STF posts

[xnamerxx]

Most of the numbers are available online like weight and wheelbase and height etc but I don't have any exact numbers.

Personally I would go with a Scion XD if you could get the weight down to the 2400lb range which I don't know if thats possible. Motor is good for well over 140hp on a Mustang Dyno, and it uses the same chassis as the Yaris with the lower roofline of the sedan, plus is has awesome gearing.

[ilikerice]

Scott was cool. saturday was close battle for 4th for me and him. I blame the lack of coffee and sleep Sunday was a bit more tough, Running the couse backwards definitely favored other cars more so than the day before.

I left saturday morning at 245am and got there at 630. I didn't calculate gas so I ended up running with a little more than half a tank of gas in the car. Silly me. There was NO open gas stations after I got off the interstate so Coffee was out of the question. When I got there it was pitch black, so I had to swap tires, check in, and get teched within an hour. Walked the course a few times. I ran 2nd heat and worked 5th.

All in all it was fun. I will post up pictures and results, I came in 5th out of 14 in STF.. Was fun. Will be doing this again and again and again.

Scott said he was moving back to San Diego here soon.

[andres3165]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

Scott was cool. saturday was close battle for 4th for me and him. I blame the lack of coffee and sleep Sunday was a bit more tough, Running the couse backwards definitely favored other cars more so than the day before.

I left saturday morning at 245am and got there at 630. I didn't calculate gas so I ended up running with a little more than half a tank of gas in the car. Silly me. There was NO open gas stations after I got off the interstate so Coffee was out of the question. When I got there it was pitch black, so I had to swap tires, check in, and get teched within an hour. Walked the course a few times. I ran 2nd heat and worked 5th.

All in all it was fun. I will post up pictures and results, I came in 5th out of 14 in STF.. Was fun. Will be doing this again and again and again.

Scott said he was moving back to San Diego here soon.

Yes hes a very nice guy , I put him to work , and he learned how to remove his rear shocks... ;)



Andres

[ilikerice]

I was almost disqualified on day 1. I was taking a nap during heat 3 and assumed that I would be up with in an hour. Apparently I slept much longer than I wanted. luckily I told some guys from my region that I was taking a nap so when they were calling my name for worker check in for heat 5, they ran over to wake me up.. That was a close one.

Here are the results, just click on the class you wanna see
http://sololive.scca.com/

Andres.. stick with the mazda2.. It is set up very well. Keep me posted on your results with the Ice Bag

[xnamerxx]

Congrats on the trophy finish.

Scott is registered for the California events so I'll probably see him next month.

We have another Yaris that's going to register for the Pro and National next month. He managed to put another whopping on me this weekend also. Since I didn't do very well this weekend, I decided to take 2 of my runs that were within a 10th of each other and put them side by side, just to get a nice visual representation of how much a single mistake can cost you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-hTu0O60A

[justjesus]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

I was almost disqualified on day 1. I was taking a nap

that's awesome. good thing your pals came to get you!

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

We have another Yaris that's going to register for the Pro and National next month.

Is it Alvin? I signed up for Sunday in the Yaris. I'm going to get my butt handed to me, but oh well. I need the practice, as I've been away far too long.

[xnamerxx]

Originally Posted by justjesus

Is it Alvin? I signed up for Sunday in the Yaris. I'm going to get my butt handed to me, but oh well. I need the practice, as I've been away far too long.

I believe so, he's been pretty good about attending every event so I would imagine he's gonna be there.
Nah, you're fast enough that if you put down a respectable time, you should have him.

[andres3165]

You guys were awesome, had a blast, nice to meet you .... going to Blytheville

Andres

[ilikerice]

Good luck Andres.

[andres3165]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

Good luck Andres.

Thanks Derrick,

I had a blast, learned a lot , even made it to the Challenge with a 41.547 on the right course but got killed by an ESP Camaro driven by a National Champion (Dave Ogbum III )

http://sololive.scca.com/STF.html

Here is my video of the fastest STF run in the right course, 41.896, .576 RT and 2.482 60' , .039 faster than Lee and .176 faster than Greg

Disclaimer: Unedited, adult language and too long since I forgot to turn the camera off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPq0i...YmC_tQ5QxL5ZtA

Andres

[ilikerice]

HAHA, that is awesome. He was telling me how he doesn't know anything about his car, he just drives it. I know he learned a lot that weekend. He is only going to get faster.

I got some pictures I will post up here eventually of the STF cars.. Just need to get them off my phone first. I'm lazy when it comes to technology.

[andres3165]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

HAHA, that is awesome. He was telling me how he doesn't know anything about his car, he just drives it. I know he learned a lot that weekend. He is only going to get faster.

I got some pictures I will post up here eventually of the STF cars.. Just need to get them off my phone first. I'm lazy when it comes to technology.

It was a pleasure to meet you to, what a gentleman, also met Buzz what a character ;) ; as far as the intake project I got to measure the intake temp without the coolant and when the car is moving the temperature is only 2 degrees higher than outside temperature.



Andres

[xnamerxx]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

HAHA, that is awesome. He was telling me how he doesn't know anything about his car, he just drives it. I know he learned a lot that weekend. He is only going to get faster.

I got some pictures I will post up here eventually of the STF cars.. Just need to get them off my phone first. I'm lazy when it comes to technology.

That kinda sounds like Scott lol. It's awesome he's still rocking the beard.

[justjesus]

My visit to STF went as I expected. Alvin ran circles around me! He's pretty quick. Got me by 5 seconds on a 60 second course (for the fast guys).

I paxed 157 out of 245. My worst in quite some time.

But I had fun in the Yaris again. :)

[ilikerice]

Joe Austin can't get a clean run in can he? You beat Daniel at least, HAHA..

That course was short. Well done keeping constant speed in the slalom. Looks fun. Wish I could go to all the tour events. I will try to be at Lincoln, NE this year.

No Yaris to represent =( at least a toyota was there

[xnamerxx]

Got me some tires :)

[ilikerice]

nice, but why the 195? 225 is where the grip is at

[xnamerxx]

Couldn't get 225 I also run a 7" rim so I wouldn't gain much going to a wider tire. Plus the 195 is about half an inch shorter.