rollinstylee
Hard-core CEG'er
Hi CEG, thought I'd check in with an update since I had a pretty exciting Sunday racing with Ohio Valley Region SCCA. I haven't updated/concluded my 3L build thread, which I do plan to get around to eventually, but suffice it to say the car is up and running and undergoing some shakedown and chassis tuning at local autocrosses. My first time out was just on street tires and a conservative alignment to evaluate the new drivetrain reliability (fine) and front/rear suspension coordination with the new weight and distribution (not fine). Based on that, I made a lot of setup changes and went back out this weekend on race tires to see what this thing could really* do.
The result was a pretty remarkable 6th/92 in raw time, and 10th/92 PAX using the CPrepared (very fast) index. Considering that two of the faster raw times were a kart and an FMod, the only faster car times were set by a SS GT3, an ASP RX-7, and a STU STi. I'll take it. Even before the engine swap and track build, the car was somewhat of a local crowd pleaser, but I'm excited at the new legitimate competitive potential it's now showing.
*I still have several chassis improvements in the works, the engine is only running on a rough base tune and hasn't seen a dyno yet, and it's a country mile from actual CPrepared-ness...heck, it still has A/C, stereo, and all of its powered systems and glass, and running 225s...in other words, it has a lot more performance left in it if I were to pursue building it for autocross.
Anyway, I thought I'd share in the hope of encouraging some people to join in keeping a glimmer of motorsports legacy alive with these cars.
Unfortunately there was no course photog out this weekend, but here are some static shots I took with my phone. You can see the GT3 and the RX-7 I mentioned, coincidentally gridded adjacent to me.
The result was a pretty remarkable 6th/92 in raw time, and 10th/92 PAX using the CPrepared (very fast) index. Considering that two of the faster raw times were a kart and an FMod, the only faster car times were set by a SS GT3, an ASP RX-7, and a STU STi. I'll take it. Even before the engine swap and track build, the car was somewhat of a local crowd pleaser, but I'm excited at the new legitimate competitive potential it's now showing.
*I still have several chassis improvements in the works, the engine is only running on a rough base tune and hasn't seen a dyno yet, and it's a country mile from actual CPrepared-ness...heck, it still has A/C, stereo, and all of its powered systems and glass, and running 225s...in other words, it has a lot more performance left in it if I were to pursue building it for autocross.
Anyway, I thought I'd share in the hope of encouraging some people to join in keeping a glimmer of motorsports legacy alive with these cars.
Unfortunately there was no course photog out this weekend, but here are some static shots I took with my phone. You can see the GT3 and the RX-7 I mentioned, coincidentally gridded adjacent to me.