Sunday, July 29, 2007

A clean and newly waxed car!

Saturday, July 21, 2007



















Me and Tim went to Infineon Raceway today for some autocrossing.
Had a very good time there. The car is really good now with the new sway-bars, tires and alignment.
However I had no chance against the 914s and new corvettes. They go like crazy.
There were two Porsche 914 there, modified for autoxing. They are like go-carts, nothing beats them except perhaps an Ariel atom or similar.
I think I beat all the 996&997s though (GT3s and Turbos). Feel a bit proud.
But Tim beat me with his insane viper. :-(

There was a Ferrari F430 challenge and a bunch of orange GT3 RSs there for a track day.
Kip as there as well, saw him pass everyone on the track but couldn't find him in the paddock.
There were 40 autox cars and ~100 cars doing track. A big mess of cars basically.
Pictures later.

Friday, July 06, 2007


Next even is:

GGR Driver's Ed/Time Trial #4, 2007
PCA - Golden Gate - Track Events
Saturday Aug 4 - Sunday Aug 5, 2007
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA

http://www.thunderhill.com/

Finally got new tires on the car and had alignment done at the same time.
Found a good shop down in Mountain view, http://www.customalignment.com/
The new tires are Michelin Pilot Sport 2. Feels much more comfortable and way more grip, the old ones were stiff and had lousy grip.

Amazing difference with the new tires and a properly aligned car. Before I had a nervous car at high speed (due to toe!).
Now it's rock solid, I can let go of the wheel at 80 mph.
Added some camber as well, will see how much that will eat my tires :-)

Have attached the alignment report.

So now I'm just waiting for the finger to be alright again so I can drive properly.

It's impossible to drive with 1.5 hands!