Road to Roebling, Pt. 1

Saturday, May 5. 2007

Well, college is now in the history books so I have some time to work on the racecar again. Roebling Road is fast approaching and I have a TON of work to do to the car as usual. I have been getting pretty tired of my brakes and the car dancing around so bad under braking, so I got a pimptastic carbon fiber wing off eBay to settle things down a bit. Eventually I’ll probably make something out of aluminum that offers more downforce, but this was decently priced and saves time, which I’m short on right now. Because it hangs so far off the back, I’ll probably add some braces to the rear bumper to take some of the force. I played with foilsim and this wing should be good for 200lbs at 100mph. That should help keep things in check under braking.

Still on the list in the next two weeks….

SS Brake lines
Wing brace
Plum Accusump
Front Splitter
Install Hoosier 245/40/17 tires
Brake ducts
Convert to DIS
New Alignment
Install 3.64 gear
Lengthen Driveshaft

You could say I had my work cut out for me. I’ll keep the updates coming.

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