I went through my old photos. Can't find any. haha.
I really missed out.... :/Chapter 15 - Meet and greet!
Let me just start off by saying that a huge part of owning a car is the community that comes with it. With that said, I couldn't be any happier with the friends I've made since buying this car.
Our local nor cal chapter is comprised of a bunch of rowdy but track oriented and friendly enthusiasts. Aside from kicking it at the track, we figured it'd be nice to set up a meet at my restaurant this past weekend so that we can meet some more fellow owners. What started off as a simple and small lunch, turned into a giant 45+ car meet complete with a full on photo session at the local naval base.
It was amazing to be able to meet all the owners as well as see all the unique builds.
Ariel shot of all our cars and the respective owners standing beside their cars. haha.
BAW club shot (with honorary member Miguel). lol.
haha yeah you did! It's cool! We'll see you on track next time
dang! just no luck with that bumper...previously it was a road kill that cause the damage, now it's the high down force. Hope this shitty luck change fro you soon.Chapter 17 - August 11, 2019 - Thunderhill East Cyclone track day
One of my friends just picked up his 991.2 GT3 and was itching for a track day. We both knew it was going to be hot as hell but it's a freakin track day... so who can say no? haha.
Since my friend has only ran with this group once before, they put him in the point by group. I signed up in both open and point by so that I could run with him and try to lay down some times in the open group.
Was having fun dicing it up when shortly after I felt like the car wasn't running too well. Looked down to see a temperature warning saying that the car was overheating. Greattttttt ... what now. lol. Ended up removing the driver side grill and foglight to try to get some more air flowing into my oil cooler.
Went back out. Got the same warning about 5 laps in. Was also warned by the track marshals that my front splitter was dragging on the track.
Pulled in, let the car cool down and attempted to rebleed my coolant system. Not sure if it helped or not but ended up being able to do another 7 laps or so before the car overheated. Kind of a good thing because at this point the splitter had broken three tabs and the whole bumper was really sagging.
Decided to call it a day before I wouldn't even be able to drive home. lol.
Overall I was pretty disappointed with how the day turned out. I ended up with a time of 2.10 which wasn't bad but also nowhere near my pb at this track. Very frustrating as I was really looking forward to seeing what this car is capable of. Even more frustrating was the fact that I now had to order ANOTHER bumper to paint and wrap because the splitter had damaged it. Ended up zip tying everything and drove home.
Oh well... time to go home, fix everything and come back faster and stronger. lol.
Next up on the car:
- Fix front bumper (again)
- New oil cooler kit - going to switch from my USR one to the Greddy one.
- Rebleed the coolant system
- My hood is finally here so we're going to vent that stuff out.
- Chassis mounted splitter
- catted PRL front pipe
- Sirimoto FF kit
Some pics:
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That is a great color. Looks so much better than the black imo.
sorry brother man...any chance you have pictures?
