This past weekend I went to comp school with NASA @ TWS. I am now a rookie in the Blitz group. I raced ST2 with my car which is set up to ST3 rules of last year. This meant I was slow for that group. No big deal just getting my feet wet. I did two races on Saturday and on Sunday I did the warm up and the qualifying season. However, my right front hub went and I was done for the day. Here some pictures courtesy of Paul Costa-


You can see the miss matched wheels. I had to use a R7 with about 20 heat cycles on it to try and race on Sunday.


If you look real close the guy with the headset on, next to the golf cart is Eric Foss in this pic.

Also, I had a right front tire failure. The wire that holds the tire bead came out of the tire. I know its weird, but it happened. Here's the pic-



Going to do brake upgrades this off season. Not that I really have an off season as I am schedule for HPDE events through December and NASA picks back up in January at MSRH. Having Vorshlag change out the OEM brakes with PowerBrakes. They are a new company to America and are out of South Africa. Vorshlag is a PowerBrake dealer. Pic of the rear brake courtesy Jon @ Vorshlag-



Another upgrade is going to be AJ Hartman @ ajhartmanracing.com canards for the 2013-2014 Mustangs. You can check them out at his website if your interested. I am not affiliated with AJ Hartman racing in any way.

So I am looking forward to next year and racing with NASA Racing. I have six races left until I get my racing license, I have a provisional one now. Until then I need to keep my nose clean and not get in anyone's way. Also, I plan on training with Eric Foss next year. I already talked to him and emailed him for his schedule.

Interested to see how those powerbrake setups work out for you. How's the economics there?

Eric Foss is a great guy, he was my instructor at BTA and I had him in the car as much as I could. Learned a lot about how to properly approach a corner

Congrats on getting to the first race!

Looking good. Good luck and keep the updates coming.

captdistraction said:

Interested to see how those powerbrake setups work out for you. How's the economics there?

Eric Foss is a great guy, he was my instructor at BTA and I had him in the car as much as I could. Learned a lot about how to properly approach a corner

Congrats on getting to the first race!

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As far as pricing goes, they're pretty affordable when you stack them up against Brembo. The front and rear brakes cost about the same as the 15" front brakes cost from Brembo.

@Budget Boss I am glad to see you hitting the track for W2W racing!

That is a really odd failure of that tire, I have never seen anything like that before.
Did the hub failure cause any loss of control or damage? I hope not.

Best of luck in 2017 and keep it clean!

ArizonaBOSS said:

@Budget Boss I am glad to see you hitting the track for W2W racing!

That is a really odd failure of that tire, I have never seen anything like that before.
Did the hub failure cause any loss of control or damage? I hope not.

Best of luck in 2017 and keep it clean!

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The tire failure is weird. However, I spoke with a shop that was mounting tires at TWS for all the racers and they said they have seen it a couple of times this year. On the hub I got lucky as it started making noise in the paddock and I was able to hear it as it clunk while I was making my way to the grid for the first race on Sunday. As for keeping it clean, that's the plan so I can get my race license. Thanks

Update: Well the front right hub didn't break. The knuckle came loose. I am guessing that the tire that failed and was rubbing up against the strut cause it to loosen the upper bolt on the knuckle. Easy fix, just tighten the bolt. However, since I am having new brakes put on I am having the hubs replaced as they are 4 years old. Here's a pic with the front brakes, canards and 4" brake ducting.

I would love to hear more about these brakes. I couldn't find them on their site. Are they carbon ceramics?


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Further kudos for Eric Foss .......he was one of our Instructors at Road Atlanta and later Sebring. Probably one of the nicest guys out there as an Instructor and very humble about his driving talent ). Was happy to see him win the Mazda Driver Championship in Pro Spec Miata years back as it has launched him into a lot of solid rides since then!

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I would love to hear more about these brakes. I couldn't find them on their site. Are they carbon ceramics?

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The are the Powerbrake X6EL 6-piston 350x34mm fronts and on the rear there is the X4EM 4-piston 350x32mm. The rotors are steal.

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Budget Boss said:

The are the Powerbrake X6EL 6-piston 350x34mm fronts and on the rear there is the X4EM 4-piston 350x32mm. The rotors are steal.

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Curious on how you mounted the rear caliper? Is it fixed or on a slider?
If it's fixed, how do you compensate for axle movement?

Thanks

Swiss Boss said:

Curious on how you mounted the rear caliper? Is it fixed or on a slider?
If it's fixed, how do you compensate for axle movement?

Thanks

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They are fixed. Measured the axle movement at 1/8". However, still have to test it at the track. Had to reschedule track testing, still haven't determined a date.

Budget Boss said:

They are fixed. Measured the axle movement at 1/8". However, still have to test it at the track. Had to reschedule track testing, still haven't determined a date.

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Thanks.
Curious to see how it goes

No new news on the Powerbrakes. However, I have some video of my 3rd place finish at MSRH with NASA Racing.


Edit: I fixed your youtube link. Just paste the link directly into your post with no additional formatting. Easy as pie.

Update on the rear brakes for my car. PowerBrake brakes didn't work out and I am using the stock OEMs now. Just means I need to keep spares around just in case. That being said the fronts are awesome and I can brake really deep and make passes going into the turns.

Race 4 at MSRC. Finished 1st in class and 14th overall.

Congratulations!

VoodooBoss said:

Congratulations!

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Thank you

Here's race 3. I got 1st in class and finished 17th overall

Here's a short one that show a Lotus spinning out