Balrok 2012 Season start
3130/340hp, 265 r100 slicks. There's a slight wrinkle at the top of the tire which tells me these would work better on a 10" wheel then a 9.5, but they feel AWESOME. But because the things are so bloody expensive we'll see if I can afford to run them all year.
As for wider wheels, if i had the budget i definitely would have done that a while ago.
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Nice, I'm at the same weight. You run 9.5 rims, with Hoosiers, do you have wide fenders or just rolled?
We missed the 1st event due to timing and budget but we were back in action this past weekend at Homestead/Miami speedway. New this year was....a lot. We finally ripped the ACT clutch out and put a Exedy Twin SD in, rebuilt the tranny with Evo 8 3rd and 4th gears as well as a JDM 5th gear, new syncros, springs, yada, Rebuilt the rear diff and put in Weir's 12 plate kit, tried Ferodo's DS 1.11 pads, hoosier full slicks, two different ACD maps - Gruppe and ACD-Tuning, as well as put the fuel system back to the stock housing and 98 octane instead of e85, new fluids, VC gasket, plugs, and Spark Tech's non-CDI COP. The track also changed this time around and included the NASCAR turn 3/4 banking coming onto the straight. Talk about pucker moments 
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So, the good:
- the clutch is awesome, I dunno why I waited so long to get the twin. The tranny is even better as the gears are slightly shorter and the 5th is WAY shorter. No more of this shift fall on it's face syndrome, stays right where you want it. A little stiff through the gears but that'll ease up.
Coming off of e85 and now running Sunoco 98 I've got what pretty much everybody is calling the bug fogger/anti draft car. Every time I get off of full throttle or downshift/blip the throttle I was throwing a huge cloud of smoke out the back. On saturday it started out kinda blue/white then moved to a brown color. I remember when I rand 93 and first started tracking it would throw fire, then when I used higher octane it would just throw some smoke out without igniting. Car isn't down on power at all. I'm hoping it's just burning off whatever 2 years of e85 did. AFR ~11.8. It didn't do this on the dyno, only at the track. Thoughts?
. So, the good:
- the clutch is awesome, I dunno why I waited so long to get the twin. The tranny is even better as the gears are slightly shorter and the 5th is WAY shorter. No more of this shift fall on it's face syndrome, stays right where you want it. A little stiff through the gears but that'll ease up.
Coming off of e85 and now running Sunoco 98 I've got what pretty much everybody is calling the bug fogger/anti draft car. Every time I get off of full throttle or downshift/blip the throttle I was throwing a huge cloud of smoke out the back. On saturday it started out kinda blue/white then moved to a brown color. I remember when I rand 93 and first started tracking it would throw fire, then when I used higher octane it would just throw some smoke out without igniting. Car isn't down on power at all. I'm hoping it's just burning off whatever 2 years of e85 did. AFR ~11.8. It didn't do this on the dyno, only at the track. Thoughts?
As for the smoking - one of the huge downfalls of E85 imo is all the gunk that gets built up. I've heard people say if you convert your racecar to E85, you should plan on opening everything up about every 2 years to clean out the gunk that's built up. Dunno if that's accurate, but it might help to explain what you have burning out?
Love my Exedy Twin HD - congrats. As for the JDM 5th; I thought about it - but in the end it'd be a problem at tracks like VIR, Road America, Road Atlanta - and even Mid Ohio and Gateway unless you're running past 7500. Are the tracks you run not very high speed or do you have 4.11's or something? By my calcs you'd have the JDM 5th at 7000 rpms around 140mph - 7500 would only be 150mph.
As for the smoking - one of the huge downfalls of E85 imo is all the gunk that gets built up. I've heard people say if you convert your racecar to E85, you should plan on opening everything up about every 2 years to clean out the gunk that's built up. Dunno if that's accurate, but it might help to explain what you have burning out?
As for the smoking - one of the huge downfalls of E85 imo is all the gunk that gets built up. I've heard people say if you convert your racecar to E85, you should plan on opening everything up about every 2 years to clean out the gunk that's built up. Dunno if that's accurate, but it might help to explain what you have burning out?
Not that big of difference, .05 would only net me another 5hp which isn't going to make/break it in our cars Vs the 30 lbs right.
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Were the 2 Mustangs that Dean Martin brought ST2 cars that didnt have forms, or are they SU cars? And it doesnt sound or look like you have any ST2 competition in your region, or were the regular ST2 drivers a no show? If you dont have any front running ST2 cars in your region have you thought about traveling to where the competition is at?
Rovals can definitely get scary, we have ACS Roval in Socal. With more seat time youll eventually work up the nerve to just step on the gas pedal, even with the OEM wing.
Are you running any shims? Ti shims might cure your squealing.
So are you saying youre hitting 145ish around 7k in 5th? Keep us posted because if thats the case i think youll be above 7500rpm sooner or later. Keep in mind that youre still pretty new to the class so youll be getting faster and faster with more seat time. On top of that you have a lot more mods now to adjust to.
Also this weekend the Thunder field was mostly ALL from out of town. Two vettes from the NE region, 2 SCCA T1 vettes, Mr. Dean Martin and two of his badass mustangs, a GT3 with what seemed a zillion HP, and the rest. The only local I had with me was on sunday in ST1 were the Silver M3 driven by GTS national champ Mueller, and scotty in his black ST1 vette. We all jumped into SU this weekend too as most of the out of town people didn't have forms.
Yes indeed, I was part of the first batch, and they were pretty loud too. If you look at my youtube channel it's used in both of the Oct races. Again there's nothing wrong with them, best stopping power I've ever had period. It's likely due to the sheer amount of metallic content in the pads. My buddy was joking with me saying he knew exactly which turns I was at from across the track with the pitch/duration of the squeel . The caliper/brackets/rotor and everything else look like i'm not trying hard enough 
. The caliper/brackets/rotor and everything else look like i'm not trying hard enough Ya I figured the same. Sebring has our longest straight and I usually get up to 145ish there but with slicks on that exit I should hit 150 max so we should still be good. It's really worth it because i'm in 4th/5th a lot at these tracks and to not have that dive in 5th let me keep up with the Vette's on the inside having 60+ more whp. Also figured the same on the smoking after it started changing colors. Before I ran the race gas I put the seafoam in which smoked as well, just hope I didn't ruin any rings.
I know the red one Dean was driving was the car he used at Nats, not sure on his white one or if they were legal or not. They just showed up and RAN away from the field, the white and blue vettes had 500+hp so it had to be up there. The rest of the cars besides the yellow one I played with were normally ST1 I think. Ya 2 field here is a little short, but this next round some SE guys are coming down supp, no regular 2 cars yet but FFR champs with the new engine config and some more GTSU cars.
Im sure youve done some calculations but ill throw out an idea either way. I know it can be tough on the budget but try and figure out how much it would cost you to travel to where the competition is at. No matter what, eventually youre going to want to do it because theres nothing like battling with cars that are in your class. Even better is when you also have cars/drivers that are much faster than you to give you an idea of what you need to work on. That process will not only help you tons as a driver, but it will immediately highlight the weak points in you and your cars setup. Then youll know exactly what you need adjust/change. Because without some serious competition youll never really know. And dont be shy to stick it to them.