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Old 06-19-2011, 6:40pm   #1
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Everyone here has probably had the experience of hearing a new noise on the car and worrying that something is broken. That is magnified when you're doing 140 and staring a 90 degree left hand turn in the face. I had a good trip to Road Atlanta, with a new personal best. On my best lap, I was on the backstretch in 4th, car pulling like a beast, when it quits pulling and I hear "dat - dat - dat - dat" and I started to freak out and then figured out the problem.

Guess I am getting faster - It was the rev limiter
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Everyone here has probably had the experience of hearing a new noise on the car and worrying that something is broken. That is magnified when you're doing 140 and staring a 90 degree left hand turn in the face. I had a good trip to Road Atlanta, with a new personal best. On my best lap, I was on the backstretch in 4th, car pulling like a beast, when it quits pulling and I hear "dat - dat - dat - dat" and I started to freak out and then figured out the problem.

Guess I am getting faster - It was the rev limiter
Don't you hate when that happens
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My friends from MTI were up there this weekend, too.

Sounds like you had a good time.
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Great. I saw your FB picture.

Was that a cop car in the lane, or were those lights just blue-tinted for some reason?

* * *

I just put a new thread over in the AutoX/Roadracing section, asking about swaybars and damping, if anyone cares to share advice.
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Great. I saw your FB picture.

Was that a cop car in the lane, or were those lights just blue-tinted for some reason?

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I just put a new thread over in the AutoX/Roadracing section, asking about swaybars and damping, if anyone cares to share advice.
No, that was what was being used for a pace car.

And as for my expertise on sway bars:
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No, that was what was being used for a pace car.

And as for my expertise on sway bars:
I'm starting to become of the opinion that the heim joints on Phadt's swaybays are either a) crap, or b) undersized
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that scared the sh- out of me the first time i did it too.
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No, that was what was being used for a pace car.

And as for my expertise on sway bars:
I've seen that picture a few times myself.

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Test day?
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I'm starting to become of the opinion that the heim joints on Phadt's swaybays are either a) crap, or b) undersized
They are breaking too easily for my taste, but, the bar and the 3rd hole setting is perfect for what I do. FWIW, I've never broken an endlink on the passenger side of the car. Maybe I'm just too big for Pfadt bars.

Val, since you're much smaller than me, that fat joke wasn't directed at you.
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Val, since you're much smaller than me, that fat joke wasn't directed at you.
New car club idea - "Too Phat for Pfadt"?
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I do have to admit that, at times, I felt a little pressured:
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Val, Viper... NASCAR? What the...?
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the Earth must be off its axis
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Actually the C6Z in the back was clearly the class of TT for the weekend - 2 sec lead over the rest in most cases.
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NCM event. Wife may go- if she does, Im going to put her in the seat with Andy Pilgrim. That ought to scare her away.
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Unlimited class?
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Time trials. Run what you brung and hope you brung enough!
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