well on my way home from work today, i took the on-ramp i usually do, except the Gods of lateral g's smiled on me and there was no traffic on the ramp, for the first time in just about forever. so i circled the on-ramp rather spiritedly, and as i was going around....i began to think about what the fluids in my car were doing at that moment. which brings me to my question....what are the odds/danger that a mostly stock car on high perf. street tires has of starving itself of oil in a prolonged turn?

i know magazines test stock cars all the time on skidpads will no recorded effects. i have also, from experience, never had or even could tell if my car was having any issues from cornering on a few good back roads turns. is it even possible to starve my car of oil unless im on seriously grippy ass R compounds on very high g corners, like on a road course? i know RJ runs a baffled pan, what about you, Evan? Gerald? i know some other MM'ers drive on roadcourses too....do you all use baffled pans, or can you get away without one as long as you're on lower grip street tires that dont enable really high g cornering? also, due to the orientation of an oil pan on a transverse vs. longitudinal engine, does one setup favor cornering g's to the other? it seems since most cars dont come with a baffled pan from the factory, is there really a concern?

ultimately im just scared that if i hit a ramp, or long corner hard enough (eventually i'll be on the track too), will i be able to starve my engine of oil flow to the head and what not...and i'm not exactly going to pour more oil in the engine to keep the oil pickup happy. any insight would be appreciated, especially from the track rats. sorry for the long post too, i just wanted to make sure i hit everything. oh, and for the record, im not taking turns recklessly....far from it. just enjoying my tires from time to time

More progress this evening. All the holes are drilled, and the bar lines up and bolts in. Need to paint the backing plates and do the final install tomorrow.



Dremel on the rear speaker housing to clear the bar



Then use a zip tie on the rear mount... seems solid, I dont see it going anywhere.



Going to have to dremel this a bit to make it fit flush, but otherwise perfect.

I knew I had a lot of crap planned, but never put a list together... Today I did...

July 3 - Friend's Party
July 3 - Friend Going to Iraq's Party
July 4 - 4th of July Party
July 10-11 - Hyperfest @ Summit
July 17 - Jessica's B-day
July 25 - NASA-X @ VMP
July 31 - NASA @ VIR
August 1 - NASA @ VIR
August 7 - MM Chili Cookoff
August 8 - WDCR SCCA @ FedEx
August 15 - Washington Area Saab Club @ Rosecroft
August 28 - NCC BMWCCA @ Osbourne Park
August 29 - CrossroadOnline @ Rosecroft
September 5 - WDCR SCCA @ FedEx
September 11 - Car and Driver @ Philly
September 12 - NCC BMWCCA @ ???
September 18-19 - NASA @ Summit
September 26 - Salazar Racing @ Rosecroft
October 1-3 - Vegas Trip
October 10 - Shelby-Dodge Auto Club @ Rosecroft
October 16 - Lexus Drive in Luxury
October 16 - NCC BMWCCA @ ???
October 17 - NASA-X @ VMP
October 23-24 - NASA @ Summit
November 6-7 - NASA @ Summit

Don't bother counting, that is 2 weekends in which I'll be doing nothing. I love it! Ryan says I won't do all of them... I say BRING IT!

...make fun of my e.t.'s

Ran 4 times today (Sunday) at MIR during NOPI East Coast Nationals or whatever they call it.

Best time went like:

14.058 @ 108.02 mph.

Yes that is a .4 second decrease in the e.t. and 8 more mph in the trap.
Yes it is still slow. Someday I will hit the e.t.s the car is capable of.
I might be getting some slicks to go with the planned suspension...

Different from last time: New clutch/new flywheel, fresher tires set at 25psi, racegas, more boost and some better on site tuning.
Going against me was a full tank...I filled up with racegas to play with this week thinking I wouldn't get a chance to run at all...of course they opened it up for everyone right after I did that.

Boost was estimated at 25psi...I never looked at the gauge while going down the track so I spooled it up going home to see what it was set at and it was something like that.

If anyone wants to hit the track for midnight madness this friday, I will be going back to try and get the low 13's I think I can hit. As always, I will pay for Evan if he brings either car.

-T

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I'm really tempted... But it'd have nowhere to run.

Since the threads you have started with automotive themes are worthless and because I think you are from Europe I've got a little question for you:

What do Germany, Italy, Greece, France and Spain all have in common??

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NOTHING. Because Greece is still in the tournament.

That's all.

-T

My very good friend, Francisco Otaizo got in a motorcycle accident the evening of 24 June while riding with 2 R6s and a R1. He has(had) a 500R just like me. I have know him since 1989. He is currently in the ICU at Fairfax Hospital. I know that had to take out his spleen and one of his kidneys. My dad who is an RN at Fairfax Hospital said he will probably be there for a month recovering from his injuries. Please pray for him guys, that he makes it through.

:oops:

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So, the deal is, you go to Philadelphia, drive the three cars, and say what you think. Free, Sept 11-12.

10 cars in my neighborhood were busted in to last night... I didn't arm my alarm, but thyey didn't touch mine. Kind of odd, they're prolly gonna be coming back with their flatbed for it.

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