Coming into this track day I had a bit of a gap driving, and had actually been driving our Lemons Accord more. Fortunately, I was able to wrap up a few last minute modifications to get the car ready to go for the event.Weight Reduction with a...
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So a lot happened since the last track day. Specifically, we unloaded the car and noticed that the steering pump sounded horrible, and we also needed to manage some really high trans temperatures we were seeing. While our small trans cooler was an...
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Leading up To The EventComing fresh off the tail of the previous OnGrid time attack weekend, I had some work to do both to my car and my kit.On the Corvette, my brake booster had failed so that required swapping out. I had hoped for a bit it was...
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Leading up to the Time Attack EventLeading up to the event I had a few ideas I wanted to tackle in the hopes of producing some additional power. Specifically, I'd purchased some Kooks 1-7/8" long tube headers I wanted to put on the car, and then...
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So I don't talk much about what I do professionally for work on this blog, but in that field, "Open Source" is a big deal. I love Open Source as well, since everybody shares what they've built, and everyone improves because of it. Products iterate...
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Fresh off the back of the last set of track events, the Accord came out to the next event with very little changes. I had put the car up on Quijaks trying to find the source of the leak/oil contamination that cropped up at the last event, but after...
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Track Day 3 -- The Ridge W/ Track Night in AmericaSo as part of our plan to get everybody at least some track familiarity, I found Orion to be free for a Track Night in America event at The Ridge. For this event though, both myself and Orion would...
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So the 36th track day for this car was at Portland International Raceway with Cascade Sports Car club. I was instructing and driving, so I covered a lot of ground, but here's in general how it went!Upgrades / Repairs Made Prior to the EventBetter...
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The leadup to this event was an absolute whirlwind. With the Transmission starting to have shown issues the track event before, I didn't want to come to this event with a tranmission I knew I was wearing out... so I decided to do a transmission swap...
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After my 34th Track day at the ridge, I started experiencing problems going from 3rd to 4th gear at higher rpms. I noticed if I waited a bit for my shifts between 3rd and 4th, it would be fine, as I assume the transmission revolutions would slow...