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zguynate 03-25-2012 03:08 PM

Maybe get some washers and longer bolts for a quick fix?

Also how tall are you?

sig11 03-25-2012 03:51 PM

The difference is too great for washers, IMO.

I'm ~6'5". With the stock seats my helmet nearly touches the roof...

ChrisSlicks 03-25-2012 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sig11 (Post 1619822)
The difference is too great for washers, IMO.

I'm ~6'5". With the stock seats my helmet nearly touches the roof...

You must be all legs :) I'm 6'0" and my helmet is rubbing the roof in the stock seats. Hoping the new seats will get me a little lower.

Maybe you can get a shop to modify those brackets if you cant find another?

sig11 03-26-2012 07:42 AM

I am all legs. heh. If I sit in the 'wrong' position my helmet rubs. I have the stock seat cranked as low as it can go too. :)

I've been convinced to call V2motorsports about the coilover problem today. They have built at least 1 T2 Z (and the driver walked away from an amazing flip at mid-ohio) I'm going to see if they can do the seat and harness mounting at some point too.

sig11 04-02-2012 04:05 PM

Well... this was fun. I was about 10mph faster than my normal turn in it looks like... that was enough to let the rear wheels slide I think. Next time brake harder into turn one. :) I realized I wasn't going to save it and tried to get straight but I wasn't really fast enough.

Mid-Ohio off track turn one on Vimeo

I've got some more fun videos to post soon. Hopefully I'll get to post them tonight.

wstar 04-02-2012 04:23 PM

That didn't look too bad at first, did you lift the throttle while correcting maybe? In any case, good outcome, nothing broken I assume :)

sig11 04-02-2012 04:48 PM

I don't remember lifting but it's hard to hear the engine over the tire squeal in the video. Nothing damaged but my pride and a clip popped out of the FL splash guard. Going to put 'er up on stands soon to double check everything.

I knew the instructor in the Mini... after the session she came up and harassed me and said her student felt bad. :P mini driver: "I think I made him do that" instructor: "He did that all himself." hah

sig11 04-02-2012 05:10 PM

Damnit! I JUST realized that I forgot to plug in the OBD-II reader!

ChrisSlicks 04-02-2012 05:13 PM

Better the kitty litter than the fence I suppose :)

Definitely turned in with too much speed, I'm surprised you didn't try to brake a little deeper after you realized you were coming in hot, but the shape of the track doesn't seem to give that much freedom. Cold tires probably didn't help either.

sig11 04-02-2012 05:22 PM

I think if I had tried to brake again I would have done a 360 right in front of traffic...

Pauly 04-02-2012 07:38 PM

nice journal. props on the turkey

ChrisSlicks 04-02-2012 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sig11 (Post 1635939)
I think if I had tried to brake again I would have done a 360 right in front of traffic...

No I didn't mean brake again after you were turning, I meant stay on the brake pedal longer after you realized that you missed your mark. But if you hadn't realized that you missed your mark then obviously that is of no help :)

sig11 04-02-2012 09:31 PM

Yup! Exactly. If I had been a touch harder on the brakes I would have been fine. I just misjudged my speed.

Thanks Pauly! He was tasty!

sig11 04-04-2012 10:21 AM

https://vimeo.com/39718151 -- Sunday session with traffic.

One more to edit still. Friday I chased an instructor in a Z06 around. For an instructor in a more powerful car he was moving pretty slow.

sig11 04-04-2012 01:21 PM

Last video for now. This is probably the best video of the weekend. Friday afternoon I got to chase down an instructor in a Yellow Corvette Z06. It seems so weird to me that I was able to catch and pass an instructor in a more powerful car. I think he may have been on r comps too but I'm not sure.

https://vimeo.com/39778782


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