tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16606155553809856022024-03-14T01:49:25.533-04:00Dirty Dactyl RacingI created this site to track my Spec Miata build and make stupid comments here and there. BlogblablahMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213927592995832405noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660615555380985602.post-70162787155317772342013-04-09T17:02:00.000-04:002013-04-22T17:08:20.612-04:00Dirty Dactyl on the PODIUM(s)!**!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a little more than 6 months of dormancy Sandy was released back into the wild at Palm Beach International Raceway. Predicting that I would be a little rusty behind the wheel, I decided to do the Friday test day. Since I didn't want to prematurely burn through the prime heat cycles on my new set of HoHos, I bought another set of wheels so that I could get warmed up my old rubber. It turned out to be a wise decision as PBIR is extremely abrasive and chews through tires faster than any other track I have been to. <br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
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This track tears through tires so fast that your unloaded front tire will pick up enough tire worms that it makes it feel like you have a flat tire when it gets loaded up again because the tire is out of balance with all the crap it has collected. Once the tire is fully loaded all of those tire worms get flung into the brake ducts, wheel wells, wheels, etc. After the enduro we pulled over 5 pounds of rubber from Sandy's underside. <br />
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Ok, back to the story, Friday went well other than the GoPro shitting the bed again (they have since sent me a new one free of charge!). There were only a handful of other Spec Miatas(SM) there, not enough to properly judge my pace. The Data Aq was working flawlessly and helped me figure out which lines worked around the giant late apex corners of PBIR. On the last session of the day, a couple laps before I came in, I noticed a vibration through the steering wheel whenever the left front was loaded. I came in to see if the tire was low, it wasn't, but it had accumulated a large clump of tire turds. I removed the excess rubber and prayed for the best.<br />
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Big Ups to my whole race crew(Kyle, Angela, Thomas, Brent) who made the trek to PBIR by Saturday morning. My first session was qualifying for the SM sprint race. The vibration from yesterday hadn't gone away, in fact it was getting worse each lap. I had to pit, only completing 3 or 4 hot laps. I brought the car in and jacked up the left front. The wheel had about a half inch of back-and-forth play a.k.a. the wheel bearing was effed. I was pissed. I had literally just replaced that specific wheel bearing a couple weeks ago with one of the top shelf "<i>blue-printed-special-secret-sauce-greased-bad-ass-almost-cheating-but-not-quite</i>" wheel bearings sold. Luckily I had brought my spare 239,000 mile wheel bearings that Sandy came with. Crew Chief Kyle and I, (read mainly Kyle) removed the necessary components and got to swapping.<br />
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The final torque on the axle nut was set by me standing on a one-and-a-half foot breaker bar and jumping. Science. I downloaded the Traq Mate file from the last session and increased full pressure about 1 psi based on the logged Air-to-Fuel Ratio data. We dropped tire pressures a tad and had the car ready for the next session which was qualifying for the endurance race.<br />
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I got back out on track and cautiously felt out the left front, making sure everything was good. It was. I tried to find a car with similar speed and hook up with in qualifying to bump draft down the back straight, but didn't get the chance. I also noticed I still didn't have the power that the 99s had on the straights. Bummer. The rest of qualifying went well and I qualified 4th for the enduro.<br />
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<b>Sprint Race:</b><br />
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I wish I had in-car footage for the start of the sprint race. Holy Shit. I will try my best to describe what happened. Here it goes... So the field was SMs combined with ITA, ITB, ITS and a couple others, it was relatively packed. <br />
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Everything started normal, cars were in 2 single file lines and the pole sitter as usual begins to go to full throttle as the pace car peals off. Same as every race. I gap the car in front of me then make an aggressively early start anticipating the green flag, it works and as the green flag drops I am making a solid run on the car in front of me, but then in an instant a huge cloud of tire smoke plumes up ahead of us. The car in front of me dives to the left and as he cuts across me I see a car that is nearly stopped -- right in front of me. So I swerve hard to the right, off the track, narrowly missing him. I still have my foot pegged to the throttle, cause obviously I don't want to loose any positions. Now I am in the grass drivers right side of the track, maybe 500ft passed the Start/Finish. I get the car straightened out as I see I am rapidly approaching a slightly raised access road running perpendicular to the track through the grass. I clinch as Sandy hits the ledge of the pavement and briefly gets airborne. I slam back on to the pavement, but seem to be no worse for the wear. I ease the car back on to the track and slot into traffic.<br />
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All of the commotion at the start had completely shuffled the running order. I started 6th and managed to come out of the chaos in 3rd. Kaakaaa! I closed in on the two cars in front of me and figured out where I had an advantage on them. I found I could out-brake them and generally carry more speed through the corners, but I couldn't hold them off of me on the back straight. I made my pass on the 2nd place car by out-braking him into turn 3 and made it stick by drafting the 1st place car on the back straight. A lap later I made a move into first place in the same spot going in to turn 3, that lasted until we came around to the back straight and the 2nd and 3rd place car freight-trained right past me. Now in 3rd, a few laps later, I made a pass on the 2nd place car that stuck for a while. In the closing laps he tried to retake 2nd place by dive-bombing me at the end of the front straight. I held my line and was carrying significantly more speed by taking a later apex. He went way way inside, and basically parked it trying to regain control. Placing his car directly in my line and having no where else to go, his left rear bumper and my right front bumper collided and sent him spinning. I kept at it and chased the leader, but began getting nervous when the fuel needle dropped below E. The last few laps I backed off a little and brought it home to finish in 2nd place. The highest result to date for Dirty Dactyl Racing!!!!!! <br />
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The last 3 laps or so I began short shifting because I was worried I wouldn't make minimum weight in tech. The top 3 cars are weighed right after the race, and if you don't pass you get DQ'ed. That stands for Dairy Queened. I was so nervous when we rolled the car up on the scales. The women working the scales said something to the effect of, "Wow, these guys really know how to set the weight of their cars!" I wish I could have seen the final weight, but I am pretty sure we were within 1lb or so of the minimum.<br />
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<b>Endurance Race:</b><br />
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I am soaked in sweat but still feel relatively sharp, which is good because I still have an hour-and-a-half endurance race to do. To prep for the enduro we rotate the tires, front left to rear right, and vice versa, check the AFR data to set fuel pressure, check oil level, drain the car then add 8 gallons of fuel, set tire pressures, fill my drink bottle with ice-water, ready the refueling jug, eat Gatorade chews and a banana. <br />
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The enduro starts with 2 pace laps then the green flag. I make a good start steadily working my way up through the field. In the enduro there are several different classes racing at the same time, so the disparity in speed can catch you off-guard if you aren't paying attention. I managed to get into the lead in Spec Miata for the first 7 or so laps until my tires started going off. I got caught by a pack of newer Miatas that were bump drafting together. I couldn't match their pace anymore. I noticed looking at the data later that when the tires went off my times dropped about 1.5 seconds a lap. No longer a contender for the lead I fell comfortably into 5th place and clicked off lap after lap in auto-pilot. <br />
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This race's pit stop went 10x better than the last endurance race we did. We still have a little work to do on our race gear prep as apparently a balaclava, fire suit and glasses aren't sufficient protection for the refueler. So I had to refuel the car again, but this time we had the speedy-pour jug and a funnel. I was able to refuel, chug Gatorade from Race Dr. Acton and make it back into the car with plenty of time to spare. I came out still in 5th. I notice that the tires have cooled enough in the pit stop that they life in them for a lap or so.<br />
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Fast forward until about ten minutes are left in the race, still in 5th, probably 30 seconds from 4th. A car spins and stalls on track. BRING OUT THE FULL COURSE CAUTION!!!.<br />
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I let my tires cool down after I caught the field. The tow truck got the stalled car out of the way with about 3 minutes left. I gapped the car in front of me and got a decent start when they threw the green flag. Everyone was fighting for position, it was a Last-Lap-Hail-Mary-Battle-Royal. I set-up the two cars battling in front of me by making sure I had a solid exit from turn 2. I passed both of those cars with 2-wheels off the track on the inside of turn 3. Then passed an ITA car on the outside of turn 4. I kept to the inside of turn 5 and passed another Spec Miata and another ITB car going into 6. I kept that gap by drafting an ITA car down the back straight. I protected the inside on the final horseshoe and prayed that the checker was coming, because the 3 Spec Miatas I had passed were quicker than me. Sure enough they threw checker and I came in 2nd. It was sweet. I went from 5th to 2nd in class, and since all the cars on track were on the lead lap, so I ended up moving from 10th overall to 4th overall! If it had gone another lap I don't think I would have been able to hold my position. Sometimes its good to be lucky.<br />
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With the super thick break in oil still in the motor, we warmed Sandy up, established a baseline and then began tuning. We ran through a series of different ignition timing and fuel pressure settings. All in all we did 28 pulls. The new motor is strong. I am stoked. </div>
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I was hoping for mid to high teens in terms of horspower, like 117hp would be bad-ass When we were done Sandy made 123hp / 117lb ft. I couldn't believe it! I can't wait to get back on track, I'm gnawing my arm off over here. Check out the video of Sandy on the rollers below.</div>
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In other news fAceMast (seen below) and I made a dollar bet on who could get their own engine running first. I won. This was my welcome back to work after winning, and yes his eyes are naturally that shade of red.</div>
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Taking a lesson from my failed attempts of refueling during my last endurance race, I found out that you can cut out the fuel flapper door legally. So I did.<br />
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So there I was almost ready to crank her up. The engine had oil, so next up was adding coolant aka water aka the wet stuff.<br />
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Round 2: I fill Sandy back up with H2O and this time no leaks, hurray! Now, as per my break-in procedure I need to crank the motor without firing and make sure I have oil pressure. So I pull the plug wires, disconnect the CAS, say a few prayers and turn the ignition. <br />
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Round 3: RRrrrraarrrrRRRraarrrrRRRaaaarrrrrr says the starter but my mechanical oil pressure gauge is reading zero. Hmmmm, I think to myself maybe the gauge line is damaged or blocked. After removal and inspection all appears to be well with the gauge and adapter. My next thought is the motor or oil pump is shit. Cool. I find some literature online saying the oil pump sometimes needs to be primed with either extra oil or jacking up the rear of the car so that the oil runs to the front of the pan, priming said pump. So I lift the rear and get to cranking. RRrrrraarrrrRRRraarrrrRRRaaaarrrrrr voila!!!! OIL PRESSURE!!!! Hurray!<br />
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This is one wing of the BSI headquarters. If you can't tell from the blurry picture, they have a lot of Miatas, this made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. They recently acquired a Dynojet dynomometer, so I might be back in the near future to fully harness the power in Sandy's new beating heart.<br />
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After I thought everything was in place I created a sweet trans-loading-tray out of Styrofoam and slid the transmission into the engine. Very nice!<br />
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Except I forgot that I am an idiot and didn't install the gasket that goes between the engine and trans. So the next day I had to take everything off that I had spent the last night putting on and then do it all over again. This will become the ongoing theme in this engine swap process.</div>
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When I removed the exhaust manifold from the old motor there was a little surprise waiting for me. I had blown a hole in both sides of the block!!! Pretty impressive, I know. Side note I will entertain any/all sponsorship offers.</div>
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There is a deep metaphorical significance to this photo that I haven't quite figured out yet. The heart was ready for Sandy's willing embrace. All I needed now were a couple strong lads who didn't mind spending their weekend moving metal around.</div>
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Check. Mason can be seen demonstrating the Dirty Dactyl warrior dance mid-Taco Bell dining. Crew Chief Kyle is content merely chewing and viewing.</div>
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And just like that kids. I would love to say that it didn't take us much time at all to drop it in, but that would be a lie, and you can't lie on the internets. It was one of those learn-as-you-do ordeals. </div>
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After 3 or so hours of taking parts off, or changing the tilt, or raising and lowering the car we finally got the motor in place only to realize that the reverse switch plug wasn't in the transmission, instead it was hanging playfully beneath it. The problem was that the switch is mounted almost at the very top of the trans, which makes it impossible to get to when the motor is in place. We tried for an hour or so to reach it from the bottom. No luck. Next we tried to get access with a big monkey wrenc from inside the car through the shifter hole. No luck. So we took off the drive shaft and tried to swing the rear of the transmission down. No luck. Then we removed the longitudinal brace that locates the transmission. No luck. At this point we had probably put in 2 hours trying to attach this plug. Finally we arrived at the only feasible option, pull the whole motor and trans back out again. Fock. Well I can tell you this, Kyle and I got really good at attaching and removing motor mounts. So yeah, hopefully next time is a long time away. </div>
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Well there she is. The only thing keeping me from starting it was the thermostat housing. For some reason this motor came with a 1.6L thermostat housing so the mounting flange was 90 degrees from where I needed it. But I was too excited to let something as simple as that keep me from hearing Sandy's freshly beating heart.</div>
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I had been putting off fixing the truck for a while. Eventually the massive shaking of the steering wheel under braking got to me and I decided to replace the front rotors and pads. Whoever changed the brakes last did a very thorough job in covering the caliper bracket bolts in locktite. So thorough in fact it took me a almost an hour to get the first bolt out. After freeing one bolt it became obvious I was going to need a lot more caffeine in order to finish the job before it started raining. So I pedaled my way over to the nearest Chevron and bought a large Monster <i>Crack-in-a-Can </i> and got back to work. </div>
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After the engine let go at Sebring I was talking to Stu of BSI racing about my different engine options. He said, "Really the best thing to do is buy a new crate motor from Mazda then have an engine shop build it to the limit of the rules but, no offense, I don't think you have the money for that." Called out for being poor! He was right, I didn't have the money for that. The new crate motor and shop build route runs anywhere from ~$5-8K.</div>
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As we are talking, a man named Bill asks me what year my car is. I reply, 94. He says he has an old race motor that has been sitting in a warehouse for years. I ask how much he wants for it. He tells me that I can have it. I am ecstatic. The motor is in south Florida and Bill arranges for Stu to pick it up at the next race which is in Homestead. Stu calls me a couple days later saying the motor needs some work as there is no valve cover present and he believes the timing is off. I decide to pay him to go through the whole motor, check it out, replace all bearings and wear items. He quotes me $1200, which seems reasonable. I have since paid half that amount and hope to have the remainder covered in the near future.</div>
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I plan on taking Sandy to the dyno first thing after she is back together. I will also compare the horsepower function on the Traqmate when I run Sebring or Daytona again to get a feel for how much more or less power Sandy is making. It would be awesome if I gained in the ballpark 5-10 hp with the new engine. It would also be interesting to see how much more competitive that power would make Sandy and I. We shall see.</div>
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One more item I still need to order is a race clutch from ACT. That's another $350. But it is one of those things that you might as well do while the motor is out.</div>
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Well I got the car back together in time to make the next event which was at Sebring using the ALMS 12-hour full course configuration. This particular event included an hour and half endurance race, my first. There are a couple high speed corners on the full course that require larger attachments than the short course so that was fun. </div>
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On Saturday I had 2 practice sessions, 2 qualifying sessions (1 for the Sprint races 1 for the Enduro) and the 90 minute Enduro. Unfortunately my tires had already been through their "optimal" 8 heat cycles at the last event, so I knew I wouldn't have the most competitive set-up but I just wanted to make it to the end.</div>
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In the second practice session, unbeknownst to me a Porsche dumped a bunch of oil in turn 1 and I was the first to reach it. Turn 1 is taken at roughly 85 mph and there isn't a lot of runoff room to be had if you get it wrong. Everything appeared normal as I entered at race speed. Mid corner the rear end decided it wanted to lead and I became a passenger at that point. I remember thinking, "Noooo! not again". I got extremely lucky and spun parallel with the wall about 10-15 ft from the concrete. Major pucker factor, full vapor lock. </div>
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Qualifying went a little better, I qualified 6th out of 27 Spec Miatas and 22nd out of the 90 car field for the Enduro and then followed that up by qualifying 4th for the sprint races. I was stoked!</div>
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Also here is a badass photo documenting my ascension from 13th to 4th at Daytona post wreck. (Thanks Angela)</div>
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For the Enduro my Crew Chief Kyle and I had come up with a genius scheme of attaching my stopwatch with zip ties to the steering wheel. We would both start timing when the green flag dropped. The strategy was to come in for fuel around the 45 minute mark. Now in this series they enforce a 5 min mandatory pit window for refueling. The only problem was that the refueler had to have a Nomex suit. OK, well my drivers suit is Nomex, so I will just refuel myself when I pit right? I had purchased a race style fuel jug in anticipation of self fueling, with the idea that the race-style jug will flow faster than the lawn-and-garden jugs I had been using. On race day I found out that the hose diameter was too big to fit in the hole. Never heard that one before. </div>
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So cut to 45 minutes into the race, keep in mind it is hot as balls and I had already done 4 sessions on track prior to the Enduro. I am exhausted. I pull into the pits and begin unstrapping. I am very dehydrated. I climb over the wall and grab the lawn-and-garden fuel jug and clamber back to Sandy. Now with this particular fuel jug you have to constantly hold down a release lever in order for liquid to leave the container. 5 gallons of fuel has never felt so heavy. I am trying to hold the bottle steady but I keep pinching the hose in my attempt to rest the jug on the car while holding down the release. It is taking forever. A quick look around the pits reveals that we(read me) are idiots. No one else sucks this bad at planning and most teams have 2 drivers. After what seems like an eternity, the car is fueled, I return to the pit wall to dispose of the jug. While there Angela hands me a large red Gatorade. I flip up my visor and take several large gulps before sprinting back to the car. I strap in with Kyle's help, start up the car and head off. </div>
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The rest of the race I was in the <b>zone. </b>Probably the most consistent 45 minute session I have ever had, it was amazing. I have a new love for enduros. The balance of the car was constantly changing over the course of the race from neutral/loose to pushing quite a bit, I managed by adjusting my corner entry braking and steering inputs. </div>
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I finished the race, that in itself was awesome. How did I do in class? 6th. How about if I had taken a 5 minute pit like most people? 3rd and only a couple seconds behind the 2nd place finisher. Lesson learned for the next Enduro. (Another awesome photo taken by the beautiful Miss Angela)</div>
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Yay. Onto Sundays Sprint races. I started in 4th and worked my up to 3rd after a few laps. But then a strange thing happened. The people I had passed were getting larger and larger in my rear view mirror. Exiting turn 16 I went to shift from 3rd to 4th as per usual but the revs were much lower than they normally were. I get passed on the back straight like I'm sitting still. Sandy never makes it to 5th.</div>
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Now it feels as if I am building the car again. I have a long list of To Do's and not a lot of money. That's racing I guess. In my next post I will lay out what all is being done to get Sandy back out on track and in a more competitive state, I hope.</div>
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Fresh from the body shop Sandy is making admirable gains towards recovery. Test-fitting the shiny dark green fender inspires me to one day paint the car with a glossy finish.</div>
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Well, onwards and upwards. I said when I was leaving Daytona that I would take time off from racing and save up money to build a competitive engine. But then Monday rolled around and I wanted to go racing again. It just so happens that there was an Enduro/Regional race at Sebring 2 weeks away, so I figured out what I needed to replace at a bare minimum to get Sandy back on track. I figure with a little more hammering I only really needed to replace the front bumper, right front fender and intake tube. So I called up my good friend Esteban in Orlando. </div>
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With the new parts I towed the car down to the body shop next to Dave's alignment shop. I expressed to the puller that I could do as much of the non-specialist labor as possible and that I am a broke race-addicted junkie. They initially quoted me ~$600 for the job.</div>
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Still not completely sure what happened, but I believe the guy behind me was trying to out-brake another car and couldn't get slowed enough and wound up tapping me in my right rear quarter panel (you can see the car in my right side mirror) That bump was enough to push me into another car then off track. Unluckily for me it had rained last night and the grass was still slippery.</div>
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Then as we investigated further we found out several components were bent, ie control arms. So Kyle, Jared and I began tearing into the car pulling parts, hitting things with hammers and wrapping the whole car in duct tape in an attempt to get the car back on track.</div>
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Well after replacing the left front lower control arm, tie rod, sway bar endlink, passenger side engine mount, upper radiator tube, intake tube, bashing and rolling the fender, bending the hood pins back in place, aligning the car, duct taping the hood to bumper to headlight to fender, we got the car ready in time to make a couple hot laps for qualifying. 16th out of 40!!! Success!!!! It felt so good just to get the car back on track, because I had assumed my weekend was done.</div>
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During the race a vacuum line came loose from the intake manifold resulting in a significant power loss. The car wasn't competitive on the straights, no one would even give me a bump so I knew we weren't going to win this one. However there was a major incident that produced a full course caution, stacking the cars back up for a restart. I had since moved up from 16th to 12th. </div>
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I got a great restart making multiple passes on each turn through the infield. I was in the "zone" and Sandy was in her element. I carried as much speed as I could through the bus stop and got sucked into a bump-drafting train that allowed me to dive bomb a couple more cars into turn 1. In a little more than one lap I had gone from 12th to 4th. Granted that when I got to the back straight and no one gave me a push I went right back to 15th, but I didn't care.</div>
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Sandy performed beautifully this past weekend. I entered Spec Miata and Improved Touring A. My goal for the weekend was to get in the points by finishing one of the races 9th or better. My overall goal for this year was to become competitive mid-pack.<br />
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I qualified 6th out of 18 cars and in my first race finished 4th. It was awesome. I qualified 4th in ITA out of 15 cars and finished 2nd. I couldn't believe it. After burning through and flatspotting the tires in my second ITA race, I bought and mounted a new set for my next SM race. I instantly dropped a 1.5s off of my previous best lap time, completely checking out from the other mid-pack spec miatas. Now I was hanging around the front runners, although not quite competitively.<br />
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Now I want to win. Although the car was much quicker than in Daytona, Sandy still can't match the pace of the Pro built 99's. I plan on continuing to develop Sandy and my driving skills so that one day I will be able to compete for a race win. The next race I plan on attending is Daytona in August.<br />
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So before my first race, there were a couple items that Sandy needed. The first is this super sweet NACA duct that provides the driver (Max) with fresh air, the purpose being to stave off heat exhaustion slightly longer.</div>
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The second addition is ballast, so that I could make minimum weight with only 1 gallon of fuel onboard. I found a guy on craigslist selling a whole weight machine set. Score!</div>
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I recently found out I need to update the final drive to the '99s ratio of 4.3. I called my friend Estiban and he happened to have just what I need. Here are some shots of the old guy removed. More to come, checkwii<br />
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</div>Some shots of the beast on track</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL_DbzoY-ZXMtAKoB9xBBfyx1O4i9uGXCzBqImPDVILW_zO2HPECajv6HYOviruO8NjJRYh2AgatNSLp1uCslj2ik2sF5q0M3HvTNpnIn0S8BwChgYdFjG2ar-AyOJO2XCUbk4NAWv1w/s1600/SandyHomestead5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL_DbzoY-ZXMtAKoB9xBBfyx1O4i9uGXCzBqImPDVILW_zO2HPECajv6HYOviruO8NjJRYh2AgatNSLp1uCslj2ik2sF5q0M3HvTNpnIn0S8BwChgYdFjG2ar-AyOJO2XCUbk4NAWv1w/s640/SandyHomestead5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a Cup car in my time trial group which was baaaaaaddd assssssss. I cut down some of my in-car footage to segments where he passed me. If you watch my mirrors you can see him catch me and make me look like I am parked as he rockets by. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213927592995832405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660615555380985602.post-6442585256294684852012-02-13T13:50:00.000-05:002012-02-13T13:50:59.359-05:00Sorry for being slack<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">A lot has happened since my last post, so I will just add a short caption above each photo:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The internets told me that the front wheel bearings fail on track, here is the front spindle with the bearings removed<br />
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Repacking the new bearings with Redline synthetic grease<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The beginings of the scariest job on the car, wiring the kill switch</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Sandy on the scales<br />
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At ride height post fender rolling<br />
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</div> Stickers came in<br />
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</div> Finished painting spots I missed on the interior of the car<br />
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Added the Magnaflow Muffler Man to ride with me and bless me with his good luck<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So the designers at work got tired of looking at Sandy in her plain white outfit and asked me if they could apply some racing stripes for the weekend's autocross. Here are the results...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">With me in the car and the huge wheels and tires 2344 lbs. Meaning I should be able to add some ballast to make the 2400lb minimum weight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VI95sL08lIo/TwHHc7qlgcI/AAAAAAAAALE/mcpHGPOWga8/s1600/IMAG0282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VI95sL08lIo/TwHHc7qlgcI/AAAAAAAAALE/mcpHGPOWga8/s640/IMAG0282.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">That's all for now, I think I am going to try and autocross the car with these wheels and tires until I can afford to buy my own.</div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213927592995832405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660615555380985602.post-79399470251550761462011-12-20T15:32:00.002-05:002011-12-20T15:36:22.247-05:00Bracketry, Gauges and Exhaust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because the hard top mounts I ordered were too thick to fit betwixt the roll cage and the body I had to make my own. I soon found out how sub-par fabrication skills were. I am not proud of the mounts you see below, but they should still get the job done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I plumbed the water temp gauge and test fit the oil pressure gauge. Looks pretty good. I still need to order a passenger side airbag cover and perhaps refine my radio panel cover.</div><br />
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Drove the car to Rivian to install the Springfield Dyno exhaust. Exciting!<br />
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One of the clay modelers decided I needed an Pterodactyl hood ornament. <br />
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</div> The exhaust clamp sent with the kit is a total p.o.s. so I wound up marking the two tubes once they were aligned on the car, then taking the whole exhaust off and welding it up. While not quite a "stack-o-dimes" my welding is improving.<br />
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</div>Up next will be installing new spark plugs, wires, air filter, fire bottle, SFI padding kill switch, brake lines, rotors, pads, springs, shocks, sway bars, wheel bearings, wheels and tires, but then it <em>should</em> be track ready. <strong>KAAKAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!</strong><br />
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</div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213927592995832405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660615555380985602.post-186381015910545242011-12-20T09:10:00.000-05:002011-12-20T09:10:02.671-05:00Harn-Ace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The harness came in the mail along with some other goodies to be highlighted in subsequent posts. I had to do a little hacking to the cage in order to attach the belts in the stock seatbelt mounting locations. I also used a small sledge hammer to clearance the transmission tunnel in order to get the seat just where I liked it. All in all I think the harness set-up came out pretty nice. Hopefully I will look as cool as the guy below when I am finally on track.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hard top purchased! Found Ol' Ned selling a hard top miata on craigslist and asked him if he would be willing to part with just the top. He agreed and after an exciting 3-hour trek through swamp land Florida, the top was mine. Side note, Ned's daughter was named Nedera.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The garage I have always wanted<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I created a list of To-Do and To-Order, so now its just a matter of finishing the list. Should be easy...Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213927592995832405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660615555380985602.post-59271054361822839482011-11-15T11:36:00.001-05:002011-11-15T11:38:24.370-05:00The Dash is inThe dash, heater core, blower motor, gauge cluster, ECU, fuel filler assembly, window net, quick disconnect, and steering wheel are all back in the car! Yay! The car starts! Yay! One issue, the gauge cluster gets power, but half of the indicators aren't working. I'm thinking I have a bad ground or blown fuse, that is next on the to-figure-out-why-no-worky list. Messed around with a house lamp to create some interestingly-lit photos, see below.<br />
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