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Shaping up a new-to-me 07 GT3

Old 06-26-2014, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom-TPC Racing
Will do as soon as they are tested and confirmed to work as expected. You'll have to send in your DSC box because each accelerometer must be zero'ed and sync'ed to each box. And we'll install the latest software.
Absolutely no problem. Its 5 minutes for me to swap out the old box.

I am excited to see the change!
Old 06-29-2014, 09:16 PM
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Spent all my free time today cleaning the radiators OCD style. Even the previous owner had screens installed there was still a lot of nasty stuff trapped in the housings. I separated the AC condensers, straighten each fin with a small screwdrivers(staring at the fins for a long time makes a person dizzy), used compressed air and vacuum cleaner. Also opened up the linner fenders like a cup car. The time spend and busted knuckles will payoff on a hot Summer track day.
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Old 06-29-2014, 09:34 PM
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Looks great. Nice idea for extra cooling. Put some screens on those inner fenders! Out west many of the desert tracks get little stones and rocks that have been known to get picked up by sticky r comps and shoot right through the backside of the radiators on these things.
Old 06-29-2014, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Spyerx
Looks great. Nice idea for extra cooling. Put some screens on those inner fenders! Out west many of the desert tracks get little stones and rocks that have been known to get picked up by sticky r comps and shoot right through the backside of the radiators on these things.
Thanks. I'm going to rivet on coarse screens next week to keep out rocks and track rubber.
Old 06-29-2014, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloudspin
Good luck this weekend at WGI.
Thank you. We had a double win in IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Gold Class(997).
Old 06-29-2014, 09:51 PM
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I just spoke to King Karl and he was telling me Mike kicked some butt at WGI this weekend!
My white car is definitely jealous of your white car right now. Ha!

-kJ
Old 06-29-2014, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by KJinDC
I just spoke to King Karl and he was telling me Mike kicked some butt at WGI this weekend! My white car is definitely jealous of your white car right now. Ha! -kJ
In Race 2 the gearbox was letting go with 5 minutes remaining. Mike drove his a$$ off to finish with a 1 second lead. We got the 997 so dialed in that he likes racing it more than the 991.

Your car has less than half the mileage
Old 06-30-2014, 07:30 AM
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You did your hands some there Tom. I miss spannering - My knuckles are scared like a bare knuckle fighter lol!
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You did your hands some there Tom. I miss spannering - My knuckles are scared like a bare knuckle fighter lol!
I don't mind having my hands cut up as long as the results are worthy. To me, wrenching barehanded is one of the best things in life, I wouldn't give it up for anything.
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Originally Posted by Tom-TPC Racing
Spent all my free time today cleaning the radiators OCD style. Even the previous owner had screens installed there was still a lot of nasty stuff trapped in the housings. I separated the AC condensers, straighten each fin with a small screwdrivers(staring at the fins for a long time makes a person dizzy), used compressed air and vacuum cleaner. Also opened up the linner fenders like a cup car. The time spend and busted knuckles will payoff on a hot Summer track day.


Will you add mesh to protect the radiator from "parts" comming from the wheel housing ?
Old 07-01-2014, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by manuxc
Will you add mesh to protect the radiator from "parts" comming from the wheel housing ?
Yes I will add a screen.
Old 07-06-2014, 10:05 PM
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Sorry guys, no progress on the 3-axis accelerometer yet because the shop has been crazy busy working on customers' cars. There are so many cars at the shop that it is completely packed and I have no space to work on my car even during the weekend. Sometimes I wish we weren't so busy...and we are off to Canada tomorrow for the next round of IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge. I did do some work only car at home today. Spent 6 hours and lots of elbow grease, removed about 90% of swirl marks on the paint. I know this is insignificant to some but it makes me happy that the car looks noticeably better. I couldn't find Swirl-X locally so I used Stratch-X which is a slight more potent version. The paint looks whiter and brighter after the application.
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Clean cars are happier.
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And faster
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Cleaning is very therapeutic


Tom,

You need to drop those heavy and unsightly bumper overriders...

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