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[Fabman]

Got a delivery from @AJ Hartman today. Getting ready to make a new splitter and start my underfloor - while a splitter is enough to DIY, I'll leave the dark magic of tunnels to the pros. Fairly sure these are the best "low-ish" profile tunnels on the market (I didn't want super aggressive ones as i'm trying to balance performance with "temperamental-ness."

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these are awesome, I have the straights in my car wish I could fit this double combo in mine.

 

[honeybadger]

Working on some bigger updates which hopefully I can share this weekend - waiting on parts and such. But in the meantime, got some smaller items knocked off the list.

Finally got some door pulls and releases installed on both doors. Black for closing and red for panic...errrrr... I mean opening. Next up for the doors will be some CF door cards to enclose the opening and make it look a bit better. Will be good practice for some more ambitious projects later.


Finally got my padding installed everywhere my head/arms/legs could hit. Still plan to add some CF panels along the exterior footwell/roll cage so in a bad crash my feet bounce off that vs. the bars/other sharp objects


I also added some fun decals. First, in the passenger footwell on the door to the oil tank


A my man brick by the exhaust tips with the perfect warning.

 

[Voodoo Blues]

Good details, made me smile. Loud, fun noises. I keep hearing your words, ‘if you’re thinking about side exhaust, you need side exhaust!’ Yeah!

 

[302BOB]

Loud noises come in all shapes and sizes............The ones from your car's exhaust sound the best...My Boss can attest to that...

 

[mavisky]

I love Brick, don't see him lasting long LOL unless that's some really tough vinyl.

 

[honeybadger]

Good details, made me smile. Loud, fun noises. I keep hearing your words, ‘if you’re thinking about side exhaust, you need side exhaust!’ Yeah!

You definitely need side exit! it's seriously one of my favorite parts of the build. Sounds great, no fuel can leak onto hot mufflers, and the flames are pointed at your competitors!

Loud noises come in all shapes and sizes............The ones from your car's exhaust sound the best...My Boss can attest to that...

I love Brick, don't see him lasting long LOL unless that's some really tough vinyl.

Yeah - I'm a bit worried about that. The flames do shoot up and back a bit, so I'm hoping he survives. We'll see haha

 

[Tonymustang302]

Stickers add weight

 

[Ludachris]

Stickers add weight

But I was told by our printing vendor that TMO stickers add horsepower?

 

[Fabman]

But I was told by our printing vendor that TMO stickers add horsepower?

I'll testify, they most certainly do.

 

[honeybadger]

Major and I up late tonight getting some experience with the latest project I probably shouldn't be doing. This will be the belly pan if it comes out okay. Next will be the front splitter!

 

[Bouncing Soul]

Major and I up late tonight getting some experience with the latest project I probably shouldn't be doing. This will be the belly pan if it comes out okay. Next will be the front splitter!

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That’s “not messing around” level. Very cool

 

[mavisky]

Stickers add weight

Shiiit is that why I'm so slow. I thought that the sticker horsepower I gained would at least offset the weight.

 

[navseng]

Major and I up late tonight getting some experience with the latest project I probably shouldn't be doing. This will be the belly pan if it comes out okay. Next will be the front splitter!

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I'm going to have some questions for you.. . haha

 

[honeybadger]

Okay - got the big boy infused last night. Splitter is a little over an inch thick with 3 layers on the bottom and 3 layers on the top with a 1in foam core. Of course, like a dummy, I didn't take pictures of the core, but I'll create what it looks like later (especially if it holds up ). Got myself in a bit of a bind by changing the front end ducting and realizing I couldn't re-use the OEM belly and wood splitter I had been using. And course I have an even this weekend. Going to be a marathon week!



Some good lessons learned already which i'll share as a recap after this weekend.

Test infusion piece (which will act as a belly pan) mostly came out good (enough). Little bit of signs of penetration issues in the middle of the part. I'm hoping that was related to a leak that I found after I started and I won't have that issue on the big one. But we'll see when I pop it tonight.

 

[Tonymustang302]

‘’Little bit of signs of penetration issues in the middle of the part’’

- thats what she said

 

[steveespo]

One thing we found in Mustang Challenge is to let the ABS do it's thing once engaged. Those moments of ABS/off/ABS are reducing the decel rate. Don't try and out modulate the system, you can't on race tires. Also try and get those events started upon initial threshold braking. Ramp the pressure up, don't spike it, get into your peaks and stay there until desired speed is reached for either turn in or trail off and turn in. I am guilty of this all the time so not a criticism, just an observation.

 

[honeybadger]

One thing we found in Mustang Challenge is to let the ABS do it's thing once engaged. Those moments of ABS/off/ABS are reducing the decel rate. Don't try and out modulate the system, you can't on race tires. Also try and get those events started upon initial threshold braking. Ramp the pressure up, don't spike it, get into your peaks and stay there until desired speed is reached for either turn in or trail off and turn in. I am guilty of this all the time so not a criticism, just an observation.

I feel ya'. That's the way I treated the OEM setup.

Just for context on the bosch (assuming you're referring to the "ABS activated" channel), that is indicating when the unit is actively engaged. I don't have any control over that (outside of "ABS level" on the knob). In the graph I shared, the pedal was physically on the floor.

My belief is that what that graph is actually relaying is the frequency of the slip control (it's the same trigger I use to trigger my blue light flash on the dash. This system is so good it's really hard to feel it - I rarely even detect when its working. Until I added the blue lights on my dash, I had to check the data to even when it's work.

 

[steveespo]

I feel ya'. That's the way I treated the OEM setup.

Just for context on the bosch (assuming you're referring to the "ABS activated" channel), that is indicating when the unit is actively engaged. I don't have any control over that (outside of "ABS level" on the knob). In the graph I shared, the pedal was physically on the floor.

My belief is that what that graph is actually relaying is the frequency of the slip control (it's the same trigger I use to trigger my blue light flash on the dash. This system is so good it's really hard to feel it - I rarely even detect when its working. Until I added the blue lights on my dash, I had to check the data to even when it's work.

Yes the Bosch is really good. Where do you have the knob set? The higher the less intrusive it is. The point I made about the activation is the data points on the fast guys in Challenge go "on" and they stay "on" through the braking event. You have spike on, then off, then on again. It is a small thing, and may not add to much but just our observation. The tires in Challenge also have a lower overall grip capability than the Michelin S8 or S9 slicks I believe you are running, which may explain the lower intervention

 

[honeybadger]

Lots to share from this past week and a half (lots of good, but some bad).

But I’ll get us kicked off with this. New PB at COTA. Mid 18s on some 18HC Michelins. Brakes are also fixed. Whooo

2:18 lap of circuit of the americas

I’m enroute to Chicago for a work conference - I’ll try to get caught up this week

 

[honeybadger]

Okay - am back from my conference. So as mentioned above, the previous weekend was a bit eventful. The trans started to overheat in the afternoon sessions. At first it only overheated in the last lap of the session, so I didn't think too much of it. But in the last session, it got within a couple of laps. This made me think my cooling wasn't working. When I checked, it was clear the fan and pump were running - that's weird. So I pulled the fill plug to make sure I still had oil and it dumped a quart of metallic oil out - uh oh.

I pulled it apart when I got home and found this:

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Got all the parts to reassemble. Fortunately no damage