Penny hits the track.. well, the parking lot.. VIDEO ADDED!
 

A moment of silence for fallen cones...

Time to start sorting this car out and getting things that are wrong right and tuned.

Went to California Speedway to test out the suspension. The main test was a blast through 420 feet of cones spaced 70 ft apart. It's our standard deal.

Car seemed to have too much roll and there was understeer. Part of this is, I'm sure, the fact that the rear tires are so much larger than the front. We raised the Watts link up a notch and that helped lessen body roll a bit, but to go up another notch I need to move my fuel filter. Nice to have the adjustability.

Also noticed that the inside of my front passengers wheel was very wet with oil as was the front components and the inner fender well was dripping with it. At first I thought it was brake fluid (ie loose line, fitting, etc) but now I think that shock is leaking out oil. I had this same problem before the accident and we thought brakes, but all those brakes have been replaced so that leaves the shock.

I would imaging that 600 miles of loosing oil might mess up how a shock works. I will pull it and check it out.

Anyways.. She still did very good and just barely made it into the 50mph range.. well, ok.. it was 49.9 but that's close enough for me. lol. 50mph is pretty fast and up in the top few cars we've tested.

I think the car has a LOT more in it with some adjustments to lessen body roll and control oversteer. Throttle response was stunning and the steering felt very refined. Also, the T56 shifts like butter (Thanks ATS).

We also did braking tests. The 60-0mph distance was 116.09 feet. This is with manual brakes and R888 tires. Very respectable. There was just a hint of lock up.

I also now have my first "cone rash" .. lol

And since you guys love pics.. here you go:

http://picsorban.com/upload/bptest1.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/bptest2.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/bptest3.jpg

Very cool!! It's nice to see it being used like that!! :thumbsup:

OK...you were doing this while I was plowing snow??? LOL

Looks very nice Steve! Nice to see these cars get driven....:thumbsup:

Those are great Steve...the first pic, especially!

Glad to see you having fun with it :woot:

Ok, we all like Pics, but on this occasion, I think we will not be satisfied until we see the video!!!!!! (if there is one) :thumbsup:

x2.....Looks Great :thumbsup: :woot:

Hopefully will have video tomorrow.. shot at ground level :)

I have to go buy a firewire cable so I can xfer it from my new camcorder.

nice work steve, you need more sway bar and spring up for sure
jake

cant wait for the video :( man i love this car and like that fact you use it :thumbsup:

Looks like fun!! Thanks for the pics and have fun dialing it in.

:willy: