b16gsr

Spent the past couple of nights going through the car getting it ready for its first outing with my father and myself.

Brakes bled with Motul 600, ran a liter throughout. Wheels swapped to CCWs with Hoosier R6, stock wheels got a better set of tires installed, Porsche Cup splitter installed to replace the that got cone cone crushed at the last autocross, all nuts and bolts checked, had a new windshield installed . Last step was to wash and load.

Having a lift makes everything much easier, including washing the car. We are headed to Autobahn Country Club in Joliet and are hoping the rain stays away.







I just had my truck color matched and am worried about damaging the paint work so I prepped it as well.



Here's a pic of the truck fresh of its transformation.

Carmichael

Ah, ACC. My neck of the woods.

Are you running the north or south course?

b16gsr

Got on the road this morning about 8am. Ran in rain for most of the day. But we made it in good shape.







Not sure I think it depends on weather how it will all play out.

Made a stop at Isringhausen today, what a great place and Jeff C made us feel like family.

A couple of ultra rare beauties.





Amazing low mile car.



Would love to replace my wife's car with this.



Or this in white.

b16gsr

Weather came thru Wednesday night and got the track wet, so we swapped to the street tires, but the rain held off all day.

The group photo.


We ran south course.


We were in the advanced group in the am only 6 cars, made for a ton of fun. The GT3 was commanding the track all day, hell of a car and driver.





Thirsty cars. Burned 10 gallons in 68 miles.



Then it happened.......




If you look closely at the crank pulley bolt there is no Loctite. It backed off and sheared the pin and ended our day. We stayed and spectated the rest of the day, and had an amazing time.

He really drove the GT3 like he stole it.


The other GT3 in the bunch was this beautiful Sapphire Blue.




Got to take a ride with Geoff the owner of Isringhausen in the Cayman racecar, what a ride.



A HUGE thanks to the team from Isringhausen. Geoff made us feel like part of his family and went above and beyond to make the experience wonderful.

Videos to follow.

BIG smoke

Pretty crazy how much fuel you use at constant red line.
Drag about your pulley. Does look like no lock tight on that. That pulley mush have been doing some fine RPM's when it came off.
Fanatic that you had a trailer to drag your injured steed onto.
Any story you can tell, is a good story.
Thanks for sharing, great photo's.
Stay out of that Cayman. It is really a fantastic track car. Could be expensive for you.

mdrums

Sorry about the pulley...I'd be pissed at the shop that didn't properly install.

You car looks great...CCW wheels are awesome...I used them on my 06 & 07 and 09.

b16gsr

Yea they are thirsty that is for sure.

It was doing some RPMs for sure, as I was down shifting when it happened.

Thanks for reading along.

Yea it happened, not sure who put it on, but I will get it fixed up. We have yet to run the CCWs but I cannot wait.

Here is a video of me making the final pass.


The GT3 and I going my the clubhouse.


The 2 GT3's and the Cayman R going down the straight and through 1,2,3 and into 4.

ChicagoSpeed996

Awesome vids! Sorry to hear about your pulley. I'm also in the area and head to Autobahn for events here and there. Definite novice here though.

b16gsr

Got it all apart last week. That pin is going to be the death of me. Currently having a fixture made as a guide for drilling. These cars are actually very simple to work on.







And the pin.



Have ordered a new pulley from RSS and a new bolt and pin from Isringhausen. Hoping to get it together next week.

Hella-Buggin'

Just an observation but, you need to keep both hands on the wheel and quickly move to and from the shifter. You're taking corners with your hand on the shifter and that's dangerous.

b16gsr

Yes I realized that after watching. I hadn't been in the car that much and am still getting a feel for it and wasn't paying attention. Also found I was shifting far too often.

Hella-Buggin'

its funny what bad habits we discover about ourselves during DE events. I never noticed it before but I tap on the wheel like a drum kit. I've almost eliminated the urge but evey once an a while when reviewing in car footage I'll catch it.

b16gsr

For sure. I will get the quirks figured out once I get the car back together.

Carmichael

Ugh, man, these things have crank dowels/pins? I remember stripping the key/keyway on my DSM when my balance shaft belt let go, and I almost had to buy a new crank.

Godspeed on that pin. A little bit of mapp gas and some Kroil with a high quality drill bit and extractor set should do the trick.

b16gsr

Yes they have dowel pins and they DO NOT come out. I bought $300 worth of bits that did not even scratch it. Being that close to the rear main and the aluminum on the block I opted for another route.

I had a fixture/drill guide made buy a local machinist that I could use to drill the crank for a new pin. In the Corvette world we do this when installing superchargers so the balancer doesn't spin on the crack with the extra drag.

Well it worked. Crazy thing is the pin is 10mm long, so that tells me the factory hole has to be more than 10mm deep for it to bury itself. I chose to drill a 5mm hole in the crank leaving me 5mm out to index with the balancer.

The culprit:



New hole (was a real b*tch to drill this):


New balancer on and Loctite like crazy on the dowel and new crank bolt:


Buttoning it all back up:




My pops came down and helped me wash it off and then took it to his house to store in the barn.


ITS ALIVE:

HUGE thanks to the parts guys at Isringhausen and the RSS for the quick turn around on the parts with the holidays.

I will have to say that these cars are way way way way way easier to work on that people make them out to be. My C5/6 Corvettes are a bigger pain to do the driveline on than this car.

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