STANG KILLA SS goes "racin" Options

[STANG KILLA SS]

Actually if he uses TTY bolts you don't use a torque wrench, right? Maybe you do torque to a certain torque the make marks on the head bolt and just use angles from there...I think.

All I know is when I was researching head bolts for the LS1, the TTY didn't look like fun. So I got the ARP bolts. Much easier with two or three passes with a torque wrench.

22 ft lbs and then 90 degrees and then 70 more degrees (that's what I'm finding for the torque specs for the LS7 heads). That's for the larger bolts (M11), The M8 seem to only torque to 22 ft lbs.

http://paceperformance.com/files/pdf/ls7-torque-specs.pdf

thats the numbers i remember. his digital snap on torque wrench also keeps track of angle, so you go to the 22ft lbs, then plug in the angle, and go again until it beeps again (reaches set angle)

[STANG KILLA SS]

great news, results from the autocross were just posted!
i won 2nd in class!
unfortunatly my cam bumped me WAY up in the classes (internal motor work)

but im super stoked with my results, i was keeping pace with the cars on slicks

[STANG KILLA SS]

Well the day has come. They have closed TWS (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
they had one last open track day on August 20th. i didnt want to go with the 101 temps, but knew i had to go the final time.

showed up at 7am for the drivers meeting. they warned us grip was way down and no one would be setting there new personal bests. and they were right. plus my tires were on the last weekend so i was really down on grip. i could DEFINITELY tell. i did flip the tires for this event to at least have fresh shoulders, but it didnt help.

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i was watching some lap record videos on YT and have also noticed i lost a bit of time taking my old camaro line into T1. so i tried the low/faster line on the this last event. didnt go so well. with so little grip, practice time, and balls to pull it off right, it didnt save me any time. but i stuck to it for most of the 6 sessions.

this beautiful NSX was there. sadly just a poser, never moved, but looked amazing. perfect condition car.
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temps were 99-101 all day. i was having to do alot of cool down laps. especially in the afternoon.

a ZL1 1LE also showed up! i didnt think these things were even on the street yet. and for sure didnt think id ever see one in person. he was still working on his 500 break in miles.

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[STANG KILLA SS]

cooling off between rounds
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some clips from my laps. not the best with the lack of grip, but i was glad to be out there one last time (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz492G0y0zA

and the end of the day, they said the corner marshals were melting. so they did two back to back 45 minute sessions, i did them both. well near the end of the second one coming into 3 the car just didnt slow, luckily there is run off there and i was able to dive into there safely. smoke started pouring out of the right front. i decided to back up and stay there as not to ruin everyone elses run with a red flag on the final session ever. you can see this at the end of the vid.

got home and i guess my hawks didnt like all that heat on the last two back to back sessions in the 101* heat. they were toast down to the backing plates. rotors were completely heat cracked from every hole too.

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not the way i wanted to end it, but fitting.
im gonna really miss that place, its been my entire life for the last 2 and a half years..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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[CrashTestDummy]

Sad day, indeed! I have fond memories of AggieCross events at TWS! Several times, a bunch of Trans Am Club members traveled up there to watch some NASCAR events, and a couple of times, got to be on the parade lap!

Hmm, Red ZL1. Is that Clifford?!? I have a friend and fellow autocrosser who just bought one of those. He used to own Snoopy!

It's a really amazing car.

[STANG KILLA SS]

well ive been taking some time off after TWS closed permanatly to store Hurricane Harvey flood cars (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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but starting to tinker with the car again. decided to install a quick release race wheel to help aid entry and exit with the fixed seats.

pulled off the airbag first by inserting two allen wrenches in the two holes on the side of the wheel. push in to move the spring pins/rods and it pops right off. amazing how little was holding it in.
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couple people said you could just wiggle the wheel off, that was bull. so i bought this little cheap puller and ground it down to fit into the two tiny holes in the pot metal wheel center. it broke imidiatly.
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after removing 3 screws for the horn buttons, i realized i could get the sheetmetal center out of the way, and get a real 2/3 jaw puller on it.
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worked great and came right off.
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picked up NRG 2.5 quick release and hub for the C6 splines.
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both the factory spline and NRG stuff was well marked for up/alignment.
hub on
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unfortunatly there wasnt enough of a cavity in the hub for the large plug and two air bag plugs. since i like to make everything reversable i stoped and ordered a 1" spacer (1/2" would have worked) to create a larger void for the plugs to stay.
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[STANG KILLA SS]

made this adapter with solid wire pins to spade connectors, to adapt the factory plug to the spades on all the NRG hubs
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stuck it into the factory connector, note the wire on either side of the connector are different colors! do not match. so you have to really trace them out to make sure your pluging into the right pins.
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found a cheap Chinese knock off of a Momo wheel on ebay.
at this point i stoped taking pics. ran into a snag with the wheel/horn button, that kept grounding itself to the hub and either not fitting or later setting the horn off driving me and my neighbors crazy. finally got that sorted 45 minutes later and rest was a breeze.
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i took some before and after measurements
stock wheel: 19" from wheel to seat (plus width of tape measure)
"Momo" with NRG hubs, PLUS 1" spacer: 18.25" (plus width of tape measure)