[STANG KILLA SS]

Last year I hit the track again and sorta kept track with a blog type thing in a thread on another forum. figured I copy paste it here and then keep it up to date.

[STANG KILLA SS]

well after taking a couple months off due to the heat, i headed back to the track.

but first had to tear out the trans. the last few races id been getting alot of noises from the trans. squealing when the clutch was out(engaged) and some other odd things going on.
my hunch was a slave/throwout bearing, but i ordered a new clutch and pilot bearing just in case.

got it pulled night before the event
(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/trans%201_zpsdidhpvuk.jpg)

(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/trans%202_zpsbqmpv3zn.jpg)

and it turned out my hunch was right. the transmission is getting so hot racing, that it evaporated/melted all the grease out of the throw out bearing and started destroying itself. even melted the rubber seal(as seen in pic below). you can also see the black snoot and silver back plate have wear marks all over them and ground down. its only 8 months old. with that kinda heat im sure the return spring wasnt doing much either.
(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/trans%203_zpszjpj3yxc.jpg)

new throwout/slave fixed it right up. left the pilot and clutch alone.

off to the track! finally get to try out these slicks for the first time!
(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/gtr%20ats_zpsphx2aica.jpg)

unfortunately in my second session on the warm up lap, my seat back broke (inner hinge) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
swaping seats would have taken most of the day with the 1/2" tube seat mounts i made. so i opted for a quick fix. took a few sessions to get it just right but it worked. luckily i never got caught. seat was actually stiffer than it was before the break. was kinda nice.
(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/seat%201_zpsw3zyj6v1.jpg)

(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/seat%202_zps7omqg6te.jpg)

got a bit lazy on the video this time. just a few warm up laps getting used to the slicks. i was VERY careful on them and didnt trust them at all. been warned too much about how they are ice when cold, and when they do let go its instant with no warning. heres a few warm up laps that morning, no one watches these anyway (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTCrBrYJK8U

sadly my weekend came to a quick end just before lunch on the second day. was checking hot psi and noticed the passenger front was toast. (ccw track) lasted ONE day, about 3 hours of track time, and ended my weekend. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) i had camber set pretty well with my 200TW tires, but obviously the slicks needed ALOT more.
a very fast and very expensive lesson. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
(IMG:http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c230/STANGKILLASS/Camaro/tire_zpsnsfieuax.jpg)

and heres the crappy part, they didnt even make me faster, not even a little. in fact i was nearly 3 seconds slower than my personal fastest lap there. i was running 2:02 to 2:04 as my fastest lap per session on the slicks. typically on the 200TW i run 2:00 to 2:02 for fastest lap, with my all time fastest laps being in the 1:59s. really a bummer and big disappointment with the slicks.

but you learn something everytime. now i know.