New member, want to build a Birkin - any advise?

[rnr]

Talking cars and racing is NEVER wasted time. Besides, we got to watch RNR actually do something constructive while we "discussed important shit". LOL.

 

I remember it being more along the lines of you doing all the real work (welding, cutting, etc...) while all I did was push the car around the garage and take it on and off the jacks. Not that I'm complaining

 

 

I am 100% sold and totally committed to buying a ultralite... Hopefully I will be the new owner of the black car Loren has.

Best of luck with the purchase and if you do get it sorted before Feb you should try and make it to the GGLC event at Laguna on the 21st.

[Mondo]

Always nice to have another Ultralite around... if you ever do Buttonwillow Raceway let me know. I live about 20 minutes away.

[jimrankin]

My plan for this year is to get to at least four different tracks. I'm a real fan of ThunderHill as my "regular" track but I've heard that Buttonwillow is great and can be set up in lots of different configurations to keep it fresh for the locals. TH is either clockwise or counterclockwise but it's a fun track. Going to do Buttonwillow, Laguna Seca, Infineon and as always TH this year. Might even get to Reno for a "fifth" if everything works out.

Right now both RNR and I are working on getting our cars quiet enough for Montery sound limits, if posible.

By the way RNR, fabricating is "fun", jacking cars up and down and rolling them in and out of the garage is "work". LOL.

[joshesh]

So how did the track day go at LS today? Pass sound or meatballed?

 

I have sold my Evo and I'm in the process of buying the black ultralite from Loren... Can't wait to join you guys at the track later this year!

[jimrankin]

Well, I made it through most of the first session in a pack of cars but as soon as I broke out and went by the sound station I got the big bad meatball. Ouch!!.

Since the car is a lot quieter than it was (somewhere around 103DB wide open before) I didn't know if it would pass or not but was runing wide open up the hill past the sound check anyway. Was closer to 96 than the required 92 so had to start running that section in 5th and half throttle the rest of the day.

I screwed up by not ordering the fiberglass muffler packing I had planned to install in the "Monterey box" and just welded it up "empty". I may grind off the bottom welds and pack that sucker full of glass before I go back to LS in April just to see where I come in on their sound meter.

I'm going to have to get my s--- together and build myself a better exhaust, probably using one of the mufflers taht can have internal baffels taken out or adfded as needed.

I was really having a hard time to get the car into Vtec, it usually came on just about when the rev limiter was less than 1K from kicking in. The stock Honda ECU was probably reading a fault on something, either intake or exhaust and playing the "I'm protecting myself" game. Even with that I was sure having some fun. It's a great track and there were a lot of fast cars including RNR's and about 3-4 other 7 types. From talking with a few of them we all seemed to be playing the "tiptoe up the hill in high gear" game.

Since I probably won't get a new exhaust built in the next few weeks I'll probably just re-use the box and cool it where I have to. To fun a track to miss another chance at it.

I know your Jonesing for the Black Ultralite to get here from Texas so I won't go on about just how much of a kick these cars are on the track but....HURRY!! It's a blast! LOL.

[rnr]

I was over sound as well and ended up running out of turn 5 in 5th gear and part throttle. I think I'm going to go with a secondary "Laguna only" muffler that I can bolt to the roll cage and use in series with my current hushpower.

 

As for the speed of theses cars I did a 1.47:0 lap while doing the entire course in 5th as I was having trouble heel and toeing in the pedal box. Next mod will be moving stuff around for a bit to get some more legroom.