JCG Restoration & Customs Project Blu Balz

[CarlC]

Originally Posted by 67zo6Camaro

... maybe next time I will let some air out of the tires also. Lol.

We did that. After temp'ing the tires some pressure and camber changes were made. It made a big difference. The tire temps were much better at the end of the day.

That car stops. Now. Right now. Anchor-dropping right now.

Thank you to Cris for hosting. It was very gracious of you to have us out there.

[David Pozzi]

Here is some cornering data. Always remember these are just what the system records, not absolute calibrated numbers. Body lean can add error to the data.

[Cris@JCG]

Next time we will get a Mustang as a chase car or a bubble top!

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Looks to me like you needed a way faster chase car!

Of course -- with Mary driving - she could be in a stock Volkswagon and out run ya!

Thank you Jay! it was built to look purty one time in its life & thrashed on for the rest... We had cone rash on the side.. picking up nicks on the under side of the rockers..

Originally Posted by Jamess113

Very Cool Cris!!!! Awesome to see it being thrash on! We need some videos.

Thank you Tony

Originally Posted by awr68

Car looks great out there! I never noticed before how tight all the gaps are on that thing! I must have been caught up in all the killer details! Love this car!!

Thank you for all your help Mary! Looking forward to seeing you drive this car more & make more improvements on her..

Originally Posted by mpozziCPL

A most excellent day and I'm very happy with the way this car responded to the changes we did. Have to say the most significant one was the change of brake pad friction material and man, those Wilwood stoppers sure work good. Having the right stuff at the calipers is huge.

Thanks to Cris and the owner of the Camaro for entrusting this part of the development to me and there's still more tricks in the bag that when done, will get this car even better.

Mary Pozzi

Thanks for all your help @ the event Carl! We will host another event here pretty soon..

Originally Posted by CarlC

We did that. After temp'ing the tires some pressure and camber changes were made. It made a big difference. The tire temps were much better at the end of the day.

That car stops. Now. Right now. Anchor-dropping right now.

Thank you to Cris for hosting. It was very gracious of you to have us out there.

Thank you for posting the data David.. & all the advise you have given since I meet you & Mary.. I have learned alot from you & Mary..

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

Here is some cornering data. Always remember these are just what the system records, not absolute calibrated numbers. Body lean can add error to the data.

[Bucketlist2012]

David and Mary,

I cannot wait to come out to play with you two, and all the other Cool people on these sites..

I will be starting at Ground Zero with my car, but I can see my learning curve accelerate if I am anywhere near you, and your Crew.

Do you ever take other people's cars out to feel them out and give feedback ?

And I can see that this could get costly, with parts, tires, gear, maintinence.

But I will be watching the BlueBalz video a few times today..

Great driving...You need a Bugatti to be the chase vehicle if you hope to film Mary racing...

[mpozziCPL]

Originally Posted by solarguy09

David and Mary,

I cannot wait to come out to play with you two, and all the other Cool people on these sites..

I will be starting at Ground Zero with my car, but I can see my learning curve accelerate if I am anywhere near you, and your Crew.

Do you ever take other people's cars out to feel them out and give feedback ?

And I can see that this could get costly, with parts, tires, gear, maintinence.

But I will be watching the BlueBalz video a few times today..

Great driving...You need a Bugatti to be the chase vehicle if you hope to film Mary racing...

Yes, we do help with chassis and driver development as its fun and both the owner/driver and the two of us learn from it. If you have a solid car to begin with, your main expense will be tires. Autocrossing is so much gentler on cars than people think it is and you can autocross a year on what it would cost to just get through a practice and qualifying session for one race.

I usually ride with people or have them ride with me and just watch one or two things, then I might drive their cars before offering advice. One or two things can make a huge difference between a car that has "holes" and one that's confirmed for its job.

Small things, too. Steering wheel hand position, seating position, even size and feel of the steering wheel can make a slight difference in your autocross times.

We can talk more at an event.

Mary

[Vegas69]

This is borderline cheating.

[Bucketlist2012]

Originally Posted by mpozziCPL

Yes, we do help with chassis and driver development as its fun and both the owner/driver and the two of us learn from it. If you have a solid car to begin with, your main expense will be tires. Autocrossing is so much gentler on cars than people think it is and you can autocross a year on what it would cost to just get through a practice and qualifying session for one race.

I usually ride with people or have them ride with me and just watch one or two things, then I might drive their cars before offering advice. One or two things can make a huge difference between a car that has "holes" and one that's confirmed for its job.

Small things, too. Steering wheel hand position, seating position, even size and feel of the steering wheel can make a slight difference in your autocross times.

We can talk more at an event.

Mary

Thanks..

Steve at East Bay Muscle Cars is setting up the Car, and things are turning out great.. He told me to drive it and give him feed back on any adjusting of the shocks..

And things are adjustable, but as a 52 year old newbie, I am not sure what adjustments to tell Steve about, as we fine tune the car..

I will warn you, although I do have a nice 350mm Momo Race steering wheel that feels great, I have the stock seats until next Winter's interior gutting, so I know seats will be an issue, but the car is rock solid and freshly gone over..

But the seats are a joke until next winter.. so times will suffer a little.. I borrowed a set of Procaro's years ago, and I could drive so much faster in the turns, so i know that with all the new parts, WHEN i get seats, oh boy, that will help a lot..

Good to know about the tires..I figure i get a few seasons out of the KDW's, that will be good.. One big Track race, nope, not that many dollars in the fun fund anymore..it is all in the car, haha.

I come down to have fun and to learn, and apparently , to meet some great people.

Mike V.

I cannot wait to meet all you "Eagles "..

[Kendall Burleson]

just sweet good job

[Bucketlist2012]

I just realized that my excitement has made the newbie a thread highjacker.. Sorry.

Blue balz, the Video, the Track, and Mary's driving, are awesome.

[Gandalf]

Chris - that thing looks like it gets up out of the hole pretty darn quick! (and that's even with Brett pedaling behind with the camera as fast as he can - no slouch). I wanted to make it up this weekend but I was installing Carl's Vaporworx to my fuel tank. Carl got me all my parts so we were cutting on my fuel tank this weekend.

And I think Todd is suggesting we institute a Pozzi-Tuned handicap points system ;-)

Awesome job man - that owner should be very happy!
G.