Cory's black, like his car. :cool:

It really does suck that we don't use real names on this board. Facebook does it so why shouldn't we? I'm always asking people if they're on SECCS and they look at me like :?:

So when is the GSR night Race?

That's actually a pretty good idea. If we're gonna have to dodge all those lampposts out in the parking lot, we might as well get some use out of them!

He knows that. Or at least did. We've met...

had a blast for my first race outing ever!!!! thanks to everyone involved super awesome!!!

Nice to finally sort of meet you, I was in the old kinda white subaru

Yes I remember, but for some reason I didn't run into you. I wandered by your car a few times, I think you might have been working while I was in the pit area. I was hanging with Tu for a while, then bailed for the shade by the finish line. Around noon I took off for the Blues and Brews, standing out in that heat made me thirsty. I'm definitely going to try to make it to the next one, just watching reminded me of how much fun it is.

I was driving in the same run group as Tu, and riding with other people "coaching" in between my runs... So yeah, I wasn't stationary very long...

Damn, does anyone know what the fastest time that Forester was running, I didn't see a Forester anywhere on the list?

He's on all 3 lists for Event number 5. He drove his Evo on Sunday.

I loved seeing all the white imprezas out there.....yea good to meet fellow old school drivers.

LIFT!!!!! :lol:

http://rpmphotography.smugmug.com/ga...86_LFxuW-XL-LB

Nice (NSFW?): http://rpmphotography.smugmug.com/ga...101_pYz8w-A-LB

She looks like a 14 yr old who stole her mothers top.

And her belt.

Wish I could have been there :(

Car is having issues right now, found out one of my spring perches came loose and worked its way all the way to the top of the shock. Its now cross threaded I believe, wont come down. Need to take the whole thing apart. I have a new perch coming in from KW but not sure if it will be here in time for next weekend. Worst part is it threw off my alignment bigtime, and one of my RE-01R's now has some serious toe damage. Its corded on the inside badly. There goes that set of tires :( Need to get an alignment and my race tires mounted, anyone know if CnC is back up and running?

I don't know if C&C is back up and running yet, but I imagine so. Unfortunately Rusty is no longer working there, though. He moved out of state. Really sorry to hear about all the issues. My only suggestion is to go to Nissan and request that Cory work on the car. He has experience doing alignments on cars with coilovers. Maybe shoot him a PM first though.

Sounds like a plan, thats what I was thinking too. My new spring perch came in today, so heading to sears to go take a look at cordless impacts hehe.

Note I did not point to the cheaper one.

Mine has done great for years and has been used to break loose AXLE nuts! The NiCd batteries are failing and I need a new pack, but that is to be expected.

Using anything that absorbs shock like extension is bad on any corded or cordless electric because they use different, shorter throw hammer mechanism than air tools. All that impact gets eaten up by any slop/play from the gun to the hex.

In some cases, you have to help the socket with your hand. You are not actually loosening the bolt/nut, just keeping the socket tight on the forward edge of the hex.

DK did burn one up, but she never lubricated it and the gearbox failed.

I was planning on getting the one Dean recommended, I even looked them up at harbor freight before you guys posted. I stopped at Sears first to see if they had any sales and got talked into this:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...+impact+wrench

They gave me 40 off, so I only paid 199. 20v lithium ion with 300ft lb! Discount put my wheels on with the impact last, and I just had NO problem spinning them off with this bad boy.

Looks like a nice gun.

Sweet. 2 Year warranty too. :)

So what time do we need to be at the track in the AM on saturday?? I looked on the renoscca site and I get the email but it says nothing about the time just dates and run groups.
Thanks

from Pat's post on the reno scca forumsI imagine registration will be closed by 8:30

Thanks Van, I didn't know that was where to find it, I was looking under schedules.

That was a damn good time yesterday, now I see why all of you guys are hooked!!

Like I told you on Sat. morning, it's like crack.


Oh, and I wanna point out: 6th in PAX!!!!!

Yah, but you got beat by a girl!. ;)

Congrats Debbie on #5 in Open PAX.

What/who was the unknown STU car?

Well DUH!!

Agreed on the kudos to Deb!

And I dunno...

Definitely a good time. It was nice to meet you as well. Thanks for the ride along, your wagon is sweet!

Congrats to Cory, Debbie (also thanks for the ride along) and Matt R on the nice PAX finishes.

Oh and I don't think there actually was an STU car. I think that was Vic and Renee running for no points in the afternoon in the honda.

Might want to mention that over on SCCA Forums so they fix it...

Ya, I sent Jason a PM a little bit ago. :D

See edit below..

Download G-spot. It will tell you everything about the codecs. it is probably something mediaplayer can play, but WMM can't reencode or needs a direct show filter for.

Drop both the original and WMM output onto it and cut and paste the audio info.

Nice run BTW. Looks like you need to aim the camera down to get more dark ground in the frame so it opens up the aperture a little unless you can tell it to overexpose the sky...

Who else was in BSP?

Only Jerry and I in BSP today, no yellow vette. It was a good run. I think I'll aim it down a bit more tomorrow.

Thanks Dean, I'll try that.

Here's video from today...still working on editing so I can brighten it up, but there was no light today, very dark and raining. Of course, the rain stopped after the 1st run group, so we'll see how that works out.

Here is Saturdays run in the dry:


Here is video of sunday in the rain:

ya, wish I would have gotten a better first or second run. After that rain came the course got pretty slick.

Got down to a 59.7xx Sunday afternoon. Course was definitely faster once it dried and warmed up a bit.


And Kevin M, if you're reading this, I dunno why you can't get your car to rotate, 'cause I damn near spun it on Saturday morning! :D Left Foot Braking is your friend...

Duly noted. Now the question is, can I keep your car pointed in the right direction at full speed? ;)

Yeah, my car's definitely "looser" overall, but yours is WAY easier to drive because of that. With a little LFB input to a: take weight off of the rear end on turn in so it can rotate, and b: keep the drivetrain loaded as you put the throttle back on, it really gets around the corners well, and comes out like a bullet!

I was trail braking through a top-of-second-gear left hander, and it just whipped around on me hard! I think I didn't need the brake input where I was, which caused it to break loose, but it was my second lap and I was still feeling it out. I managed to hold onto it, but only after a four turn death wobble... :D

I wouldn't mess with the car's setup. Just the Kevin's setup. ;)

Loose is fast.

Not having driven either car, I am guessing, but it sounds like Cory's car is a little more rear biased like mine so you have to have your foot on the gas and drive line engaged when cornering and Kevin's is still a bit more neutral or front biased and needs a kick to rotate.

Left foot braking is a double edged sword. While it keeps the diffs engaged, it can also induce understeer and/or oversteer depending on conditions and brake configuration. Often it is best used before turn initiation to drop speed instead of a lift and shift weight forward. It also doesn't work unless you are good at it! Practice a ton on the street. practicing at autocross or on the track is often detrimental to times.

If you entered a corner near the right speed, throttle steering is often much more effective mid corner as long as you don't do a big lift and unlock everything, unless that is needed. ;)

Exactly. Mine requires you to keep if from over-rotating, and Kevin's requires you to make it rotate, but both are very easy to accomplish with the correct LFB input. I say Kevin's car is way easier to drive fast, with my driving style. My car requires a lot of fast inputs and you're "on the edge" all the time to drive it fast. Kevin's car is much smoother to me, and the driver is not on the edge of Epic Fail nearly as often.

Damn! Karts! I pulled out the top car pax on saturday (4th), but those karts are fast... Sunday I was screwed by rain but still managed a top 10 ( the beauty of AWD) .

Cory, shit, you had another great weekend...in both cars. I think you're well on your way to a top 10 overall this season...

And Kevin W, Silvio and Chris, damn you guys had a close battle in SM this weekend...Wow!

Cory, which day did you drive which car? I am hoping like hell you drove yours on Sunday. :lol:

Haha:lol: Yeah, he drove Whitey on Saturday and His own on Sunday...

Thank God. I'd have to tuck tail and go to SM otherwise!