AUTOXER - 2015 GT Autocross Build

[Dana Pants]

Mustangs with threatening auras

Your car elevates my heart rate. That looks so good.

Feel free to choose your own path, but the BMR comedy rear swaybar is one way to improve the handling issues of a big wing.

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[LightningGT350R]

Some more pics of the wang. Thanks to Black Tie Racefab for the mounts.

 

[LightningGT350R]

My quickest two runs from the Spring Nats Tour event in Lincoln. Both were 6th place runs out of 19 competitors. One of the answers I needed to provide YouTube was "Is this for kids? Now that I listen to my comments after the Day 2 run, maybe I shouldn't have answered yes to that question.
Day 2
https://youtu.be/8TVgiG2B1_o
Day 1
https://youtu.be/JvxUAPyVvZ4

 

[LightningGT350R]

Trying to reduce weight and make the car less enjoyable to street drive at the same time.

 

[LightningGT350R]

I ran a local event yesterday here in Denver. I ended up winning CAMC (out of 6) and finished 5th in PAX (989) out of 162 entries. Solostorm showed if I had put together a perfect lap I could have found another 6 tenths and had the 1000. Still happy with the result. Looking forward to the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup this week.

 

[Dana Pants]

That was an exciting lap. Good driving and the car looks like a hoot. Seems to have significantly more thrust than my stock GT motor. Good luck at the next events!

…. but as someone responsible for many courses at my club, having a pointer on every slalom cone causes me mental pain.

 

[Dallas J]

Trying to reduce weight and make the car less enjoyable to street drive at the same time.

Looks good. I did similar in the Evo when I was hunting for 2800lbs (factory 3250). What are you down to now?

Im still a porker at 3750, but with the handful of free things I have I should be 3675 at Packwood Tour/Pro. Starting with a loaded premium is nice on the street but rough for weight reduction.

 

[LightningGT350R]

Looks good. I did similar in the Evo when I was hunting for 2800lbs (factory 3250). What are you down to now?

I'm right around 3500 with a 1/4 tank. W/o me of course.

 

[Dallas J]

I'm right around 3500 with a 1/4 tank. W/o me of course.

Daaang, thats pretty good. FWIW, Jeff Wong's ZLE is ~3850 without driver and he's only running 305/19s. That dude is just dialed and definitely knows v8/rwd setup and driving better than me.

 

[LightningGT350R]

For the first time in several years I attended the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup autocross at Pikes Peak International Speedway. This will be one of the last events I'll get to attend at this venue as it's closing after this summer. Lots of great memories there, autocrossing, Track Attack events and and a Grid Life class win in my Shelby.

The course was great and there were some fast car/driver combos on hand. I was able to take FTD for the event even with a very messed driver's side rear camber setting due to a camber arm slipping.

 

[mavisky]

For the first time in several years I attended the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup autocross at Pikes Peak International Speedway. This will be one of the last events I'll get to attend at this venue as it's closing after this summer. Lots of great memories there, autocrossing, Track Attack events and and a Grid Life class win in my Shelby.

The course was great and there were some fast car/driver combos on hand. I was able to take FTD for the event even with a very messed driver's side rear camber setting due to a camber arm slipping.

Nice run. Looks like a fun fast course. Shame to see the venue go. They building a data center there like all the other closing tracks?

 

[LightningGT350R]

Nice run. Looks like a fun fast course. Shame to see the venue go. They building a data center there like all the other closing tracks?

The only info the track has shared is that it will be transformed for mixed use real estate.

 

[LightningGT350R]

Being that it always seems to rain in Lincoln I opted to replace my almost 5 year old Michelin PS4S's with some Conti ECS02's.

Other recent changes are lowering the front ride height and adding the carbon panel I've had for at least a year that extends the splitter to the front axle centerline as per CAM rules. Bumpstops should be here this week to ensure things don't get too low.

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