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...
Latest From Shred Jesse
Updated 7 months 3 weeks ago
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...
Updated 7 months 3 weeks ago
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...
Updated 8 months 1 week ago
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...
Updated 3 days 2 hours ago
When it came to modifying my C5 Corvette, I'd always put power pretty much deadlast on my modifications to-do list. It seemed like a wise choice to help keep the car as reliable as possible, and speed would be better picked up other places like...
Updated 5 months 3 weeks ago
This event immediately followed the Track Night in America event the day before. The focus was yet again on the Accordian project, as we'd wrenched the entire night before to get a new radiator and fan setup in the car for this event.While the...
Updated 7 months 3 weeks ago
So this track night wasn't really about the Corvette, and was more about the first test run with the Honda Accordian. While I only drove the Corvette, most of my focus was on the Accordian, especially once it started having issues.The event itself...
Updated 8 months 2 weeks ago
Leading up to this event was Whirlwind of upgrades. Dave and myself spent nearly every other day for two weeks wrenching on the car to wrap up the last few bits like a brake upgrade and the accusump. However, with those in place we felt confident we...
Updated 8 months 4 weeks ago
More info to come as I backdate the photos and content from this adventure.
Updated 8 months 4 weeks ago
We'll document the track and race events reports here to capture the history of the vehicle, along with commerate all the adventures of taking the Accordion out!