Currently P5 after 2 Qually sessions, although I fully expect to move up in Q3 on Thursday: my shifting woes continue up here even after my cable shifter mod - it seems the problem lies elsewhere, and after getting smoked by all the guys with the Geartronix pneumatic gearchange system - I have decided to bite the rather substantial bullet and pulled the trigger on the purchase last night.
Incredibly frustrating to be coming into T5 or T14/Canada and need to go down 4 gears and can only do 1, before the lever no longer moves, until the car slows enough to actually allow further down changes.
This is the same problem that caught me out at The June Sprints, it took me this long to act on it and after yesterday's dismal performance, I was convinced - what the hell was I doing out there driving around with no hope of even being on the box
Today will be spent doing the install, which according to Nick Belling of Firman Cars West, usually takes THREE days.
Parts off his car in Vancouver BC were pulled last night and are on their way here now, with the final bits arriving at the track at 8am EST Friday, and we take the green for our 3rd and final qually 3.5 hrs later. Noooooooooooo problem...
Yep, this is the stuff of SCCA Runoffs lore: folks doing the impossible, and making it seem routine.
Gotta get to work, L8R!