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Click on pics for full size images.
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The old ITC Honda - where it all started. Built from scratch. 4 years, 32 races, one Divisional Championship, and one DNF (from stupidity) !
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The GT3 Porsche. Fast, fun, and expensive to race.
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And now for the ITA Toyota MR2
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All photos from Memphis - 3/24-25/2001
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Leading an ITS RX7 and a Spec-Miata. The RX7 had spun on the previous lap, but the Miata and I diced all day.
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Under hard braking, coming into turn 5
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Leading an ITA RX7. He was faster than me, then. We'll see about NOW!
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Turn in at 5. Daylight under the left front.
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Leading a Rabbit and a Honda! (OK, so what if they were ITB & ITC cars?)
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The view I want all my competitors to have!.
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See, it'll lift the right front, too!
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Things we learned this weekend (3/24-25/2001):
1) Don't fill up the right side engine air intake with an air cleaner after you take the fan out. It'll make the clutch hydraulics go away from the heat (it does recover when it cools, though).
2) It has plenty of brake cooling, stock - at least in 55 degree weather. The big brakes and ducts are going on for the summer, though. With Carbotech pads all-round, we never experienced the dreaded rear-wheel-lockup problem - and the braking power is awesome, even with the '86 rotors!
3) I'm gonn'a stiffen up the front bar, but ease up a bit on the front shock settings for the next time.
4) 195/55/14 Hoosiers are 2#, each, lighter than Kumho 205/55/14's - and the same diameter.
5) New, heat-cycled Hoosiers are about 3 seconds a lap faster (1:24 to 1:27) than 5 heat-cycle Kumhos.
6) Hoosiers do go away if you push them hard enough. They will also come back after a lap or 2.
7) Removing the cat and muffler, and replacing them with a 2.25" straight pipe was a good plan. Based on front straightaway acceleration against known cars, and the handy-dandy computer, I figure we picked up about 5 extra horsepower at the rear wheels.
8) It's no faster with the rear spoiler removed - in fact it may be a tad slower, at least on a high speed track.
9) I - and everybody else - was right. Hoosier Dirt Stockers are the cat's meow in the wet (I was kickin' an ITE Neon's butt in the wet, and he was about 3 sec./lap faster in the dry.) They also aren't worth a darn when it starts drying. I came in 3 laps after dry pavement started showing, and they had already scuffed noticeably.
Note: All the photos on the left courtesy of Gary Hays (8/41 -- 9/01). RIP, old friend.
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