From my experience, vir sells out of garages and rooms quickly!
Edit. I see I also had the email from vir.
Good Morning,
Due to the construction schedule change, we will not be able to offer you lodging for the Champ Car or Track Advantage events in December. Unfortunately, we have to cancel all reservations currently for these two events, arrivals of 12/1 and 12/2. All Lodge rooms, Pit Lane, and garages will have to be cancelled. We suggest contacting Daily Seven for any availability close by. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience during these construction changes. Cancellation confirmations will be sent out to each of you as well.
Sincerely,
VIR Lodging Staff
bobzilla said:
In reply to kevinatfms :
I came in here to ask about the header.
I totally forgot to update! Picked up the DNA Racing header for under $90 shipped. Plan is to use a spray on ceramic coating as both Jet Hot and the local Cerakote company is beyond expensive($350+ for the header and mid pipe).
Going to have the flanges changed over to v-band clamps as the 2 bolt versions have leaked on me in the past. Merge that with the exhaust system with a v-band so that it has easy removal/install when needed.
Should last a long time if i do this correctly. Hoping the CEL does not come on with the defouler trick. If i can get Megasquirt figured out ill go down that route.
wvumtnbkr said:
From my experience, vir sells out of garages and rooms quickly!
Edit. I see I also had the email from vir.
Good Morning,
Due to the construction schedule change, we will not be able to offer you lodging for the Champ Car or Track Advantage events in December. Unfortunately, we have to cancel all reservations currently for these two events, arrivals of 12/1 and 12/2. All Lodge rooms, Pit Lane, and garages will have to be cancelled. We suggest contacting Daily Seven for any availability close by. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience during these construction changes. Cancellation confirmations will be sent out to each of you as well.
Sincerely,
VIR Lodging Staff
We secured our room(s) and garage in April 2022. They literally cancelled it 2 weeks from the first day of the race. Then you have 30+ teams trying to find lodging in the surrounding area at the last minute.
Just didnt work out for us. Next time we will have an RV as a back up plan.
Signed up for January 7th Trackcross at Summit Point to get some seat time. Excited to see how the car reacts with the coilovers and 225/205 setup.
Before that point, plan is to get a new intake box made out of a trashcan and a new intake filter as the K&N being used was destroyed. The box will also get a cold air feed from the front bumper corner light. Pictures to come when done.
My Rubbermaid blue recycle airbox mod with cold air feed from the corner light in the bumper with a 3" speaker tube.
The Cardboard Aided Design template will be transfered over to a plastic fairing and riveted into the bumper. Hopeful to make some kind of scoop to add onto this to bring it into the airbox.
Finished airbox and cold air feed. Uses the corrogated tubing from the hole up into the box(not installed in this photo)
With some compressed air pointed across the front bumper down the fender you get plenty of flow through the duct into the box.
Not the most appealing but it works.
Trackcross this weekend at Summit Point. Car is ready to go. Once we get back it will be time for some more modifications to make it faster.
I admire that level of hackery
Welp, cancelled the trackcross event due to getting the Rona. So on quarantine right now trying to stay healthy.
B&M short shifter which is brand new in package from the early 2000's. Time capsule short shift kit. B&M did an excellent job on the design and packaging with everything needed to install including the grease for the pivot ball.
Looking good. I'm interested to see how the install goes and how it feels vs stock before pulling the trigger on one for my car.
automotiveflux said:
Looking good. I'm interested to see how the install goes and how it feels vs stock before pulling the trigger on one for my car.
We already had a short throw before. It was one of the super cheap ebay knock off's of the B&M. The shifter felt great when it was new and the throws were right on the money. The biggest issue was the shifter is a press fit ball onto the shift level shaft. The press fit loosened up so much from banging gears due to the absolute garbage steel they used that you would start missing throws because the lever would move out of position from the massive amount of slop.
I have two shift bases. One with the stock shifter in it which will stay as-is in case we have any future issues. The second shift base currently has the china-grade short shift lever which will be replaced with the B&M. The shift shaft has elimimated the C-clip washer to hold the shaft in place and is now cotter pinned to make it easier to disassemble if needed. Should make putting this B&M shift lever in place a 10 min job.
Should have it done tonight and will post up photos.
In reply to kevinatfms :
you won't believe how much that helps. I did those on multiple cars and damn..... It's still not a honda shifer feel but it is so much better.
bobzilla said:
In reply to kevinatfms :
you won't believe how much that helps. I did those on multiple cars and damn..... It's still not a honda shifer feel but it is so much better.
The stock bushings are shockingly squishy. A light push can move the shifter base by a good 1/8" or so before it starts to get firm. Going to also raise the shifter base. Thinking 1/2" to start and see how it feels.
Trying to get someone to machine some bushings but not alot want that type of work right now. So i will remove one tonight, get some measurements and find some washers i can stack up, hog the center hole out and make a bushing setup with the stock center sleeve. Cheap and effective.
Come to find out Fiesta ST base bushings fit the Hyundai 5 speed base. I had my old shifter setup from my Fiesta sitting on a shelf and it was one of those "for the heck of it" scenarios. Plopped right into place.
So ordered up one more set to use them for the Hyundai. Will them top it with the stock bolt. They are shorter by 1/4" so i will have to space them out with washers a bit.
In reply to kevinatfms :
i'M not all that surprised. I mean, it's a plastic shifter base bolted to the floor. Why reinvent the wheel? Although Ford does like to do that too....
Installed B&M shifter on the Fiesta ST base bushings drilled out to fit the hardware. Its rock solid and has zero play in it. Super excited to test it out this afternoon around the neighborhood. So far it feels beyond fantastic if a bit short. I added a 1.5" extension and white ball to see if that helps bring it up in line with the steering wheel better. If it doesnt feel right, ill go back to the OE shift ball or B&M shift ball.
1" extension makes it a little cumbersome. Swapped back to the OE 5 speed knob which has a little heft to it and it feels better. Overall much better than with the rubber bushings.
Next to tackle the electric power steering conversion using a Volvo pump, new OE lines modified with -6an on the one end to connect to the pump. Have all the parts except for the new factory lines. They should be delivered by Wednesday of next week.
And final thing to change over is the rain light. Going from static on/off on a switch to a flashing/static setup as required by AER. It will still meet Champ Car rules but we are looking into racing at Summit Point in June for the 8 hours races and it requires a flashing rain light. Hope to get that wired in this weekend.
