NASA HotLanta Challange, Aug 10-12, Road Atlanta
08-02-2007, 02:12 PM
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Ok, at this risk of this going long winded...............
Did GTE this am. Found the left side of the car out on ft and r camber and a little on the toe in the rear. Enough to make right turns/sweepers interesting.....which is where the majority of my issue was at CMP...in right turns....But damn close to the settings we set the last time I went through GTE. So, we talked about the rear bar that I exchanged and some possible other things to try.....we ended up at -1.9 in the rear and adjusted the toe another 32's of an inch. We checked out all the struts and towers and everything under the car looks great!! They spent a little over an hour with me discussing some different things. I really like those guys......we also set two marks on the front toe.....one for street and one for track should i choose to crawl under to adjust them next weekend. Once again the subject came up from the guys at GTE (as here) that perhaps the rear was too stiff in lieu of the RB sway bar, MS strut brace, and the coil overs...we'll see....
Travis and I meet for lunch. He now has the second ez-up he'll bring next weekend. I am staying with him Thursday night and heading out Friday am when he heads to work. We talked and think that maybe, just for the sake of not having to bring any more **** than we have to, that I leave the grill at home. We'll all meet at the track Friday and go out to eat from there. Then Saturday night is the NASA BBQ. so, all we really need to bring is breakfast stuff, coolers, adult beverage of some sorts and treasure maps to see if we can find the alleged skid pad.
I stopped by Charlie's on the way to GTE....he says "HI". He's looking forward to next weekend, but won't be camping with us..."I camped enough as a boyscout......" He is bringing the 8 and the monster 7.
KurtBob, we'll have to figure out where to set up temp friday am...I'll have tires and crap to do before all hands. First session is at 9a.
Lego, I have a 2-3 person tent.....you are welcome to roomie (sorry took so long to reply to that).
I'm bringing a fan, a jack and the cordless impact wrench. Take a look at the track map. We need to figure out where to set up tent city. Green and brown area's are camp and RV sections. We just need to make sure we are near power.
Anything I am forgetting??
http://www.roadatlanta.com/trackmap.lasso
Did GTE this am. Found the left side of the car out on ft and r camber and a little on the toe in the rear. Enough to make right turns/sweepers interesting.....which is where the majority of my issue was at CMP...in right turns....But damn close to the settings we set the last time I went through GTE. So, we talked about the rear bar that I exchanged and some possible other things to try.....we ended up at -1.9 in the rear and adjusted the toe another 32's of an inch. We checked out all the struts and towers and everything under the car looks great!! They spent a little over an hour with me discussing some different things. I really like those guys......we also set two marks on the front toe.....one for street and one for track should i choose to crawl under to adjust them next weekend. Once again the subject came up from the guys at GTE (as here) that perhaps the rear was too stiff in lieu of the RB sway bar, MS strut brace, and the coil overs...we'll see....
Travis and I meet for lunch. He now has the second ez-up he'll bring next weekend. I am staying with him Thursday night and heading out Friday am when he heads to work. We talked and think that maybe, just for the sake of not having to bring any more **** than we have to, that I leave the grill at home. We'll all meet at the track Friday and go out to eat from there. Then Saturday night is the NASA BBQ. so, all we really need to bring is breakfast stuff, coolers, adult beverage of some sorts and treasure maps to see if we can find the alleged skid pad.
I stopped by Charlie's on the way to GTE....he says "HI". He's looking forward to next weekend, but won't be camping with us..."I camped enough as a boyscout......" He is bringing the 8 and the monster 7.
KurtBob, we'll have to figure out where to set up temp friday am...I'll have tires and crap to do before all hands. First session is at 9a.
Lego, I have a 2-3 person tent.....you are welcome to roomie (sorry took so long to reply to that).
I'm bringing a fan, a jack and the cordless impact wrench. Take a look at the track map. We need to figure out where to set up tent city. Green and brown area's are camp and RV sections. We just need to make sure we are near power.
Anything I am forgetting??
http://www.roadatlanta.com/trackmap.lasso
Last edited by Phlash; 08-02-2007 at 04:13 PM.
08-02-2007, 05:44 PM
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I vote "Infield Camping A" because there are lots of trees for shade and you have a GREAT overlook of "The Esses" and turn 5. Plus they have good restrooms without a suprise gorilla sitting on a stinky toilet.
08-02-2007, 07:09 PM
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Better bring plenty of skeeter repellant. As a buddy from south Ga. says " them skeeters at Road Atlanta are big enough to stand flat footed and **** a chicken"
That's just damn big, I don't care who ya are!
Good to see Phlash man and glad to hear about new settings. I hope we can get a chance to go out together. See ya'll soon.
What do ya'll wanna bet that denny has one of those silver domed things that spins around to vent your houses attic mounted to his hood?
That's just damn big, I don't care who ya are!
Good to see Phlash man and glad to hear about new settings. I hope we can get a chance to go out together. See ya'll soon.
What do ya'll wanna bet that denny has one of those silver domed things that spins around to vent your houses attic mounted to his hood?
08-02-2007, 08:26 PM
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The Turkish Delight
I was able to pry this away from some crazy cook at the local track. He kept muttering about some fabled "happy place" and everyone else thought he was just an old lunatic... he had a patch on his eye and everything!
Think it could be useful?
Think it could be useful?
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08-02-2007, 09:20 PM
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08-02-2007, 09:52 PM
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Well, work has reared it's ugly head again, and I am going to have to be on location for a show. THAT SUCKS, because in practice this past week we got down to 1:45's on new RA1s. I was working on a set of BFGs which are consistenly 8/10 faster per second of track time. That would have put the car down to solid 1:44's. The owner said with me driving he felt it could have done more.
Oh well, no worries, that was the bad news, now for the good news. I got to drive his TT Z06 Lingerfelt Vette. On a BAD tune, the thing was still freakin in credible. 150mph was as easy to achieve as 40mph in my Evo, NO LIE. I have never felt power like that. I hope he considers letting us run it at one lap this year, provided Penske is done with the suspension.
Oh well, no worries, that was the bad news, now for the good news. I got to drive his TT Z06 Lingerfelt Vette. On a BAD tune, the thing was still freakin in credible. 150mph was as easy to achieve as 40mph in my Evo, NO LIE. I have never felt power like that. I hope he considers letting us run it at one lap this year, provided Penske is done with the suspension.
08-02-2007, 10:33 PM
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I am just doing the Friday instructor clinic. Therefore...I will plan on helping to set up tent city and then going to dinner with the gang Friday night (and participate in any other festivities). Then I guess I will camp out and leave on Saturday sometime.
I hope the weather will be conducive to the aforementioned activities. Silver, don't you have some kind of dance you will do before next weekend?
I hope the weather will be conducive to the aforementioned activities. Silver, don't you have some kind of dance you will do before next weekend?
08-03-2007, 06:56 AM
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Well, work has reared it's ugly head again, and I am going to have to be on location for a show. THAT SUCKS, because in practice this past week we got down to 1:45's on new RA1s. I was working on a set of BFGs which are consistenly 8/10 faster per second of track time. That would have put the car down to solid 1:44's. The owner said with me driving he felt it could have done more.
Oh well, no worries, that was the bad news, now for the good news. I got to drive his TT Z06 Lingerfelt Vette. On a BAD tune, the thing was still freakin in credible. 150mph was as easy to achieve as 40mph in my Evo, NO LIE. I have never felt power like that. I hope he considers letting us run it at one lap this year, provided Penske is done with the suspension.
Oh well, no worries, that was the bad news, now for the good news. I got to drive his TT Z06 Lingerfelt Vette. On a BAD tune, the thing was still freakin in credible. 150mph was as easy to achieve as 40mph in my Evo, NO LIE. I have never felt power like that. I hope he considers letting us run it at one lap this year, provided Penske is done with the suspension.
08-03-2007, 12:00 PM
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shhhhh! Secrets, got to have some secrets. I wasn't doing it, the owner was tuning the coil-overs. He got down to the 1:48's on street tires (Azenis) and then got down to 1:45's on RA1's. Although I felt he would be faster than me, he felt the opposite. Answer would be Road A.
08-03-2007, 06:03 PM
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Don't want to waste the powers.
08-04-2007, 08:43 AM
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I try to check mine once or twice a year. It doesn't hurt, and it just makes sure everything is working together. You don't want to be squirrely like Phlash was when you are at RA. When I had mine checked before CMP, my whole drivers side was off, toe was a little out too.
08-04-2007, 10:20 AM
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Let me find the wife's credit card----Honey.........
Well-- best be making an appointment then---may just drop by and see ole charlie also while I am up that way.
Paper today forecast Friday temperature of 99F!!! Holy Crap Batman! I wonder if I can put an a/c in a tent?
olddragger
Well-- best be making an appointment then---may just drop by and see ole charlie also while I am up that way.
Paper today forecast Friday temperature of 99F!!! Holy Crap Batman! I wonder if I can put an a/c in a tent?
olddragger