Honey Badger's Completely Off-the-Rails Race Car Build and Track Adventure Thread

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Well, this is DEFINITELY my new favorite unedited pic of the car 👌👌👌

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^ That shot is amazing!
Super cool the photographer caught the rotors in the daylight.

You can see it poking through here as well!
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Then there's the straight up night one :)
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Braking just a TINY bit😊
Gotta brake hard and aggressively to drag that splitter on the ground
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Great balls of fire



For anyone wondering, the brake rotor GoPro lasted 12 mins before it shut down from thermals :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
 
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Not about the GoPro, but are you using the shift lights?
Nada. Since I have a battery kill switch in the car, it resets the damn shift lights every time I turn it off. So not only would I need to turn it back on every time, I'd need to reset what RPM I want them to come on at. I just gave up and left it off.

Now I do it by ear....works pretty good. I did bounce off the rev limiter quite a few times the first weekend back with the new motor because it revved so smooth - I had to re-calibrate myself. Ha
 

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Nada. Since I have a battery kill switch in the car, it resets the damn shift lights every time I turn it off. So not only would I need to turn it back on every time, I'd need to reset what RPM I want them to come on at. I just gave up and left it off.

Now I do it by ear....works pretty good. I did bounce off the rev limiter quite a few times the first weekend back with the new motor because it revved so smooth - I had to re-calibrate myself. Ha
That's what I thought...by ear. Impressive!!!! Take a vacation to Europe. I need a coach! :)
 
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That's what I thought...by ear. Impressive!!!! Take a vacation to Europe. I need a coach! :)
It's on the list. So many tracks I dream of - especially SPA
 
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One of the reasons I always tell others to check your tires with a pyrometer. Different tires, suspension parts (like bushings), tracks, temps, driving skill, etc. will all affect how much camber you need to run. I'm fairly aggressive on rear camber at -2.1 and I still read high on the outside shoulders when running slicks. Here you can see why - the grip is enough that it really rolls over

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Full picture - really heavy load under power going into T3 at COTA

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A hot lap today. The 3Rs are performing well...running 2:26-2:27 consistently on them

 
 
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