As in none, yes it does.

Air in, air out. Check.
Dash and wiring fixed. Check.
Big ole honkin wing on the back. Check.

Front splitter, bolt on deal?

I know your seat time is limited in this car, have you ran with and without wing and splitter? Curious to see if times or even seat of the pants feel is any different.

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The splitter has a simple square tube frame that slides into a pair of small reciever pockets welded to the crossmember. The front is supported by two small turnbuckles attached to the bumper core support.

I have limited seat time period. :mad:

The car had the wing and splitter when I bought it so I have never run without them.

I added the larger end plates after I blew the first motor (2 Outings to Streets).

I ran the car at Buttonwillow and once at streets and the second motor let go. It was during that rebuild that I sorted all the other issues out and built the radiator duct and added the hood vents. I also added the traqmate data aquisition at that time so I only have data since then. I changed so many things at once I would be guessing to say what does or doesn't make a difference.

Although I have not been able to really test the wing or splitters effectiveness yet in the future I will use some data to try and tune it. The rules do allow me to run a larger splitter and I have a set of canards for the car. Once I feel consistant in the car at a track and have some data I will try a larger splitter, the canards and possibly run the car without the front splitter to weigh the advantage of grip vs drag.

Big hole in the firewall patched with expansion foam?

Check

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That is another story.

There's some leftover sheetmetal in my garage. Would you like to borrow some for that?

It started out worse

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I cleaned it up and tacked a backing plate in place and then made a quick 10 ga plate that I may attach a strut brace to in the future.

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Lots of attentiion to detail on the firewall paint after welding up all the uneeded holes :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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RACECAR!!
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Priceless !!!

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Only a few more days....have fun, go fast!
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And, don't suck!
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. Will do, I'm hunting Orange Camaros and Yellow Mustangs this week.

Never. :thumbsup:

My car. Definitely not my hat. :headscratch:

It was an amazing few days. It started out pretty rough when I left at 2 am on Thurs morning and got to T-Hill about 1. I felt pretty loopy on track (including a spin) and my car definitely wasn't working well on the worn tires on an unfamiliar track. Seeing the whole group up there was outstanding. The last time we were all together was in ID when we thought we were losing our friend to cancer so this trip was really uplifting.

I had brought a new set of tires and on Friday everyone lent a hand in getting the car out of the trailer, the wheels off and the tires mounted.

On Sat when I got to Sonoma my confidence was not high. I felt like a S**show at T Hill and my wife had called the night before to tell me our pet was at the emergency vet.

I got my head squared away and got on track. The first session I was running with HPDE 2&3 combined so there was some really slow traffic and passing was only allowed on the straights. I had been swinging wide on turn 9 looking at a possible spot to pass. When we did our driver debrief the instructor called me out saying I had some issues with my line. That actually helped as it pissed me off and I told him don't worry I will clean that up next session.

The next session was only HPDE3 and was open passing on the entire track so I came out determined for redemption. When I came in for the debrief the instructor called me out again. This time it was (in his French accent) " where is my orange Cobra? I was watching you closely again. I like what I see. Very nice."

At that point I still felt motivated but also relaxed. I told Morgan, the instructor, That my goal was to get signed off for comp school so I could race in AI. He told me "from what I see that should not be a problem. Come talk to me at the end of the day". The last session was with HPDE 3&4. Surprisingly some of the drivers in 4 were actually kinda squarely but some were dam fast. That session was awesome. I found myself stalking a C7 Vette for a couple of laps as he kept leaving me on the straights even when I thought I had him passed out of the corners. Finally I laid back and got a good run on him out of 10 and blocked him in 11 and gapped him After that. Later that lap a pair of Radicals caught and passed me out of the carousel and then I found a new GT350R on me. After a lap of fighting to stay ahead of him he got me coming into 7. Then I chased him for a couple of laps as he and I worked through some slower traffic. The session was a rush. It was really a taste of what I want to do; race not time trial, actually run wheel to wheel with no passing restrictions.

When I went to the final driver debrief the instructor signed me off into HPDE4 and said he saw no reason I shouldn't sign up for comp check out.

I left the track having accomplished what I wanted. I can now check out for my comp license and start planning on running as a rookie in AI next year.

Now I need to get myself some more consistent seat time. My last time out was last August at the Mini Nats. I only have 10 track days under my belt in my car so I need to change that. I also need to do some basic tuning on my car. I have yet to even check the alignment specs and for Sat sessions I set my tire pressure and just checked and reset it once without temp readings. I need to put some effort into getting the car to work a little better on corner entry and see if I can find a little more overall grip.

AI ran races on Sat and my times would have put me in second or third to last place. About 4 seconds off third and forth and 10 seconds off the best laps of the winning car.

I felt great on track but I have some work to do on me and the car.

Soooo, what you're saying is, it (you) didn't suck. Nice!

I guess I hadn't realized the process of running up through HPDE to get a comp license, makes sense though. So one more check out and you're literally off to the races?

80 cars on track...good gawd! What did the AI field look like? I watch and support the E30 class in the NW and 35 cars on grid seems like a good amount.

Nice recovery on the weekend, something to be said for a guy that can tune out the noise and get focused on what needs to be done. Hope your pet (I'm guessing a pot belly pig) made a full recovery from the weekend as well.

Thanks for the update, you know I'm rootin for you! :theresa:

:cheers: :flag2: :thumbsup:

Rob did a fantastic job at Sonoma! We all watched in the stands as he progressed.... and that's the best part of all of this --- getting better.... learning... and doing it with friends!

Just generally a stellar week!

The 405 on Friday evening at 5.

Yeah, NASA was abit of a cluster. Cars were green, making a full lap at speed, while 20 or more cars were on track stopped, waiting to take off. Intimidated the hell out of me, had to be more then 80 in one session.

Glad that you had a good time! Keep it up :thumbsup:

Rightfully so they don't want people on track in open passing situations who shouldn't be there.

They run multiple classes on track at the same time. Think about LeMams and the different cars racing different classes on track at once. There were too many cars on track to get a clean lap but at the same time working through traffic is more fun than time trailing anyway.

The top AI guys looked FAST. The winner and second place guy both posted sub 1:50 time in traffic.

Thanks for the support I appreciate it. It means a lot.

Now get yourself a clapped out race car and come out there with me.

Or get yourself a really nice race car -- just buy my '07 Mustang..... after I fix the "throwing belts" issue..... An easy fix.

As well built and detailed as the 07 is, right meow I'm more of a clapped out kind of guy. Lol

I'll get to the point where I can spend 35k+ on a toy, just not there yet. I tell ya what though, that car on a real race site for sale is closer to $45-50k.....just sayin.

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Just get a car and get out there Bash ... :)

The white 07 is nice but even on a smaller budget you can find a good car to run. Just do it:thumbsup:

I'd like to have that 07.

Rob and I talked years ago that we should get AI or CMC cars... one of us actually did it. And did it right. He spent a lot of blood and sweat getting this POS to the nice state it is in now (in secret, well yes). :D

Car is ready to go and he accomplished his goals. Nice to see a few around here occasionally do that. :lol:

Will be fun to watch Sasquatch work his way up. :cheers:

Mr Weld. I believe it is against the rules to peddle goods in others' threads. :rules:

Strike 1.

It's not too late DG, it's never too late....You go I go.

And not that I'm keeping track, but I'm willing to bet this isn't Welds first strike...:lol:

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Both of y'all need to just do it. Not sure I've mentioned it in this thread or not but I'm working towards a CMCS car myself with my 95 GT I bought for 1k, dirt cheap. Until the Camaro gets done I'm just doing basic stuff to it so it stays a street/track car. First I made sure it's all mechanically safe. Thanks to Rob it also now has Cobra brakes all around and this week getting new 17x9.5 wheels and fresh rubber. Next week I'm taking it to the track for the first time to see how it works. You don't have to spend a fortune to have fun, it's funny how envious people get of cheap cars because they know you are having a blast and not always worried if you're going to damage the paint or whatever.

I like your 95. Post a picture of her.

If everything goes to plan then next year Steve, you and I, will run a couple track days in TX. :trophy-1302:

It was pretty funny going through airport security with a suitcase full of brake parts.

COTA during the day and pizza & beer in Austin at night. :thumbsup:

Can I play??:y0!: :y0!:

Hell yes. :thumbsup:

Hey now... Texas isn't THAT far from me... :D From either my current home, or the new one!!

Keep in touch. You are invited. AZ is close to CA. I'm going to Buttonwillow June 24/25th. PM me. You can stop by my place in Orange and we can go from here. :thumbsup:

Here's the Mustang in all its glory. Completely original car with ~300k miles on it.

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Was planning to put some new 17x9.5 Enkei's on it this week but found they are 16lbs and CSMC rules mandate 18+lbs wheels. So this week some partially warn 255 RE71R's are going on the stock wheels so I can get a little seat time on the track after over a year without. Looks like I may be going with some Forgestars in the future since they are the only wheel I can find close to 18lbs thats inexpensive


The more the better here in Texas. Rob and I were talking about one weekend at TWS and a second at COTA. TWS is an old but fun (and cheap) track that will be supposedly closing its doors sometime soon. If I can finish up the Camaro I can have the Mustang as a backup for other drivers....I can pretend to be a white trash version of Weld...

I know a guy who knows a guy, you want me to put in a good word for ya?
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V8, rear wheel drive...cheap, perfect! Lighten it up, lower it down and go make laps, sounds fun to me.
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Nah. I have too much blood, sweat and tears invested in my junk to abandon it now.

Next weekend I have a few more things on my punch list to add to the car in search of some more grip. Then hopefully off to Buttonwillow on the 24/25th to run her again.

Steve found himself a nice little CMC candidate didn't he:thumbsup:

Dug into the underside of the car last weekend. http://<a href="http://s291.photobuc...psmbpurcat.jpg[/IMG]

Oh boy she is in fine shape check out that subframe.

The circa 2000 torque arm is pretty "vintage"

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I have a front subframe that looks very much like yours, luckily the Mike Maier subframe connectors "cap" the imperfections and wrap the sides. Done.

I had heard something about Sonoma and T-Hill, I'm hoping to make one of the events to offer my support and general Tom foolery...

You mentioned something about finding more grip, did you find it?
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I hope you make it down for one of the weekends.

I am hoping this swap adds some grip.

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Your tomfoolery would be appreciated by a larger audience and at a better venue at Sonoma. Hopefully you can make it. :cheers:

Nice shop Rob! I had always ASSumed you had a couple shipping containers with a tarp between them for wrenching...which really isn't a bad way to go. MM for the win!

Happy Father's Day Dave!

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Your first ASSumption is actually correct. I have done all the previous work in the comfort of my driveway. :wacko:

For this project I hired some expert help who has a shop.