S197 Chassis Coyote Swap Endurance Race Build

[302 Hi Pro]

The5:

Nice, very nice car and very nice work!

Hope all goes well in testing at NJMP this weekend and wishing you a successful race season in 2016.

Regards,
302 Hi Pro
Lumberton, NJ

 

[the5]

Last test day at NJMP! Went well as we found 2 issues when Pushing the car! Race is tminus 5 Days away!

 

[KBBOSS1086]

Car looks great. Well done!

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

What were the two issues?

 

[Greg Obadia]

Very clean. Good luck.

 

[the5]

What were the two issues?

On Saturday We had an O2 sensor fail on us. Couldn't believe it happened as it only had Dyno time and one track day on it since new.

On Sunday A wire got loose for the throttle body that Caused the car to go into limp mode, in which any pedal input would mean nothing.

 

[the5]

Very clean. Good luck.

Thank you Greg!
Hopefully I have time and can stop by tomorrow.

 

[the5]

Well Got the car stickered up and last night and Emergency Wiper wiring!
I cant think Chris (captdistraction) enough! He helped me in my time of need and made a wiring diagram just for me!
Chris couldnt have done it with out you!





Other than that Got everything strapped in the trailer and ready to go!



Also tonight I had stopped by NJMP and Met Greg with Elgin Racing, Their car is gorgeous and wish them luck at the Devil in The Dark and check out the live stream!

 

[captdistraction]

Glad to help!

 

[KBBOSS1086]

Car looks, sounds and appears to drive great! What endurance series and class will you be running?

 

[the5]

Been busy as hell since the race and wanted to do a proper write up.
Last I left off it was Thursday night. I had class on Friday morning that I could not get out of. So my dad had taken the car on Thursday Night and was set to Qualify with our other driver.
On Friday morning we started with a DE/Practice session. Goes smoothly my dad and Kirk got about 5 laps each in the car in practice. Qualifying starts and About an hour in Jeff from SpeedyCop, Most famous for his Lemons builds, Blows his 400k Mile Cosworth motor.


With the new pavement at the Glen and the fact that it started to rain meant that they could not use speedy dry on the track. So they spent about 2-3 Hours cleaning that up. About the time they finished I finally arrived at the track. After never seeing the track I jump in the car and qualify for the next hour. Got to learn the track a bit and feel the car out and everything was all good!

We ended up Qualifying 1st In class 3.



So Saturday morning we start the race with Kirk in the car. Everything is going well, the first pit stop rolls around and my dad gets in the car. Everything went fine with his stint also. Finally after about 3 hours of race time I get my turn to go in the car.

First impressions-
This car is a Monster! Im having a great ass time! This sound coming from the engine is like a symphony. The gear changes are crisp and perfect. Even tho the car already had 3 hours of race time on it everything still felt great. With the full Cortex Suspension this car could handle! I was carrying the same speed through corners as most of the BMW's in the race.

After About an hour I Jump out of the car and Kirk goes in. We finish the day with no issues. The only thing was that they bumped us up from class 3 to Class 4. We were on track to take a podium in Class 3 but class 4 is where we belong and I could not argue. Ended up 12th in class and 18th Overall. All in all a great day with ZERO issues with the car!




Here I am reflecting the day in the car


At the awards ceremony for Day 1 I took the opportunity to get a picture with Randy Pobst. He was racing in a Black E46 M3. He ended up 3rd Overall. It is a pretty cool feeling to say that you got to race with professional drivers like Randy.



After that on Saturday night we did started to do our maintenance for the next day. We found out that we went threw an ENTIRE Brand new Set of Pads! Front and Rear! This is defiantly something that we have to address for the next race.



We start Sunday morning and about 15 Laps in the Lead car smashes in the wall. Its a Corvette and they said that the rear toe link went. You can check out the video here- http://youtu.be/_uCKNxthiD4

After that it was pretty quiet most of the day. We were just putting in laps and doing our thing. We ended up 8th in class and 11th overall out of the 77 cars that started the race. I am ecstatic of the result and could not be happier! We ran a best of 2:14:24 on Street tires!



Now we are preparing for the next race and possibly the Optima Street car challenge! Here are some great photos taken of the car on track.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Looking good and congratulations! Keep the updates coming and you need some TMO stickers on that car. Send me a PM with your mailing address and I'd be happy to send you a set.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Awesome stuff.

 

[the5]

Thanks everyone! Not much has happened to the car since we got back since I have finals and we have a Lemons race coming up. But will get back to it soon.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

What are you driving in LeMons, and what team? We ran a few events out here in California w/ a 2005 Crown Vic the last few years. Probably not going to run it in 2016, though.

 

[the5]

Well got some time to work on the car and next thing you know.......



Pulled the motor to check a few things on the car since it was a new build and wanted to make sure everything was ok and redo a few things I wasnt happy with. Was glad that I did because I found a few issues that I would like to address.

Next Race is July 14-17th at NJMP Lightning ! Try to make it out if you can, we can always use some more crew!

 

[the5]

A little bit of a long overdue update but have been taking a well needed break!
Anyways we had our first test day in Mid June after Pulling the motor and saw that our coolant temps after a hard 20 min session were getting close to 220* in 90* ambient temps, not scorching but hotter than I would like it to be. So I designed this custom Radiator enclosure-





Temps hit a max of 206* through the whole race and Was usually at 195-200 even with temps being 85*+

The other issue with the hotter weather came with the alternator. We blew one out on our test day, the again and again. Total of 4 Alternators went before the race with the last blowing on Friday Qualifying.

So with our last alternator I pulled the headlight, Put in some mesh and a Brake Duct and had no issues during the race! That was a nail biter.
( Also Myself making an appearance during the Friday night prep for Saturday)



We also brought our other 2005 Mustang 3v To test/Parts car haha, Needs some work but has potential.







The race start on Saturday went well. Had no issues in the day except for a few off-road Excursions.


And with that we Brought home our First Hardware! 3rd In class for the day-





Sunday went well as well except for one issue in the last 10 mins of the race. My dad was in the car and reported brake failure and I thought that we had just lost vaccum But the rear housing had actually twisted and caused the Brake pad to fly out. Other than That We ran perfect and were able to Bring a 3rd For the day, and 3rd Overall for the weekend.







We have some more surprises coming up for the next Race at Summit Point

Here are an assortment of photos from the race-

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Awesome work!

Do you have the alternator mounted on the passenger side of the engine or is the ducting from the pass side the only way it would work with the air box being on the driver's side?

 

[the5]

Awesome work!

Do you have the alternator mounted on the passenger side of the engine or is the ducting from the pass side the only way it would work with the air box being on the driver's side?

With the Hydralic Power steering where the alternator would be its moved to the top of the engine.

 

[Grant 302]

This thread just keeps getting better. Great work and congrats!