Project Lex (92 Royal Jade SC300)
09-10-15, 03:11 PM
#617
BIR - Brainerd International Raceway.
MAPerformance hosting their event called Proving Grounds, weekend long event. I'm working the tent selling the official gear, and hopefully get a handful of passes in between selling stuff. Cool event, all sorts of racing. Drag, Auto-X, drift, road coarse. I'll just be doing drag..
http://brainerdraceway.com/map-proving-grounds/
MAPerformance hosting their event called Proving Grounds, weekend long event. I'm working the tent selling the official gear, and hopefully get a handful of passes in between selling stuff. Cool event, all sorts of racing. Drag, Auto-X, drift, road coarse. I'll just be doing drag..
http://brainerdraceway.com/map-proving-grounds/
09-11-15, 11:39 PM
#618
11.6 @ 131 mph, 2nd run (best run) in this car.
Real happy with the trap. 60' needs work, been spoiled with awd in the past. RWD feels like a different animal. Either way still happy with mid 11's.
Also car is at 3460lbs street form. Down to about 3300 in track form with stuff removed.
Real happy with the trap. 60' needs work, been spoiled with awd in the past. RWD feels like a different animal. Either way still happy with mid 11's.
Also car is at 3460lbs street form. Down to about 3300 in track form with stuff removed.
09-14-15, 09:26 AM
#621
Back from BIR. Overall I think a very successful first track visit in this car. It wasn't perfect. I have a lot of learning to do when it comes to launching this car, my best 60' of the day was a 2.1.
My goal was really to just make some nice clean passes in the car. I was expecting 12's and 125 traps. I surpassed that with a best of 11.6 @ 131. If I can get that 2.1 down to say a 1.8 which I think is a very achievable goal, I'd be knocking on the door of 10's. And also getting the setup from it's current 20psi setting up to 30psi, I think my traps will be in the upper 130's. This will put it pretty much exactly where I had my old Talon at which was my end goal of this entire build. Similar power / track time as the Talon, but in a vehicle that is much more comfy / quiet / old man friendly / sleeper-ish.
Break down on how it went.
First "thing" that happened was we ****ed up the front lip taking it off the trailer. That was super sucky, but it sort of fell back in place fine so it's not so bad. maybe I'll just get some carbon fiber band-aid stickers or something as a funny fix.
First pass was a 12.1 @ 127.5 with a 2.2 60'. This was in full street form (even still had the sub in the trunk). Car weighed in at 3460lbs. Launch was horrible, lots of wheel hop, NT05r's still at 30psi.
Second pass was an 11.6 @ 131.3 with a 2.1 60'. I removed a bunch of weight for this. Pass seat, sub/amp from trunk, all trunk carpet, rear seats all came out. Car weighed in at 3320lbs. This was my best pass of the day. Launch was a hair better, I had lowered the rear tires down to 20psi. The weight reduction had an awesome effect on the trap.
Third pass was an 11.7 @ 131.8 with a 2.2 60'. I removed the entire exhaust from the downpipe back. You can tell in the video it is significantly louder. It's stainless so I bet removing this put me under 3300lbs, unfortunately the scale was closed at that time so I didn't get to re-weigh it. I'd guess probably a good 40lbs was removed though, so probably right around 3280lbs would be my guess. I thought the reduction would have had a bigger impact on my trap, but I gained almost a mph with it. I put the tires down to 18psi. Lots of wheel hop again. Still was happy that I was able to basically duplicate the previous run. This was the end of Friday nights fun.
Fourth pass was the next day, Saturday afternoon. 2.4 60', but then you can see in the video this is where the car broke on the 3-4 shift. This ended my racing for the event, threw it on the trailer and called it quits.
I'm still not sure what exactly broke, but the symptoms are that the clutch basically no longer disengages the tranny from the motor. Everything feels right when you push the clutch. You can see the slave is pushing the fork just like it should. It just doesn't do anything. If you have the car in say 2nd gear and are driving around at 3k rpm, you should be able to push the clutch in and the tranny disengages, the rpm's drop to idle speed. My car right now, that same scenario you press the clutch in and the car just stays at 3krpm, the tranny is still engaged like you didn't press the clutch at all. But like I said above, clutch pedal feels normal. So the one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps the clutch fused to the flywheel?
Car will put in the garage and stored for winter early. So I guess I'll get a head start on this winters upgrades, which now also includes having to get this beast of a tranny off which I'm not looking forward to.
All in all though, I was really happy with the car. The car felt strong and I felt safe and comfy in it. If that is what truly happened, then I'd say the car actually held together well as this isn't so much something that broke, but 2 parts the decided to just get stuck together.
Here's a video of the 4 passes in order taken from inside the car. Also a few pics I snapped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcPb...ature=youtu.be
[youtube]tcPbRghQoQ0[/youtube]
My goal was really to just make some nice clean passes in the car. I was expecting 12's and 125 traps. I surpassed that with a best of 11.6 @ 131. If I can get that 2.1 down to say a 1.8 which I think is a very achievable goal, I'd be knocking on the door of 10's. And also getting the setup from it's current 20psi setting up to 30psi, I think my traps will be in the upper 130's. This will put it pretty much exactly where I had my old Talon at which was my end goal of this entire build. Similar power / track time as the Talon, but in a vehicle that is much more comfy / quiet / old man friendly / sleeper-ish.
Break down on how it went.
First "thing" that happened was we ****ed up the front lip taking it off the trailer. That was super sucky, but it sort of fell back in place fine so it's not so bad. maybe I'll just get some carbon fiber band-aid stickers or something as a funny fix.
First pass was a 12.1 @ 127.5 with a 2.2 60'. This was in full street form (even still had the sub in the trunk). Car weighed in at 3460lbs. Launch was horrible, lots of wheel hop, NT05r's still at 30psi.
Second pass was an 11.6 @ 131.3 with a 2.1 60'. I removed a bunch of weight for this. Pass seat, sub/amp from trunk, all trunk carpet, rear seats all came out. Car weighed in at 3320lbs. This was my best pass of the day. Launch was a hair better, I had lowered the rear tires down to 20psi. The weight reduction had an awesome effect on the trap.
Third pass was an 11.7 @ 131.8 with a 2.2 60'. I removed the entire exhaust from the downpipe back. You can tell in the video it is significantly louder. It's stainless so I bet removing this put me under 3300lbs, unfortunately the scale was closed at that time so I didn't get to re-weigh it. I'd guess probably a good 40lbs was removed though, so probably right around 3280lbs would be my guess. I thought the reduction would have had a bigger impact on my trap, but I gained almost a mph with it. I put the tires down to 18psi. Lots of wheel hop again. Still was happy that I was able to basically duplicate the previous run. This was the end of Friday nights fun.
Fourth pass was the next day, Saturday afternoon. 2.4 60', but then you can see in the video this is where the car broke on the 3-4 shift. This ended my racing for the event, threw it on the trailer and called it quits.
I'm still not sure what exactly broke, but the symptoms are that the clutch basically no longer disengages the tranny from the motor. Everything feels right when you push the clutch. You can see the slave is pushing the fork just like it should. It just doesn't do anything. If you have the car in say 2nd gear and are driving around at 3k rpm, you should be able to push the clutch in and the tranny disengages, the rpm's drop to idle speed. My car right now, that same scenario you press the clutch in and the car just stays at 3krpm, the tranny is still engaged like you didn't press the clutch at all. But like I said above, clutch pedal feels normal. So the one thing that comes to my mind is perhaps the clutch fused to the flywheel?
Car will put in the garage and stored for winter early. So I guess I'll get a head start on this winters upgrades, which now also includes having to get this beast of a tranny off which I'm not looking forward to.
All in all though, I was really happy with the car. The car felt strong and I felt safe and comfy in it. If that is what truly happened, then I'd say the car actually held together well as this isn't so much something that broke, but 2 parts the decided to just get stuck together.
Here's a video of the 4 passes in order taken from inside the car. Also a few pics I snapped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcPb...ature=youtu.be
[youtube]tcPbRghQoQ0[/youtube]
09-21-15, 09:45 AM
#622
09-21-15, 11:00 AM
#623
OP - do you by chance have a side view picture of your car ? I wanted to see how level is the bottom of the Wise lip with the stock side skirts . Are they level or the bottom part of the lip is lower. I was considering getting a polyurethane version of that WS Style Lip since fiberglass wont last a week with me .
And what rear lip did you use ? thanks...
And what rear lip did you use ? thanks...
Last edited by gerrb; 09-21-15 at 11:05 AM.
09-21-15, 01:19 PM
#624
I'll take a look at what I have for pics. But I will say the front lip does sit lower than the side skirts. It bothered me at first when I saw it in other peoples pictures, but I actually ended up really liking how it looks with the 97 skirts. I do not personally like how it looks with the 92 style sides, looks way too off balance with the front lip so low and basically no side skirts. But think it looks great with the 97 sides.
The rear lip is one of those Rideskinz Fujin replica's, poly. Not the easiest lip to work with, not sure I'd recommend it.
It's kind of dumb because the only front lip I liked was fiberglass, and the rear lip I liked was urethane, completely backwards from what I'd prefer for material! If you find this front lip in urethane, let me know where you get one! It sucks I cracked it, but honestly when I put it on I knew it was just a matter of time being that it's fiberglass. Really wish I could find a nice urethane one.
The rear lip is one of those Rideskinz Fujin replica's, poly. Not the easiest lip to work with, not sure I'd recommend it.
It's kind of dumb because the only front lip I liked was fiberglass, and the rear lip I liked was urethane, completely backwards from what I'd prefer for material! If you find this front lip in urethane, let me know where you get one! It sucks I cracked it, but honestly when I put it on I knew it was just a matter of time being that it's fiberglass. Really wish I could find a nice urethane one.
09-21-15, 01:44 PM
#625
I'll take a look at what I have for pics. But I will say the front lip does sit lower than the side skirts. It bothered me at first when I saw it in other peoples pictures, but I actually ended up really liking how it looks with the 97 skirts. I do not personally like how it looks with the 92 style sides, looks way too off balance with the front lip so low and basically no side skirts. But think it looks great with the 97 sides.
The rear lip is one of those Rideskinz Fujin replica's, poly. Not the easiest lip to work with, not sure I'd recommend it.
It's kind of dumb because the only front lip I liked was fiberglass, and the rear lip I liked was urethane, completely backwards from what I'd prefer for material! If you find this front lip in urethane, let me know where you get one! It sucks I cracked it, but honestly when I put it on I knew it was just a matter of time being that it's fiberglass. Really wish I could find a nice urethane one.
The rear lip is one of those Rideskinz Fujin replica's, poly. Not the easiest lip to work with, not sure I'd recommend it.
It's kind of dumb because the only front lip I liked was fiberglass, and the rear lip I liked was urethane, completely backwards from what I'd prefer for material! If you find this front lip in urethane, let me know where you get one! It sucks I cracked it, but honestly when I put it on I knew it was just a matter of time being that it's fiberglass. Really wish I could find a nice urethane one.
01-04-16, 01:43 PM
#628
Minor updates. Added some engine bay dress up.
CF air dam covers I designed and had made from 1.5mm thick Matte CF. Also a Spark plug cover I designed and had made, also from 1.5mm Matte CF. I like how the plug cover turned out. Seemed like a nice cheaper alternative than paying hundreds of dollars for some used GTE valve covers, plus pay to coat them, plus pay hundreds for a used GTE plastic plug cover. There's things I could have done to make it look nicer, but my goal was to keep it simple and cheap. Really happy with it!
CF air dam covers I designed and had made from 1.5mm thick Matte CF. Also a Spark plug cover I designed and had made, also from 1.5mm Matte CF. I like how the plug cover turned out. Seemed like a nice cheaper alternative than paying hundreds of dollars for some used GTE valve covers, plus pay to coat them, plus pay hundreds for a used GTE plastic plug cover. There's things I could have done to make it look nicer, but my goal was to keep it simple and cheap. Really happy with it!
01-11-16, 01:00 PM
#629
Wow, I like that and not because it's carbon fiber, I just like how it closes those holes up and gets rid of the dirty trashy looking shade tree mechanic tool tray in front of the radiator.
01-12-16, 09:34 AM
#630
Thanks man. And yeah only reason I did CF was because it doesn't weight anything. I chose Matte over gloss to try and keep it clean rather than fancy/bling. And I'm still really happy with how this simple little spark plug cover really cleans up the look compared to just a bare GE valve cover / spark cover arrangement. And of course, it was all pretty cheap being that it's just cut from 1.5mm thick CF sheet.
