Thanks!
It was a bit of a gamble. I actually took some inspiration from my absolute dream car:
Thank you! I don't think we want to go as far as Dr. Honey Badger because we all know the honey badger just don't care. Not a great philosophy for a doctor! :lol:
I find this to be a big drawback of the 'modern' buckle. With the buckles of the 80's you could really cinch yourself down tight, cut off blood flow to the legs if you wanted
, for just these sort of shenanigans 
That is wallpaper worthy! :clap2:The Hiatus is over! First really driving the car since Oct and it was for a beautiful winter track day here in the PNW at the Ridge Motorsports Park.
TBH, it started out a bit rough. 43 degrees and worn out MPSS are damn near playing with fire. Luckily I didn't have a spin, but with the cold temps, end of life tires, and lack of track time, my driving was FUBAR. Took me a few sessions to re-calibrate myself and really start to trust the car (vs. thinking my driving was causing me to slide around - who knew!). I always overthink and worry the first few sessions after I take things apart - especially suspension and brakes
Once things warmed up and I got readjusted, we were moving. New PB of 1:57.34 WITH a passenger. We were on track for a 1:56.62 until the second to last turn when I caught up to traffic. A keen eye will notice I am working the wheel and throttle/brakes quite a bit more than previous days at the Ridge. I spent most of the working on braking later and being smoother on the transition to gas. Happy to say that I spent a good time playing with the oversteer/understeer limit in the Carousel (turn 8, long high speed sweeper), and swinging the rear end using some trail breaking. I also discovered I needed to be turning in more quickly (turning the wheel more deliberately - not earlier). I've found I have a tendency to be a bit too smooth/slow on steering wheel inputs and a bit early to throttle.
Thoughts on R front splitter: Holy shit! I've been running a rear wing for 10 track days now, but this was my first day with the R splitter. I couldn't believe how much more balanced the car felt. I mean, I knew it would make a difference, but damn. Still bigger than I expected.
I struggled with a bit high speed understeer (60+ mph) with just the wing. Car feels so much more planted now. So bummed I waited so long. Anyways - some video and really beautiful pics!
Actually 3 more weeks if you run with Chin Motorsports March 10-11 ;)
Yessir. Also will be at Lightning with NASA in May and Thunderbolt with NASA in June.True
