murphyslaww
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***Changed the name. This won't really run in F-Street at all. ***
***I'm going to probably run in CAM-C for the rest of the year and wait for parts selection to get a bit more solid, and tire situations to iron themselves out. There are few coil-over options right now and tire sizing with multiple new models of tires has been interesting to say the least.***
Picked up my Non-PP, Base GT last Saturday. Autocrossed it in the rain on Sunday at Circuit of the America's. (parking lot)
Adding a pertinent notes list to this page so people don't have to scroll thru everything to find interesting info.
Stock numbers:
Mods:
Magnaflow Competition catback
Wheel/Tire/suspension
Planned Mods
performance tuner
Intake
strut bar
K Member brace
MCS coilovers, probably S/A
Vorshlag camber plates
lighter wheels ? (can probably drop 6-8 lbs per corner not sure how important this is)
Ford subframe w/upgraded bushings pre-installed. (a steal at $995.00)
I decided on a stripped model, as I'd like to do what people do with Mustangs, spend some time upgrading it, so I picked it up as cheap as I could get it, and light as I could get it. Even stripped, it is by far the most advanced and luxurious vehicle I've ever had.
I've been Autocrossing since 2008, when I picked up an 08' Subaru WRX. I fiddled with it for a few years until the bumper to bumper was up, then in 2012 started taking it seriously and moved it to STX class, and started having some success. Multiple economic calamities stopped that season mid-year.
Now that I'm in a pretty good job, and wife is out of school and we're a two income family I'm going to take Solo seriously for a few years, and move my way up from F-Street, possibly to STU, then to ESP.
.
Pics at the COTA auto-x last time it will be totally stock:
This weekend, I'll be getting a corner scale weight on it before changing tires, exhaust for those that are interested in seeing what a bone stock GT weighs.
I'll be taking off the pirelli's and throwing on 255/35-18 Dunlop Starspec Z2's, frankly, because that is all TireRack had that even remotely made sense. There is a real shortage of Auto-x tires right now for street classes for some reason, or I would have picked up 265/40-18s. Since it's a base, non-PP, I'm stuck with 8" wheels as a max width by rules and I think 265's is probably the largest I should go. There is a 35mm Eibach front sway coming as well.
I'll also be installing the Magnaflow Competition cat-back I picked up.
ESP will come later in the year when there is more suspension selection, and Vorshlag Motorsports is done with their first run of S550 Camber plates.
Sometime in the near future, I'll also try to get it on a dyno for a semi-baseline. I hear the exhaust gives some significant gains, so it won't be a true baseline.
crappy video of my final run. I need to bring the camera inside the car. I coned away pretty close to mid-pack in the X-Pro/Pax class, but it was wet, so it doesn't really tell me how the car will be yet. It felt pretty solid though. I didn't have traction control all the way off, as I didn't know about the 7 second hold to totally turn it off. I doubt I would have been much faster with it all the way off given the conditions and my unfamiliarity with the car.
[ame]
Beginning of March, we have our next event at Harris Hill Road, a local race track. Those are usually a hoot and will probably be a 70-80 second course compared to the 35 second course in the vid there. Hopefully it will be dry.
started a weight sheet, but haven't figured out how to embed it here yet. Some of the weights are still guesses. Here's a pic.
***I'm going to probably run in CAM-C for the rest of the year and wait for parts selection to get a bit more solid, and tire situations to iron themselves out. There are few coil-over options right now and tire sizing with multiple new models of tires has been interesting to say the least.***
Picked up my Non-PP, Base GT last Saturday. Autocrossed it in the rain on Sunday at Circuit of the America's. (parking lot)
Adding a pertinent notes list to this page so people don't have to scroll thru everything to find interesting info.
Stock numbers:
- Initial weight - 3,593 lbs with almost zero fuel, trunk junk out
- Stock Front Bar - 32mm
- Stock rear Bar - 21.7mm
- Stock exhaust - 2.5 inch
- Stock exhaust tips - 3.5 inch
- Stock Front Sway - 13.8lbs
- Stock exhaust weight - 72lbs should know by 2/28
- Stock 18x8" Wheel weight - 56lbs with Pirelli 235/50-18's
- Stock Power output - Didn't get done.
- Stock Battery Weight - 31.3 lbs (from someone elses weight)
- plastic undercarriage pieces and connectors - 7.0lbs
- Stock front strut - 18.8lbs
Mods:
Magnaflow Competition catback
- Exhaust weight - 51 lbs
- Tubing diameter - 3 inch
- Tip Diameter - 4.5 inch
- Power increase - ? Not sure when this will happen. Sometime after 3/1
Wheel/Tire/suspension
- SVE Drift 19x9.5 - Flat black - 26.8 lbs
- Eibach 35mm front Sway - 17.0 lbs
- Front strut with Eibach sportlines and maximum motorsports camber plates - 20lbs.
- SVE 19x9.5 drifts w/ 295/35-19 Hoosier A6 - 51.2lbs
Planned Mods
performance tuner
Intake
strut bar
K Member brace
MCS coilovers, probably S/A
Vorshlag camber plates
lighter wheels ? (can probably drop 6-8 lbs per corner not sure how important this is)
Ford subframe w/upgraded bushings pre-installed. (a steal at $995.00)
I decided on a stripped model, as I'd like to do what people do with Mustangs, spend some time upgrading it, so I picked it up as cheap as I could get it, and light as I could get it. Even stripped, it is by far the most advanced and luxurious vehicle I've ever had.
I've been Autocrossing since 2008, when I picked up an 08' Subaru WRX. I fiddled with it for a few years until the bumper to bumper was up, then in 2012 started taking it seriously and moved it to STX class, and started having some success. Multiple economic calamities stopped that season mid-year.
Now that I'm in a pretty good job, and wife is out of school and we're a two income family I'm going to take Solo seriously for a few years, and move my way up from F-Street, possibly to STU, then to ESP.
.
Pics at the COTA auto-x last time it will be totally stock:
This weekend, I'll be getting a corner scale weight on it before changing tires, exhaust for those that are interested in seeing what a bone stock GT weighs.
I'll be taking off the pirelli's and throwing on 255/35-18 Dunlop Starspec Z2's, frankly, because that is all TireRack had that even remotely made sense. There is a real shortage of Auto-x tires right now for street classes for some reason, or I would have picked up 265/40-18s. Since it's a base, non-PP, I'm stuck with 8" wheels as a max width by rules and I think 265's is probably the largest I should go. There is a 35mm Eibach front sway coming as well.
I'll also be installing the Magnaflow Competition cat-back I picked up.
ESP will come later in the year when there is more suspension selection, and Vorshlag Motorsports is done with their first run of S550 Camber plates.
Sometime in the near future, I'll also try to get it on a dyno for a semi-baseline. I hear the exhaust gives some significant gains, so it won't be a true baseline.
crappy video of my final run. I need to bring the camera inside the car. I coned away pretty close to mid-pack in the X-Pro/Pax class, but it was wet, so it doesn't really tell me how the car will be yet. It felt pretty solid though. I didn't have traction control all the way off, as I didn't know about the 7 second hold to totally turn it off. I doubt I would have been much faster with it all the way off given the conditions and my unfamiliarity with the car.
[ame]
Beginning of March, we have our next event at Harris Hill Road, a local race track. Those are usually a hoot and will probably be a 70-80 second course compared to the 35 second course in the vid there. Hopefully it will be dry.
started a weight sheet, but haven't figured out how to embed it here yet. Some of the weights are still guesses. Here's a pic.
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