gsxitement said:

Not a problem. I'm running the Moroso aluminum oil pan. Got trap doors and increases capacity to 6.25 quarts. Apparently, these pans don't like stroker motors, but it's been corrected.

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Thank you for answering. Is it safe to assume that you did not have any issues with the pan interfering with the chassis? Did you modify your oil pick-up?

mountain_man said:

Thank you for answering. Is it safe to assume that you did not have any issues with the pan interfering with the chassis? Did you modify your oil pick-up?

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No interference with the chassis at all. And no. Didn't mod the pick up like most people do for drag racing. Since it's road race setup, you want the pickup as open as possible since there's a lot of lateral loads as well as front to back loading

How was Pocono?
Any updates and how much boost do you normally run?
Race gas or E85?

ceedawg said:

How was Pocono?
Any updates and how much boost do you normally run?
Race gas or E85?

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Pocono went ok. Had a couple issues. Well, one issue that popped up twice. Two studs kept falling out. Trying to work it out now. I run 15psi. When I'm at the track, I run 100 octane. But wound up finishing 3rd in class. Not a bad day for only being able to run two sessions.

gsxitement said:

Pocono went ok. Had a couple issues. Well, one issue that popped up twice. Two studs kept falling out. Trying to work it out now. I run 15psi. When I'm at the track, I run 100 octane. But wound up finishing 3rd in class. Not a bad day for only being able to run two sessions.

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The Mani to turbo studs still? If so I was hoping you had the remedy for that for me to put in the memory banks. She must run nice and cool at 15psi. Overall you had fun I am sure. I'm so looking forward to seeing your car again. I need to take notes and see what I'm in for.
I just need to put on my RPf1s and my stoptech calipers and good pads ,hopefully end of this month and hopefully my car will be ready. Still here waiting for my clutch foot to recover from foot surgery. But I enjoy following your car.

ceedawg said:

The Mani to turbo studs still? If so I was hoping you had the remedy for that for me to put in the memory banks. She must run nice and cool at 15psi. Overall you had fun I am sure. I'm so looking forward to seeing your car again. I need to take notes and see what I'm in for.
I just need to put on my RPf1s and my from stoptech calipersand good pads ,hopefully end of this month and hopefully my car will be ready. Still here waiting for my clutch foot to recover from foot surgery. But I enjoy following your car.

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Thanks!! Yeah man! We need more cars on the road course!! So heal up, get some work done, and come to NJMP in August! Still haven't really addressed the studs yet. Been paying attention to my 240 so once I figure out the stud issue, I'll have an answer for you on that.

A little update. Picked up some nice titanium studs for the manifold from Archer Fab. He even gave them the cool "burnt" look. Went to the house and discovered something disturbing. It seems that one of the half moon clamps that hold the center section into the turbine housing ALSO vibrated loose and fell off. The turbo wasn't flopping around in there but was definitely moving. Pulled it all apart and indeed, the turbine wheel rubbed the housing. Took it all apart, boxed it up and sent it out to a rebuilder. Should be there tomorrow. So we'll get the word then. Hoping it just needs a wheel and balancing. It never ends . But this is the game we play! On the plus side though, the studs tightened up very nicely.

Isn't titanium a really bad idea? I think they will gall in the turbine housing and seize. Hmm actually maybe that's not a bad idea

TSiAWD666 said:

Isn't titanium a really bad idea? I think they will gall in the turbine housing and seize. Hmm actually maybe that's not a bad idea

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Lol! This is for the flange side of the manifold . I was thinking of doing the inconel studs, but Kyle from Archer wanted me to try these first. They tightened up really well. The 4mm Allen head broach in the stud really helped lock them down. As for the turbine housing, I'm like two steps away from Safety wiring every goddamned thing on the car

A little update. Sent the turbo out to BoostLab to get checked out for the hit on the housing. Welp, not great. Bearing structure was damaged and since the turbo is so old (bought it in '06) parts are 8-12 weeks out and over a grand. So in the name of time and affordability, we decided to convert the turbo to journal bearing. Won't really see a big difference in spool time on track. I will say, after we decided to go that route, on Monday, the turbo was done that day and being sent out today, Tuesday. Very happy with the outcome. Got some work to do to get ready for NJMP in August. More updates as they come in.

Also I was bored at work and did some house cleaning

So a couple steps in the right direction. Rear toe arms are done. Front shock forks are done and the turbo came back from BoostLab. Gonna be busy in the next couple of weeks.

Made some progress yesterday. Turbos in. Going back tomorrow to do some more stuff

More progress today! Gonna be busy tomorrow. Reserved my suite and garage spot today. NJMP is inside a month to go. Crunch time.

Sexy!

Giving me some motivation to work on mine.

A couple updates. Made a tow strap mount as per the rules of EMRA. Also got all the mounts back together. Started working on redoing the rear tow arms. Need a good solid 6 hours to get the car done. Then get it on the ground and bring it to my sponsors shop to Align and corner scale it. Also thinking about going to the new Federal FZ-201 tire. A full slick is out of budget at the moment, and the 201 is about as close to a full dot slick as I'm gonna get. What's crazy is they're actually CHEAPER than my Direzzas. We'll see what happens.

So, while the site was down, we had some progress. Paul Volks arms went in. Rear toe arms went in. Bobby Goulds bumpsteer kit went in. Got the car fired and warmed up. Also got it corner scaled and aligned. After we aligned it, we had to take the bumpsteer kit out and go back to the stock stuff cause it was driving extremely unpredictable. Also added another nostril for the oil cooler, and brake temp strips coupled with brake rotor temp paint. Mostly cause we didn't have the proper tools to set it up. So now, we load up on Friday and go racing this weekend! Fired up for the possibility of a win. Very excited!

Wait.... the bumpsteer kit caused unpredictable steering? Why?

Looking good, btw.

Black95TSIawd said:

Wait.... the bumpsteer kit caused unpredictable steering? Why?

Looking good, btw.

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Thanks! We didn't set it up with a bumpsteer gauge. We just went the "if it's flat at static, it should be good." It wasn't . I'm picking up a bumpsteer gauge next month.

Black95TSIawd said:

Wait.... the bumpsteer kit caused unpredictable steering? Why?

Looking good, btw.

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Yeah they are not as simple as guess the angle of the steering arm or spacers to get best setup, it does require a setup which is why it has to be done at a shop with the specific kit able to measure this,

I also first went with straight when i tested it with a gauge and soon found out it was wrong , it also took me a good 3/4 of a day to set and get to my requirements but it was my first time using a gauge but now i can do it in a few hours!

I wish i could make a 1 size fits all but then it means all cars would have to aeapt to fit my part and i dont and cannot have that! So the part adapts around the car instead.

ec17pse said:

Yeah they are not as simple as guess the angle of the steering arm or spacers to get best setup, it does require a setup which is why it has to be done at a shop with the specific kit able to measure this,

I also first went with straight when i tested it with a gauge and soon found out it was wrong , it also took me a good 3/4 of a day to set and get to my requirements but it was my first time using a gauge but now i can do it in a few hours!

I wish i could make a 1 size fits all but then it means all cars would have to aeapt to fit my part and i dont and cannot have that! So the part adapts around the car instead.
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Yeah. Good thing is we learned a lot from our experience . Also, we had been working at the weights for several hours before getting to this point and were pretty beat and not thinking clearly. I was just so jazzed to have such a trick piece on the car. That moment excitement over comes common sense . At least we'll get it right for Lime Rock. Can't thank Bobby enough for making such awesome stuff. Like I told you, I'd MUCH rather have a piece this precise than something that just bolts on. #racecarproblems

gsxitement said:

Yeah. Good thing is we learned a lot from our experience . Also, we had been working at the weights for several hours before getting to this point and were pretty beat and not thinking clearly. I was just so jazzed to have such a trick piece on the car. That moment excitement over comes common sense . At least we'll get it right for Lime Rock. Can't thank Bobby enough for making such awesome stuff. Like I told you, I'd MUCH rather have a piece this precise than something that just bolts on. #racecarproblems

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Haha i have been there and forgot things from late nights and long ass days so i feep your pain,

I am always here for assistance, for anyone aswel thats reading this so feel free to message me for advice or setup help,

Once mine got dialed in it was bliss and i was happy j got rid of bump steer

So, a little NJMP recap.



Here we go! Grab some popcorn!!

First session, car was running like poop. Also, the -2° of rear camber was way too much and turned the car into a suicide machine. Had an exciting experience going into turn one. Was able to catch it and recover but it was it too much. I was having to chase the rear a lot. So we took that camber out and set it back to -1°. Helped the handling huge. At the same time, we kept popping intercooler pipes. Found out the banjo on the wastegate was loose causing the running like poop AND the popping pipes since I was over boosting. Fixed that, went out and went faster than than we had last year by 2 seconds! Unfortunately, we ran into the same issue we had at Pocono where the studs fell out of the manifold. The nice, titanium studs we put in came out. So we had two options. 1: pack it in and go home early or 2: thrash on the car, maybe miss a session, but maybe also get back out there and maybe go faster. We picked the latter. We wound up running what studs we had left up through the holes in the manifold and knocked the protruding section of thread with a hammer and prybar to lock the threads in place. This situation also annihilated the gasket, so opted to not run one. We only lost one stud since the one got wedged by the turbine outlet. Then I broke one of the three remaining studs overtighening it.
So with 5 minutes to get to false grid before the final session, the car was just coming off jack stands and getting the wheels torqued. We made it out. And had a great last session!!! Picked up speed even more and set my fastest time. So...you may have guessed it.

We WON!!! I can't thank my friends and family that supported me along the way and at the track. It's an amazing feeling, and while it's small potatoes to what other people have done, for me, it's just amazing. So thanks for following along. More changes coming for Lime Rock in October!!! Looking to get a win there as well.

Awesome job.

What us your cars camber setup.etc.

Once my LCAs come in I'll be sending my car off to get set up. But need numbers that work.

ec17pse said:

Yeah they are not as simple as guess the angle of the steering arm or spacers to get best setup, it does require a setup which is why it has to be done at a shop with the specific kit able to measure this,

I also first went with straight when i tested it with a gauge and soon found out it was wrong , it also took me a good 3/4 of a day to set and get to my requirements but it was my first time using a gauge but now i can do it in a few hours!

I wish i could make a 1 size fits all but then it means all cars would have to aeapt to fit my part and i dont and cannot have that! So the part adapts around the car instead.
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What is the exact part number on the guage you used?