congrats man!

glad to see you and BC could exist on the same track lol. I see alot of positive comments here, and I hope people give the props to BC as well, like you guys did (I know this is not thier thread).

what causes the power steering to go? running the larger wheels/tires in the front or a lack of cooling?

 

All of the unlimited cars and most of the modified cars were making more power. I believe the BC racing car was making about 600whp and 15-18psi which is what they usually run.

 

any one has video of the race???????????

 

600whp at 18-19psi. They were running 14 all weekend though.

 

Thanks for clearing that up, a few of us were confused.

 

Oh man, sorry to hear. So odd to fail on WG pressure when it held up to so much more power on the dyno. No gauge warnings or anything - that's kind of scary. What EMS does Philthy use on that car and are there any datalogs that will help you? Best wishes for a speedy dx and rebuild!

 

I know, I was just adding to it.

 

Big thanks to everyone at Forged Performance and RobiSpec for all the effort that went into trying to race prep my car in two days

The mechanical issue was pretty odd, no signs of anything wrong, coolant system was solid, nothing in the oil, and Robi wasn't even pushing the car. It was Robi's first time at this track and driving my car, so he was just settling into his racing line... Robi did over rev the motor once and maybe that had something to do with the tapping noise that developed - my guess is a spun rod bearing but Sharif and crew will have here back and stronger than ever before the next event.

On a positive side, the car just flat out works and is fast! Robi set the mornings practice sessions fastest time of 1:11 flat in the rain and on my year old and worn down NT-01's - Going on Robi's feedback, 1:05 easy on my race wheel/rubber setup, the boost controller on and race gas - we were running wastegate pressure and burning off the pump gas (I drove the car to the event).

My Congrats to BC Racing - I talked to Pete and crew at the event and I believe we settled our differences - besides Scott, my opinion of him is even less after speaking with him!

Here's some pics of the G:

 

Wow, I didn't realize you went all out with the front diffusers and wing. Too bad, but I'm sure Sharif will get you straight.

 

Wow Phil, your G is looking very sick indeed. I love it, I bet you can't wait to tear it up on the track to see what she can do. You are in good hands with Forged.

I hope you got some big tracks out there, so you can put all that power to use!

-George

 

Sharif,
Congrats on your finishes, I'm sure you will use what you've learned and really step it up at the next event. Will you make it out to summit point? Its my home track and a ton of fun. I'm sorry to hear what happened to your G, talking with Robi after it was clear that car was fast and well setup. I look forward to seeing you all at future events.

-Ross Miller
Driver of the PTuning Scion tC

 

What a sick road race setup Phil. Very nice. I want to see what those wide tires and aero will do. And you can swap out that huge NOS tank for the passenger seat? I always wondered about that - road race or drag race setups. Very cool. It's amazing what the FP crew can do in 2 days.

 

All I can say is that it is good to see more Zs and Gs competing. We were getting pretty lonely with just us and M-Workz. Good to see some of the differences worked out as well and hopefully more people are actually starting to realize the what it takes and the stress your car endures when running hard at the track.

BTW, Sharif, how the hell did you get your car down to 3100 lbs? Thats what my Z weighs and I have done almost every bit of weight reduction I can. Hell the BC Racing G35 weighs 3500 lbs fully gutted.

 

Thanks for the comments. I didn't get a close look at the BC Racing G35, but that car is far more gutted than mine, and definately weighs less than 3500lbs. Phil's car, with very little gutting weighed in at 3400'lbs ish. The BC car has a cage, and mine still doesnt for the timebeing. Hell, I even have my inner and middle door panels, windows, motors...etc..etc. Maybe that can help explain the difference. I've got about 50lbs more in weigh reduction to perform, and then the cage goes in, which should kick up the weight again.

 

Titanium for cage - FP can weld that right?

Is that a HANS device I see in the pics? Which one did you pick?

And scrutinizing the pics a little more, I see dual intakes on that 700bb kit. Is that right? Grrrr.

 

Looks like a great outing had by all. Congrats to Sharif on the times, I guess all those times trying to catch me in the mountains paid off .

Sorry to hear about the car trouble Phil. Your car is looking great though and I am sure it will be back in full force soon.

 

I still don't get it as my Z has dry carbon doors, a bunch of the OEM sheetmetal cut out, dry carbon hood, as little interior as the rules will allow, and it still weighs 3100 lbs.

 

^Probably the 19.7 point roll jungle gym in your car.

 

Nah we actually broke even with that vs. the interior sheet metal cut out and replaced with cage.

 

Sharif doesn't have a cage. don't the cages weigh like 3-400 lbs? that would explain it.