ls110
John
New PB at BIR 3.1 mile track on Sunday: 1:42.81 - Also hit 161 mph on this lap ;D
New coilovers helped make this happen.
New coilovers helped make this happen.
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A lot. @Black Boss is 3-4 seconds a lap quicker with the same Hoosier R7's on his stock R compared to his highly modified Boss 302 LS. We were tearing it up at GT350 TA in stock GT350's on stock tires. I believe the consensus was the 350's were as fast or faster than the Boss 302FRS cars we drove the second day.johna said:
smallblock said:
Plan to run with 3 Balls at Mid Ohio in June and may do one of their days at Grattan over the July weekend. Hope to see you there!
Track50h said:
Big improvement! Nice work!
LS110 said:
How did you like the MCS stuff so far? Looks about 1.5 seconds faster than your previous time.
YellowJacketBoss302 said:
Keep pushing!
ls110
John
ArizonaBOSS said:Big improvement! Nice work!
How did you like the MCS stuff so far? Looks about 1.5 seconds faster than your previous time.
Keep pushing!
Clearly the MCS coilovers improved my grip. I only just got started with adjustments, focusing on compression. Will mess with the rebound more at my next event in a week. Thank you for your guidance with these as I am very pleased the results!
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Nice job w/ new PB at BIR!
Its a great track, and looks like you had nice weather.
Its a great track, and looks like you had nice weather.
ls110
John
drano38 said:
Thanks Wayne - Missed seeing you up there. You'll need to make this trip again soon.
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This past weekend 24 year old Brian Faessler in his Paul’s Automotive Engineering/Technitron 2015 Mustang competed in the Global Time Attack, Pro Competition at Road Atlanta.
This was our first exposure to true professionally built Time Attack cars. These cars are designed and built to run 1 fast lap.
We felt a little out of place as we were the only Mustang in competition.
We intended to compete in the Unlimited Rear Wheel Drive class but our missing strut towers (should have brought them) bumped us into the Pro Comp class.
Our test Thursday went well, running low boost and heat cycling tires.
Brian quickly got up to speed on Friday, dropping his personal best in this car by almost 4 seconds, posting a 1:23.8 second lap.
This put him at the top of the overall time chart by over a second. We knew that this would not stand but were very pleased.
Unfortunately Saturday we encountered a problem with our waste gate and were not able to improve our time.
Our time from Friday stood up as the fastest rear wheel drive car, and was only bested by (3) Unlimited 4 Wheel drive cars.
Congratulations to Jeff Westphal in the GST Subaru and his winning time of 1:20.7.
Great cars, Great drivers, Great competition.
Paul Faessler
Paul's Automotive Engineering
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This was our first exposure to true professionally built Time Attack cars. These cars are designed and built to run 1 fast lap.
We felt a little out of place as we were the only Mustang in competition.
We intended to compete in the Unlimited Rear Wheel Drive class but our missing strut towers (should have brought them) bumped us into the Pro Comp class.
Our test Thursday went well, running low boost and heat cycling tires.
Brian quickly got up to speed on Friday, dropping his personal best in this car by almost 4 seconds, posting a 1:23.8 second lap.
This put him at the top of the overall time chart by over a second. We knew that this would not stand but were very pleased.
Unfortunately Saturday we encountered a problem with our waste gate and were not able to improve our time.
Our time from Friday stood up as the fastest rear wheel drive car, and was only bested by (3) Unlimited 4 Wheel drive cars.
Congratulations to Jeff Westphal in the GST Subaru and his winning time of 1:20.7.
Great cars, Great drivers, Great competition.
Paul Faessler
Paul's Automotive Engineering
513-791-1087
www.paulsautomotiveengineering.com
Paul congratulations! What were the other RWD cars in your class?
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Unfortunately we were the only car in the Pro Comp class. Our lack of strut towers bumped us out of the Unlimited Rear Wheel Drive. We just went for testing anyway. and learned that Unlimited does not mean unlimited with GTA.
There was a very fast Vette prepared by Vengence Racing (their home track) that won URWD with a 1:24.3.
There was a very fast Vette prepared by Vengence Racing (their home track) that won URWD with a 1:24.3.
First time for me out to Auto Club out in Fontana. Best time for the weekend was 1:48.48 on R7s with the transmission dying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEuIhrKxgnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEuIhrKxgnY
74mach said:
That is awesome and sorry to hear about the mechanical issues. As you mentioned, those cars are generally built do do only one flyer...they won't survive a race environment but they can haul with the right drivers!
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ArizonaBOSS said:
Noticed the notchy 3rd to 4th, and 4th to 5th just looked painful...
Probably too early in the decision making process, but you thinking of another stock MT82, one that Ben Calimer has done, or a Tremec unit?
auto with paddle shifters and don't look back.
Its been done.
Its been done.
Already picked up a low-mile MT-82 from @ilesjohn while I was out in California; plan is to swap that in along with a fresh slave cylinder in June, then send the original trans to Ben Calimer for rebuild towards the end of this year or early next year.
Looking smooth as always! Were you able to hold it flat foot through turn 1 on the oval?
VoodooBOSS said:
Negative...wimped out. Maybe next time
Went to Watkins Glen, and ran the new pavement in the GT350R. Best lap: 2:07.76 Stock with Hoosier R7's and a passenger, who is now sold on the car 8)
https://youtu.be/ocTSBnD1XJM
New surface is fantastic!
https://youtu.be/ocTSBnD1XJM
New surface is fantastic!
Nice lap and you were flying! I like how you just powered by the GT-R.
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