Best 1/4 mile - 14.34 at 95 MPH

Best time around "Streets" of Willow Springs Int'l Raceway - 1:24

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With the new wheels/tires and rear discs, a little more formidable...

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More to come.

Lou

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Had a great weekend (4/12-13) of road course pounding at VA Int'l Raceway (VIR - www.virclub.com) with the Tar Heels Sports Car Club (www.thscc.com).

Put the hurt on a bunch of sports cars on the VIR South road course, passing everyone in my group (intermediate) except a mildly modified '96 M3 and a more modified late-90s 328, both with racing tires (I run Yokohama AVSi street tires). Best lap times were 1:31s around the 1.64 mile course, but I had no completely "open" laps where no one was in front of me either. Topped out at 113-4 MPH at the end of the main straight before braking for turn 1 (at 6200 RPM redline in 4th gear with 3.91 axle ratio). For anyone in the NC/VA area, I heartily recommend a THSCC event - very cleanly run and a nice bunch. Pretty good drivers too. Had a great instructor and made a ton of progress on my driving technique, especially incorporating 5spd smoothness.

Only problems were that I broke an alt/water pump belt late Saturday, and I ran off the track once at about 70 MPH at the end of the day yesterday and my upper rad hose popped off, but no worries - easy fixes and no permanent harm done.

I also recently clocked 24 MPG at 75MPH for a 400 mile trip with the 5spd and EFI. Still a little more tuning to go too...

The Megasquirt/Holley TBI combo performed well on the road course, with no excessive heat or problems.

I talked to two fab guys about putting a roll bar in so I can run time trials, so that'll happen in the next few months along with some subframe connectors... and some more power.

Cheers,

Lou

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Went to the 25th Mopar Nats and had fun this weekend. Car ran 14.56@94.8MPH (9.35@75.8 1/8th split, 2.16 short time) on Sat in 96F and high humidity. Also needs more fuel mixture according to O2 sensor. A little more tuning and good air and 13s will be no problem.

Burped a little water into #6 cyl idling a few min after the run but sealed itself back up. I put a cheaper ROL gasket in and I'll be switching back to Fel-Pro. Although, I remember I might have nicked it when installing the head so I'll pull it off sometime soon and we'll see...

24MPG @75 MPH on the way there and back to boot, through the WV/VA mountains...

Lou

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