2nd. video @ Homestead 05 Sprint Race

[SERacer]

Here is the 2nd video at Homestead. The same day after the enduro. last race of the day. It was HOT 90*+. The qualifying time was from the day before. The error at timing & scoring was not resolved. The black Acura driven by Andrew Lewis, our numbers were reversed 4 vs 04. I had his qualifying position and he had mine. I just let him by without any problem.

I was fixed on the CRX at the start. Not very fast but handles very well and a good driver. The RX-7 had the right driver it, Speed Source preped. The digital dash cost more than my car, not to mention the shocks.
We, (RX-7) figured out each others weakness, his was to protect his car, mine was old tires, worn shocks and a twitchie car as the result. WE had a good battle and the Civic getting caught in the middle.
The rx-7 passed me eventually as the 30 min race wore on. Some of my mistakes are clear some were just limited by the car.

YouTube - SCCA Homestead 05 Sprint Race

Sorry for the quality. I had to play the video from my laptop onto the TV and record on my camera to edit.

[soulsultan]

1. Nice monitor.

2. at 4:21 I said , at 9:51 I said

3. Tight work. Nice driving. I never tire of watching these vids. What placement were you? What cars placed in the top three?

[SERacer]

1. Rx-7 ITS Buzz Marcus
2. integra ITA Andrew Lewis
3. David Bauer Mustang ITGT
4. yellow rx-7
5. Sentra SPU Andy Roberts
6. Civic ITS Sergio Abreu


If I remember right. Correction.

[soulsultan]

I take is your Andy. I saw your last vid. Looks like the competition was a bit stepped up since last time. Must've been fun.

Any recent mods. I know it's a stock motor besides your comp. Pistons. Stock ECU too and all on race gas, that it right?

[boostenb13]

Damn that looks fun!

[SERacer]

Originally Posted by soulsultan

I take is your Andy. I saw your last vid. Looks like the competition was a bit stepped up since last time. Must've been fun.

Any recent mods. I know it's a stock motor besides your comp. Pistons. Stock ECU too and all on race gas, that it right?

Yup I am Andy. In the enduro I started last because of the timing and scoring error. In this race I started 3 positions ahead of where I should have.

The motor is stock compression, stock cams, no cam gears. The ecu is a JWT tuned to VVL and race fuel. The rest is bolt on intake, intake insulators, hotshot gen 6 header wirh a 3" exhaust turned to the side.
The recent mods are the suspension bits & pieces struts Koni double adj., Nismo LSd, and now the Nitto nt01 225/45 15 tires.

It is lots of fun when everything goes right. When a car is run all out sustained for over 10 min. everything takes a beating, including the driver.

[Rob E]

Too bad you don't get to use the turn 3-4 banking. That would be cool as I am sure that you could drive around the top of those other cars and go straight to the front.

[soulsultan]

Do you know at what RPM your VVL kicks in?

How do you like those tire?

[SERacer]

Originally Posted by Rob E

Too bad you don't get to use the turn 3-4 banking. That would be cool as I am sure that you could drive around the top of those other cars and go straight to the front.

This was before the banking was used. The banking was the next Jan. 06. Nationals.

Originally Posted by soulsultan

Do you know at what RPM your VVL kicks in?

How do you like those tire?

It was somewhere around 4600 rpm. Now it's at 4800 rpm. That was the smoothest power curve on the dyno. T the time I was playing wit the setting to get less wheel spin out of the turns. You can hear the wheel spin big time in this video as the tires went away. I was on the 205 RA1 at the time.

Here is my thread on the tires.
Nitto NT-01 tire eval.

[soulsultan]

Originally Posted by SERacer

AT the time I was playing wit the setting to get less wheel spin out of the turns. You can hear the wheel spin big time in this video as the tires went away. I was on the 205 RA1 at the time.

Here is my thread on the tires.
Nitto NT-01 tire eval.

Thanks for the info. So which set of tires has worked out the best for you out of all you've tried?

[SERacer]

Well the slicks are the best hands down for grip.
For DOT race tires over the period of 10 years I have used Kumho, Toyo, Hoosier and now Nitto.

Kumho Victoracer greasy when hot but ok for the money. discontinued
V700 are better grip wise and for the money.
Never tried the V710. More an autocross tire.

Hoosier good grip, very pricey maby two good fast weekends out of a set.
A little harder to get a good setup they like very high spring rates.
You are not going to run Toyos and Hoosiers on the same spring and shock combo and get the same results. The Hoosiers will be a bit faster, but you are not going to get the full 2+ sec. a lap difference without tuning the suspension to the Hoosiers.

I ran alot of years on the Toyos with good results. Good grip, durable long lasting. The only size I ran on was the 205/50 15.

I just switched to the Nittos. 225/45 15. They could do with a heat cycle before hard us. It may be the tire size, lots of grip, even better durability than the Toyos. NOT the same tire as the Toyos as many believe.