CMC Mustang NASA Results Texas World Speedway

[Mach1]

Had a great time this past weekend at TWS, the car now has swaybars and looks/feels much better through the turns, I started with a 27mm hollow sn95 bar up front and 25mm solid bar in the rear which proved to be too much rear bar, dropped it to a 23 mm and ran 4-5psi more in the front tires and that got the balance pretty close(still a little loose for my style), I didn't have a chance to put my ricer wing on the car but I wish I had, I think it would have helped out. I also started with -4 deg camber from MSRC and that was too much with the bars, tire temps were 15-20 deg hotter on the inside, I dropped it to -3 and that helped a bit, tire temps were still hot on the inside so I could have probably dropped it down a bit more. I am looking for a stock 94-98 GT front sway bar, if you have one, PM me and let me know how much.

Many of the racers were concerned about how strong my car was on the straights, I had no issues pulling anyone on the main straight unless I had a bad exit on Turn 1, I dynoed low at gearheads, a whopping 246hp 292tq, I think the fact that I dropped to 3.27's really helped, when everyone else went to 5th it looks like I went into warp speed because I was still at the top of 4th until the braking zone. Because of the concerns I insisted that they "seal" my hood and I will be taking the car back to the dyno to make sure the power is legit.

Here are the results of the weekend, I didn't get video of R1 or R2.

R2 was awesome, I was battling McCormick 1st, I got in front of him for a bit but he got me back, I ended up running a faster lap time but I didn't drive aggressively enough to get the pass back on him, congrats to him on his first win.

Race 1
Started 9th
Finished 7th out of 18

Race 2
Started 10th
Finished 2nd out of 15

Race 3
Started 8th
Finished 4th out of 15

Race 4
Started 11th
Finished 3rd out of 13

Best lap of the weekend was a 1:57.9
I need to man up and stay flat through T7

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Race 3

Race 4

[quikag]

Friggin' awesome!!! Love it!!

[Mach1]

Friggin' awesome!!! Love it!!

Thank you sir, got a little sloppy at times, those Toyo RR's don't like being pushed, this was the first CMC event on the RR's

[Baron Von Crowder]

pretty awesome. That car is going to be hard to beat when you get it dialed in good.

[VaderTT]

[motoman]

That's pretty cool, I'm digging the f-bodies. I had no clue there were race leagues out there like that, it's something I'd love to get into but probably can't afford.

[aggie97]

Awesome job man! I was in Hot pit watching that battle with Craig and was jumpin' up and down a lot! Great racing action and proof that all the hard work has paid off.

I had a so so weekend with getting my fastest lap ever at TWS, only to find some more gremlins with the car. I think I am going to pull the motor and remove the heads and look at the pistons as I think I have a few cracked ring lands. There is oil in places that there shouldn't be any. Then I still have to fix the fuel pickup issue. I'm probably going to sell this fuel tank and go for a custom Fuel Safe cell made for the 2000 cobra R. that is $2700 I don't want to spend so I may have to find a better solution. ugh.

Anyway, great showing from you. Expect to see great things from you in the future!

Watched the race 3 video. You are running your miata line through T11 into T10, same in T6 and T15. It worked ok but with a mustang it requires a little later entry and later apex so you can power out of the corner. It will come in time.

[Mach1]

pretty awesome. That car is going to be hard to beat when you get it dialed in good.

That's pretty cool, I'm digging the f-bodies. I had no clue there were race leagues out there like that, it's something I'd love to get into but probably can't afford.

Awesome job man! I was in Hot pit watching that battle with Craig and was jumpin' up and down a lot! Great racing action and proof that all the hard work has paid off.

I had a so so weekend with getting my fastest lap ever at TWS, only to find some more gremlins with the car. I think I am going to pull the motor and remove the heads and look at the pistons as I think I have a few cracked ring lands. There is oil in places that there shouldn't be any. Then I still have to fix the fuel pickup issue. I'm probably going to sell this fuel tank and go for a custom Fuel Safe cell made for the 2000 cobra R. that is $2700 I don't want to spend so I may have to find a better solution. ugh.

Anyway, great showing from you. Expect to see great things from you in the future!

Watched the race 3 video. You are running your miata line through T11 into T10, same in T6 and T15. It worked ok but with a mustang it requires a little later entry and later apex so you can power out of the corner. It will come in time.

Thanks Matt, I appreciate all of your advice along the way. My lines could have been changing throughout the race so I'm not sure that you got my "preferred" line, I was working on my trail braking into T11 so I did miss the apex a few times, same with T6.

Congrats on your fast lap, gremlins suck . That's big money for a fuel cell. Good luck with the beast!