It is an option -- and I've used it in the past. But as I get older, and the cost of the kits (for Porsche -- so there's a premium) goes up, the new axles come to seem prudent. We'll see. I always hold on to the old ones, although today I trashed about six axles going back to build dates of 1998. I'll rebuild these if I have time and can thoroughly inspect the balls and the cage for wear.
The cameras shoot true 720p. The nice thing about a GoPro (or others of that ilk) is a screen where you can see what you're shooting and also review what you've shot. These are blind until you move the chip to your computer. And I don't know if the image quality is as good as the GoPros. But for what I do, they're great.
A garage/shop is the place where we see the highest highs of our 'car guy' lives and also the lowest lows.
Thanks. I always do a basic nut-and-bolt check. The lift makes that a lot easier. I keep a checklist on the computer so that the 100th track day has the same thoroughness as the 10th. (For the record, I'm well past the 100th.)
Well, the guy who built my car did it -- so for me it was easy. But the **** rod had to be shortened. The mounting points for the transaxle and engine had to be moved. There were a couple of other fine adjustments with the clutch and throttle, if I remember right. The base for the torsion bars had to be cut out, as well -- which meant other reinforcements to the chassis. But I was also going from torsion bars to coil springs, so that was an opportunity to shed some weight.
You have a good memory -- of something I'll never forget. Yes, that day I got to do the remainder of my laps in this seat:
By the time I post them, they've been processed down (basically copied and recopied), partly because I'm lazy and partly because I use the free editing software that came with my computer.
Well, I looked for it because two years ago it ended my day at the track -- so it's one of those things I look for, now. But I'm going to disagree with you about the clean undercarriage. It's pretty dirty around the transaxle, especially. It's magnesium, which is soft -- and it's 35 years old -- so it's soft and a little leaky. Plus, there's all the grease from the CV failure from two years ago. That stuff is just about impossible to clean up.
I sync them on the computer, so they don't need to be started at exactly the same time. And the new software for them allows you to set them to start recording as soon as you turn them on -- which is a lot simpler than how they used to be.
I agree. I like my day job just fine. But there's no substitute for having the time and the ability to repair your own car -- especially one you trust at very high speeds.
Yeah. It's one of those 'lighting-strike' things that you have no control over and could possibly kill you. But as long as you're still alive, you'll assume the worst consequence would be a spin.
Yeah, it's an unused 'header' piece. But it shows the underside of the car.Ummm, time-warp going on with the "Open Track Racing, November 14, 2012"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XS2HV2kNVHo
Or is that just a lead-in edit for a work-in-progress with pre-race footage put in now and actual race footage to come later?
I can understand that. It's not very pretty to look at, but it's still my favorite track.Jack I miss willow, i used to go out there all the time just to watch, I lived in Palmdale Next to the mall on Ave P. good times , some day i hope to bring a dry sumped VW fastback back to willow and have a few laps
It's kind of like a racing kart, isn't it? Hard to believe that's the equivalent of a 260-mph corner.
Well, yeah, 2 cycle karts do 14 K and better. 2 motors max for class racing. But since your 2X video shows 6 cyls at 14K RPM 4-stroke style, all I'd need is 3 100cc motors to duplicate the sound.It's kind of like a racing kart, isn't it? Hard to believe that's the equivalent of a 260-mph corner.
I'm torn between rolling semi-gloss on my Vidmars and Lyons vs spraying gloss from a spray gun. I just wanted to know why you didn't roll your red using semi-gloss latex. I'm sure Lowes/HD can mix you up a Regal Red can of latex.
About a buck fifty, but the work boots nudge that number up a little.
Definitely on the bucket list. But a scary track to learn -- and because it's public, you never know what's going to run into you.
had to re read the post after that
I think I'll shoot this over to Drew Salter and http://instant-G.com Steve Timmins and the rest of the loop.
Meanwhile at Daytona Speedway at this weekend's Historic Sportscar Racing, this poor guy pulls off the track with blue smoke. I said to my friend, "watch this...that guy will open it up and discharge a whole bottle of dry chem in the engine compartment then the interior even if the driver says not to.
Sure enough, the overweight first responder grabs the dry chem first thing. Fortunately the smoke stopped before the hoses started spraying. There were 2 rollback wreckers, an ambulance, 2 firetrucks and a white pickup with more trucks rolling when the full course caution came out.
Corner workers,pit workers and course marshals are trained to take a fire extinguisher when responding to a disabled car. So if the blue smoke turns to black from a fire they don't have to run back to get it costing valuable time. Also the corner workers have an elaborate sign language to communicate with each other since most time radio's or yelling get's drowned out by noise. Yes sometimes you get someone who get's over excited but remember there volunteers taking time out of there lives and there own money to be there. As a former course marshal in Central Division of SCCA I encourage you to come out a weekend and work a corner or be a course marshal or pit worker and see thing's from the other side of the fence
