Project Black ValentNine AKA DSM9.0

[scheides]

Damn you make the road racing sound fun. He'll of a 1/4 mile pass too.

It *is* fun :) Honestly I love doing TTS--a bit of all worlds!

So much want in here, congrats glad to see you having a blast.

Ya dood! Sorry we didn't get to hang more at the track!

Good stuff! I like the blog like post :) Crazy that Spaz spun out again, dude likes to ride the lightning lol.

Hehe thx, I just wanted to mind puke the whole experience--this summer has been such a blast, I don't want it to end!

Yeah, I was super tired by then

Man and you didn't drink half the beer I did this weekend! I can't decide if that's a handy cap or cheating/bonus awesomeness :D


Man, you make me want to try the TTS in the 335 next year! Great job and excellent write up!

Just do it, it is a fantastic experience. It requires some prep and I recommend DCTC days for some practice, but it was worth every minute and every dollar.

I need to acquire an 4 dr awd-mobile to do this.

Or we should start a shifter-kart racing league? :)

[scheides]

Dusted off, shined up, and ready to burn some corn at DCTC tomorrow night! Officially amped and ready to go fast!!

[Mark Leasure]

Good to see your still enjoying it! How did the DCTC go?

[TkrPerformance]

^ not good it died

[Speedfreak]

^ not good it died

Ouch, that always sucks to hear.

Motor/turbo/mechanical. Or crash?

[cmspaz]

Motor. The acc. belt partied too hard and took all of the things with it.

[Goat Blower]

Yuck, I've been there.

[scheides]

Well, epic weekend but not exactly what I started off with in mind. The RS Motors DCTC event was a freaking BLAST, my car was an early 'lead' in the 'speed stop' / autoX after the first session with a 24.9x. I was happy but knew it wouldn't stand up to some of the more setup cars and more experienced drivers later on. nbd :)

Looking back, I ran several 24.9x passes which I'm fairly proud of since I only got two sessions in, but I think I'm the most pumped about my SECOND pass, a 25.0x. First run was 1/2 - 3/4 speed with a 28.x, just lolly gagging to learn the course and then turn up the gas for run number 2. I SUCK at autoX and events like this so this makes me super super excited!

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The car felt nice and dialed in on the 'road course' section but maaaan it was SO tight. Definitely a good time to practice patience in the tight corners, nice and easy/smooth. Due to a puking porsche the track had to be reconfigured after the first session and I was happy as hell with the second configuration.

Again the car felt awesome, I was feeling confident and just trying all kinds of ways to go through various elements of the course...too hot, too slow, a little sideways, nice and tight, etc etc etc. Learned a lot about the car and it was great experience.

I had brought with my neighbor Alex, it was his first time at a track and he was just eating it up; I brought him for a drive-along for part of that second session, and about 3/4 of the way through there was a POP at the top of 2nd gear and I had to pull over.

Pics basically tell the rest of the story, but at the track I kept wondering, 'where did the accessory belt go??!?!?' as it was seriously just gone.

Towed the car home, easy peasy. Thanks spazzy and Dusty for helping me get it in the garage!
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1615.sized.jpg

I knew this day would come :(
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1620.sized.jpg

Accessory belt, where are you!?!?!?
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1630.sized.jpg

Crank is at TDC and cams are here....yeow.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1632.sized.jpg

http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1633.sized.jpg

Timing cover is a little um...thrashed.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_3.sized.jpg

As I took things apart, I found more and more accessory belt bits, finally this was behind the timing cog:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_4.sized.jpg

After cleaning everything out, I re--set timing and crossed my fingers with a compression test:

0 0 0 0

:(

Turbo was quite the helper, very supportive!
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_5.sized.jpg


So, off came the head and on went my sad face...look, 5 rocker arms just floating aroudn the head:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_6.sized.jpg

Cams scored:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_7.sized.jpg

Ummmmmm yuck. All 16 valves are on full derp-mode:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_8.sized.jpg

Found this in cyl3:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1671.sized.jpg

Cyl1:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1672.sized.jpg

Cyl2:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1673.sized.jpg

Cyl3:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1674.sized.jpg

Cyl4:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1675.sized.jpg

Shockingly, all of the cyl walls look good at first look. The worst piston is #3, need some advice on what to do here:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/IMG_1678.sized.jpg

High res pics here:
http://www.scheides.com/gallery/evo9




So, bought some dollies the next day and after some garage antics, pushed the car against the wall so I could pull the s2k back in.
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo9/15_10.sized.jpg


Fun weekend! :D

[Halon]

When I dropped a valve in my Talon on 1 cylinder, it was in much worse shape than what your pic shows on cyl 3. I basically just purchased a new piston/rings and rod for that one cylinder. I also replaced all the rod bearings in all cylinders. I borrowed a bottle hone and just did a quick hone with the hand drill on that cylinder. Sprayed the shit out of it with brake cleaner. Got a replacement head. Reassembled, crossed fingers, and it worked out fine. Did it all with the block still in the car. Actually turned out to not cost all that much. Car ran great and actually ran my only 10 in that car like that. That 1 cylinder was always maybe 10psi lower compression wise than the others (So maybe 165 instead of 175), but worked out just fine obviously.

[niterydr]

Curious to what speeds you are seeing at DCTC, "back straight" for my ninja is around 95-102 most of the time, front straight is 70-85; with a bit left on the table in both scenarios. Corner speeds are pretty decent, but I have a long way to go!