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[cali yaris]

Looking very good man! Aww... my old bumper...

Is that a stock radiator?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

Is that a stock radiator?

No, its a Koyo. It came with the car, and we cant see any reason to change it.

[Jason@SportsCar]

We just got back from the SCCA natl convention in Vegas. Had a chance to talk with a number of people involved with the Prod class rules making. Found out we were misinterpreting our wheel allowance... We thought we had to run 15x7 wheels, but it turns out that is the max size for our car in HP. So we are putting off the fender cutting until we have a chance to test fit a 13x7.

Going to a 13" changes our tires from a 23" diameter to 20". This will change our effective final drive by a good margin, lowers the car 1.5" without screwing up the geometry, and would drop another 20lbs from the car. Yet we still maintain a 10.4" tire width.

I did have some time to kill so I removed my first rear side window. Covered it in some spare vinyl and gave it a good whack with a rubber mallet. That was fun, and way quicker than removing it the correct way. Now I just have to cut and fit the plastic replacement.

I have continued trying to convince the SEB/PAC (Solo rules makers) to move the Yaris from EP to GP, as it is way underpowered for EP, but no luck. They want to see how it pans out in HP Club Racing before they risk upsetting GP with a newer car. So we will likely skip autocrossing this car on the natl level, and strictly focus on road racing.