Best Day I've Had in a Long Time and I have to "Blow My Horn" about it a bit.

At the test day there was only 15 cars there, 3 Nascars, a couple Corvettes, a brand new Superformance Cobra Daytona (freekin’ beautiful).

The first session - Julian drove slow, had to re-bed in the brake pads & rotors. The transmission worked flawlessly , I was ecstatic .
The bottom of the car was hitting the track though, 2 turns on the rear coilovers solved that.
Nothing fell off, nothing leaked.

Second session, Julian went out to really drive the car, ran 5 laps and I pulled him in for tire temps & pressures. He went back out and turned a 1:56.

Third session, Julian said “Your turn” , I went out 1 lap and said “the gears aren’t the right ratio but OK, there’s way too much front brake bias” , Pulled in. adjusted the brakes. Went back out and turned a 1:53.
This car is “Crap your pants “ fast and it’s not even close to being setup right yet.

In our SCCA track events, the Performance Driving Experience cars are not timed, the Club Trials cars (Corvettes, Ferrari, etc. street cars) are running for the fastest time and so are the Time Trials cars ( Race prepped Z06’s, open wheel cars, vintage Nascar’s etc). The fastest lap set by any of the cars including a new ZR1 is 1:53.

On my 3rd lap, I ran a 1:49 on 10 year old, rock hard tires. On my 4th lap I started to laugh and still haven’t stopped.

Julian did session 4. The track manager, John came buy. He’s an ex- Indycar and TransAm driver and car builder. He said, the way the car is running with zero problems is a testament to your build, this doesn’t happen very often.. Made me feel damn good.

At lunchtime the 14 other cars packed up and split, John said, well, the track is your’s for the rest of the day, go out anytime you want.

Session 5, Julian (who’s in good shape) said, damn this car beats you up.

John came back by and said to me, In September, a San Francisco Lamborghini dealer is bring a couple truckloads of Lambos here for his customers to drive and I need some pro instructors, we’ll pay you to be here.
Yea, I’ll do dat.

The only pain was Julian’s hauler, you need a step ladder to get in the thing.

And Julian says I’ll be driving the car again.

Hell of a Day.

Attach file:

---

  2006-02-27 18-49-54_0001.JPG (0.00 KB)


  2006-02-27 19-06-50_0002.JPG (0.00 KB)


  2006-02-27 19-16-39_0005.JPG (0.00 KB)

Cool deal, Bill.

Atta boy Bill......what is the track record and who set it..?

Quote:

Set by my buddy Pete, a good driver in that Porsche RSR GT 4.0, the one I posted about that's a street version of the 24 Hours of Lemans car.

If I can tweek the Atlantic, it will be 8-10 seconds faster and that's huge.

cool!!!

I really want to paint the car..........

You sure know your stuff, Bill. Congrats on the accomplishment.

Quote:

Really, thanks guys, I'm going to be on cloud 9 for a week.

A bit of sweet sounds:



Julian on track:

Bravo, Bill - fantastic!

Very hip man!

Very Cool indeed!!! The one advantage to the current paint scheme is that there is no need for a number or hash marks!

Glad you are enjoying this car so much!

That looks like a boat load of fun! Congrats!

Very awesome Bill, Congrats!!!!

Bill, you were doing all that engine tuning with no hearing protection..........Hey did you hear me!

She sounds sweet running there. Wish it had been running while I was out there.

Quote:

It does have a muffler and I was only blipping it to 4k which isn't much for this car.

It's fairly quiet compared to some cars.

But does sound sweet at 10,000.

Quote:

Sounds even better when your head is a foot away from the motor and you're yanking on the shifter.

Wow that's awesome. i can't see the videos (blocked where I am now) but I will watch them later. I really need to try an open wheel car at some point. I just don't know if they make them big enough to fit 6'4" dudes...

Let me know if you need help with the Lambo guys

Quote:

Julian's 6 something and 200 lbs.

Most production car drivers when they first drive one just say...WOW!

Very cool!

Wonderful to see you being recognized for the driver/builder you are Bill!

Thanks guys.

This car isn't easy to drive on the limit, your reactions must be way faster than in a production car. The steering is 3/4 of a turn lock to lock, you're braking at the 1 marker rather than before the 3 marker like you would do in a C5/6. And the spring rate just jars your teeth.

Unbelievably fun though.

Like your signature implies. . . .

Quote:

U betcha