New Track Wheels

Rota DPT 18x8.5+48. They are fine for the 245 hoosier slicks and R comps that I will run. It's not worth the trouble trying to fit huge wheels and tires on this car. STI is easy being 5x114.3 and having giant fenders..

6-18 @ ORP with Team Continental

Passing an E46 M3 up hill


Passing Bob in his GTR, what a cool car :)


99'ish Corvette with a big motor and R comps that I let pass me. I didn't really let him get away, I think he felt pressured to put some time between us which caused this off. He dropped his pace 3-5 sec a lap after this...




Me turning on camera mode instead of video on accident...





Best lap of the day was a 2:02 clockwise. Last time out I did a 2:04 CCW.

More ORP

ORP 6-1-10

I think this was lunch break.


Lots of bugs, as in insects..




The Alcons worked great. I had some concern about the master cylinder being too small for the application. The Alcons have 8.718" of surface area on the pistons whereas the OE brakes have 5.581". In the rear it's 1.577" and double that with the STI Brembos. So I think my worries were valid but the pedal is rock solid so no further action is required.. I had started to work out a dual Alcon master setup that deleted the OE booster/master but kept ABS.







Looking at the footage my best lap time so far was a 2:04. It was nice to just drive all day and not work on the car for once!!! Next day at ORP is 6-28 and I'm trying to get brake ducts in by then. The Bilstein suspension worked great. I did the first two sessions on full soft in the front then went full stiff. The track is new so the pavement is in really good shape. I have the rear sway in the middle setting, I think moving it to full stiff will change it from very neutral to just a touch of oversteer.

Working on the video...