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Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-15-2014, 12:07 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Eh, I doubt there's a ton of difference in...

Eh, I doubt there's a ton of difference in various IR temp gauges. They're just a simple scientific instrument, and they have a certain accuracy and work a certain way. My Fluke (that I originally...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-14-2014, 10:24 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Yeah I use an IR temp gun to check things out...

Yeah I use an IR temp gun to check things out sometimes. A proper pyrometer would be way better, but 9 times out of 10 the IR temp tells me what I need to know (and hell 8 times out of 10 I already...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-14-2014, 09:14 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
:) Yeah that's all the general idea. I prefer a...

:) Yeah that's all the general idea. I prefer a slightly loose car. Step one should be downsizing or getting rid of the rear sway, but I'm also way overdue to up my spring rates as well - and while...
Forum: Member's 370Z Gallery 08-14-2014, 09:00 PM
Replies: 865
Views: 191,540
Posted By wstar
I'm not sure which part of my rambling...

I'm not sure which part of my rambling speculations you're referring to really (e.g. the F-500 part?), but the SRF isn't an open-wheel car. It's small-ish and open-cockpit, but closed-wheel, and it...
Forum: Member's 370Z Gallery 08-14-2014, 04:31 PM
Replies: 865
Views: 191,540
Posted By wstar
Oh and for reference on what Spec Racer Ford is:...

Oh and for reference on what Spec Racer Ford is: Hagerman RacEngineering - SCCA Spec Racer Ford (http://www.hrace.com/srf.html) is a decent link.

Also, a couple great videos from an SRF driver I...
Forum: Member's 370Z Gallery 08-14-2014, 04:27 PM
Replies: 865
Views: 191,540
Posted By wstar
The Situation (not as in Jersey Shore!) So...

The Situation (not as in Jersey Shore!)

So I've been returning to pondering the long-term fate of my growing road-racing hobby, and I think I'm slowly coming around to some decisions here. I like...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-14-2014, 02:39 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Yeah... so just thinking of the rear bar as extra...

Yeah... so just thinking of the rear bar as extra spring rate, I started looking that. I don't know the rear motion ratios yet (for the shock or the bar), but nevermind that factor for the moment,...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-13-2014, 08:27 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Well I've got a good idea on ballpark spring...

Well I've got a good idea on ballpark spring rates at this point (and a little confirmational math to do before I pull the trigger, which will be after I've dealt with the rear sway). Keeping in...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-13-2014, 07:40 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Ok so after all the other diversions, I still...

Ok so after all the other diversions, I still have a couple fundamentally-simple questions (one of which I already asked!):

1) Will I need to use shorter springs if I switch to a significantly...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-13-2014, 10:18 AM
Replies: 143
Views: 15,562
Posted By wstar
You can often get away with bypassing the safety...

You can often get away with bypassing the safety regs, because yeah, most sup-pro-level events don't have the staff to check every car thoroughly anyways. So long as they've at least told you what...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-13-2014, 09:21 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
I've gutted my car fairly thoroughly throughout...

I've gutted my car fairly thoroughly throughout at this point. I'm sure a little more was removed in the rear than the front, but it's not like my car is super-light in the rear. Having a full cage...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 11:01 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
:p I'm sure I'll end up closer to that than I...

:p I'm sure I'll end up closer to that than I want to be, eventually. But the nature of my earlier question, if it wasn't clear, is more like: if I change a spring rate dramatically and want to...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 08:15 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Ok one more thing: I know the exact brand and...

Ok one more thing: I know the exact brand and type of coils on my RS1's: they're HyperCoils, and their model number system is pretty simple (they go by "free coil length", basically a coil count, the...
Forum: Intake/Exhaust 08-12-2014, 06:38 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 36,904
Posted By wstar
That's ... almost as retarded as the idea this...

That's ... almost as retarded as the idea this thread started with :p
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 05:36 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Well, in my case I've switched to true-type...

Well, in my case I've switched to true-type rears, so I can't directly compare the ratios from the stock spring setup anyways. The rule of thumb for avoiding near-1.0 (I assume for harmonic reasons...
Forum: Texas 08-12-2014, 01:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,347
Posted By wstar
Oh I probably won't get around to re-tuning my...

Oh I probably won't get around to re-tuning my car for another month or two at least, I'm running a constant backlog of work and parts on this thing, it's a neverending cycle. Just good to know...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 12:51 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Yeah, actually another local forum member here...

Yeah, actually another local forum member here was going to sell me his stock rear bar, but I dropped the ball and forgot to follow up because right after that my engine blew up and everything else...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 10:59 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Oops. Yes, I think I copied them backwards. I...

Oops. Yes, I think I copied them backwards. I flipped them around in the top post now.



I'm on Hotchkis sways on both ends, with the rear currently set at its softest setting (because that...
Forum: Texas 08-12-2014, 10:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,347
Posted By wstar
You guys doing UpRev tunes?

You guys doing UpRev tunes?
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 09:40 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 25,154
Posted By wstar
Spring rate help?

So, this is an image a guy shot of my car during the R4C event that's interesting. Look at the inner rear tire here: this is shortly after turning in to the left. I'm mostly likely already on...
Forum: Nissan 370Z Photos / Spyshots / Video / Media Gallery 08-12-2014, 08:05 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,741
Posted By wstar
The original: C'etait un Rendez-vous on Vimeo...

The original: C'etait un Rendez-vous on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/86448242)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C'%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous has decent info about it
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-12-2014, 02:08 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,329
Posted By wstar
re fuel: On road courses the starvation tends to...

re fuel: On road courses the starvation tends to happen on long, fast right-handers (to keep the fuel sway all one direction for a little while). I would suspect it would be less an issue in Auto-X...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-11-2014, 05:47 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 15,562
Posted By wstar
I really don't think so. I think as the front...

I really don't think so. I think as the front left girl bends her knees, a percentage of the total weight of the object (which was previously evenly split 4 ways) shifts from all of the other 3 (in...
Forum: Track / Autocross / Drifting / Dragstrip 08-11-2014, 04:19 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 15,562
Posted By wstar
Just thinking about basic physics with simple...

Just thinking about basic physics with simple objects (as in your earlier example with 4 guys), this doesn't seem right? I realize with a suspension system there's a lot more going on, but think of...
Forum: Intake/Exhaust 08-11-2014, 03:31 PM
Replies: 386
Views: 73,837
Posted By wstar
Point taken. I've just recently been reading...

Point taken. I've just recently been reading more complaints about it over in that drag racing thread. I've had good even wear pattern at stock-ish negative camber (more negative than stock...
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