I saw you there. I flashed you the V when you were pulling out there. I had the red GLI and my wife had the red MINI. That is an awesome time. Best I could do in the Jetta was barely a 1:39.

 

Doh! I missed you flashing the sign, or I would have waved or something.

I was drooling over your GLI though. Super clean, nice color, tastefully done!

 

Thanks, it needs what your lacking, LSD and suspension

 

Jan, What suspension mods have you made? I know that you are running a 2.0L engine with one of your heads, 440 injectors, and tune. Any other mods to the motor or chassis? Different pistons for sure. Still the stock crank? Stock pulley for the GP? How about the crank pulley? Stock clutch and flywheel? Are you still running the GSK LSD or are you running the Quaife? Where did your compression ratio end up?

An inquiring mind wants to know.

Thanks

 

No problem with a spin out. You never know how far to push it until you push it too far I am a bit confused with you attributing your 1.5 sec improvement to a tune. As I recall this was your second time at the Streets course . Most people show a marked improvement from their first to second trip to that track as it is one of the slower and more technical circuits in the area. Simply overcoming your first day jitters and having a better understanding of the line yields big dividends yet you were less than 2 seconds quicker? Additionally the ambient temp had to be 15 to 20 degrees cooler than your first event this past fall which is noticeable with the R-53. If the minimal improvement was due to the tune , did you not feel as if you were driving any better yourself ?
Overall the Mini's looked like they put up a good showing . Sean is a very talented past professional driver and I am sure gave them a good run for the money. it is nice to see that the Minis came off looking a lot better than the recent Eurotuner and Street Tuner Challenge debacles . Nice job guys

 

Hey everyone, i was one of the grey ford focus's that was running sat.
Just wanted to join NAM to say whats up and clear up any questions
from this past sat. Sorry i didnt come by to introduce myself but i was
super busy test&tuning the car.

 

OK, I am going to try to not sound to full of myself, but I doubt it will work. This was my 3rd trip to SOW, 2nd time running CW.

Here is were I talk smack: I do not consider myself a beginning driver. I will not say where my experience came from for reasons that should be obvious. I am a quick learner. I do not find it difficult to find the proper line around the track. Usually a few laps are sufficient. I had faster or similar times my first time at SOW as guys who've been there several times.
Please do not take this as me trying to say I am a great driver. I think I am pretty good, but I do not have delusions of grandeur (normally ) I am just trying to explain where my opinion on the tune comes from.

To answer your previous question, I in fact do not feel like I was driving better myself. I had an off day. Happens, I guess. My head was not in it and I was making some fundamental mistakes. The wrong suspension set up, not accounting for the ambient, track and tire temps and subsequent spin which did scare me threw me for a loop and caused me to be more conservative the rest of the day. That being said I base my statement on the fact that while driving the same line as previous time out I was able to achieve higher speeds in the straights and get to my shift points a lot earlier in sections due to better and more usable torque curve. This observation was also confirmed by my co-driver.

To bottom line it. I think a 1.5 second on a 1:32/lap track is not that small. Have I had a better day personally I feel I could have gone into mid or low 1:31's. Hope I explained myself clearly.

 

I think we need to set-up a MINI challenge there like the Foci did. We could get some of the vendors to sponsor it and offer prizes. It shouldn't be a whole lot of money to do it in tandem with a track day like it was done on Saturday. Maybe we could even get that much wanted vendor time attack.

 

Better yet, how about 3 or 4 different types of cars, but in a private day at the track. Like Mini, Dub, Audi ? Limit it to about 20 or so per make. I think it would draw more vendors/sponsors, especially if you keep the types of cars similar to those that would draw the same sponsors. Kind of a EuroChallenge?

 

I'd be down to rent a Cooper S and compete

 

Dude, see if Fireballed! will rent you the Street Tuner Challenge MINI!

 

Not to be mean, but im prolly better off with a stock 6speed S

 

BREAKING NEWS.....

we now have 3 cars gone sub 1:30

Congrats to Danny as he joins the select few

 

What happened? He get a good tail wind in the straight? I keed, I keed. Congrats Danny. 'Bout time. I knew you had it in 'ya.

 

That's what happens when you start concentrating on your lines Kelli just maybe next.

 

I heard from a little fly on the wall that some guy in a GP went 1.28 today at the track.
Could this be true? 5 laps in a run session @ 1.28.

 

I'm absolutely dead tired... was up at 3am this morn and off to the track

we were testing new parts today.......... the fastest cars on the track today had a Big Red R.............on them.... I will post up some video and pics in the next few days as I am headed for a short vacation

Nice to see there were Vettes, Evos, Subies, 911s, 350Zs and Miata's out there today...

 

Congrats, Jan!

Was the car yours or another and was the driver you or someone else?

 

No it was mine

 

Jan -
Congratulations!! Glad the GP ran well!! Enjoy your vacation!!


Craig

 

thanks... I sure need it

 

Yes you do. Clear the brain for tuning next week in Detroit. I want to see what we can get out of my GP with just the cam added. Should be fun.

 

sitting on the runway
5.5hrs from paradise

 

Which Island?

 

Oahu
time to hit the beach