Dude - That video you posted is way better than anything I've taken - what a different perspective ! Posting here and will watch it at least a hundred times... THANK YOU !

The whoosh of the Turbo is so awesome too !

Fox body surprisingly quick, so was the white RSX...

 

Thompson pics are in...

Aaron and Jack, They got some of the 996 gang in the paddock, let me know if you want to see them.

 

Man i spent a small fortune on that mid-o pca event and not a single pic.

they need to hire this person

 

Really digging what you’ve done and are doing!

 

love that picture with the weight on the outside wheels!

 

Replaced RE71’s with Yokohama A052’s but only received them from Tire Rack the day before track night at Thompson Motor Sports Park. Replaced the fronts with same size as the RE71’s (245/40R18). Had the Yok’s mounted the day before and found that when mounted on the front I had clearance issues that I did not have with the RE71’s. Evidently tread width is a bit wider on the A052’s than on the RE71’s. Didn’ t have time to address the issue before Track Day so I ran the event with my regular street tires. This weekend I mounted the Yok’s and with a heat gun and a little massage was able to modify the wheel liners for clearance. Just a bit of interference on full lock of the steering. Good to go for the next track day.

 

Thanks man - can't say how much I appreciate the support - really pumps me up that people are enjoying the posts / videos / car

Thanks Glenn ! I got a ton of pics, another great part about the SCCA track night....

So, I think I wrote above about how the accumulator for my UAOS filled up... So, I have started some mitigation on that front. Skip, will soon be making a drain back to plumb the accumulator drain into the oil fill tube - thats the right way to do it and I will eventually go that route.

For a short term solution, I want to be able to see the amount of oil being caught, and when. Is it track specific ? Is it happening on the road, only at track etc... So, I am rigging up an external reservoir to collect the oil that enters the accumulator.

I bought a universal coolant reservoir from O'Reillys. Going to have to cap 2 very small air holes by the fill cap (JB Weld) and the inlet for the reservoir (Vac cap and more JB Weld)


Bought 2 1/8 NPT -1/4 Barb fitting. 1 will be tapped in the drain plug of the UAOS reservoir and the other tapped into the O'Reillys reservoir.

(I would be showing you complete pics except my 1/8 NPT tap walked off so I had to order a replacement...)



Next up - 3FT of 1/4 fuel line to connect the 2.

Last and worst...mounting the reservoir. The engine bay is so tight, trying to mount the reservoir in there and keep a nice drop for the hose from the accumulator to the reservoir to allow for as much gravity assistance as possible aint happening.

So, mounting the reservoir off the bank 1 muffler bracket. Nice straight shot to the accumulator and max gravity assistance. Easy enough to check.

I'm going to mount a 1/8 NPT petcock while I'm at it to allow for easy draining.

The only concern at the moment is the heat in the wheel well area... I can make some shielding if it seems through initial trials like it may be needed.

Oh yeah, going to JB weld the cap on the reservoir too, don't need that where we're going.

So, we'll see - could go quite wrong - if so, I'll re-use the fittings and plumb it back to the oil fill tube. But, it would be nice to 1. Avoid all that work for the moment (still need to get my mini mufflers on) and 2. See under what scenarios the oil is actually filling the thing up.

Stay tuned !

 

Awesome dude, glad it worked out ! I always had good luck with sticky Advan's on previous cars - let us know how they run.

And man, the car's looking really good.

 

Jason, good to see the work around you are doing with Skip. Looking forward to see how it works. Necessity is the mother of invention.

 

What are the wheel widths you are running and rear size? Any spacers? I am running RE-71 mkii stock sizes on 8 and 10". They are almost done.

 

I am using stock size wheels (8” & 10” 5 spokes) also. RE 71’s were 285/30R18 and 235/40R18 with ECS 10mm and 15mm Wheel spacers. Switched to Yokohama A052 235/40R18 and 295/30R18 hoping the Yok’s to be a little more consistent on the track. Have not run the Yokohama’s yet.

 

The Gang - theprf, Jnelso and yours truly

 

Finished up the reservoir and drilled and tapped the UAOS accumulator plug for the barbed fitting...

Talk about hokey - if it works, it works but I'm not in love with it. Would be really nice to have a proper fitting setup for the accumulator drain as opposed to drilling out the plug. The space is going to be really tight as the hose from the SAI runs almost right under the drain for the UAOS accumulator... we'll see...

I'll let the gasket maker set and put the stuff in tomorrow.

 

That’s an awesome vid.

 

Synced (as close as I could, really need to learn and be more patient editing) up a lap and change with Aaron’s video for the split screen, I thought a cool perspective.

Big thanks to Aaron for letting me use the video.

A lap from 2 Perspectives - Porsche 996