Project "Payback" - Page 175 - Lateral-g Forums

Vegas69 · #**1741** 09-25-2010, 03:06 PM

I left it there all day yesterday and brough it home late last night. I dropped it off at 7 this morning. I'm definitely not that into car shows. Now the cooler full of light beer would be nice, but they changed the rules and it's illegal down there this year.

I seem to have unique taste. I should say, we have unique taste. If the public actually voted, I feel our type of car would fair well. With the majority being attendees, I don't think we can expect to place in a regular car show. That being said, that's not why I'm there.

I did trailer the car to RTTC. Road racing is just a little to risky.

coolwelder62 · #**1742** 09-25-2010, 09:37 PM

Todd are you going to Dallas for the goodguy's.We might be going.

Vegas69 · #**1743** 09-26-2010, 01:31 AM

Naaaah, that's to far to go to a car show and run on a go kart track.

coolwelder62 · #**1744** 09-26-2010, 02:54 PM

I was thinking you might want and try to quafiy for optima.

Vegas69 · #**1745** 09-28-2010, 01:14 AM

My last shot was the Silver State Classic. I've been so damn busy in every facet of life lately. I didn't feel like taking the time off and spending a grand to run in the 105 class at Silver State for a potential gimme into the challenge. I still hope to run this year. If not, I'll qualify next year.

Vegas69 · #**1746** 09-28-2010, 01:36 AM

When I swapped over to the BFG KDW's I also made a major pinion angle change to deal with some harmonic vibration issues in a 200 rpm window in 5th gear at 85-90mph. Anyway,that pinion angle change caused me to make some spring collar adjustments. The first time I drove the car it felt like an alien to me. I'd spent so much time dialing in the car and feel with the R888's and that pinion angle and ride height. I'd lost that loving feeling.

Thinking I'm Chad Knaus, I also make some major shock setting changes in anticipation of the different tire compounds. The car felt loose on the street. It wasn't until I autocrossed last weekend that I realized the car was waaaaaaay out of whack. I mean it was out of control. I went from outrunning the ESP champ 2 races in a row to the back of the pack. It was just impossible to drive. Loose big time front and back.

I decided to start from ground zero and borrowed a set of scales. https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...hlight=payback
After going through all the steps in the subject thread, plus unhooking the sway bars and setting all four tires at equal pressure tonight, I was able to accomplish a 51.7/48.3 front/rear blance and a perfect 50% cross weight balance with me in the drivers seat. The original readings didn't seem that far off but they ended up being off kilter. Think of it as a chair with one leg that's to short. The other three corners were holding up the weight. I ended up dialing an extra 6.75 turns into the LR. When I changed the pinion angle, I had to take a bunch of turns out of the rear coil overs to get the stance right.

Once I had the car set up, I reconnected the sway bar and went back to a neutral shock settings front and back to start from scratch. I also made a rear sway bar adjustment. I took her for a ride tonight and all I can say is WOW!!!!!

This car has NEVER felt this good before on the street. I feel the BFG's have more forward bite than my R888's. The car felt phenomenal. I can't wait to get back on the race track and back in the drivers seat.

All the countless hours and work has paid off.

GM Muscle · #**1747** 09-28-2010, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

Naaaah, that's to far to go to a car show and run on a go kart track.

boo on that. i was looking forward to seeing your car.

**Flash68** · #**1748** 09-29-2010, 12:23 AM

That must be a good feeling Toddski after all the countless hours of tweaking.

No, not that kind of tweaking.

awr68 · #**1749** 09-29-2010, 12:43 AM

Thats great to hear, Todd!

So you like the BFG's?

Vegas69 · #**1750** 10-15-2010, 10:15 AM

As most of you know, Larry Callahan at Pro-Touring.com picked me to represent his site at the Optima Challenge this year. Larry and I have been working on another aspect of this whole deal and when he texted me that morning and said do you want the spot? Hell yes! I didn't even think that Lateral-G may have an entry as well. I've been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time. Thanks Larry!

You know me, I can't just leave the car alone. I've got a few top secret tricks up my sleeve that I'll be implementing over the coming weeks.

I've got the car up on jack stands giving it a thorough inspection right now. The to do list is pretty short by my standards. I should probably have the paint rolled out by a professional to be under the Sema lights. I haven't decided on that yet. That's last on the list. Performance is first. I've got one high speed autocross to run at the speedway next Sunday. I hope to dial the car in there for the Optima Challenge. It sure would be nice to get back on the road course before hand, I just don't see that in the cards right now.