QR sprints 2011

[mrbigport]

Hey guys,

I'll be hitting up the QR open sprints again this year as run through
the first one for the year is this saturday the 22nd of January which is probably a bit late notice for some people to come racing, but it would be great to see some more ke/ae love out on track this year.

if anyone needs info or help to get their car on track give me a yell. there's nothing like a bit of on track rivalry to push better lap times out of everyone.

dates for the open sprints are as follows:

22/1
12/3
14/4
2/7
3/9
5/11

And for those that are wondering, you don't have to have rego for open sprints but you do for street sprints this year.
as long as you have neck to wrist to ankle clothing, and an approved helmet - your ready to race!! its self scrutineered so check your brakes, fuel and tyres and come for a thrash.

racing starts at 12:30ish so come and say hi, and if i can get anyone in for a passenger ride at the end I'm more than happy to take people for a run.

See ya there!!

Craig.

[timbo]

i'm very interested once i get the car back from the crash repairs... not sure how long it will take but the march date seems to be the most likely option.

how is your car setup? brakes, tyres alignment etc?

[racsov]

ive been getting my shit up to scratch so ill be keen for prob the march one

[plohl]

when i get a new car i'll be keen!

[70XIN]

i'll be there in march i hope, failing hard

[mrbigport]

Great to see so much interest guys,

In answer to the question about setup;

I'm currently running a gutted KE70, NA untouched bigport 4age, t50 box, welded diff, xyz coilovers, caster bars, ra40 control arms, 13x7" wheels, ADM ae86 struts and brakes, std drums on the back.

Tyres - Advan A048
springs - 8kg front, 6kg rear
Alignment (with me in the car):-
Camber - 3deg
caster - 3deg
Toe -.7mm per side
Spacers - 5mm per side front, 20mm per side rear

weight distribution:-
52.6% Forward - 47.4% Rearward
49.5% Left - 50.5% right
total weight including fuel and passenger seat - 845kg
weight without fuel and passenger seat - 812kg

at 855kg total weight I have run a best of 62.9 at QR, this year I'm shooting for the 60sec club!!

any other questions just ask

[timbo]

hmmm your alignment is quite similar to how i had mine setup previously. I've been reading up on castor alot lately, can you explain why you chose your setting?

[mrbigport]

the current setup is based off a bit of fiddiling over the course of last year, the camber tops are now maxed out (on one side anyway) and the caster is about as much as i can get without the wheel grabbing the guard. on the bright side it works, the car is extremely stable. its a little ploughy into turn 3 but that is locked diff more than alignment

[timbo]

yeah nice, thats the best way of working out settings! I'll probably go for -3 camber, +0.4mm toe (both much the same) but wind in around +2 caster and see how that feels. should also rebuild the front brakes beforehand too, the kit has been sitting around for 6 months...

[Adsie]

Didn't realise you improved that much. What tyres where you running for thoses times? Should be out again some time this year will miss this first one but