Dec. 6-7th PCA TWS Track Day...

I just sent my entry in and reserved my hotel.

http://www.lsrpca.com/DE/DE.html

The 355 C is all ready... only 3-4 heat cycle tires on now, a weekend of pads left, rotors in great shape, changed oil after last track day, and bled brakes.

I can't wait, just hopefully it doesn't rain as I don't have rain tires yet.

 

I'm all set. Will be leaving Friday after work. I have to take the instructors clinic before I can instruct and run the instructors group, but they put me in the fastest non-instructors group. Should be a blast, I've never run the C at TWS. I think it may even be clockwise on the 2.9, which I've never done before. I couldn't get spare pads in time, so hopefully what I have left will last the weekend.

If anyone is out there I would be happy to give them a ride. I'll only be running 9/10ths though. That should be about 1:55-:57 on the 2.9 ccw.

 

LOL - No rain tires yet, so I'll be a wimp and not run if it rains. I should have a set of rains by early next year.

 

Oh, I forgot, in the Enduro Greg hit at least one other car and had a few offs in my #6. Nothing major, but we'll need to bring it in before March. I'm running the #12 in January and it's in good shape so far. On the #6 they took it to a frame shop and by the time they got done the stripes on the bumper were 4 inches off the stripes on the hood. We might repaint the stripes on the bumper so it lines up.

 

Please do. Be sure to introduce yourself and remind me you're from FC. I tend to have lurkers all day long and sometimes I just have to put my head down and get work done unless I know you.

 

Very cool, who all is running from your shop?

 

Ohh, that's cool. We'll have two 355 C's out there.

 

They told me I couldn't run the instructors group because I hadn't gone through the instructors clinic before. I think they put me in white, which is the fastest non-instructors group. But I really don't know, I've never done a PCA DE before. I know I'll have to be careful and not forget it's just a DE. With only passing on the straight aways I get frustrated with everyone that can drive fast only in a straight line. Otherwise my best passes would be diving down into 1/2 or any of the corners for that matter.

I might have heard we're running clockwise. That would be tricky on the 2.9, I've only run the 1.8 CW before. Not as safe either.

 

LOL Keith, amen to that. In the SRX7 I swore I was going flat through Turn 2/1, but then watching the video later I realized I was lifting every single time. Talk about major pucker factor.

Here's a video of me in the SRX7 on the 1.8 CW...

http://www.spec7.org/videos/TWS1_8cc_1_23_1.mpg

 

Actually, that's why I'm worried, I think they might do the long course backwards. Yes, I heard that and the Porsche club and SCCA got it going again, I'm glad as the 2.9 is my favorite of any course I've done before.

Yoshi, I haven't had the 355 at TWS yet. So far I think it's very easy to drive vs. the SRX7. You blink wrong in the SRX7 and it will loop on you. I've purposely () tried to spin the 355 C before and can't. With a real race suspension, setup, slicks, and such great balance and feel you can take it to 99.9% and know it.

So far the car has exceeded my expectations. I've driven it 5-6 days and the pads still have about 30% left and the rotors look great. I can buy Dunlop tires from the Grand Am series with only 1-2 heat cycles on them for $80 a tire and those will last me 2-4 days. I change the oil every other outing and that's about 12 quarts of Mobil one, two copper crush washers, and one oil filter. I bleed the brakes every outing and that just takes about 15 minutes and $3 worth of Ford HP Brake Fluid. The car starts up every time (except if the battery is down) and is easy to load and unload on the trailer. I never dreamed it would be this easy to own and maintain a Ferrari race car. It also tends to get a little attention. &

Long term I will probably get the engine rebuilt every 4-5 years or maybe even longer as the engine really is stock, just used much harder when it is running vs. a street 355. I will also start carrying spare clutch which should be very easy to change at the track from what I've heard.