Street Build ITFLYS - 1Gina2G

[Justin DuBois]

New belt arrived - by way of the middle east -> europe -> US. It looks legit. Saved a little money, but had to wait.

6-Bolt tensioner pulley - dots go up.

 

[Justin DuBois]

Its alive!

 

[We're on Boost]

by way of the middle east

UAE?

 

[Justin DuBois]

UAE?

yup

 

[Justin DuBois]

The engine so powerful - it was buried in a grave to hide it.

 

[Justin DuBois]

In my best Jeremy Clarkson impression - “ I Did A Thing!! “

I had this whole cool idea stuck in nowhere, cause it worked on the bench, but in the actual config with the touch screen, adding a second display whacked out my touch calibration making it unusable.

I finally got a chance to look into it, and its not an uncommon problem. By using a couple x- window commands I was able to map the touch area to a specific HDMI port

This bug fix, allows the second display to expand the desktop area, where I can display - anything I guess, but I’m putting Race Capture app full screen on a small 5” 800x480 12v lcd.

Tire pressures shown here at the moment.

 

[Justin DuBois]

The ESP32 board showed up today, and I knew the hard part would be extracting my can network to add another connection.

The new harness is now a custom blend of old and new. TPMS and ESP32 connected:

The RJ45 connections are for RC Track MK2 and Pilink++

To use the device to control anything, it needs to be programmed, connected via USBC to my laptop.

With help from RC’s discord communications, I was able to interface with the GoPro camera control developer - who walked me through the installation of the program on the device. I was able to pair with two camera and start/stop video recording via its local wifi network

With the fundamentals completed, the next part will be to connect via CAN with power and establish the CAN connection from RC with a Lua script update

 

[GST with PSI]

Seeing all the Mullerized

GT4 Race update (from April 10-11)

Friday's race win #10. We qualified P2. When you are running against a team with more resources - It's an additional challenge. We can't sticker up any time we like. We are trying to get the last bit of life out of the rubber we have, and our competition buys new shoes for every race. For context - We are on multi-heat cycle Hankooks, and the Porsche is running new Michelins that go for about $1000 a tire. Race 10, John got a good jump at the start, and made a pass on the first lap and stayed in the lead for the whole race.

Saturday race #11. We qualified P2, but we were 3 seconds off the pace. 3 seconds a lap... that just wasn't going to be competitive. We had a decision to make.

We have statistically wrapped up the Championship - We need to start the remaining races to keep the points, but we don't need to slay all the dragons to secure the win. We have a set of tires better than the set we qualified on - but we really don't know how much pace is left in them. We can conserve our equipment and save them for another day, or...

One thing that happened - During qualifying, I got an ear full at the pit wall from the Porsche team while I'm checking tire pressures from a hot lap. This is not a nice thing, as club members are not to engage with each other if there is a conflict. If you have a problem with another team - you go to the official. Don't walk up to me during a session and vent your issue. As it turns out - whatever his guy was annoyed about wasn't even a thing. It was so out of place to catch words from another team - it was confusing.

This impacted our tire choice. Conservative was out the window, and we put on the younger tires, and prepared for a battle.

And a battle it was. The Porsche pulled into the pre-grid with fresh scrubs that only had one heat cycle from qualifying. Yeah - they want it bad. John executed a clean start but did not get a jump ahead.

John stayed in the fight but the Porsche was pulling 0.4 sec a lap for the first three laps - then I saw their lap times plateau.
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When our tires finally came up to temp, we were faster - and it was on.

It went like this:
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After two overtake that didn't quite stick, (had to leave room to avoid contact) - this was the pass for the lead:
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Super exciting - I extracted the video, and cut some 30min worth of beats into the render. I hope to share that video in the future.

A prime example of "it ain't over till it's over" - The last lap.
3 turns from the finish line, lapped traffic dude loses the rear and spins - epic patience and skill to stay out of the frey.
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Justin's idea of a Race - Playlist:

Check out the reflection in John's glasses.
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Lets GO!

Legend.

Wonder if he'd still rebuild a set of JIC coilovers and give them the magic muellerized sauce?

 

[Justin DuBois]

Seeing all the Mullerized

Legend.

Wonder if he'd still rebuild a set of JIC coilovers and give them the magic muellerized sauce?

Reach out to [email protected]. Ya never know till you ask.

 

[Christo]

I reached out about rebuilding my set I got from them and they said they didn't have the parts any longer, this was a few years back.

 

[Justin DuBois]

I reached out about rebuilding my set I got from them and they said they didn't have the parts any longer, this was a few years back.

Yeah, that can happen. There is a practical limit to restoration. Sure, you might be able fabricate what you can’t find, but when the cost to fabricate exceeds the cost to replace outright with something better?
This is partly why nostalgia is expensive. When it has to be that exact thing, then you’ll spend whatever it takes to make it that thing.

 

[Justin DuBois]

Got there…

After merging in a CAN template for ESP32 Cameras, I also added a line in the Lua script. These two RaceCapture config changes connected the control of camera power on - record start/stop to Race Capture. Freaking Awsome!

Still in dev - yes, there are bugs

 

[Justin DuBois]

Let’s see how good these Ram mounts work. The kit came with a holder for a iPhone mag-mount charger, which works way better on the arm vs flopping around on the vent. Plus, I like the vents - It gets hot on track, and a vent to the face is welcome.

To connect the display, I decided an additional adhesive base ball mount should be strong enough for a something about the size of a iPhone. It stuck really well!

The position is very stable, and really easy to adjust.

 

[Justin DuBois]

Whew.. Back from an awesome track weekend. more on that... I finished replacing front springs on my DSM - a tweak John is vetting... and in order to better integrate the camera controllers on the CAN network, I needed to re-think where to locate delayed off 12v in the "matrix" of things that get power at different times in the car. Turns out - Deep in the PiLink++ box - there is the power to support 12v on CAN2, and a way to connect the camera controller to CAN2 with the addition of a new 4 pin CAN+Power M8 bulkhead port in the BOX. This is open heart surgery on a "one-of-one" electronic creation. But I am not afraid.(I mean I should be, but I'm not turning back now)

 

[Justin DuBois]

Surgery in progress

 

[Justin DuBois]

 

[Justin DuBois]

Global Fuel - back where it needs to be! This was a great two gear pull - crossed over the 1.0 (100) VE peak in the SD table twice, both times through 5K RPM. The WB factor is near to 0, and now I can go tweak some SD values for better AFR alignment here and there, and turn up the boost!

 

[Justin DuBois]

Consistency is good, 350whp at 20 psi is good

My Father passed away at 85 yesterday. Just taking it one step at a time.

 

[SixBolt_16G]

Consistency is good, 350whp at 20 psi is good
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My Father passed away at 85 yesterday. Just taking it one step at a time.

Looking good.
My condolences to you and your family for your loss.