Rock Fall Sport Compact Day, Sept 17th?

[scheides]

Good luck guys!

[Mark Leasure]

Originally Posted by scheides

Good luck guys!

Thanks, I need all I can get these days. I just hope I can get it started tomorrow morning! E98 is a bitch in cooler weather.

[99gsxjoel]

does anyone have a helmet they can bring for me... idk how strict they are about this stuff... my motorcycle helmet is a dot spec not snell.

[blackawdtsi]

Joel, if it says Snell Approved DOT; look on the inside for the sticker. It will be under the foam padding. There will be a rating there. As long as it's a 2000 or newer rating, it should work. I'm not clear on the class of helmet though as in M , SA , K, etc.

[awd-drifter]

just got back. didn't really know that i was going to actually go. I've got some videos and some pictures to show. Mark's 1G definitely surprised the crowd

[Goat Blower]

Cool, can't wait to hear what he ran. I ended up pulling the head and fixing some stuff on the 1G today instead. Too many small things to fix to race it yet.

[Mark Leasure]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Cool, can't wait to hear what he ran. I ended up pulling the head and fixing some stuff on the 1G today instead. Too many small things to fix to race it yet.

Not good, got 2 passes in. Track conditions sucked at my power. First pass off the trailer and the car went 10.1 @152, the track would not hold any power and I spun hard in first bogged into second and spun hard again in second. It was stupid. I should have just pulled out of the run but I wasn’t able to since adrenaline was affecting my decision making process.

Second pass was bad, popped a freeze plug out of the block when the car was bouncing off the rev limiter in first gear due to tires spinning, I was un aware of the issue and went down the track to a 10.0 @148, again spun in second bounced off rev limiter. I’m sure it was due to antifreeze soaked tires. And this time it spun in third too. Just stupid.

It will be an easy fix tomorrow, I hope I didn't fuck anything else up by making a pass with no coolant.....worried about head being warped or head gasket, fuck... Also my drivetrain was making some funky de acceleration noise and hard vibration, I think only one rear tire was spinning since the antifreeze was focused on the passenger side of the car, might not be good. We will see tomorrow.

If I go out again this year it will not be RF, maybe cedar for the midway shootout?

[bertrenolds5]

Originally Posted by Mark Leasure

Not good, got 2 passes in. Track conditions sucked at my power. First pass off the trailer and the car went 10.1 @152, the track would not hold any power and I spun hard in first bogged into second and spun hard again in second. It was stupid. I should have just pulled out of the run but I wasn’t able to since adrenaline was affecting my decision making process.

Second pass was bad, popped a freeze plug out of the block when the car was bouncing off the rev limiter in first gear due to tires spinning, I was un aware of the issue and went down the track to a 10.0 @148, again spun in second bounced off rev limiter. I’m sure it was due to antifreeze soaked tires. And this time it spun in third too. Just stupid.

It will be an easy fix tomorrow, I hope I didn't fuck anything else up by making a pass with no coolant.....worried about head being warped or head gasket, fuck... Also my drivetrain was making some funky de acceleration noise and hard vibration, I think only one rear tire was spinning since the antifreeze was focused on the passenger side of the car, might not be good. We will see tomorrow.

If I go out again this year it will not be RF, maybe cedar for the midway shootout?

Why is it something is always breaking? These cars a cursed! You probably would have owned everyone there. Let's see a video!

[C3L1CA]

I heard Ron had some pretty good luck.

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by C3L1CA

I heard Ron had some pretty good luck.

This. Man is nuts, stock block, cams, turbo, intercooler, unported manifolds, etc.

[awd-drifter]

Originally Posted by C3L1CA

I heard Ron had some pretty good luck.

Ron's car is crazy for what it has.

[Mark Leasure]

Originally Posted by awd-drifter

Ron's car is crazy for what it has.

Ron has some crazy driving ability to exploit the best out of that setup. I wonder what its weight is? He is also running 2 piece rotors all the way around.
I would like to try some of those Hoosier radials on my Evo.

[Mark Leasure]

Car is fixed, drove it a couple of miles. I don't think there are any drivetrain issues don't know about the head gasket quite yet. I will post videos later.

[Goat Blower]

Good to hear.

[Mark Leasure]

In car video of my 10.1 @ 152. Thanks to Chris B @ MAP for borrowing me the GoPro camera.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9jvcLDMPScs&hd=1

[turbotalon1g]

Maybe Ron can post here?

Glad to hear nothing got messed up Mark, sucks about the track though.

[Goat Blower]

Ron's driving back from Rochester.

[Ronnie S]

Mark, nice to see/meet you at Rockfalls.
Kinda cool how you even paid attention to my rotors. They are the only light weight mod left from the IX RS I sold. I decided to use them for this event. Prior to yesterday, my best time was 11.20 or 11.1 at 123mph. Somehow the cold weather was working yesterday even with 30 psi in the hoosiers(couldn't find a gauge to borrow).
As for weight, I don't know the exact number. I remember getting on the scale at Brainerd and it was around 3000lbs. With full interior. Saturday night I decided to remove the seats and use a light weight race seat, remove bumper beam in front(rear already gone), remove condenser fan, strut bar and swap rotors. I'd say I took out almost 100lbs. Never expected anything better than 10.9x but somehow it kept getting quicker. At the same time trapping the fastest ever for me.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

2900lbs is pretty light for an Evo, my stripped 1G weighed in at 2860.

[awd-drifter]

Just uploaded some pictures from RF. I have some footage I'll have to go through later tonight if I have some time. Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2ofnine...7627581620731/