[ninetres]

The Good news:
Been waiting to get a chance to edit a LOT of footage from my last day at Infineon Raceway a few weeks back. AWESOME DAY. My CAR was putting up some serious lap time (IMO) all things considered. With lots of Blaine Fab love on the car, it was kicking ass and taking Porsches names. It seemed to understeer and its response to feedback was sort of inconsistent I felt.....but somehow I was ripping off 1:56s, in my FULL WEIGHT+ street driven car.....with a passenger, and a bit of traffic on most laps. I think the understeer might have been due to the fact that I was pushing the car a lot harder than I was on my previous outing here....and its a pig.


The Ugly:

Hurt the motor coming around the carousel near the end of the day. My best friend/mechanic was driving and the car lost oil pressure (25psi at idle) after coming around it. I noticed throughout the day that if I had the entry just right, and the car was biting real hard.....the pressure would dip for a split second at the end of the run-out.... and then shoot right back up. Guess the ol' LS1 got tired of that shit by the end of the day. It likely spun a/some rod bearings. It was knocking GOOD by the time we limped it back into the pits.


Anywho, here is a couple of teaser clips before we compile the full days edit:

Carousel-->double pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bcqonLzyEg...;feature=relmfu


Camaro > GTR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5CZW2mjUs&feature=plcp

[pharmd]

What does your current setup look like? You were rolling out there!

[ninetres]

What does your current setup look like? You were rolling out there!

Cliff Notes
360rwhp
3.73 gear
Nitto NT01 275/17s all around

Koni 4/4s
Strano springs
Strano sways
Unbalanced Engineering TQ arm
UMI roto-joint rear LCAs with brackets
UMI roto-joint panhard
Global West upper control arms
6pt cage
Kevlar seats/5-points

Stoptech 13" kit up front, Carbotech XP12 pads, Hawk HPS in rear
Blainefab brake ducts

This post has been edited by ninetres: Jun 9 2012, 06:36 AM

[pharmd]

What does your current setup look like? You were rolling out there!

Cliff Notes
360rwhp
3.73 gear
Nitto NT01 275/17s all around

Koni 4/4s
Strano springs
Strano sways
Unbalanced Engineering TQ arm
UMI roto-joint rear LCAs with brackets
UMI roto-joint panhard
Global West upper control arms
6pt cage
Kevlar seats/5-points

Stoptech 13" kit up front, Carbotech XP12 pads, Hawk HPS in rear
Blainefab brake ducts

That's a real solid setup you got there! How do you like the Stoptech (what helped you decide on those versus say barrel or wilwood etc). What wheel are you running? What is your race weight? With 360rwhp you were rolling on that GTR for sure.

This post has been edited by pharmd: Jun 9 2012, 12:36 PM

[ninetres]

What does your current setup look like? You were rolling out there!

Cliff Notes
360rwhp
3.73 gear
Nitto NT01 275/17s all around

Koni 4/4s
Strano springs
Strano sways
Unbalanced Engineering TQ arm
UMI roto-joint rear LCAs with brackets
UMI roto-joint panhard
Global West upper control arms
6pt cage
Kevlar seats/5-points

Stoptech 13" kit up front, Carbotech XP12 pads, Hawk HPS in rear
Blainefab brake ducts

That's a real solid setup you got there! How do you like the Stoptech (what helped you decide on those versus say barrel or wilwood etc). What wheel are you running? What is your race weight? With 360rwhp you were rolling on that GTR for sure.

Never heard of Barrel. Stoptechs were much cheaper than the other options, and my buddy has them on his road race '04 Cobra and I was very impressed. I use the stock 2001 SS 10-spoke wheels for the r-compound duty.

Haven;t scaled it but I'm sure my car is much heavier than a stock one. Only removed the spare tire and jack.....and switched to lighter seats. My aftermarket suspensions likely adds a few pounds, as does the 6-pt DOM cage. If i had to GUESS, I bet the car would have weighed about 4k lbs with myself and the passenger in it.

To defend the mighty GTR, the kid driving it didn't seem to know the line very well, and I was definitly on the gas much sooner than him coming out of turn 11. I have footage from a rear camera as well that I need to look at to see if I run away from him (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I bet my car would run a low 12 at the drag stip on a perfect day, on a good tire, with a good launch (if the 10bolt survived).

[pharmd]

What does your current setup look like? You were rolling out there!

Cliff Notes
360rwhp
3.73 gear
Nitto NT01 275/17s all around

Koni 4/4s
Strano springs
Strano sways
Unbalanced Engineering TQ arm
UMI roto-joint rear LCAs with brackets
UMI roto-joint panhard
Global West upper control arms
6pt cage
Kevlar seats/5-points

Stoptech 13" kit up front, Carbotech XP12 pads, Hawk HPS in rear
Blainefab brake ducts

That's a real solid setup you got there! How do you like the Stoptech (what helped you decide on those versus say barrel or wilwood etc). What wheel are you running? What is your race weight? With 360rwhp you were rolling on that GTR for sure.

Never heard of Barrel. Stoptechs were much cheaper than the other options, and my buddy has them on his road race '04 Cobra and I was very impressed. I use the stock 2001 SS 10-spoke wheels for the r-compound duty.

Haven;t scaled it but I'm sure my car is much heavier than a stock one. Only removed the spare tire and jack.....and switched to lighter seats. My aftermarket suspensions likely adds a few pounds, as does the 6-pt DOM cage. If i had to GUESS, I bet the car would have weighed about 4k lbs with myself and the passenger in it.

To defend the mighty GTR, the kid driving it didn't seem to know the line very well, and I was definitly on the gas much sooner than him coming out of turn 11. I have footage from a rear camera as well that I need to look at to see if I run away from him (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I bet my car would run a low 12 at the drag stip on a perfect day, on a good tire, with a good launch (if the 10bolt survived).

LOL sorry spell check on my phone corrected Baer to Barrel. Just curious with all the brake choices and the extreme variety of pricing its kinda crazy for brake chioces. Baer, Wilwood, Brembo, Stoptech, Alcon, CTS-V, C6, C6Z06 etc. Then wheel choice can sometimes dictate brake choice...Just trying to get to some fair consensus on a reasonable road race front brake setup that won't break the bank!