Elgin Racing Video Stream of the VIR 13 Hour Endurance Race

[stunya]

i completely agree they had the pace to win overall. I watched for about an hour in the morning and they were very fast! Incredible to only finish 15 laps back with a rear end swap (less than 30 mins behind). Great effort by the team for sure.

The live feed was AWESOME. I hope we continue to see this as a growing trend.

 

[Greg Obadia]

Thanks for all the support and interest guys. Sorry we could not win it again. The car was awesome and we were projecting a win in the last hour but the pinion bearing sent us to the garage. Replace the complete rear axle and made it back to fifth. If you aint first youre last is how I feel in this instance. Let me know if you have any questions about the car and I will do my best to get them answered. I have learned a lot from this board and would like to give back. 1:55.4 at VIR aint bad for 3500lbs!

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Greg: Can you tell us more about the full-floater rear on the car? I saw you guys had 4-piston Brembo Pro Kit brakes back there!

Do you guys have any modifications with respect to increasing HP or is it "just" a stock mill?

 

[Greg Obadia]

The rear is a factory 8.8 modified by Paul's automotive Engineering using Speedway and Moser parts. We went with a floater so that we could use a fixed caliper and increase our our pad life to 13 hours (it's way more than that). Mike Messina of Brembo did the calculations so that we would not upset the brake bias moving from the sliding single piston that came with our R. The front are the GS big package but uses a high annulus rotor and smaller rotor hat so that we may use a larger front pad. The engine is a sealed GS motor from Roush. It is the R2 package which allows for longer high rpm running. Tuning was done by Jeff Paxton at Roush Performance to conserve as much fuel as possible and we still got a bump in HP. Other than that it's got Kooks headers and exhaust.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

The rear is a factory 8.8 modified by Paul's automotive Engineering using Speedway and Moser parts. We went with a floater so that we could use a fixed caliper and increase our our pad life to 13 hours (it's way more than that). Mike Messina of Brembo did the calculations so that we would not upset the brake bias moving from the sliding single piston that came with our R. The front are the GS big package but uses a high annulus rotor and smaller rotor hat so that we may use a larger front pad. The engine is a sealed GS motor from Roush. It is the R2 package which allows for longer high rpm running. Tuning was done by Jeff Paxton at Roush Performance to conserve as much fuel as possible and we still got a bump in HP. Other than that it's got Kooks headers and exhaust.

Interesting on the brakes and engine--what's in the "R2" package that makes it more friendly to sustained high RPM? We don't hear much about this stuff typically.

I think those engines are rated for 50 hours before rebuild, have you guys run the whole season on this one already or was it fresh for the 13?

 

[Greg Obadia]

I believe and dont quote me but it was valve springs, valves, connecting rods, maybe the crank and some additional blueprinting. It was a step up in cost over the off the shelf R1. I forgot to include that we had Roush Yates also add the Motec engine wiring harness. So the engine was refreshed by Roush over the winter and we ran the 12 hour in Jersey and the 13 Hour at VIR plus some testing, practice and qualifying. The car or the engine will be going back to NC for another refresh during the winter in preparation for the 12 hour in Jersey. The transmissions get rebuilt after every race and now we will do the same with the rear end (lesson learned).