And the fun continues...

[James OLC]

Mary was there - of course - in her '73







As was our friend Linda

[67 ls1 vert]

did you get good (drifting) in the rain?

[James OLC]

The rain wasn't all that bad until we left but it was enough to make it interesting. No issues at all - we were hooked up really well regardless of the conditions - but it sure made you think a little bit.

[James OLC]

some video...

SplitterVision - David driving


a little bit higher perspective with me at the wheel


and speaking of the wheel



It was a fun day and the drive home in the rain made it all the more entertaining. We've still got some work to do on the car this week in preparation for our next autocross on January 1st - a new master for the rear brakes is waiting to be installed to fine tune the bias and I want to hook up the O2 sensors and tweak the ECM a touch... plus a little bit more adjustment on the suspension is coming.

But before we head to the track we're going to get some quality time in... Steve is heading down tomorrow and we're going to hit the highway and head down towards Big Sur and Hearst Castle. Should be a blast - we'll be in the Camaro, Steve will be cruising in the 2010 and Mary is still debating between the '73 and the '02...

[James OLC]

Well it's been a couple of weeks but I finally got a chance to edit some of the pictures and videos from the rest of the holiday festivities with the Camaro(s)...

After running at the Lockheed Sports Car Club annual Dyers Autocross in Marina (and the entertaining drive home in the rain) we cleaned the cars up and hooked up with Steve Rupp and his lovely wife for a cruise down the Pacific Coast Highway.

Mary, with David riding shotgun, led the way in her '73... here cutting through the Pebble Beach Golf Course on 17 Mile Drive


with Steve following in Yancy's 2010...


We had a couple of cool stops along the way




Steve even took a couple of moments to do some business


Awesome cruise and the three cars performed flawlessly. We made our way south through San Simeon (where we got a tour at the Hearst Castle) before settling down in Cambria (where we had a luxurious dinner with takeout from the only place that was open after 11 pm - the Liquor Store). One of the things that we did during the drive was test out the real time GPS tracking system that David and I will be using during the One Lap of America; it worked great and should be a lot of fun during the race - you can see a sample here.

[James OLC]

After getting back from the cruise we took a day to recover and then got back on tweaking the OLC. We swapped out the rear master cylinder from 0.750" to 0.700" bore which we hoped would give us some badly needed rear brake bias. The Tilton pedal assembly has about 0.125" of bias adjustment and we were turned for maximum rear bias and only barely getting what we wanted. We also tweaked the rear bar some more, hoping to get more rotation and eliminate some of the push that was still hampering us. Hellwig built us some increadible new bars front and rear and thanks to the increast adjustability we were heading in the right direction.

January 1st we were on our way to Marina for the first autocross of the year with the Northern California UFO. We had high hopes that we were closing in on a near ideal setup but knew that the UFO course would be designed for cars a bunch smaller and nimbler than the '67.

The three of us were pretty much hotlapping the car of the morning - David, Mary, and I all took the car out for full session, running in Vintage Street Prepared. I took the first runs...


and was really enouraged.


David took the second round of runs and ran a 64.21...

[James OLC]

pictures are nice, but video is always better....

SplitterVision with me at the wheel


SplitterVision with David running the course


Rooftop


Fender


At the end of the day we took three of the top four spots in VSP - Mary first with a 63.02, followed by David in second and me in 4th. The improvements were nothing short of amazing! We are really close on our setup now and are going to try a slightly softer front bar before adding some more rubber front and rear.

Thanks to David and Mary for their hospitality during the holidays! Debbie and I had a great time and it was great to be able to spend some time with friends!

[David Pozzi]

Tell Mary to quit beating me!

[Damn True]

Tell Mary to quit beating me!

Domestic violence.....so sad.

[monza]

Amazing!

[Jeffrotech]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting the videos.

Love the paint color, too.

[David Pozzi]

Here's OLC doing an autocross at Marina Airport Jan 31, 2010 Mary Pozzi driving.

[TitoJones]

Holy sh*t! Was that in real time? That looked insane fast! Was she faster than you on that course? I'm guessing those new sway bars helped?

Tyler

[CarlC]

OLC must be working pretty good if you can't hear Mary's potty mouth!

Nice James.

[John Wright]

Holy sh*t! Was that in real time? That looked insane fast! Was she faster than you on that course? I'm guessing those new sway bars helped?

Tyler

Wow...that gal was flying!

[James OLC]

Yeah... the car is working Really well right now

David told me that his time was a 65.497 and Mary was 1.2 seconds faster - although David went out first thing in the morning when it was cooler and Mary had "warmer tires". Not bad considering these are the same tires that we started with and are nearly 3 years old now.

The new front bar seems to have helped a bunch - Hellwig built us a new hollow front bar with a slightly thinner wall and reduced the rate by about 10%. Next up is a wider rim and tire and we should be where we want to be with the suspension (from an autocross point of view). We'll have to try it on the road course to see if we need to make any other changes but I think that the three of us are pretty happy this morning.

We'll get David and Mary's opinions soon...

[James OLC]

Since this is about the fun continuing I thought I would post a couple of pics from last Tuesdays Hollywood premier of the optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational program which I am sure you all saw on SPEED TV over the weekend:









It was a great event and we were honored to have been asked to attend!

Now, back to the action...

[chevyhector]

After filling the car with some 100 octane race fuel David took the first lap of the weekend in the ‘beginner’ group (sorry about that David)




and came back with a big grin and suggested only a minor adjustment to the brake bias.



I was up next and after getting settled in the car had only a brief moment of panic and frustration when, upon turning the key – absolutely nothing happened. After some quick diagnosis – made a bunch easier thanks to the self diagnostics of the ISIS system – found that I had knocked some relays loose when I was adjusting the brakes. The rest of the day was as close to “flawless” as I could have hoped.



David and I continued to alternate sessions, making minor brake and ride height adjustments through the day (Mary thought the car looked like a “backwards stinkbug” when the front end came up onto the straightaway).



The only hiccup for me occurred in the final session of the day – as I approached the rumble strips on the far end of the track the car ‘hesitated’ briefly; it wasn’t much but I pulled off a couple laps early to try to see if there was a problem. Nothing was obvious so we parked the car and called it a day.

Where did you get those hood pins? Are they the Hotchkis pins? If not, can you please forward the link.

[James OLC]

Where did you get those hood pins? Are they the Hotchkis pins? If not, can you please forward the link.

They are from the Ring Brothers

[buickfunnycar.com]

OLC must be working pretty good if you can't hear Mary's potty mouth!

LOL...