The Autobahn at last!
Autobahn country club that is…
Earlier this year, we missed the Redline Time Attack event at our home track, Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL. This left us rather disgruntled, but we promised ourselves we would hit the track at least once before the end of the year. We made good on our promise, and made it out for one of the last high speed autocrosses of the year. Organized by the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs, we managed to squeeze out a second place finish. The team was rather happy with this considering we were still facing numerous tuning issues. Here is a breakdown from team manager, Adam K.
“Hey guys.
We took the STi to Autobahn Country Club Race track this weekend for a high speed autoX. Basically standing start HOT lap, and a fly by finish at the finish line. Pretty fun…great competition.
Well…..we had some issues. After tooling around with the ECU and figuring out why its not regulating boost correctly a light was shined down on us through the gloomy clouds.
We ran the waste-gate with the stock spring set at 1.2 BAR, instead of using the faulty boost controller which was supposed to be set @ 1.8 BAR. Instead the boost controller would randomly let the turbo go as far as it can. 2.2 BAR+ (not fun/good)
With a nice steady boost delivery we focused more on the driving. We were able to knock out lap times that were basically just as fast, if not faster faster than our competition did at Red Line Time Attack at the same track 2 months ago. We should be very competitive in the up coming season if we keep this up.
Overall a great learning experience and yet another track day to further prepare us for Redline Time Attack next season. We want this car to be more than bullet proof.
BTW our Ghetto lip is a new test in progress. ha ha…it turned out pretty good with lots of grip. We basically lowered it by about 3 inches to see how it would react. It did very well and we will make a nice non duct tape version of it.
Also front overfenders were finally painted and rear overfenders will be going on as well. Updates soon.
Thanks for looking…videos coming soon.
Adam@THM”
All in all a great weekend for the team, and something that really gives us alot of motivation going into next season. Once again, we want to thank all our sponsors this year. If it wasn’t for all your help, this year would never have been possible.
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