TravisJB Journal

travisjb

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Car ran well today... Best lap was 1:04.319, so I picked up about half second from 1 week ago. Within TTS, I was third among six. Bested by Tage Evanson and also the NASA chief driving instructor in a well prep'd Corvette. I have a LOOONG ways to go before catching Tage. He is a national-level competitor and before dominating this class he used to dominate SCCA Solo at national level. He set a new course record for FIR-W today, blowing past his old record by 2 seconds! He was 59secs and change. Better than both classes above ours. As I said, long ways to go.

I am still 300 lbs overweight for my class, so I believe more car diet, driver diet, and HP tuning is going to make up at least 1.0-1.5 seconds. At start finish, I was ~62mph, whereas Tage was ~67mph. It is basically a drag race from a slow turn to start / finish. In addition, I think I have at least another 1.0 sec in 'driver issues' to gain at this track. Including fixing my SRM - there are many spots where it would have helped, given lots of tight gear changes. Perhaps another 0.25 second in aero/suspension setup. In all, I'm confident I can pull the time down below 1:02 once it's all dialed in.

Video/traqmate was a bit haywire due to a hasty setup. I'll see if I can salvage some video and add to the vid journal.

Issues to work on the car (by priority):
- fresh rear diff and engine oil fluid
- front brake cooling... according to my paint temp kit rotor was between 560C and 610C!!!
- fix SRM
- resolve fuel starvation issue, saving 50 lbs of fuel
- find another 100lbs to remove, including new racing radiator
- COBB tune
- rear diff cooler setup
- swap radiator hoses for new SAMCO's from Forged Performance
- longer wheel studs
- alignment... will go with slightly less camber, inside of tires +25F vs outside... not getting enough turn-in, need faster turn in!
- fix triple gauge (likely electronics short) and add oil/water temp gauge
- verify and finalize traqmate / chasecam setup
- more permanent wiring for electrical accessories
- get tie downs for car in trailer
- get ramps to load car in trailer

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2009 370Z #104
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