Changed the oil and cleaned the air filter. The oil filter needs 14 ft/lbs of torque when you put it on. My air filter was filthy, covered in rubber tire pieces. The inlet is inside the driver front wheel well and it appears to pick up rubber debris from the track. I've ordered a new K&N filter which I'll have on Tuesday and the right driver wheel bearings and seal will be here also tomorrow.
I had to put over 6 quarts of 15W50 oil in it when I did the change which seems like a lot and no, there isn't a puddle under the car.
Sunday, May 24. 2009
I'm racing next weekend again with SCCA in ITS in my Porsche 944 sp1 car. I'm checking the car and the front right wheel looks to have some bearing play so it's time for new bearings. Everything else looks good but the tires (the original RA1s) look finished so I'm going to try get new tires for the weekend.
Sunday, May 24. 2009
I just did a NASA 3 hour enduro race at Road America. I ended up 4th in class and 10th overall out of 22 cars in all classes. The 944 sp1 competed at an E2 car and thats odd with that class is that tires are open. So, I could have driven on slicks and still be legal. The car used about 30 gallons of fuel during the event and performed pretty much flawlessly. I ended up running 'slow' 3:06 average times with a fastest of 3:03. The winning car in my class had a 2:58 with about a 3:00 ish average so I was happy with what happened.
