Great thread and I'm hoping my rs will at some point be on your level. For now I'm still doing the poor mans racing, auto x. I recently purchased an RS and I'm still adjusting to the non abs. Any suggestions on brake pads that bite but have a lot of "feel" so I know how close I am to locking it up? Thank you and great looking car!

 

Cant stop drooling holy cow what a build!

 

i was never serious with autox, so i just run what ever track pads i had on the car, not dedicated autox pads. a few of my friends really like carbotech pads for autox, seems to work good with cold temp, but they all also have abs. raybestos st43 have very good feel, but they need heat to be optimal.

 

20150322 VIR chasing Element Tuning FRS:

 

Nice video!.... how fast do you get up to on the straightaway?

 

142 mph was my speed on the back straight.

 

How did the diffuser work?

 

big noticeable difference. i have the wing on lowest AoA and the car is very stable. even push at times. before i had the diffuser, when i had the wing on lowest AoA, the car was very loose, almost undrivable. i think when i build a new bigger splitter, i will be able to add more AoA back in the wing till the car is balanced and will have more downforce overall. will also try to make some canards.

unfortunately i didn't have time to removed the rear diffuser to make some laps and compare data. the schedule was pretty hectic. i'll try to get data with diffuser on and off at next event at njmp. nasa NE schedule is more lax and i can run in more groups.

 

This is one of my favorite mod in a long time. Should have done this a long time ago. I initially tap the signal wire to the ignition coil pin out at ecu but couldn't get it to work. So I tap into the RPM wire behind the gauge(took awhile to find because its not same color as the pin out from ecu) which turns out to be simpler, less wires to run. I was also able to get power and ground from the harness for gauges cluster.

The tach light has many features and adjustability but kinda confusing to setup because there's only two buttons. It has light sensor which auto dim for night, and total brightness also adjustable. Different way to show rpm trace as it climb to redline.

https://ecliptech.com.au/shift-i/







video of the tach light in action. that porsche sounds so good.

 

I like how you mounted it at eye level.

 

Troof doe

 

Those welds are amazing. This is such a great thread. Your sponsor(s) are also great. I should stop saying great now.

At the 42 second mark....those downshifts you made were smooth as butter. The Porsche downshifting sounds amazeballs.

I enjoyed reading all 21 pages on my dinner break. Cheers

 

^ thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

 

god i love this car.

 

some pics from VIR in March