E46 Things
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Plus side BFR has trees.... oops. Plus side hard to go 130 at BFR...for most folks anyway.
Advice to Brian and others: with the caveat that I wasn't there.
a) if you go off and even if you roll, stay in your car until the safety crew arrives. The NASA advice stated by the interviewer is NOT what NASA teaches at least for the three years I was racing with them. Yes they drill on quick escape door open and door shut. But you stay in the car unless it's on fire. Wait for safety crew if only to provide you with physical cover. Other idiots on track may follow you off and bodies standing outside the car are really soft targets.
b) if you drop a wheel off: do not try to turn back onto the track at speed, keep car straight and slow down, once under control and traffic is clear then gradually merge back onto track. He's doing 130, drops a wheel and from the video it looks like he tries to turn back onto track...not once but twice. NOOOOO!!!. This looks like it starts a tank slap, he tries to straighten it out, gets a reverse slap (is his foot still on gas, brake & clutch not clear ???), finally hits berm goes airborne.
Any way very glad he's OK and walked away from this.
Your input is always welcome and appreciated.
if you go 4 off dont you need to wait for a marshall to flag you back on track?
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Tends to vary by organization.
Typically four wheels off and able to drive the car and in sight of a flag station you wave to show you’re ok and watch traffic and the corner worker to signal you that there’s clear space to get back on track.
Once back in track you’ll likely get black flagged and yes you go around the track, signal for pit entry, enter the pits and check In with the chief steward... who may calmly ask you wtf happened and depending on how stupid you were might allow you back on the track.
Four off in a NASA DE and if the car is ok you get back in track and continue the session and debrief afterwards. Freaked me out the first time in my run group when a guy in a Miata went off three times during the same session and it was no big deal. I was expecting to see him get reamed in the group debrief. Bmwcca event and he would have been gone.
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Accumulated pollen
Disregarded the instruction to leave it to a professional and installed a new MAF sensor because unlike my fried chicken, I like my throttle extra crispy
I google searched leather treatments that work well for Nappa leather, found 2 people who seemed to like a product called Trinova on some obscure forum somewhere and that was good enough for me to blow some money.
Its clear and oily unlike the shampoo-like stuff from AutoZone that seems to do nothing.
its alright. It didnt turn the leather back into a baby cow or anything but its an improvement. Not like you can really tell anything from this crappy pic
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Disregarded the instruction to leave it to a professional and installed a new MAF sensor because unlike my fried chicken, I like my throttle extra crispy
I think it means you need to wear a hat, overalls, and hold a big wrench is all!
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staged a photo with a 3D printed engine from @Bassboy3313 (~ 1:6 scale) while getting ready to replace the engine mounts
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That pic is perfect!!!
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159,004 miles
1,600 miles enjoyed YTD, 5,000 since acquired.
I got the car parked and in the air last night in preparation for Blackhawk on the 15th. The inspection, bleeding, and brake pad swap shouldn't take long but 2020 has been such a bastion of good fortune /s and I figured I better get a head start on things as my next few weekends are jam packed with other plans.
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Rainy, but a good experience.
For a while it looked like we might not get out on track at all due to weather delays for which @patsbimmer1 mentioned the day might become something along the lines of “a really expensive Lunch outing” but we ended up getting a few runs in and had a good time.
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I was studying the rain line earlier in the week but decided I wanted to experience what the racing line was like and get a feel for why the rain line exists. Save for the apex puddles I tried to maintain the normal racing line. Im looking forward to learning more about it
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i enjoyed your editing
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What an absolute masterpiece created in windows movie maker.
But imagine getting passed by a Buick.Windows movie maker is on my level
And also
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What an absolute masterpiece created in windows movie maker.
Another windows movie maker masterpiece from this morning’s drive:
I’ve been racking up the miles here in July with a couple quick trips and have a short list of items to address
159,683 milesThings to-do soon:
-replace headlight bulbs or ballast die to passenger headlight working intermittently
-replace TPS since its an easy enough thing to do and I received a random TPS related CEL which has not come back
-replace temperature sensors because again, its easy enough to do and I had a random CEL for it (and im beginning to question its accuracy as its already out of the blue band when I fire it up in the morning)
-replace clutch slave cylinder as it has a slight damp area on the mounting flange and I don’t want to chance it.
I did eliminate a suspension noise by shimming a sway bar end-link and locating a loose heat shield
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Replaced a bummy headlight bulb that didn’t like to work a full shift with a new pair of 4300K Philips. They are A little brighter than what was in there. Im guessing what was in there was a 5000K Budget HID special which were fine up until they weren’t.
I got screwed on my way home from work. I keep a plug kit and inflator in my trunk emergency kit. Today it did its job
The trans has been treating me really well and shifting nice. It has to be from bleeding the clutch before the track day. I think the possible slave cyl. leak may be allowing air in more easily than normal. Thats 2 strikes for the clutch slave cylinder so I will address that next.
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For my own future reference as I sit here bored in a meeting at work:
On the list for winter
-Find mechanical cooling fan components (shrouds, clips/fasteners, etc.) and replace Spal fan with stock mechanical fan. The Spal fan will be moved to pusher duty on the front unless I can find a good used aux. fan and all associated shrouding etc.
-Replace oxidized AC Condenser before it fails and coats my engine bay/front tires/life in greasy R134a-Replace radiator if it looks crusty on the front (need to remove condenser to see)
-Coolant flush
-PS Flush
-Oil Change w/ Blackstone analysis
-Replace cooling system hoses and o-rings
-Replace upstream O2 sensors because they are probably original
-Replace TPS sensors and fuel injectors
-Replace clutch hydraulics
-Inspect/replace steering flex disk
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