One of the reasons I contemplated picking up the wife's car is I was hoping I could see this beast in person. Looks awesome.
Did you ever get the display issue worked out?
Did you ever get the display issue worked out?
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Yes, finally haha I've learned a whole hell of a lot about the Motec dash. I'd say I'm about 90% proficient on it.
Cliffs: Racecars constantly break.
NOW...
I was having some random issues with the paddle shifting not working correctly, so I started logging it and sending it to the company who developed it. We went back and forth about 5 times, things got a lot better...but I was still getting locked out on double downshifts from 4th to 2nd.
Come to find out, the gear position sensor on the transmissions can either be installed at 0 degrees, or 180 degrees. Both work fine with the transmission and the Motec can read the gear no problem. Well the paddle shift system works on a 0-360 degree sensor, so come to find out, my sensor was installed at 180 degrees. Meaning reverse position was about 184 degrees, neutral was 200 degrees, and so on...well, 4th gear was 359 degrees, plus or minus a couple of degrees. So the times it went over 360 degrees, it wouldn't want to downshift. Basically Y2k haha
So today I pulled the sensor, flipped it 180 degrees and it's JUST about right. Now, I need to fine tune it about 35 degrees or so and it'll be handled.
But while I was messing with that today, I accidentally broke the reverse lockout cable on the transmission haha It still functions, so far, but the nut was broken. So had to order a new one of those. I have an event planned a week from tomorrow that I should be able to make it to...then two weeks after that GridLife comes to town and I'm pumped to see how I stack up this year.
GREAT JOB Nick......GOOD LUCK working the bugs out!!
BTW....just did my first oil change in the Mustang.........easy peasy with my QuickJacks!!
BTW....just did my first oil change in the Mustang.........easy peasy with my QuickJacks!!
Such a sick build, even when it breaks I hope it keeps you smiling man!
Sweet
Very cool!
-J
-J
Had the car out for a local Porsche Club event this last weekend at Heartland Park.
Ran incredibly well. Still have a few tuning bugs to workout with the paddle shifts, but overall it did well. Went 1.7 seconds faster than the fastest SCCA record (held by a Van Diemen RF01-2) and 2.3 seconds faster than the NASA record held by a hopped up C7 Z06.
I didn't get many clean laps because of lap traffic. In that situation I'm super appreciative of the Garmin Catalyst's ability to capture segment/sector times and combine them to make an Optimal lap. My Optimal lap was about 7 tenths faster than my fastest lap.
Fastest lap: 1:37.510
Optimal lap: 1:36.841. (Lost video on segment 7 because I hit the rumble strips and the Catalyst disconnected briefly from power. I ordered the Catalyst cage mount to prevent that from happening again.)
Ran incredibly well. Still have a few tuning bugs to workout with the paddle shifts, but overall it did well. Went 1.7 seconds faster than the fastest SCCA record (held by a Van Diemen RF01-2) and 2.3 seconds faster than the NASA record held by a hopped up C7 Z06.
I didn't get many clean laps because of lap traffic. In that situation I'm super appreciative of the Garmin Catalyst's ability to capture segment/sector times and combine them to make an Optimal lap. My Optimal lap was about 7 tenths faster than my fastest lap.
Fastest lap: 1:37.510
Optimal lap: 1:36.841. (Lost video on segment 7 because I hit the rumble strips and the Catalyst disconnected briefly from power. I ordered the Catalyst cage mount to prevent that from happening again.)
Looks like a good time, thanks for posting the vids.
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I'm just so relieved it's running right now, basically issue free. I ran 18 laps Friday, 6 Saturday and 16 on Sunday. Before this weekend I've ran 26 all season. haha
Great vids man that thing looks intense as hell! And a helluva good time. Awesome driving.
-J
-J
GridLife came to Heartland Motorsports Park this past weekend, had a pretty decent turnout. They didn't run their GLTC group (race group) because it's between two larger events. There were 75-80 Track Battle (Time Attack/Time Trials) drivers and probably 100 HPDE drivers.
Last year, same event, same configuration I placed 2nd in Unlimited with a 1:37.931; this year I ran a 1:34.887 and finished 3rd. Super happy with the 3 seconds, but was kinda upset about the placing.
The guy who won it ran a 1:32.864 in a 2020 GT500 TT with 1100hp at the tires. He straight up walked away from me on every straight. On the front straight I'd estimate he put 20 car lengths on me before the braking zone into T1. Now, I would be back on his bumper by T3, through T6....then it would be off to the races again until T10. He just had so much more straight-line speed than I did. I was cresting the hill at 150ish, he was running 176mph, and getting there so much faster haha
A weekend at the track was still better than a weekend working. I'm getting the point now where I need to decide if I'll be satisfied just going faster...or if I need/want to win. Probably a $50k question. I'm confident that even an additional 200rwhp, I would've won.
Top 50 Results:
My camera cord was pinched Friday afternoon while I was loading the car, so I have no in-car footage unfortunately. Luckily there was a ton of photographers there so over the next few days I'll have a bunch of photos to post. The only video I have currently is one a buddy shot as I was going over the hill to show me why my side sills are fried.
Last year, same event, same configuration I placed 2nd in Unlimited with a 1:37.931; this year I ran a 1:34.887 and finished 3rd. Super happy with the 3 seconds, but was kinda upset about the placing.
The guy who won it ran a 1:32.864 in a 2020 GT500 TT with 1100hp at the tires. He straight up walked away from me on every straight. On the front straight I'd estimate he put 20 car lengths on me before the braking zone into T1. Now, I would be back on his bumper by T3, through T6....then it would be off to the races again until T10. He just had so much more straight-line speed than I did. I was cresting the hill at 150ish, he was running 176mph, and getting there so much faster haha
A weekend at the track was still better than a weekend working. I'm getting the point now where I need to decide if I'll be satisfied just going faster...or if I need/want to win. Probably a $50k question. I'm confident that even an additional 200rwhp, I would've won.
Top 50 Results:
My camera cord was pinched Friday afternoon while I was loading the car, so I have no in-car footage unfortunately. Luckily there was a ton of photographers there so over the next few days I'll have a bunch of photos to post. The only video I have currently is one a buddy shot as I was going over the hill to show me why my side sills are fried.
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Congrats. That's awesome. Great improvement in time.
Impressive Nick.......love the FIRE!!
Top of a slippery slope there, to go "pocketbook" racing in an unlimited class. Do you fit into any regulated classes for the type of racing you like to do? Or are you really stuck in the unlimited classes?
Dumb drag race guy question but nitrous for the straights and off with that big V10 for the rest of the track?
Nice time improvement!
-J
Nice time improvement!
-J
Basically, I'm stuck in Unlimited. Most organizations (NASA, SCCA) I'm stuck because of power: weight. Gridlife I'm stuck unless I could find some 100 treadwear tires that wouldn't kill me... and I'd have to get smaller aero.
That was a discussion this weekend actually.
Gridlife allows it...none of the othe organizations do. Fortunately, Gridlife is the only one with these 1000+hp cars typically.
Badass and impressive driving!!
Got it. I got lucky for my racing career, I was in a spec class. Tougher to out spend the other guy. Down side, sure dont have the straight line speed you do, and can understand the allure (Ive tracked some high HP cars).
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