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[daloonie]

 

[Woods247]

Magic legs

 

[TDavis]

It’s been quiet this summer because I broke my knee. Hopefully I’ll hit the track again sometime in the next few weeks but I’m not gonna hold my breath. Until then I just stare and dream.

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Well how the hell did you do that

 

[Woods247]

Well how the hell did you do that

Looong story. Basically I had to pickup a buddy who was passed out in anaphylactic shock after being stung over 40 times and put him in my truck so I could get him out of the forest and into an ambulance waiting for us at the trailhead. Shitshow but he’s alive and so is my other buddy who was also stung over 40 times. I was “safety” while they were scouting trails. That’s why we have a safety though. Shit happens.

 

[Woods247]

Waiting impatiently at the gate like a 5yr old waiting to see Santa.

 

[dhminer]

Looong story. Basically I had to pickup a buddy who was passed out in anaphylactic shock after being stung over 40 times and put him in my truck so I could get him out of the forest and into an ambulance waiting for us at the trailhead. Shitshow but he’s alive and so is my other buddy who was also stung over 40 times. I was “safety” while they were scouting trails. That’s why we have a safety though. Shit happens.

Holy shit that’s a crazy story. Glad everyone made it out

 

[Woods247]

Sittin pretty all comfortable in the shed

 

[FiestaSTdude]

Looong story. Basically I had to pickup a buddy who was passed out in anaphylactic shock after being stung over 40 times and put him in my truck so I could get him out of the forest and into an ambulance waiting for us at the trailhead. Shitshow but he’s alive and so is my other buddy who was also stung over 40 times. I was “safety” while they were scouting trails. That’s why we have a safety though. Shit happens.

Wow, that sounds intense!

 

[Woods247]

The rear of my car is perfect now. I’m throwing the car back on the alignment rack this week to fix front driver camber and toe after losing grip and slamming the curbs before the bridge at RA. I suspect the rear beam didn’t move at all but we’ll see! I’m still struggling with inside wheelspin. The only solution is a clutch diff. Should I reach out to MFactory about developing one for us? Anyone else interested?

Never mind they aren’t interested. KAAZ and Custco are it I think.

 

[M-Sport fan]

I believe that Drexler also makes a clutch pack type for our transaxles as well.

 

[Dialcaliper]

The biggest reason I haven’t made the change is because I already have significant money invested in 4x108 wheelsets. I’m also uncertain if most 17” 4x100 offerings have a hub bore large enough to accommodate the Fiesta. I do plan to begin looking into the cost of converting to 5x114.3 hubs and custom axels when I change to an engine with much more power and 9” wide R-comp tires that provide far more grip. It still may be more cost effective to have two sets of custom 17x8 et30 4x108 light weight wheels built than it would be switching to a different bolt pattern.

I’ve proven to myself (and maybe others) that our existing OEM hubs are quite strong. My original hubs were tracked for almost 8 years and over 30k track miles (probably closer to 40k but I’m under estimating because I haven’t taken time to calculate exactly how much tracktime they actually had). I will keep more accurate usage data on the new hubs, however. It’s also fair to say that the hub that failed has significantly more force applied to it than the other three since it’s the driver front and my primary tracks run clockwise.

I don’t think this failure should be alarming to anyone other than those of us who heavily track our cars and run high grip tires. Hubs and wheels for all track cars are consumables and must be replaced to prevent catastrophic failure (while on track). It was 100% my fault for not taking this into consideration. I should’ve changed them earlier.. Given my car setup, driving style and the tracks I frequent, I have decided to swap them every two to three seasons and carry spares in my track box. I ALWAYS check them before every event but in my case it was impossible to visibly see a sign of imminent failure.

Just wanted to follow up with one more question about the periodic hub replacements you are doing. Do you just replace the wheel bearing every time, or do you have any advice/tricks for pressing out just the hub without damaging the wheel bearing?

 

[Woods247]

Just wanted to follow up with one more question about the periodic hub replacements you are doing. Do you just replace the wheel bearing every time, or do you have any advice/tricks for pressing out just the hub without damaging the wheel bearing?

The wheel bearings are replaced as well. They’re inexpensive from Ford.

 

[Woods247]

Kinda want one

 

[Woods247]

Porsche uses wooden sliders.

 

[rallytaff]

Kinda want one

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Love those graphics!

 

[M-Sport fan]

That Caddy-Dallara GTP car looks ridiculously stretched, but necessary for it's aero package to work.

 

[WannabeST]

Those wood sliders are a lot thicker than I expected. I guess you want that much for endurance racing.

 

[Woods247]

Those wood sliders are a lot thicker than I expected. I guess you want that much for endurance racing.

Yeah they all run max aero at Road Atlanta. Their grip level is incomprehensible. It explains why we don’t see sparks flying through the Esses and the other high speed turns on this track.

I actually get to night drive Road Atlanta with DCRA tomorrow night. Given how shitty the Fiesta ST headlights are it outta be terrifyingly fun.

 

[Woods247]

Cool pic from AMP Sunday. I’ll post a few more later.

 

[Woods247]

Took the party to Road Atlanta today for an open track day. I hit the curbs in T5 and she detected a false crash for the first time on that track. I’m going to wrap the RCM in some kind of foam to dampen the vibrations and see if that helps. I’ll report back after Barber in a couple of weeks. It always does it there in the last turn on the first lap.