Greg Weld's 65 Mustang fastback track car

[Sieg]

Greg - You haven't driven it yet with the Hoosiers yet right?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Greg - You haven't driven it yet with the Hoosiers yet right?

Right! I haven't driven it at all since I made MANY changes to the car. Different alignment specs (race specs) - Tires - Bushings - Motor mounts - wing attitude...


I'm thinking that the R6 compound for this light of a car is wrong... and that I should be trying the A6 compound -- and the Yokohama A005 in their SOFT compound. I have three sets of wheels for this car --- so plan to run all three sets of tires to find the right ones.

[Sieg]

R6 is harder of the two? Could they work for real hot afternoon track temp days where the softer A6 could get greasy?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

R6 is harder of the two? Could they work for real hot afternoon track temp days where the softer A6 could get greasy?

Well -- that's the question. I'm new to all of this -- I don't have a years long background with this stuff like I do say - welding... or bending tubes. So I'm reading - talking - emailing - gathering opinions... Your point is a great one... one day and one temp with one set of tires could be completely different on another day... different track etc. I think maybe this is why real race teams have a cadre of people sorting all that stuff out. I don't know .00000000001% about any of it.

My thinking is to have Ron Sutton come for a weekend track session or more... and get me started about how to think - what to think about - how to start to get a data base etc. For instance -- Thunderhill is a high speed track -- Laguna is a more technical track as is Sonoma... so maybe the R6's would build heat at Thunderhill but maybe take too long to build heat at Sonoma... These are things I'm not familiar with.

I know about investing - someone else knows about racing.... I need Racing 102. I need to be taught some very very basic info so that I might be able to make half a decent choice of tire - pressures - etc. Since we're not racing - there's no money involved - no trophies to polish.... I just want to have a car handle "better" which makes it more fun to drive... I'm not looking to shave 2 seconds off my track time.

I know when a car handles like poo --- how to correct it is what I don't know.

[mdprovee]

Looks Gorgous!!!

Let me know when you will be doing a track day in the area, I would like to see this baby in action.

[Stuart Adams]

Looks sticky..

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

Looks sticky..

You know Stuart --- I wish it was...


Set up correctly they are just faster than heck... and in the hands of a capable driver.... I'm not. So all I'm trying to do is to get it "better" than it was. It was horrible.... so won't take much to improve.

Slicks --- right air pressure.... the alignment changes... will hopefully really help.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by mdprovee

Looks Gorgous!!!

Let me know when you will be doing a track day in the area, I would like to see this baby in action.

Mike -- Next up is NorCal Shelby Spring Fling or whatever they call it... At Thunderhill.

May 3 and 4th. I'll bring both cars.