Think I found some missing ET

**Ares** · 04-11-2009, 07:56 PM

Opening day at PRP my car was off the entire way down track. About a tenth at 1/8 and 2 tenths at 1/4. Well on way home that day every time I came to a red light and had noticed the smell of brake cooking.

Well $250 later I have new rotors, pads and calipers in the back. Passenger side wasn't so bad but driver side was FUBAR. I could barely turn the axle by hand and back side of rotor was messed up. Caliper was bound up bad. Car never pulled to a side but it does explain the drop in mileage also.

Took a trip down McKnight road to break in pads and man the car just rolls so easy now. Should be interesting next trip to track with non binding brakes and a car thats tuned

**HidalgoGT** · 04-11-2009, 08:24 PM

Should be a slightly better time slip coming then.

**Martin0660** · 04-11-2009, 08:30 PM

Looking forward to seeing what it goes now Ed.

**CobraII** · 04-14-2009, 10:26 AM

Yeah, that ought to make a difference! You sure there's not pieces of mop in there though???

**yeahloh95** · 04-14-2009, 12:16 PM

i know guys that warp rotors, just so it pushes the pad away for less rolling resistance

**Balaska347** · 04-14-2009, 05:10 PM

That might make a big difference Ed, you'll be surprised

**Ares** · 04-14-2009, 07:37 PM

I hope so if how its been driving last few days is any indication.

**Martin0660** · 04-14-2009, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ares

if how its been driving last few days is any indication.

**Ares** · 04-20-2009, 09:13 PM

I found mph. Ended up running consistant 111+mph. I could only get et down to a 12.51 with much better numbers down track than last outing. Running about same as my best back in October. Which makes it a solid mid 12.5 car in warm weather. After looking at a datalog of one pass I have found my shift light is WAY off.

With MSD 2 step at 5800 my launch rpm held at 5827rpm. The peaks down track were way to low for where car should be shifted at. Shift light was at 6300. With light at 6300 and at 2-3 rpms were 5471 and 3-4 rpms at 5587.

So it's off nearly 800 rpms. I had noticed last year that light would come on well before the traps and I only cross at about 5800-5900rpms. Last time I ever buy a Proform shift light. I'm gonna order up a multi stage shift light so I can get each shift setup with it's own rpm point. I'm sitting on atleast 3-4 tenths untill I get the shift points figured out. So a new shift light and a trip to the dyno is in order.

**pRojekt02GT** · 04-21-2009, 12:34 PM

I think I may have seen you up at the track Saturday Ares..

**ModularMike** · 04-22-2009, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Ares

Opening day at PRP my car was off the entire way down track. About a tenth at 1/8 and 2 tenths at 1/4. Well on way home that day every time I came to a red light and had noticed the smell of brake cooking.

Well $250 later I have new rotors, pads and calipers in the back. Passenger side wasn't so bad but driver side was FUBAR. I could barely turn the axle by hand and back side of rotor was messed up. Caliper was bound up bad. Car never pulled to a side but it does explain the drop in mileage also.

Took a trip down McKnight road to break in pads and man the car just rolls so easy now. Should be interesting next trip to track with non binding brakes and a car thats tuned

Damn I wish I would meet you some time. I see you constantly out Rt.19 and Mcknight and by the time I follow you you are long gone. Love your car haha.

**Ares** · 04-24-2009, 10:41 PM

Well I ran out to Summit afterwork and picked up a new shift light.

Autometer #5348 - Black level 2 (peak rpm recall, multi shift point settings)

Seems to be pretty nice setup and easy to use. I hooked it up to a small reciever battery pack for one of my RC cars and did a quick video of colors and shift points. Unit has a 4 wire hookup, black ground, red keyed power, green tach signal, blue for hooking to remote start/manual arm or brake/clutch switch or trans brake/line lock.

Menu:
PEAC = Peak RPM Recall (level 3 units have 80sec memory and playback to tach)
SptS = Is menu for setting rpm for each shift point. Up to 4 settings
LnCH = menu to set launch rpm light. (would be useful if not using a 2 step and not having to worry about watching tach when staging)
PPr = Pulse Per Revolution, used for setting up to ignition type. (should be able to leave in factory setting)
CoLr = For setting light colors. 0 = White, 1 = Red, 2 = Yellow, 3 = Green, 4 = Teal, 5 = Blue, 6 = Magneta
L LV = light level, Lo can be set from 1-11 and factory is 1(easy to see), Hi can be set from 5-15(5 factory which is bright and 15 would be blinding at night)
PSL = For Progressive shift light settings. I'm leaving this at factory off. I would think this toeasy to mess up a shift as it can be set to lite up in a color say at 60% to shift, then around 90% where is goes on-off-on, 100% at shift point then flashing red at over shift. The percentages can be adjusted to user. I think this would be good for road racing but I may mess with it at some point to see if I work with it.

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