different, and I don't have it that firm, and have not really pushed it a lot. But it is very different.
12-19-2005, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by legokcen
You can adjust each coilover up or down to swing more or less weight on a particular corner. This is done to try to get even 50/50 front/back, 25/25/25/25 all corners, or whatever weight distribution someone wants.
Dave,
I finally got your address, You'll have funds soon....Maybe paypal for everyone next time????
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what am i missing, except the front bar. i doubt i will have that for TGPR, but it will be on for RA in March.
12-19-2005, 03:20 PM
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no fuzzy dice for me. i was really wanting some of those LED windhsield washer thingies, but since they cant be seen, i thought it to be a waste... 
and you only get spanish moss by running off the track at Roebling...
and you only get spanish moss by running off the track at Roebling...
12-19-2005, 06:11 PM
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Well, guys....my 8 got dyno'd today, and well, I was a bit off on my estimates. At LOW boost, at the wheels, it did, 282whp 
. That was on a Mustang dyno, which reads very low, acutally, they said it was closer to 300whp. Now, they are going to insert the cams (experimental cams), and start tuning the car. They are going to tune the car for 18psi, and then for 22psi (One Lap setup). I am hoping for 325whp, when it is all said and done. That should equate to @360whp on a two-wheel dyno-jet. 
. That was on a Mustang dyno, which reads very low, acutally, they said it was closer to 300whp. Now, they are going to insert the cams (experimental cams), and start tuning the car. They are going to tune the car for 18psi, and then for 22psi (One Lap setup). I am hoping for 325whp, when it is all said and done. That should equate to @360whp on a two-wheel dyno-jet.
12-19-2005, 07:54 PM
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i cant wait to watch that thing go around the track. should be cool. i am sure you are dying to get behind the wheel, as we all are. Good luck getting all you can out of that little engine. It is amazing what can be extracted.
12-19-2005, 08:06 PM
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I will have my good digital video there to record in stereo. This reminds me of when I did the Charles Hill shoot and that has turned out to be my best and most viewed videos to date. I think this has potential of being another awesome vid.
12-19-2005, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverEIGHT
I will have my good digital video there to record in stereo. This reminds me of when I did the Charles Hill shoot and that has turned out to be my best and most viewed videos to date. I think this has potential of being another awesome vid.
