Yea how is the 280's and how is the idle? I'm just not sure if I would need that aggressive yet myself.

I was thinking about 264 in/272 ex. A couple ppl recommended that for me

 

avenis rt-615's just dont drive em in snow

 

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Thanks for all the support from the locals at the event. We had a great time until the actual time attack portion

We got there Friday and practiced on the west course. We changed a bunch of things on the suspension, including the geometry so we were dialing things in. In the process of testing we noticed a small oil leak and found a cracked oil fitting! The stress and vibrations from over a year of racing is taking it's toll on the parts. At thins point we are starting to fatigue the stock parts. Thanks to the MMP staff they found us a TIG welded and Justin had the fitting welded up in no time. Conveniently the starter decided to start failing that afternoon also! We had to order a new starter for next day (sat) delivery and swap it out that Saturday morning. After the excitement we did some quick practice session with a few suspension changes and Paul was really happy with the car, it was perfect.

We never ran the car near it's potential in practice. We were actually running about 21psi at peak torque dropping to 20psi at redline. Paul also was very conservative with the brakes as we're using stock brakes and they went away quickly after a lap or two of heavy braking. For the final run we added about 120whp and Paul was going to give it a run for the two laps. As luck would have it we blew an ECU fuse on the outlap, incredibly disappointing. About 15minutes of hunting it down we found the fuse and it was running again, but we could not run again. I wasn't too happy with the format as we could only run one session with only two hot laps. I hope they change this as it leaves absolutely no room for error. Anyway, Paul ran a best of a low 1:37.x during practice and this was babying the brakes and running the 20psi of boost on unleaded gas. He's confident we would have run a 1:35.x or even a high 1:34.x in the final run.

It was great meeting some of you and sorry for the disappointing results!

 

I know, adam is uber fast, i only hope that one day i can drive that well....[/QUOTE]

ficker
we all know you are fast! that was a jk.

 

It's about time you got them. My buddy Justin has the same setup on his Evo. I beleive he is running 275/35/18 Falken Azenis RT615's. You can get them for $219/tire through www.edgeracing.com I don't know how much you paid for your wheels, but edge also sells those for $282/wheel.

Here are the NT-01's on Discounts site.
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...r=35&tc=NITHZ8

I got caught in a snow storm once when I had the old Azenis Sports on my GTI. I had to park my car and have someone come pick me up. There was no way I was getting anywhere with those things.

 

Has anyone run these tires?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....ireModel=R3S05

 

I know, that was a jk as well...lol.

Those are old, can you still get them? The new version is the R6. I have run a few sets, did you have a question about them?

 

not anymore I didn't realize they were the old version of the r6.

 

Really

I would still rather have a cheap car then a kart. Karts require something to transport them and they cannot be used for anything else. I know a car will require more maintence but it gives you more functionality. Different things work best for different people, I myself bought a Nissan Sentra SE-R that I will be in around $5000 toal and have a decent autox/track car. It is not Evo fast, but it it is paid for and the parts are much cheaper and the car is easier to work on. IMO

 

i think in honor of all this kart talk, we should all meet up and race some karts at miller. anyone else up for it?

 

My daughters Power Wheels would be a good track car. Excellent power phenomial grip and is cheep to replace! I thought this was an Evo forum? JK.

 

Yeah, there's just something about tracking a real car (I would imagine, since I haven't tracked a car yet) compared to a go kart. Plus, for those who can only afford one car a kart is not an option.

About the Porsche 914 swap stuff, I personally don't know of any shops. I guess search the info super highway.

Chris

 

Karts require less to store them at Miller than a car though... And I'd much rather a dedicated kart/car then have to worry about getting to and from the track in the same car I drove on the track, hence all this talk in the first place. Plus.. You could tow a kart with another car instead of some massive truck/trailer set-up.

Why is a kart not an option to those who can only afford one car?

 

Since when has the Utah post been all about Evo's....


thats right, never