Haggard-hawk

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Yah I can't find any info on anyone actually using the Hydramat in a racing setting and my biggest concern is that it won't be able to move enough lph with only a corner submerged. It's also ludicrously expensive, but I figured a long and narrow sock would be able to span the plastic bowl in the tank and potentially help on long sweepers.
I haven't had any issues yet as far as I can tell, but if it happens in the future I'll probably go the surge tank route. Just gonna bring a couple 5gal cans to the track in the meantime lol.

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Did NJMP Lightning for the 2nd time yesterday. I think I was about 3s faster this time around. Still trying to work up my confidence there as turns 1 and 5 are terrifying.

Was really hoping for a sub 1:20 lap, but it never happened due to traffic in the first 2 sessions and oil-dry on the 3rd. I'll be back next month.





Also doing a HPDE at NJMP Thunderbolt tomorrow.

[JOATMON]

Hey, great in car camera action. Thanks for sharing. I had to look up HPDE. Maybe a pro instructor can help you. It looks like you're doing pretty damned good from my desk!
Nolan

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First time at Thunderbolt and it's already my favorite so far. Definitely my kind of track because it makes me want to drive like an ape lol, especially through turns 2, 3, and 4.



I had to cut my last session short because the car missed for a split second. I think it was from fuel starvation on the 3rd session since fueling, speak of the devil! Going to stop being a lazy ass and bring a gas can with me next time as a sump is not a project to embark on in the middle of race season.

Also, I need to find an easy way to get a harness in this car so I can put race seats back in (NJ doesn't allow race seats with stock belts apparently). I was sliding all over the place, even with the stock TA seat bladder thingies filled all the way up. Hawks has a really ugly and heavy looking harness bar, but it's more expensive than a cage which makes no sense to me. Might attempt to make something.

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Went back to NJMP Lightning on Wednesday and knocked off another 3s. Current PB is 1:18.436.



I think I finally got the brake balance right on this car. I swapped the front pads out for Powerstop Track Day pads and the rear end doesn't feel as squirrely at corner entry. I can actually trailbrake now! Definitely need tons more practice, but this is a start.

Also, I picked up a 4-point rollbar from S&W Racecars to put in over the winter. I need my Corbeau's back in the car as I'm sliding all over the place and NJ law won't allow race seats w/o a 5pt harness.

[JOATMON]

Great video. Cool bonus when the Golf lost it. Speedo glitch was strange, my Camaro used to pop a Speed sensor code every now and then but it fixed itself?
Nolan

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Great video. Cool bonus when the Golf lost it. Speedo glitch was strange, my Camaro used to pop a Speed sensor code every now and then but it fixed itself?
Nolan

The usb cable that was powering my HUD came loose and caused the speedo needle to bounce around. I should've secured it better before that session, my bad lol.

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I did 2 events at NJMP Thunderbolt in the past 2 weekends.

This first one was with NASA NE and although the instructor was great, they cut half of my sessions due a storm 10 miles away despite it being dry where we were. Also, the sessions were supposed to be 20min but were typically 15 or less. At $335 for entry and $60 for a membership, I think I can confidently say it's a bit of a ripoff. Traffic was also horrendous and the best I mustered was 3s slower than my old PB.

I signed up for a MoE HPDE on labor day to redeem myself and managed to chop 1.5s off of my old PB despite botching a couple sections. I will make a YT video soon with some cleaner driving from the session after, but here's the 1:36.75 lap. I do feel that it is capable of a 1:35 under the right circumstances.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QDO...wGUeMv/preview

I'm also trying out Harry's Lap Timer for the first time which is pretty rad, although the interface sucks lol.

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[JOATMON]

Hey, The video comes up but won't play? BTW, Thanks for keeping this forum alive with your posts. I'll attempt to post more updates on my truck project and some updates on my Camaro when it gets cooler. The weather has been so miserable, hot as hell and rain every day for months.
Nolan

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Link working now? The drive player doesn't want to embed for some reason