Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: ntstlgl1970]
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07/30/14 04:21 AM
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I'd love to go and meet you, but that's my weekend to work. I'll be there this weekend with NCRC.
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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08/12/14 03:33 AM
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A little update: Car is pretty much ready to run but feels heavy due to the cage Got an alignment today -2.5 camber, 4° caster and toe close to zero as possible Windshield is in and all the electronics are working. I still have to figure out how to make a track map in order to log lap times on the Racepak ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140811_215339_zpsyispw6lv.jpg) I fabbed up back brace that bolts to the back of my Racetech 9119 seat and it makes a world of difference as the seating position feels super solid vs. without one ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140811_215448_zpsytgdaiaf.jpg) Still have to swap out brake fluid and pads ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140811_215919_zpskhitwmcy.jpg) and work on weight reduction like cutting out the door crash beams and swiss cheese the interior panels Also I have to dial in the hotchkis single adjustables as they are only set to 14 clicks up from the softest setting ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/2014-08-11%2022.05.21_zpsswtufjx4.jpg) Slowly making progress but I still have a month to shake things down, fix some small issues and fine tune everything ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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08/12/14 10:11 AM
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Looks good man!
What's the weight and weight bias?
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: Uhcoog1]
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08/12/14 12:59 PM
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I'm not sure about the weight or bias yet? Probably 30 rear/ 1000 front Going to take the truck scale after I cut out the door beams to see how fat she still is ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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08/13/14 04:54 PM
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I just drove through a local certified truck scale and the car's weight was 3,580 lbs. That is with roughly half a tank of fuel and I weigh about 140 lbs. myself I figure that the car is about 3,440 lbs. with fluids, half a tank of gas (11 gallons of 22 gallon fuel cell),gutted interior,race seats, full cage, fiberglass hood/ trunk/ lower front valence, etc. since a gallon is about 8.34 lbs., 11 more gallons for a full fuel cell would add another 92 lbs. bringing the curb weight to approx. 3,532 lbs. No idea on front/rear weight bias though? I have not taken the door beams yet and I have a cast iron 340 up front. Still lots of work needed to further reduce weight No wonder my gas mileage sucks ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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08/23/14 10:25 PM
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I just cut out my door bars not too difficult just needed the right tools ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140823_170009_zps8klxg3j7.jpg) ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140823_171046_zpsa1p093oc.jpg) The driver side is on the left weighs 10 lbs. and pass. on the right weighs 24lbs. ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140823_171110_zpsqy7vreub.jpg) The weird thing is that the driver side does not have a backplate structure like the pass. side and probably would have been useless in a side impact. I'm just glad they are out and car weighs 34 lbs. less. I'm going to start building my own skyscraper with these beams haha! ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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09/16/14 02:07 AM
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I was very fortunate to get MrAngry in my car and get some feedback for the track today ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/20140915_135900_zpsxn4yusic.jpg) He said that I needed brake and steering tuning. The rear brakes lock up way too fast and that I need to dial in the combination of my hydroboost unit, master cylinder setup and that I need to install a proportioning valve. For steering he recommended the borgeson box. Unfortunately I am not able to address the issues before my track day this Saturday so I will be driving very carefully 6/10ths as not to lock up the brakes and spinout. He said some other stuff about the car that will be evetually be shown in a little video ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: TC@HP2]
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09/17/14 11:29 AM
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Gasoline ranges from 5.8 to 6.6 lbs/gal according to "Alternative Fuels Guidebook (Bechtold, SAE)", not 8.34 lbs/gal. 8.34 lbs/gal would have water (~8.0 lbs/gal) floating on it rather than the other way around.
Last edited by ntsqd; 09/17/14 11:30 AM.
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
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09/17/14 11:45 AM
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Whoops I had no idea! Ok then 6.6lbs. x 11 gal.= 72.6 72.6 + 3,440-34 =3,478.6 Car weighs approx. 3,479 lbs. with a full fuel cell and fluids. Still need to cut out more weight ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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Re: Thunderhill West Sept. 20th 2014
[Re: RylisPro]
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09/20/14 07:47 PM
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Whoops my bad! The Racepak said I had a time if 92.50 but I actually ran a 1:47 ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/2014-09-20-14-13-59_zpsdzkxzodx.png) ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/2014-09-20-14-18-03_zpswx2qfoas.png) This is GPS data from the Race Chrono app I never did figure out the Racepak It was a super hot day and were all exhausted Pics to come soon! ![](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/arielrylis/bluethumb.gif)
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