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Great race guys. Really makes me miss having my car. :( Crazy start and the restart was pure junk. I don't quite get why the split start was SOOOOO wide. I mean hell make it S/F and entering T14....

wishing and hoping I can make the first race. I need to be in Vegas on Sunday for a conference but will be there for race one if I get the motor back for the car.

My car is still in 100 pieces. Really wishing I could be there.

There are few difference at the end of the day in lap times between the cars holding driver constant. They are all damn fast which is what everyone wanted and makes the class great. People always...

Thanks Hasty. Will do.

I still am shocked at how the hell this happened to the motor and the fact that it ran at all. Basically my primitive understanding of physics says it cant happen. But...

Been thinking the same thing coop...trying to find a high miler is like your search for determining if Anne H is hot or not. :) If you find anything let me know...I'm a searchin too.

Thanks Coop. Really appreciate the help man!

Basically what happened according to George Dean who's doing the rebuild is that one of the main bearing carriers in the original case is out of...

So have a little issue with my motor which is getting rebuilt at the moment and need to come up with a new case given some magically physical issues that effected mine its whole little life.

If...

So if its a dielectric rating of +15 that is legal then nothing has changed since last year...ok my heads starting to hurt.

Does anyone have a real pointer to the real rules? The GCR confirms the...

Yeah I understand Coop I just wish it was easier. I don't mind paying 8/gallon for track gas but at the same time I would rather pay 8/gallon for go fast fuel. I just feel like I'm getting ripped...

I just wish there was really a clear description of what the fuel can be or what types are allowed. Its retarded to have to keep asking and testing at each race. Last year I went with VP fuels...

Expensive as hell yes. Make more horse power yes. Just ask any local bike racer what they run. Answer is pretty definitive.

So I take it that's MR11 as well then?

What about my Kwiktrip / sugar blend I am putting in Niki's tank this year when he's not looking?

Agree coop buddy. I was all pumped to read it then left feeling like the dorky kid at prom in terms of disappointment levels.

Having been in all three cars (Stohr, Firman and the Phoenix) I can tell you that at being 6'4" 245 at the time I fit fine in all of them. You have to build you're seat a little smaller than others...

Man that blows you got collected doing nothing wrong. Looks like the two guys on the outside of the turn decided you really could win it on T1 lap 1.

FedEx freight. Drop it off at a terminal and they pick it up at a terminal. Cost me 190 last time I did it.

Awesome start this early on. I'd love to see 10 of us running each race. Man what a way to kick the season off!

So since we're all bitching in other threads about getting the car counts up I figured let me throw a thread out here talking about who's all going to the January Nationals. Lets put up or shut up...

Mike is on like Donkey Kong...I might actually have to show up at the track this year and adjust something on the car versus just drinking beer and fixing things that fall off if you keep talking...

I think every Rmount division national is a double.

I think instituting a tow fund to all double nationals would be awesome versus giving a large lump of cash away at each of the sprints, ARRC,...

So you wont mentor me then you bastard...I see how you roll. See ya at Homestead on New Years eve my man.

seconded. I think its a waste to have the F1k championship at the ARRC. Everyone should shoot for nationals and large participation numbers there.

Jeez...yeah 2 laps free is good with only those areas for passing zones. At least you got out and thats what matters and hell nothing really broke. :) Hopefully your licensing guy will give you the...

Glad you got her out at BIR this weekend Northwind. I hear the new club course is a lot of fun. Any idea on lap times or were you just screwing around? Tying to figure out how many laps a race up...

That's pretty badass! Guess I'll have to actually start trying next year. :) Nice work Niki and sorry about the engine issues Mike. I'm sorry I missed going as it would have been a beautiful 60...

I'd love to make it as well but am going to do the quad nationals in January instead. Work calls me to Europe during the time of the ARRC and with 4-5k to play with I would rather help the car count...

my issue was the wiring harness I originally got was junk. It arced out to the chassis and would kill the motor under throttle. Other thing was on my original yamaha I remember having issues with...

Wish I was going but am not going to be able to make it.

Ran at MAM this weekend and got beat up pretty good on what has to be the roughest track I have run on.

Badass is all i can say Dan. Badass. :) But I dont believe the pictures are of your car...shouldnt there be snow all piled up around you?

I'm with Russ I see nothing outlawing the use of the European ECU. The YAC ECU yes but the Euro one I see nothing preventing it. In fact if you can find Yamaha selling a production model with the...

Question is now who's going to build the new setup and offer it up for sale? Glad to hear everything worked out for ya man. I was meaning to come over and talk to you but never got the shot with my...

Ren,
I got the pickup fixed correctly at the track and its actually better than OEM now after some dremel machining to actually add slots in the side of the aluminum insert to give the adhesive...

Now I'm jealous...IHOP rules. :) Strawberry French Toast all the way.

Great race weekend at the 40th FF and the Cat National. Weather skirted us all weekend and we ended up having a beautiful time to race. See ALLLLLLLLL the FF's at the track was really cool. It was...

Badass lawrence. :) Cant wait to see what happens with it at the Cat.

Lawrence doesn't the OP relief valve need to sit in the housing on the pan? I can't remember without having the engine apart in front of me but I swear its just press fit. I could be wrong but...

Jesse's pan looks good but I still struggle to see how under braking it channels oil back to the pickup. It captures it with the trap door on the middle section from leaving the pick up but if the...

I'm game to try it out at the end of August at Road America. Email me off line if you're interested and we can work something out (jjstecher at gmail.com). I still don't like the fact that there is...

Lawrence I wasn't talking about you posting data I was talking about others not running GSXRs or running Dry Sump or something else. Rather have more information than none. Jake ran his Yamaha in...

Couldnt you build a pickup that was two headed and had a trap door in it that closed one way or another under braking or acceleration? Getting probably too complex but just a thought? I do like the...

So I think we have all defined the problem as we with wet sumps have a data validated oiling problem under braking with oil pressure dropping into the 25-30psi range*. (I really wish more people...

To further move the discussion along I am getting data tomorrow from a friend who runs a 07 GSXR as a race bike. I've seen his data already for G's under braking and know he pulls around 0.8-1.1G's...

You're answer is always dry sump this dry sump that...fine thats what you sell I get it.

My point in arguing with you is force is force, math is math, 2G's in a turn over time segment A is 2G's...

If I take a full bucked and slash it forward violently at a 45 degree angle yes crap flies out everywhere. If I slowly tilt it to the side up to a 45 degree angle for a period of ohh 14 seconds I...

So I dont exactly buy the slosh forward a bucket theory as causing you to lose more oil out of the pickup area than prolonged G's in a turn like the carosel but fine I'll go with it. Wouldnt we to...

Badass Jerry!! Next year you'll be rolling the nationals. :)

It really is easy to change it at the track Brandon...never seen an issue from anyone.

Looking at the pickup unit and pan once again here I am wondering if its not best to have a half door for the front of the pickup (something that allows flow back in under acceleration but allows...