Oh man... That is terrible. Max was a cool dog.
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Oh man... That is terrible. Max was a cool dog.
Sorry to hear about your pup. I love those damn Boxers, I still miss Jack. FMR
Jason,
That sucks. Family pets become part of the "family" faster than we can imagine.
Sorry to hear Jason ...
I got to meet "Monster" Tajima.
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7873719_n.jpg
That is cool. I have been following his Pikes Peak racing for several years now. He finally did it this year.
BTW... It is a crazy world when a guy from Japan is taller than you. :D
Hey Guys
I'm at Mid Ohio race track attending their driving school. These guys have a great program with lots of track time. Price is right too. Also, as a bonus, my buddy lives one mile from the track so no lodging or car rental. So low cost and I get to visit a long-time friend.
Anyway, running on this track was always on my bucket list. Glad I did it. The track is very Cresson like with lots of hills and off-camber turns. Woo-hoo!
I always thought it was like TWS and Hallett mixed together.
I'm with Glen on that one - some high speed turns like TWS but with Hallett's hills and tight parts in other places :)
Good question. Mainly, if I can't get my shit running for a full weekend at TWS, I won't have enough races to qualify. Plus work had been crazy so getting the time off could be a challenge. The thought is there, though. If it doesn't work out this year, next year is a definite.
Too funny...Crash.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Wise_GlennCMC
I put new pads on the front of the German Parts Car last night.If that effort is representative of my mechanical abilities, I should just sell the race car right now.
I've cracked some rotors in my day, but this one takes the cake:
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http://www.motogp.com/en/calendar+circuitsQuote:
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I bet he was at Laguna watching bikes... just a guess.
Maybe it's just me, but are those images upside down? If not, you're calipers are installed wrong...the bleeder valve should be on TOP.
I've cracked rotors that badly before.....it's not so unusual. Given that you're using 4-piston calipers, and likely larger pads, you'll be putting more heat into the rotors.
Recheck your brake duct system. It may be time to move to a set of 2-piece rotors. The stock Cobra units are relatively thin compared to the heavier duty 2-piece units. I don't know if I'd jump right into a set of StopTech's, but definitely consider better rotors.
Wait, what!?! Brake fluid is lighter than air right? Ergo, the low-side bleeders...
j/k
The wilwoods are universal from side to side so there's a pair of bleeders up top too.
The rotors have had a full life including ECR last year, Houston, TWS & Hallett... plus some testing. I think it was just their time. Only Hallett was on the wilwoods though. I'll be paying close attention to how long a new set of cobra rotors lasts, it's possible my rotor expense may go up. I hope not, a big factor in switching calipers was long term cost savings. Time will tell.
So is the fluid cross-over passage internal to the caliper? I always thought the 2nd set of ports had a crossover tube in them and you just swapped the tube and bleeders to be correct for whicherver side you were putting them on.
I took a glider ride in Durango yesterday. Tow let us off at 7500 ft. (field ele. 6500) and we took the thermals to 12.300 feet. Way cool. Jay and I have done this many times but yesterday was one of the best days I've had in a sailplane. We were up just over an hour and could have stayed up all day.
If you ever get to Durango look this place up.
www.soardurango.com
We are in Ouray now for most of the week. It was 52 degrees this morning in Durango and it's 66 right now at 11:50 (MDT) in Ouray.
Sam, when I get back I will get with you on the rotors. I found some directional veined rotors not made in China for around $50.00. I broke two in one day just like that after races at ECR. 15 min. after the race we heard a ping and five minutes later another. Two rotors cracked just like that. If my new found rotor does not do better I will get a set of hats from Todd at TCE and rings from Coleman. Adam is right the two piece cools better you can go thicker with the new calipers.
JJ
Just as an FYI, my Stoptech rotors look better after their 5 events so far than the 13" Cobra rotors looked after 1 day. The Cobra rotors almost instantly got the super-small cracks that slowly grew larger over 2-3 events before cracking.
I also think Marshall has about 10 events over the last 3-4 years on his "used" Stoptech rotors. He also has a 4-hour enduro and 6 1/2 hours (from the 8 hour enduro).
It is a large expense up front but I am completely sold on them.
At Cal Speedway this weekend, I had to swap tires around (destroyed my RF)....while the car was in the air, I did my usual inspection. The StopTech rotors look miles better than any of my previous rotors did, even the nifty Coleman 2-piece units.
Cal Speedway is somewhat similar to TWS, in that we use the entire NASCAR front straight, plus NASCAR 1 and 2.....~5400rpm, top of 5th gear, foot flat to the floor entering T3 (somewhere around ~135mph), heavy braking down to about ~60mph. The StopTechs were there each, and every time, with no funny business. I could outbrake other drivers.
As Michael said, heavy up-front expense, but damn, they are good.
Went to the ER Sunday morning to discover that the abdominal pain I had was being caused was not one, not two, but three f'ing kidney stones. They havent passed yet so my status for this weekend is TBD since I am sure they will probably migrate Friday night or Saturday.
We bought my 9 year old daughter Jaycie a wakeboard a couple of weeks ago. She has been on about three different times now. She got up on it her very first time and road until she got tired.
I on the other hand, can not get my fat butt up on that board.
This was a video Kendra shot yesterday of Jaycie wakeboarding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCZA1iEh15Q
She started skiing at age 7, but just started wakeboarding. She said she has to change he lead foot, because she doesn't want to cross the wake yet. She started doing it her first time up.
I have never wakeboarded, so I have been no help in telling her what to do.
There are some decent "How to Wakeboard" videos. Can probably find enough of them on youtube by now. How fast are you going and how long is the rope? This ain't racing so you can slow down. I think the rope needs to be shorter. She just needs more time playing around on it mainly. Looks like she needs to lean away from the boat a little more and put more weight on the back foot. She will get more comfortable and stable and then be able to hold the rope where she needs to.
And those things are easy to get up on. You do have the board perpinducular to the boat and rope when starting out?
If there is another race in August next year I say we all just go to the lake instead.