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Chronicles of SneakySnakes | Vol III
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<blockquote data-quote="paintless302" data-source="post: 15775763" data-attributes="member: 74264"><p>The new build's break-in was over just in time to hit a dragstrip rental I had purchased a spot in a few months back. I had procured a set of 18x13 OZ's and 26" Hoosiers (thanks Bernie and Andy) to try to increase my final drive ratio, and combat the tall 1st gear in these cars. I knew I would have my work cut out for me trying to 60' the car on a stock clutch but I was ready to give it the 'ol college try. </p><p></p><p>Still remembering the last time that a set of 18s didn't quite fit (on my previous gen 4), I decided to mock-up the rears so there are no surprises the day of. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453441[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm glad I did, for if I didn't have a set of spacers that I run on my SW2's on hand, I would have gotten an unpleasant surprise in the staging lanes. It seems the e-brake cable was just barely brushing the inside of the barrel, and only after I had mounted the .450" spacer with the OZs did it move outboard just enough to get a hair of clearance.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453442[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With that sorted I was ready to drop off the assemblies to get the real tires mounted;</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453443[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453444[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453445[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Hoosier daddy?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453446[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We arrived the morning of to Royal Purple Raceway, to find everything but the main dragstrip lanes themselves had been absolutely destroyed by the heavy machinery roaming about the property. Royal Purple was officially closed since Harvey hit (only allowing private track rentals), as they struck a deal with the local insurance companies to store all of the flood vehicles on their (quite expansive) property. But, after months of moving cars about the property with huge front end loaders, the parking/staging/return-lanes looked like they had seen a WW2 strafing run. Broken concrete everywhere, return lanes completely unusable with a gaping hole in the turn-off, and mud <em>everywhere</em>. After driving through a mud pit to even get to the track off the main road, we were informed that all cars would have to make passes AND return down the main lanes. Obviously, this pissed everyone off, as the whole reason for a track rental vs just going on a test/tune night is proper seat time with the opportunity for hot-lapping. Not only would this effectively quadruple the time each person needed to make a pass, but there would be no way to immediately re-stage after a pass to get dialed in. I think had everyone known the situation going in, we all would have saved our money/time for another day. I kind of felt bad for the organizer, as he obviously wasn't told of the stipulations up front, and had to endure everyones bitching for the remainder of the day.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453447[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Radials mounted, and waiting for the track to go hot;</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453448[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453449[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Our staging "lanes", 1 in, 1 out;</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453450[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453451[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453452[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453453[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I gotta say I was actually quite pleased with the "mis-matched socks" look. The OZs looked really nice against the blue/yellow combo.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453454[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453455[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The heart</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453456[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453457[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paintless302, post: 15775763, member: 74264"] The new build's break-in was over just in time to hit a dragstrip rental I had purchased a spot in a few months back. I had procured a set of 18x13 OZ's and 26" Hoosiers (thanks Bernie and Andy) to try to increase my final drive ratio, and combat the tall 1st gear in these cars. I knew I would have my work cut out for me trying to 60' the car on a stock clutch but I was ready to give it the 'ol college try. Still remembering the last time that a set of 18s didn't quite fit (on my previous gen 4), I decided to mock-up the rears so there are no surprises the day of. [ATTACH=full]1453441[/ATTACH] I'm glad I did, for if I didn't have a set of spacers that I run on my SW2's on hand, I would have gotten an unpleasant surprise in the staging lanes. It seems the e-brake cable was just barely brushing the inside of the barrel, and only after I had mounted the .450" spacer with the OZs did it move outboard just enough to get a hair of clearance. [ATTACH=full]1453442[/ATTACH] With that sorted I was ready to drop off the assemblies to get the real tires mounted; [ATTACH=full]1453443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453445[/ATTACH] Hoosier daddy? [ATTACH=full]1453446[/ATTACH] We arrived the morning of to Royal Purple Raceway, to find everything but the main dragstrip lanes themselves had been absolutely destroyed by the heavy machinery roaming about the property. Royal Purple was officially closed since Harvey hit (only allowing private track rentals), as they struck a deal with the local insurance companies to store all of the flood vehicles on their (quite expansive) property. But, after months of moving cars about the property with huge front end loaders, the parking/staging/return-lanes looked like they had seen a WW2 strafing run. Broken concrete everywhere, return lanes completely unusable with a gaping hole in the turn-off, and mud [I]everywhere[/I]. After driving through a mud pit to even get to the track off the main road, we were informed that all cars would have to make passes AND return down the main lanes. Obviously, this pissed everyone off, as the whole reason for a track rental vs just going on a test/tune night is proper seat time with the opportunity for hot-lapping. Not only would this effectively quadruple the time each person needed to make a pass, but there would be no way to immediately re-stage after a pass to get dialed in. I think had everyone known the situation going in, we all would have saved our money/time for another day. I kind of felt bad for the organizer, as he obviously wasn't told of the stipulations up front, and had to endure everyones bitching for the remainder of the day. [ATTACH=full]1453447[/ATTACH] Radials mounted, and waiting for the track to go hot; [ATTACH=full]1453448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453449[/ATTACH] Our staging "lanes", 1 in, 1 out; [ATTACH=full]1453450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453452[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453453[/ATTACH] I gotta say I was actually quite pleased with the "mis-matched socks" look. The OZs looked really nice against the blue/yellow combo. [ATTACH=full]1453454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453455[/ATTACH] The heart [ATTACH=full]1453456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1453457[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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