Eagles Canyon Toys for Tots

[goofygrin]

use vimeo.com. They'll allow you to post the longer videos in higher quality than ewwtube.

[Nails]

Great weather, great company, great times! It was a veritable who's who of dfwmiata out there today. As usual, I failed to get any usable video. I even borrowed NC Eunos' camera and it wouldn't work either! Ironic since I used to be a professional cameraman. Then to add insult to injury, I spun again in front of Jeffman but he didn't have his shiny new GoPro Hero HD set up so we missed that too. It was the very first session of the day and the track was slicker than owl shit on a wet rock. I did however, get some stills and will be posting them tonite or tomorrow, likely the latter since I'm tired.

[SirHustlerEsq]

I've not pulled the data logs, but I was hitting an indicated 124+ on the long straight.

I know the feeling, and no aero. I had to lead and follow and the backstretch was really bumpy. Half way through 5th gear, it felt like the rear was squatting, but the front was lifting and the bumps went away, lol. That track is tough for me because I'm a pussy, and I have to brake before the crest in 3 and 8. Time to man up.

[SirHustlerEsq]

me and tray where driving the hurt train last section, it ended way to soon =(

That could have been much better, no thanks to me. The 3rd session of the day was awesome in my car. I have to learn how to deal with braking over the crests in 3 and 8.

[SirHustlerEsq]

Great weather, great company, great times! It was a veritable who's who of dfwmiata out there today. As usual, I failed to get any usable video. I even borrowed NC Eunos' camera and it wouldn't work either! Ironic since I used to be a professional cameraman. Then to add insult to injury, I spun again in front of Jeffman but he didn't have his shiny new GoPro Hero HD set up so we missed that too. It was the very first session of the day and the track was slicker than owl shit on a wet rock. I did however, get some stills and will be posting them tonite or tomorrow, likely the latter since I'm tired.

Make sure and photoshop 6ULs on my car...I think I'm done with the skinnies. However, it had to be great to see a green miata with a big dent, skinny, heinous wheels screwed up with brake dust and brake-fluid shoe prints. lol

The best part of the day...I never had to put a wrench on the car. The powerplant was flawless. John Day builds a hell of a motor, Tim Fodor builds great hot-parts, and Trey is a badass tuner for simple engine management.

[goofygrin]

That track is tough for me because I'm a pussy, and I have to brake before the crest in 3 and 8. Time to man up.

The 3-4-5 combo is pretty tough for me. I realized today that you can take 4 VERY VERY fast if you have bike like cojones.

Those guys (and gals) on the bikes are nuts! Give me a cage any day!

[SirHustlerEsq]

The 3-4-5 combo is pretty tough for me. I realized today that you can take 4 VERY VERY fast if you have bike like cojones.

Those guys (and gals) on the bikes are nuts! Give me a cage any day!

well, half the damn Dunlop team was out today, of course they're horrifically fast. Seriously, those guys are men, I'm a boy.

I had no problem hustling out of 3 to 4 and 5 (extreme fun), however you probably had much more grip than me. Breaking over the crests is really scary because my car unloads over the hill, so I have to brake into the crest, drop pressure, then reapply. I also boiled the fluid again. Next time I see the track I'll have the big rubber and Wilwoods on. So much for using up my old stuff.

[goofygrin]

What fluid are you using? I've got to stop 3400# + me and I didn't boil today. In fact, I've not boiled since I switched to the Endless RF650 crack.

[SirHustlerEsq]

What fluid are you using? I've got to stop 3400# + me and I didn't boil today. In fact, I've not boiled since I switched to the Endless RF650 crack.

ATE Blue. I was also braking too little, too long. User error. I'd like to use the ATE because its half the price of Motul, but that may not work out.


3400lb, omg!

[altiain]

ATE is girly fluid. Man up and buy Motul or Sean's JDM stuff.

I had a lot of fun out there today! It was kid of crazy with over 100 cars and bikes total, but it was good to see plenty of people from this board.

The best I could muster today was a 2:11.84, according to the datalog. Fastest lap in each afternoon session was the 2nd lap, and times just kept slowing from there. I guess after 11 heat cycles my R888s are toast. Still not corded though...

with RaceChrono data overlay.

[goofygrin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODKGNLTbVo Looking at the frames, it's a 2:05.3ish.

The only clean lap I got on video. It was in the 2nd session, before I'd received some instruction. The lines are pretty bad through here. The third session is all traffic and oil. The fourth session I didn't feel all that good about my line and the camera was full (I should have swapped cards) so I don't have any times.

[Nails]

Very cool videos. Fun to watch and interesting to see how you guys get smoother, faster, and better than videos from earlier dates.

Altiain, you need to adjust the gain on your camera. I had to set my monitor to full bright/contrast to see it.

Goofygrin, glad you weren't knocking cans! I remember pointing you by once and not seeing you for very long.

[Nails]

Here's some of the pics I took today. Feel free to use them if you want. PM me if you want an original file.

[BenRomans04]

wow i have about 12gb of video to sort. converting last run of the day seeing as the whole this was good. need to get the clip of ben blocking the 911 so i could double pass.

I wasn't blocking I was trying to pass the ding dong in the renult.

So I learned a few things this weekend:

1. I'm still not faster then NC's
2. There wasn't a car on track I could pass it the straight without them lifting....even the miata's.
3. Jeff doesn't like me and tried to kill me pulling out of the pit. REALLY WISH I WAS RUNNING VIDEO THIS WEEKEND.

[SirHustlerEsq]

glory:

lol

I need to get those 6ULs on.

[ken o]

Good day. Weather cleared at about 11 and was perfect afternoon. Track was crowded so quick laps without traffic were rare. The last session was good but my tires gave it up, 2 are corded. Best lap for the day was 2:05.4. I will post video later. Last night I ate, washed car, went to bed. Damn I am an old man. I weekend at the track and I am done. I think I did about 15 sessions this weekend with the lead/follow and my sessions.

[BenRomans04]

It was fun being able to run with everyone at the end. Gave Mick a little run for his money and was all over another red miata, sorry I forgot your name, but just couldn't get the pass on him. Plus I had a passanger in the ca so that hurt a little too. All in all a little crazy of a weekend, but still a great time.

[SirHustlerEsq]

Whoever was in the red NA on 99 wheels was driving the shit out of that car in the last session with John and I behind you in the turbo green car. John and I both commented simutaneously on this going into #9 behind you, lol.

[BenRomans04]

Whoever was in the red NA on 99 wheels was driving the shit out of that car in the last session with John and I behind you in the turbo green car. John and I both commented simutaneously on this going into #9 behind you, lol.

I think that was Mick.

[POS Racing]

Whoever was in the red NA on 99 wheels was driving the shit out of that car in the last session with John and I behind you in the turbo green car. John and I both commented simutaneously on this going into #9 behind you, lol.

That would be me!

I'm glad Gary took off before I could ask him about the price of a supercharger kit for the car, all I needed was 90-100 more horsepower, the straightaways were a bit long in my all stock Miata.... But the cruise control helped.

Had a great time and it was really nice to meet many of you that I had only read about on the interweb!