Author Topic: GrantC's auto-x build ||| Project over, car gone ||| RIP "Soobie" (Read 100190 times)

JasonrMorrow · « **Reply #50 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:23:02 pm »

Grant, mid June when I get my sway bars on I'll let you drive mine with the Star Specs to see what you think.
Remember i'm still on stock struts and only 225 on a 7.5" wheel but... its as close as your going to get,

or we could bring the wrenches and swap tire sets for the day !

GrantC · « **Reply #51 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:28:23 pm »

Doing 2 sets of wheel swaps just for fun runs might be a bit tiring...

But I'm never going to turn down a co-drive even in fun runs, i'm there!

Zuffy · « **Reply #52 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:29:15 pm »

Man, I gotta get different wheels...

GrantC · « **Reply #53 on:** June 10, 2009, 01:20:29 pm »

Quote from: Zuffy on June 10, 2009, 12:29:15 pm

Man, I gotta get different wheels...

If you buy those RC-T4's first... I'll hunt you down.

GrantC · « **Reply #54 on:** June 10, 2009, 01:23:50 pm »

BTW, Operation "Look good in the CSCC Auto-x standings by attending lots of events" is proceeding according to plan:

http://cscc.speedracer.ca/pub/cscc/solo2/2009/Raw/overallscores.txt

JasonrMorrow · « **Reply #55 on:** June 10, 2009, 03:26:55 pm »

Hey are you going to Westerner this weekend ? Last time I checked you were in 2nd place overall...and Murray was telling you
to get a membership haha...

I can't see those results on my computer at work...I need a few more wins to catch that Mini for the rookie championship !!

GrantC · « **Reply #56 on:** June 10, 2009, 03:49:47 pm »

Quote from: JasonrMorrow on June 10, 2009, 03:26:55 pm

Hey are you going to Westerner this weekend ? Last time I checked you were in 2nd place overall...and

I'm heading to the UK, so I'm going to miss the ASA Challenge Cup, ASA regional, CSCC Event #6, and RDSCC event #2...

But I will be at the Silverstone Grand Prix, so it all evens out.

JasonrMorrow · « **Reply #57 on:** June 10, 2009, 06:58:39 pm »

Awesome the atmosphere should be nuts with Button owning the series, kind of how it was in the USA with Ben Spies at the WSB race,
have fun, take it easy. Im sure you'll have lots of good pictures.

GrantC · « **Reply #58 on:** June 29, 2009, 09:56:42 pm »

Half tank of gas:

No spare, jack, tools, floor mats or glovebox detritus. Barely any washer fluid.:

1450kg:

Good enough for now, need LW battery, front seats, headers:

The "normal" users of the scale didn't mind, I stayed out've their way:

Man that's hot:

I'd say these are good enough for the rest of the season (they're perfect now at ~4/32nds of an inch, and not heat cycled out at all)

All the pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grant_subaru/sets/72157620608652603/

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #59 on:** June 29, 2009, 10:21:09 pm »

OT, did you notice a strange line running the circumference of your tires?

GrantC · « **Reply #60 on:** June 29, 2009, 10:32:29 pm »

Quote from: Ambystom01 on June 29, 2009, 10:21:09 pm

OT, did you notice a strange line running the circumference of your tires?

Do you mean back when they were new?

Or is this some joke about the tread pattern?

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #61 on:** June 29, 2009, 10:50:46 pm »

No, it was a serious question. You have the same tires as I do and right now, there's a strange line running the circumference of my back tires.

GrantC · « **Reply #62 on:** June 29, 2009, 11:06:42 pm »

Quote from: Ambystom01 on June 29, 2009, 10:50:46 pm

No, it was a serious question. You have the same tires as I do and right now, there's a strange line running the circumference of my back tires.

On the shoulder, on the sidewall?

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #63 on:** June 29, 2009, 11:15:31 pm »

On the tread, it looks a bit like those tire hairs but lying flat between the tread.

Sypher · « **Reply #64 on:** June 30, 2009, 08:47:57 am »

^ It looks like someone took a knife and cut 1mm deep slice around the tire about an inch from the sidewall but it's not continuous more of an evenly spaced broken line.

I really have no idea what it is.

Wally · « **Reply #65 on:** June 30, 2009, 09:26:15 am »

Quote from: GrantC on June 29, 2009, 10:32:29 pm

Do you guys mean those little 3/4" lines between the sidewall and center channels??
I believe those are just wear indicators for the exterior layer. Probably some sort of layer to protect the car from drying out or mould from forming during storage.

I found the tires to be noticeably grippier once you scrub through the layer.

GrantC · « **Reply #66 on:** June 30, 2009, 09:33:58 am »

Quote from: Wally on June 30, 2009, 09:26:15 am

Do you guys mean those little 3/4" lines between the sidewall and center channels??
I believe those are just wear indicators for the exterior layer. Probably some sort of layer to protect the car from drying out or mould from forming during storage.

I found the tires to be noticeably grippier once you scrub through the layer.

I thought those were "micro sipes" or some such thing, supposedly to make them better wet tires at full tread.

Ambystom01, why not take some well lit pics of your tires, highlight what you mean & post them in your own thread and we can try to diagnose or let you know if they look familiar to us.

GrantC · « **Reply #67 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:36:07 pm »

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1795595

I saw the new Top Scoob competition, and that I'd actually be eligible for it for once.

Go vote for moi, once the voting opens.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1795595

(Or go enter your own car with OEM wheels, rs_two_five and jutes I'm looking at you...)

GrantC · « **Reply #68 on:** July 05, 2009, 08:24:30 pm »

So, I've still been having issues with my low fuel light coming on early (~20L left) so when it came on on the highway I wasn't too worried. I figured I'd be okay for a day of auto-x and I'd have a nice and light car.

Well...

Now I know what fuel starvation due to cornering feels like! :(I basically threw away my first 2 runs) The car would refuse to accelerate coming out of corners, and it would "jerk" forwards and backwards.

Between run groups, I went to go put in 10L of Husky 94.

After that, I managed to drive and eek out a win from Ian (a very experienced driver)!

1st in STX (my class) at the CSCC regional, taking home hardware like I said I would on their forums, boo yea!

(BTW, don't let jer park your car.

)

Wally · « **Reply #69 on:** July 05, 2009, 08:55:49 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on July 05, 2009, 08:24:30 pm

So, I've still been having issues with my low fuel light coming on early (~20L left) so when it came on on the highway I wasn't too worried. I figured I'd be okay for a day of auto-x and I'd have a nice and light car.

I've been getting that too. The only thing that I had really changed was use the wet sand method on the potentiometer on the fuel pump side.

Any speculation on what that is? It was quite the annoyance when I was ripping back and forth to ponoka/red deer this weekend.

snackers · « **Reply #70 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:00:22 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on July 05, 2009, 08:24:30 pm

(BTW, don't let jer park your car.

)

I can second this, and probably should have warned you.

GrantC · « **Reply #71 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:01:59 pm »

Oh, BTW.

While running out to marshal the very first runs of the day. I rolled my ankle and went down *hard*...

It's swelled up to about 2x normal size and I'm treating it to some "R.I.C.E" now.

But...

I drove on it to my winning time, left foot braking, FTW!

GrantC · « **Reply #72 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:22:04 am »

Stupid July & it's stupid "events" that make it hard to go racing... Indy, Capital-Ex, etc...

Hard to believe the last time I auto-x was back on July 18th...

Heading out to Red Deer again tomorrow!

Here's hoping I kepe my ankles working.

GrantC · « **Reply #73 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:27:36 am »

BTW, I feel this thread is lacking eye-candy.

Time to fix that with some help from Locotoy:

Look at that outside front, even with -3.25* of camber, and the 27mm FSB...

Looking ahead itchbays, it works!

So does trail braking...

And turning before the slalom cone, "attack the back".

GrantC · « **Reply #74 on:** August 24, 2009, 08:05:43 am »

Hrm, I think something's rubbing! (If you'll look, the camber bolt is MIA... That's the problem.)

What do you see, Any?

Oh, there should be writing, you say?

Nevermind! She found the writing!

I'm glad NAPA was open, and for all the help from mars636, Snacker & Jackal for the phonecalls to find me a part and a ride to go get it. And the "help" from ultimatt to install the new camber bolt! And tools appearing from peoples trunks, that was awesome too!