Operation Bad Penny version 2.1T (track edition)

[David Pozzi]

Steve, it would be interesting to weigh both sizes to compare. You may get a lighter wheel with a 17" but a heavier tire, probably a trade off.
CarlC had his car used for wheel size tests, but I forgot which they liked the best.
David

[Steve1968LS2]

True.. although I would imaging the 315/35/17 is lighter than the 335/30/18

The fronts are most likely a wash with the 17 being slighly heavier due to the 40 aspect ratio. I will get weights from TOYO.

[CarlC]

Steve, it would be interesting to weigh both sizes to compare. You may get a lighter wheel with a 17" but a heavier tire, probably a trade off.
CarlC had his car used for wheel size tests, but I forgot which they liked the best.
David

17's worked the best for me. With a larger rim/lower sidewall it got kinda hairy when the tire was pushed to the limit since there was little warning between tire squeel and breaking traction.

It will be very interesting to get Mary's opinion.

[Steve1968LS2]

Yea, I think it's more about the taller sidewall than the actual size of the rim.

I want to hear what Mary and David thinks of it.

[Mean 69]

Steve, nice to see that things worked out. I saw D!ck last night, he told me about the deal, you guys clearly worked hard to get the car there. All of us that follow the adventure appreciate it, and I agree, the car just looks downright nasty with the dark rims. Evil, in a good sort of way. Enjoy the show!

Mark

[David Pozzi]

I've found the 40 series tires less fussy when you exceed their limits cornering. Shorter sidewall tires seem to have less load capacity and once the tire loses grip it takes longer to grab again. The 40 series may also have a bit better forward traction.

Mark, the more I see of your system, the more I like it. Excellent job!

Right now, the car seems pretty well balanced, but Mary didn't get it actually sliding on her short drive. She just zig-zagged it a bit and the road was dirty so not a good test.
David

[Damn True]

Mark, the more I see of your system, the more I like it. Excellent job!

David

I like the sound of that!

[67speedfreak]

Steve,
Is that a Carbon front spoiler on there?
I tried to message you about one of our spoilers like the one on MotiV8r.

Let me know if you still need one.

[Mean 69]

Thanks Dave, I hope you all have a good time at the show and during the event on Saturday, and as always I look forward to the feedback. Glad you like the setup, there is a LOT of thought, experiment, experience from folks who actually race cars, and just a ton of time put into the design. I clearly don't have the engineering budget, and even more so, the advertising budget that much of the competition has. I suppose I could toot the horn a lot more about the kit as one typically sees on the forums, not my style though. Seems like everyone has the best setup for everyone's application (just ask them, and many times you might get a free set of Ginsu knives if you call in the next few minutes, best deal in town!!!), but I continue to have supreme confidence that this system can't be beat in terms of a commercially available system. I have seen many of the systems that are being introduced recently, some good variety out there, but still not the functional capability as the LD 3-Link. There will always be nay-sayers, but the customers are happy, and to be honestly competitive with cars from DSE, AirRide, etc, with the nearly decade (or more) headstart that they have in dialing in their setups while having signifiantly less run time and data to tune our own, well, I'm very pleased so far. And getting better. Quickly.

Hope to see you all on Saturday, but if not, just have a great time, as I am sure you will.

If any of you out there are reading this on November 4th, and you have not voted yet, get your butts out there and do so. It is your right, privaledge, don't take it for granted. No matter who you wish to win, or what you think about many of the issues, don't forget that this is STILL the best damn country in the world, and many people have scarificed themselves for your right to express your opinion, and have protected your right to vote freely.

Mark

[scogin918]

Hey Steve, where did you put your coils? With the engine being set back that close to the firewall, it doesn't look like there is alot of room left for the normal threaded rod bracket off of the back of the head.

[Taylor1969]

Steve,
Is that a Carbon front spoiler on there?
I tried to message you about one of our spoilers like the one on MotiV8r.

Let me know if you still need one.

Steve is running an Anvil spoiler

[T_Raven]

Hey Steve, just wondering how you are liking the engine. Have you been driving it much yet? I posted a while back about that magazine article that mentioned possible oil control problems with the 4" stroker cranks in these engines. You said that Wiseco said thier pistons address that, what do you think so far?

I've been on ls1tech lately reading what I can find about stroked gen 3&4 engines. It seams a lot of those guys are using a catch can on the pcv to eliminate oil consumption. I don't remember if it was mentioned but are you using one? I guess it's an easy enough way to stop burning oil but it seams like a "band aid" fix considering how many engines out there don't need one.