Grattan was a blast, saw some cool cars, met some cool people. Managed to check out most of the interesting stuff (i.e. not a mustang/vette).
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Miata with a Sadev sequential. Asked the owner about rebuild/service intervals. Says he doesn't want to deal with it himself, just the fluid change requires filling a specific amount of fluid, letting it get to a specific temp, adding more... I laughed.
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K20 Elise. PO was a honda tech, everything looked immaculate.
Waiting for video from a friend of my car on the straight. But the car was great, peak air temps were 82F, oil temps never got over 243 (logged, not gauge). v730s usually lasted 6 or 7 laps before greasing. Best run of the day was cut short when a guy with an auto ATS4 killed his car. Trans overheated, overheard one of the GM guys (there are a ton of them here, GM engineers track their vettes) saying he might have crank-walked it as well? Bummer. But not a car you take to a track like this and go hard on, especially tuned with no track prep.
One of the BMW guys moved up from an e46 m3 to an M240iR (the BMW motorsports off the shelf race car, basically an OG M2 motor with a m240i ZF8 trans, plus full cage, over-fenders, aero, etc.) He had the car tuned, no other power mods. Was in limp mode all day. Made me re-appreciate getting out of a BMW.
Big changes since last fall: more camber, better tires, front sway, linear springs, and the GT2260s. Massive difference. Lost about 10mph in the straight vs the XL, but the response coming out of T10/T1 is so much nicer. Spent most of the day stuck behind a '64 C-10 (lol), a pair of GT350s, and the aforementioned ATS. No point-by, no pass, and lots of the domestic guys are kinda dick-ish to import owners. Towards the end of the day the corner workers just give up on passing flags too. It is what it is.
Might do Gingerman next, we'll see. Got a few little things to fix, like replacing the catback, figuring what's up with the noise my rear right caliper is making on T5. Might see about getting the CSF/bar-tek coolers in before then.
All in all, awesome day. Can't recommend Grattan enough. View of T3/4:
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