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[itrack]

Lap time: 1:52.6 CW
Car: 2006 S2000
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3100
Estimated wheel horsepower: 200
Tire size and model: 255 Hankook RS3
Estimated ambient temperature: 74 and cloudy
Notes: Need to get rid of these Megan drop springs. Lap time was ran in NASA TTC session 4 on Saturday.

Post your times guys!

[miata_racer]

(cut and pasted from m.net)

Track name: MSR-Houston - Clockwise
Track location: Angleton, TX
Lap time: 1:49.0
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2300lbs
Estimated wheel horsepower: 108-110whp
Tire size and model: 13x9s with well used 180/550-13 Cooper slick tires.
Estimated ambient temperature: 65 with about 65% humidity
Notes : Same car (Torsen 4.1 equipped 1.6 miata with homemade intake, Bosal header and a Magnaflow midpipe. Bilsteins with 700/450 springs, RB hollow front and no rear bar, stock seat and belts, HD M1 Sport bar and HT, 1.8 front/1.6 rear brakes (no prop valve and new SS lines) with Carbotech XP12/Axxis Ultimate pads, depowered rack, no A/C, full interior except for no pass seat)...just with the 13s on. No idea on condition...I get my tires from the trash pile @ the track.

I noticed the RF wheel bearing was roaring like hell on the way home...and you can hear it on left turns in the vid LOL.

AND...I just found the source of my mushy brakes...the LF caliper is leaking fluid...and of course the small water pump leak lol....



I hope to improve on this in the spring sometime....

[alphonse]

(cut and pasted from m.net)

Track name: MSR-Houston - Clockwise
Track location: Angleton, TX
Lap time: 1:49.0
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2300lbs
Estimated wheel horsepower: 108-110whp
Tire size and model: 13x9s with well used 180/550-13 Cooper slick tires.
Estimated ambient temperature: 65 with about 65% humidity
Notes : Same car (Torsen 4.1 equipped 1.6 miata with homemade intake, Bosal header and a Magnaflow midpipe. Bilsteins with 700/450 springs, RB hollow front and no rear bar, stock seat and belts, HD M1 Sport bar and HT, 1.8 front/1.6 rear brakes (no prop valve and new SS lines) with Carbotech XP12/Axxis Ultimate pads, depowered rack, no A/C, full interior except for no pass seat)...just with the 13s on. No idea on condition...I get my tires from the trash pile @ the track.

I noticed the RF wheel bearing was roaring like hell on the way home...and you can hear it on left turns in the vid LOL.

AND...I just found the source of my mushy brakes...the LF caliper is leaking fluid...and of course the small water pump leak lol....



I hope to improve on this in the spring sometime....

Not to worry, most of the turns were right handers which means the right wheel was mostly unloaded at the time. You're in good shape

[hustler]

I should have watched that vid more before going out there. You are so fast through the keyhole and bus-stop.


Lap time: 1:51.2 CW
Car: 1991 Miata
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2460
Estimated wheel horsepower: 210
Tire size and model: 225 NT-01
Estimated ambient temperature: 74 and cloudy
Notes: First day, lots of discovery, more to come. I should have a 46 out there.

[edison_GTI]

Lap time: 1:50.7 CW
Car: Kermit (1995 VW Golf)
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2450
Estimated wheel horsepower: 162
Tire size and model: 225/45-15 Hoosier R6
Estimated ambient temperature: 74 and cloudy
Notes: best lap time under race conditions

[alphonse]

Lap time: 1:43-1:45 CW
Car: 2008 Lotus 2-11
weight with driver: 1650-1700 (don't remember if we had pizza the night before.)
Estimated wheel horsepower: 2??
Tire size and model: 205/50-16, 225/45-17 Hankook Ventus
Estimated ambient temperature: 50-ish and cloudy
Notes: First time out with new slicks, new brake pads and re-adjusted suspension.

Times were estimatred from video clock. First session was a disaster, every one after that a wild ride.

[Dave]

Lap time: 1:56 -ish (used time from video) CW
Car: 350Z
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3450
Estimated wheel horsepower: 276
Tire size and model: 225/45-18 & 245/45-18 dirrezza star spec
Estimated ambient temperature: 70 and cloudy
Notes: first time at that track, oh and I had a crappy line through diamond's edge.


After seeing all the posts so far, I realize I drive a fatty. She needs a diet.

[skillman11]

Lap time: 1:50.3
Car: 2000 S2000
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3100
Estimated wheel horsepower: 330
Tire size and model: 255/40 R17 Hankook Ventus RS3
Estimated ambient temperature: 70 and cloudy
Notes: This is my track car that is totally tricked out. I ended up running out of brakes into sugar and spice
Had issues with car not getting full revs- would not keep up constant revs many times at ~ 7500, perhaps by pass valve needs tightening
Also it would pop out of 4th or 5th gear sometimes. I contacted the guy I got the tranny from and he will exchange it. Now I have to figure out how to pack and ship a tranny.

Here is a video from that weekend. I did not get my trackmate to work until the second day. I am not sure what lap was a 1:50

http://www.youtube.c...e2?feature=mhum

I posted another video from Day 1

[Shuka]

From video, best laps from my first day on the track were around 2:02. It was rainy all day Sunday, but I'm sure I would have picked up at least 5 seconds on a dry track.

Lap time: 2:02ish
Car: 1997 Miata
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2200
WHP: 95
Tires: Well worn 205/50-15 R888s
Conditions: 70, windy, overcast

[miata_racer]

Your car is so great I made sure to drool on the ground next to it when I was down on sat @ TDE

Please tell me you have video somewhere

EDIT - I'm such a moron.....AL!!! how the hell are you? I thought i recognized the SN....I haven't seen you in....i'd say 5 years. Still have the esprit?

If you still live in league city I can swing by sometime and we can figure the video thing out....

Lap time: 1:43-1:45 CW
Car: 2008 Lotus 2-11
weight with driver: 1650-1700 (don't remember if we had pizza the night before.)
Estimated wheel horsepower: 2??
Tire size and model: 205/50-16, 225/45-17 Hankook Ventus
Estimated ambient temperature: 50-ish and cloudy
Notes: First time out with new slicks, new brake pads and re-adjusted suspension.

Times were estimatred from video clock. First session was a disaster, every one after that a wild ride.

[alphonse]

Your car is so great I made sure to drool on the ground next to it when I was down on sat @ TDE

Please tell me you have video somewhere

EDIT - I'm such a moron.....AL!!! how the hell are you? I thought i recognized the SN....I haven't seen you in....i'd say 5 years. Still have the esprit?

If you still live in league city I can swing by sometime and we can figure the video thing out....

Howdy Dave,

Yep still have the Esprit. 115k miles and still going strong.

There is a video from the third session on Saturday, in two parts, here under the MSR-H Jan date. I don't know why it came out so grainy as it is in high resolution on the original. When copying it into FB it went from 1080p down to 280p.
When I have a chance I will try to redo it.

As for living in League city, maybe you have the wrong Al. I'm in Houston by Memorial park and my Esprit is black. Same guy?

cheers

[miata_racer]

I remember who you are...I thought you lived on the southeast side was all...i used to see you at all the GGP events.


Ah well...anyway...if you're having vid troubles let me know...I'll be up near the galleria on Thursday.

Howdy Dave,

Yep still have the Esprit. 115k miles and still going strong.

There is a video from the third session on Saturday, in two parts, here under the MSR-H Jan date. I don't know why it came out so grainy as it is in high resolution on the original. When copying it into FB it went from 1080p down to 280p.
When I have a chance I will try to redo it.

As for living in League city, maybe you have the wrong Al. I'm in Houston by Memorial park and my Esprit is black. Same guy?

cheers

[Nugget]

Please tell me you have video somewhere

My favorite video of Al's 2-eleven is the one where I spent a bunch of laps trying to catch him so you get to see his whole car from my camera and not just his two front fenders. Mark and I meet the Lotus at about 3:30 in the video. I'm behind Al from about 04:00 until nearly the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6EUyeA2A0#t=3m30s

Orange makes you faster. It's a scientific fact.

[alphonse]

"Orange makes you faster. It's a scientific fact."

I like that, now that would make a great bumper sticker!

That is a good video Nugget, watching it reminds me how much fun that session was.

[Crumpacker]

Dry:

Lap time: 1:48.6
Car: '94 CMC2 Mustang Cobra
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3170
Estimated wheel horsepower: 251
Tire size and model: 275/40/17 Toyo RA1
Estimated ambient temperature: 70
Notes: Sat Qual, 4th session this direction (2 fri, 2 sat.. then I broke ).



Wet:

Lap time: 2:17.3
Car: '94 CMC2 Mustang Cobra
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3170
Estimated wheel horsepower: 251
Tire size and model: 275/40/17 Toyo RA1
Estimated ambient temperature: 65
Notes: Race 4

[ken o]

Lap time: 1:44.0 CW
Car: 2003 BMW M3
Class: TTB
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3550
Estimated wheel horsepower: 305
Tire size and model: 275 Hoosier R6
Estimated ambient temperature: 74 and cloudy

[itrack]

Lap time: 2:01.5 CW
Car: 1996 Mazda Miata
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 2600
Estimated wheel horsepower: stock
Tire size and model: 205 RE-11
Estimated ambient temperature: 74 and cloudy
Notes: Ran this in my Dad's Miata. Has ebay catback, Spec Miata suspension kit, open dif (lots of inside wheel spin) street car

[BigMatt]

Lap time: 1:44.9 CCW on original T1 layout in 2006
Car: 2000 Mustang GT...American Iron
Estimated total vehicle weight with driver: 3250 at that time before the sawzall really got it
Estimated wheel horsepower: 319/341
Tire size and model: 275/40/17 RA1's
Estimated ambient temperature: alzheimers effects that fact
Notes: Was rookie race weekend. I think I ran a 44.5 later on but after T1 was reconfigured to be faster. Current AI record is like 43.9 I believe.
On hoosiers, and being 300lbs lighter, I think the car has a 40.xxx in it.

Only been CW in the neon and ran a 2:02.16 I think...I know it was a 2:02 something.
Lap time: 2:02.xxx CW
car: 1997 Neon Lemons car.
estimated weight: 2275lbs
Estimated wheel hp.... Maybe 110hp...?
Tire size: 205/50/15 Direzzas
ambient temp.... didn't care after 3hours in the car.
Notes: Tons of traffic..completely stock suspension which is actually HIGHER than stock!!

[MichaelSR]

Lap Time: 1:44.07 CW
Car: 1996 Corvette
Weight w/driver: 3490
Wheel Horsepower: 380
Tires: Kumho XS 315/17
Temperature: 72F



I've run a few 1:43 on R-compounds, but always in traffic, so I don't know how much faster I'd be.

[miata_racer]

nice lap Sen-Roy wondered where you were these days...so the car is or isn't for sale now? jw