Wednesday, July 18, 2007

2007.07.09 The track...

So went to the racing track. Again. First two laps were OK, and then... Turbo hose blew again. Stopped near the track, put strongest clamp I have (Norma), and it popped after half of the lap. Then I've ditched MTM chipped ECU, and started to run with stock ABY one. Things went better. With no need to worry aboud boost hoses, made around 20 laps.

Very satisfied with the brakes. No noises, vibrations or other problems. Of course they are very hard. When you are braking from 180+km/h, it really requires physical force to make sufficient decelleration.

Not satisfied with suspension. Due to rear spacers, now all four wheels are touching the arches... Very bad feeling when you are cornering, and feel that the tires are rubbing the body. Same on hard braking.

After tracking the car, noticed two things. First - that oil temperatures rise to 170C when pushing hard, and cool to 120C after half of the cooling lap. Next, that I've lost battery charging. For some reason alternator refused to charge. Tried to move wiring a bit, and it started to work. Very strange...

No photos or video footage from the event. Sorry, for some reason DVR was not recording anything.

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