Road America Conti Challenge

Dwnshift · 06-19-2012, 03:04 AM

Time for Americas fastest 4 miles of asphalt... It's race week.
Going into this race for sure the Camaro's and Mustangs are heavily favored .... But another "home track" for us in a way and who knows.
Doran racing was able to get the car back after our first complete outing with all the bumpers and fenders still attached and mechanically in one piece .
With a solid week in the shop we were able to have a good debrief , complete setdown on the chassis... and move forward.
We were able to turn a lot of heads at Mid Ohio and hopefully started some great momentum.
With a couple new tweaks that should help us out a bit and draw us a little closer to staying u front but we shall see.
Test day starts on Wednesday
Practice and quali on Thursday
Final ptc and race on Friday evening
Home

It will be a short week as we then hit Watkins Glenn next week.
Dwnshift

ChrisSlicks · 06-19-2012, 07:05 AM

Good luck guys!

m4a1mustang · 06-19-2012, 07:15 AM

Good luck!

Shamu · 06-19-2012, 08:40 AM

Are you guys going to get a second car going soon? Would be nice to see more than single car in field. Wonder what happened to old AM cars? This would be race ready platforms.

Mike · 06-19-2012, 09:16 AM

Good luck!!!!!!

Dustin@Z1 · 06-19-2012, 09:20 AM

Good luck B.J. I agree with Shamu. Any ETA on when you guys will be fielding a second car?

Dwnshift · 06-19-2012, 09:23 AM

AM cars are half apart and in a barn somewhere ....everything was for sale.
This year we are just focusing on a single car.
Running multiple cars out of the box can be one of the biggest kisses of death in this series.
Teams end up spending a fortune and the entire program suffers...next thing ya know everything is for sale.
Seen it happen waaay to many times in this series.
The focus this year is getting the car running upfront on a regular basis with a solid development underneath....which will then hopefully drive some sales for more RCs and other teams to possibly field cars.
2013 is a whooole different story...but we gotta get through t rest of this year first.

PS.... budgets for a single GS car or an entire year are around $450k. Now if a customer comes onboard with the proper funding...thats a different story.

sig11 · 06-19-2012, 09:56 AM

Wish I had a large fortune to... oh you know the joke.

Good luck! It was awesome to see you guys running up front at Mid-Ohio. Wish they ran your races live. :P

corbin09 · 06-19-2012, 10:07 AM

dwnshift do you run heads from the HR or the VHR with VVEL?

Dwnshift · 06-19-2012, 03:30 PM

HR

corbin09 · 06-20-2012, 11:07 AM

Dwnshift would you be able to provide a little more information on the heads? Did you guys switch to a 350z ecu to run these? What would I need to do to get rid of the vvel system in my car and run HR cams?

Shamu · 06-20-2012, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corbin09

Dwnshift would you be able to provide a little more information on the heads? Did you guys switch to a 350z ecu to run these? What would I need to do to get rid of the vvel system in my car and run HR cams?

Pretty sure they are running stand alone race ECU just like AM team did. Just takes some big dollars for you to get rid of VVEL and VQ heads. Somone in Fontana CA is building these HR head motors.

Dwnshift · 06-20-2012, 11:29 AM

When the car brings results on a regular basis..more teams will be look into running them.
Right now it needs to be developed.
i belive there was a nice large picture of the car on the front page of Grand Ams website..........When we qualified P1.

just sayin

shadoquad · 06-20-2012, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dwnshift

When the car brings results on a regular basis..more teams will be look into running them.
Right now it needs to be developed.
i belive there was a nice large picture of the car on the front page of Grand Ams website..........When we qualified P1.

just sayin

This is what I understood you to mean from the beginning. You guys are looking to get one car right first before splitting your attention and resources between cars.

Anyhow, good luck at Road America, bud!

b1adesofcha0s · 06-20-2012, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadoquad

This is what I understood you to mean from the beginning. You guys are looking to get one car right first before splitting your attention and resources between cars.

Anyhow, good luck at Road America, bud!

Also how I understood it. Good luck guys

06-19-2012, 03:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dwnshift Track Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cincy Posts: 717 Drives: NISMO 370Z RC Rep Power: 14	Road America Conti Challenge Time for Americas fastest 4 miles of asphalt... It's race week. Going into this race for sure the Camaro's and Mustangs are heavily favored .... But another "home track" for us in a way and who knows. Doran racing was able to get the car back after our first complete outing with all the bumpers and fenders still attached and mechanically in one piece . With a solid week in the shop we were able to have a good debrief , complete setdown on the chassis... and move forward. We were able to turn a lot of heads at Mid Ohio and hopefully started some great momentum. With a couple new tweaks that should help us out a bit and draw us a little closer to staying u front but we shall see. Test day starts on Wednesday Practice and quali on Thursday Final ptc and race on Friday evening Home It will be a short week as we then hit Watkins Glenn next week. Dwnshift

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Shamu A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 1,059 Drives: 370Z Racecar Rep Power: 19	Are you guys going to get a second car going soon? Would be nice to see more than single car in field. Wonder what happened to old AM cars? This would be race ready platforms. __________________ Grant

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Dustin@Z1 The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NLA Posts: 1,313 Drives: NLA Rep Power: 17	Good luck B.J. I agree with Shamu. Any ETA on when you guys will be fielding a second car?

06-19-2012, 09:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dwnshift Track Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cincy Posts: 717 Drives: NISMO 370Z RC Rep Power: 14	AM cars are half apart and in a barn somewhere ....everything was for sale. This year we are just focusing on a single car. Running multiple cars out of the box can be one of the biggest kisses of death in this series. Teams end up spending a fortune and the entire program suffers...next thing ya know everything is for sale. Seen it happen waaay to many times in this series. The focus this year is getting the car running upfront on a regular basis with a solid development underneath....which will then hopefully drive some sales for more RCs and other teams to possibly field cars. 2013 is a whooole different story...but we gotta get through t rest of this year first. PS.... budgets for a single GS car or an entire year are around $450k. Now if a customer comes onboard with the proper funding...thats a different story. Last edited by Dwnshift; 06-19-2012 at 09:44 AM.

06-19-2012, 09:56 AM	#8 (permalink)
sig11 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,294 Drives: 09 370Z Red Sport-MT Rep Power: 17	Wish I had a large fortune to... oh you know the joke. Good luck! It was awesome to see you guys running up front at Mid-Ohio. Wish they ran your races live. :P

06-19-2012, 10:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
corbin09 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas tx Posts: 665 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 279	dwnshift do you run heads from the HR or the VHR with VVEL?

06-19-2012, 03:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Dwnshift Track Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cincy Posts: 717 Drives: NISMO 370Z RC Rep Power: 14	HR

06-20-2012, 11:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
corbin09 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas tx Posts: 665 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 279	Dwnshift would you be able to provide a little more information on the heads? Did you guys switch to a 350z ecu to run these? What would I need to do to get rid of the vvel system in my car and run HR cams?

06-20-2012, 11:29 AM	#13 (permalink)
Dwnshift Track Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cincy Posts: 717 Drives: NISMO 370Z RC Rep Power: 14	When the car brings results on a regular basis..more teams will be look into running them. Right now it needs to be developed. i belive there was a nice large picture of the car on the front page of Grand Ams website..........When we qualified P1. just sayin

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