good Run don. I wish my tranny was that solid, also I don't know if this is me but to me I kind of hear a clunking sound or it might be just me. But other then that good Run.
Yes, one of the JK short shifters, aka from Raptor Racing now. Looking more at the videos, reminds me I need to replace my E.S. motor mounts. I think the right side unit (passenger side) is failing. Just got new ones delivered, so a fix will be coming soon. That motor has a bunch of torque twisting power.
Here's a video of Karlton's run. He is about 2.5 secs faster than me. A bit more.....ahem, aggressive driving style! This is at least in the ballpark for nationally competitive speed.
Dylan: yes, you are right, lots of noise from the rear of the car. 315 race tires in rear, OS Giken LSD with aggressive lockup, we can seriously feel and hear the rear diff as it locks and unlocks (from on throttle, off throttle). I would prefer a quiet working diff, but both my Kaaz and the OSG, set up to be strong lockup, 1.5 way, are noisy as hell. Truly, they sound like something is going to break, at any time. (which it has!).
Is that the stock turning ratio? Great vids, really enjoyed em. I like the plank of wood you use to prop the hood. I think i'm going to drill a hole in some non working stock struts and tether a cotter pin in the area to hold it up without having to use a board or something. The working struts i was using actually bowed up the sides a bit because the cf hood is so flexy. And are those uncracked defrost vents on a race car? Rubbin it in all around with that sweet ride
Hi, thanks! Using the T3 steering arms, so a bit quicker steering. Someday will figure a nicer hood prop, but the wood works pretty well
The dash is original and uncracked because of its coddled life in a garage, till I started autoxing and modding it 16 yrs ago. Yup, I took what could still be a nice orig car, mutated it into the hulk. Some regrets, for sure!
Hard to use any kind of charged gas struts for the cf hoods, maybe you have a good idea with the discharged struts!
Thanks! As long as the car holds up mechanically, it is a blast to drive. The 1jz is pretty responsive, gearing is pretty flexible, the suspension is getting more dialed in, got some new aero to test this weekend. I miss having a beautiful car to drive around the town, but its become a dedicated race car.
Nice course setup! Not too often you can get into third thru a sweeper. It seems we all have that same pre-race "neutral flicking" habit. Ha! Shake it more than twice, you're just playn' with it!
Wow Don, heading up to finals this year? Good luck up there, and have a blast. Keep us posted.
I'm signed up for a hill climb next month, hoping to get some good footage for you guys.
Looks like no more autox for me till SCCA Nats first week of September in Lincoln, NE. Just checking over the car for the next few weeks, change some fluids, find where all the loose nuts are hiding on the car
Planning for more videos at this years Nats. Hoping for a good showing. Its always such a crazy fast group, but we are going for it!
Would be awesome to see another mk2 supra at nats, in any class! I started attending nats in 2000, and recall seeing another mk2 supra there only once. I'm a bit slow on the uptake, think this is trying to tell me something?
My LeChump Supra will be attending SEDiv in a couple of weeks. Not anything serious, just a shakedown for a Lemons race in September. It's a 30 min drive to the site and they're doing 8 runs in a single day (the course will be reversed during afternoon runs). They are also using Rally-X scoring which will make it interesting.
Thanks! We will have videos for sure. Just hope to do ok. My gosh, everyone is so fast. Competition starts today. We run end of day, group 5. Weather is crazy, hoping for dry.
A lot of our club has made the trip. I was trying to help Martin fix his boost controller before taking off. Hopefully the car is in good shape....if you run into this car, say hey...they have heard all about you and your Supra!
I bought an MR2 from Martin a few years ago and drove it home from WV to Atlanta. He had an All-Trac Celica on a trailer with 315s all around - it was a monster! Very nice guy.
Haha! I will have to tell him that you are the one who bought his celica. We were talking about that car a bit when tuning his MR2. Small world!
We were discussing pulling my fenders...a lot...and doing a hub change since he had so many race compounds and wheels just laying around. Of course this is after I made multiple wheel and tire purchases. Haha. I will be looking into the hub change though.
I WISH that I had bought the Celica!! I picked up an MR2 from Martin that was used as a donor car to rebuild my 93 MR2 autocrosser. I remember his garage being a wonderland of Toyota race parts.
Well, another Nats done. Fun courses, lots of great competition and folks. Should have some videos up Monday when we get home. Thursday seemed more the power course, car felt just ok, not turning in too well, but I felt ok with my driving. Karlton did pretty well. Made some suspension changes for today, car worked better. However, started getting very loud knocking noises from the rear diff, so we skipped our third runs. It started to drizzle, so we weren't going to improve times anyway. Better to be able to drive the car into the trailer.
I think I will look into the feasibility of adapting a stronger diff onto the car, either from a mk3, or something else.
Still, this event always is motivating.
Don L.
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