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PatientZero
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I wanted to redo some things on the front of the car to help cut weight and so I could box in the radiator so to help with that I ordered a tubular bumper support from MAF Racing.
I was also never really happy with how flimsy the rear spoiler was. The 3d printed brackets that it came with were nice but started to warp after being out in the sun and I had to constantly retighten them because the material would compress and they would loosen up again. I make some new brackets out of aluminum that were better braced and also added a 3rd bracket in the middle of the trunk to get rid of the flex. This setup is pretty dang solid. With the car in neutral I could push it by the spoiler now.
Last event of the season. We had 11 cars show up for CAM-C. Weather was beautiful. I was back in 3rd place until my last run. Last event of the year and last run of the day, just had to send it.
I got the win in CAM-C and 9th fastest RAW out of 136 cars.
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Now it was time to start the offseason upgrades. After running the car 6 times in 3 months plus a day-long Solo School I had a pretty good idea of the direction I needed to go with the car.
My main goals for this winter were:
1. More camber on the front and front end grip. Possibly higher spring rate.
2. Clean up the front end of the car. Simplify and drop weight.
3. Increase cooling capacity
Next I started disassembly. I wanted to simplify the front end and remove weight. This is what I started with.
I was also never really happy with how flimsy the rear spoiler was. The 3d printed brackets that it came with were nice but started to warp after being out in the sun and I had to constantly retighten them because the material would compress and they would loosen up again. I make some new brackets out of aluminum that were better braced and also added a 3rd bracket in the middle of the trunk to get rid of the flex. This setup is pretty dang solid. With the car in neutral I could push it by the spoiler now.
Last event of the season. We had 11 cars show up for CAM-C. Weather was beautiful. I was back in 3rd place until my last run. Last event of the year and last run of the day, just had to send it.
I got the win in CAM-C and 9th fastest RAW out of 136 cars.
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Now it was time to start the offseason upgrades. After running the car 6 times in 3 months plus a day-long Solo School I had a pretty good idea of the direction I needed to go with the car.
My main goals for this winter were:
1. More camber on the front and front end grip. Possibly higher spring rate.
2. Clean up the front end of the car. Simplify and drop weight.
3. Increase cooling capacity
Next I started disassembly. I wanted to simplify the front end and remove weight. This is what I started with.