Dont be a p u s s y , sell the turbo now dont even waste your time.

Dont be left in the back son!!!!!!































By the way that core is weaksauce

 

Nice FMIC. I'm going to be joining you guys this winter i think with a build. .

Colin. Hey mistakes happen. Now if you came in and said you just overdrove that. We would have been alittle more horrified. And you are right that you can bang up the ride out there.

Nice pics Dan. LOL. You might be a redneck if, or maybe racer.

So if i run street tires next event can i compete with you guys? Oh forget it, steet tires suck.

There is no way to go full throttle up that hill IMO. And actually i think its faster thru the esses to brake alittle before it to get a better run at the straight.

Mike, next event i'm riding with you for a few runs. I was out on course watching your last session and i'm sorry to say but some of your lines are terrible. Some are good too. Kinda crazy the approch you took to some of the corners. And something i noticed most every evo owner doing. Not using the whole track!

 

Will that fit with the crash beam and bumper?

 

4 1/2 inches?? Your girl must be in heaven Eric!! "badumpbump"

So why so big? At what point is a 3 1/2" a restriction?

 

Jeremy I would love for you to sit in and give some pointers. I know whatever I was
doing wrong I was doing consistantly wrong cause I was at 1:12.6 more then
a few times. I know the car is capable of alot faster....the driver is definetly holding
the car back. Do you have any turns in particular that were bad or good?

 

yeah that right, you sold it to him back when he was in cali. what a coincidence

 

I got a really good look at Mike through the first half of the course in the afternoon. I didn't think the lines that he chose (at least through the first half of the course) were that bad. What I noticed though is that he just wasn't aggressive enough - most notably on the uphill section. His car has ALOT in it and I think if he just trusts it and pushes it a bit more he'll get alot more out of it.

I also got a real good look at Dave who was taking turn two like a champ in the second session of the afternoon. For some reason though, just could not seem to find the correct line through the tricky and slow turns 4, 5, and 6. Dave man, just gotta ease up through that section and approach 4 and 5 like one long turn. Swing real wide into 4 and coast through 5 versus powering through 4 which forces you wide into 5. If you take those three turns slower, your time would drop by at least a second there. Just my opinion...

 

I've been yelling at you for two years about your braking! They're Brembo's! Use them hard and fast, like women, hehe!

I'm so pissed I had to work and miss this, seems I missed out on free r-comps too

I also thought $90 was a little steep, now $115. I guess I should just join the scca and get discounts.

Any you guys doin the PVGP auto-x next month or the car show at Schenly? I'll be at both. My car will be at the Subaru tent for the car show.

 

Colin, stainless lines are a no no for stock class, pads are fine. at the TT the classes don't matter, it's r-comp and street tire.

 

i'm going to try and get to the PVGP. i always head down there, but i'm getting married on july 12. from what i remember it was right around that weekend.

 

good deal, i'm sure i could learn a lot from you too. i need to stop taking turns so tight. it really wasn't until the afternoon that i started to stretch out those back half 'hairpin' turns.

 

So I guess crank windows helped a tad. I dropped 1/4 second from last year's time.

Not having ABS is going to take some learning but all in I really enjoyed trying to not get them to lock up with just my foot.


All in all the IX was more fun then the old VIII. Though it could use some more power.

Colin,
I had stainless lines in the 8 and don't have them in the 9. I wouldn't say it is worth leaving A stock for the firmer pedal. Plus street driving in the winter with them you will trigger the ABS more, especially at low speeds and that is very, very annoying.

 

on the jess thrilled part. let me just say, size does not matter!!!. Its how you use it... Remember your evo green vs my stocker

you know im messing!

weird thing is, ETS makes a 4" and a 5" not a 4.5"

Im told from a few (ets,ams etc) that a 3.5" will be maxed out basically with a 35R


the 37R was a borderline kinda, but I am not sure how long i will be a 37R and dont want to buy twice!!

This is why i strategically purchased the big fuel system, fmic and other hardware.


lol whats that? just kidding. Thats going to shave me about 90+ pounds. I already removed the front one. I will remove the rear when the time comes.

According to ETS, there needs to be a little "trimming/shaving" to get it to fit stock beam!

yeah, that was kinda strange. Glad he came back to the burgh though... I know he said he was VERY busy with his new job. so im sure we will see him out and about eventually!

Thanks, and the more the merrier! Are you planning on building straight line, or a combination of a few things? When my car is finished, we can go for a ride and you can also ride in denny's im sure to get some ideas.

throw me out some of your ideas... as long as they are not "top secret" j/k

 

Mike, I was working station 3 at the time. Which was on top of the hill at the downhill cliff hanger turn. You came up the hill just fine. You just didn't exit the top turn far enought over and then you approached the downhill right hander from the right lane . Then you also exited the turn on the inside. It was like you were trying to shorten the course. Which for low speed stuff works but not for alittle faster stuff. Then the next left hander. Which is were i also saw Dan exit way to tight. Its seemed like you guys were getting ahead of yourselves setting up for the next turns. Its kinda crazy but you sometime have to seriously dive across the track to set yourselves up right. Its all about turning once then slowly unwinding.

 

Well Jeremy I won't be making excuses as I have a lot to learn. One of the other
racers mentioned that line for the first 180 downhill turn. I was doing so crappy
I thought what the hell and try it, I ironically I set my fastest time of the day on
the last run of the day. I'll be looking for you in august to give me some pointers.
I really appreciate the pointers, I want to get better!