It’s Wednesday in Japan, so why not show off a new wheel from Enkei Japan. There has been some chatter about the RS05RR lately since it’s due to finally hit American shores in a few months, time to stir up some interest in the brand new Enkei GTC01RR!! Classic split six spoke design with multiple faces available, and some really nice proposed sizes. Enough talk, take a look at the photos, tell me what you think. Will these be your next set of wheels? Buy Karlton Flares to allow you to run the Rear face on all 4 corners? It’s tempting.
This past weekend I had the excellent opportunity to drive on the Daytona International Speedway Infield during a SCCA PDX. The course is known as the “School Course”, it utilizes a 1.2 mile modified version of the 24hr infield. If you’re unfamiliar with PDX or HPDE track days they are an excellent entry into the world of track driving. I had never ran with SCCA at a track day so I was assigned an instructor. My instructor did an excellent job pointing out the places for improvement and the important understanding of the flags and worker station locations.
Saturday was organized into 3 different groups. Group 1 – Advanced/Intermediate Solo drivers Group 2 – Race Drivers School and Group 3 – Novice/Intermediate with Instructors.
I was in Group 3.
I arrived at the track just after 6:30am and met up with a fellow MSCC member who was driving and instructing that day. It was still dark and registration wasn’t open yet, so I picked the brain of a more experienced driver for a little while. We headed to registration and shortly thereafter through the turn 4 tunnel onto the Daytona International Speedway infield. We got there early enough to snag some garage spots and we unloaded the cars and headed over to tech inspection.
After everything was inspected, we did some parade laps to get a feel for the course and how it was laid out. My instructor drove my car and the first thing he commented on was the Kartboy/TiC Shifter and Bushing setup. After the parade laps we had a quick driver’s meeting then it was time for Group 1 to hit the track. During this time I did some final preparations to the car (checked to make sure the trunk monkey was ok), and waited for Group 1 and Group 2 to finish their sessions.
About 30 minutes later it was time to Grid for Group 3. To say the least I was excited. The rest of the day we’d race then let Groups 1 and 2 run then we’d be up again. Stay HYDRATED. I can’t stress this enough, you’ll think you’ve had enough water then 10 minutes in your mouth is dry and you’re THIRSTY! So drink plenty of fluids during the morning and throughout the day
There are 9.5 events coming up in the next few months. I’m going to try and get as many as possible and I hope to see some of you all out there as well.
Club Abbreviations
MSCC = Martin Sports Car Club
CFR = Central Florida Region SCCA
PCA = Florida Citrus Region PCA
If you’re thinking of going to an event this is the time to do it, get out there have fun and ask questions. Between the next 9.5 events you can find one that fits your schedule or you can get time off work.
Each date is hyper linked to the clubs website to find out more information.
Each City is hyper linked to the google maps location of the event.
Sunday morning 4:45am It’s Finger Lickin’ Good Yall, finger lickin’ good, Mike D what’s up!?. My brain comes around to some of the best alarm clock tunes known to man. I realize it’s almost 5am and time to get up and get ready for the drive to Starke. Quick background on FIRM, it’s reported to be one of the best event locations for an AutoX in FL. Everyone I spoke to simply said, “You have to go”. I asked for details and no-one would divulge much, I was a little worried to be honest. I wasn’t sure what to expect, the satellite imagery showed multiple different potential places to hold an event.
Pulling into The FIRM at 8:05am signing the SCCA and FIRM liability waivers and driving down a curvy gravel road I start having a day dream/hallucination where I started hearing Nicky Grist giving me some pace notes. Luckily Abby brought me back before I did something stupid by saying “this road is bumpy”. I shook my head a bit and realized I wasn’t in a GC WRC Rally Car, but in my STi setup for tarmac. ahaha.
Good news everyone!
The T3hClap.com STi has engine mods! Quick history: The only engine mods on the car up until recently were an APS R1 3″ Turbo Back, K&N air filter and Cobb AP1 Protune. The car has been on the same parts and tune since 2007.
It was time for some goodies. What spurred this sudden addition of engine mods? Three words. Turn In Concepts. TiC released the now infamous Motive Autowerks composite TGV risers, I had to jump on the Group Buy.
With the MAW TGV risers being Top Feed I had a challenge, convert my side feed 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi to top feed injectors and rails. Luckily I met Matt and Scott at RevWorks a few weeks after I put my deposit on the TGV risers.
Scott at RevWorks had a project up his sleeves he was working on, a RevWorks complete top feed fuel rail kit.
This past Saturday there was a huge meet at RevWorks in Winter Springs, FL. The team at RevWorks had a huge turnout. The variety of cars that turned out was amazing.
Keep Calm and Ruck Sh*t Up
Just look at the turn out! It took over all the neighboring parking lots!
