One Lap in a Yaris

Nothing happened today.

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:24:12 -0400

Worked. Had lunch with the boss. Got paid. Oh, that Jeff guy showed up from California. (actually, he came here from NY... long story) So, the car is ready, the drivers are ready. All we have to do is pack and hit the road tomorrow. Woohoo!...

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I should be sleeping

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:10:34 -0400

It was a good day. The sickness I was worried about this morning seems to have passed. It was mostly gone by lunch time, so that's good. I really wasn't looking forward to the notion of doing the One Lap while either sick or drugged up. Got th...

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Crunch Time!

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:52:10 -0400

I now have about 48 hours left to prepare for the Tire Rack One Lap of America 2008! Panic is setting in. What have I forgotten? What do I need to do? Well, I've decided not to do an exhaust. I'd rather order some parts, a decent muffler and ...

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Tach is Fixed

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:11:59 -0400

Good news on the tach. I took it apart and a screw fell out. There's a little circuit board on the back of the internal assembly held on by two screws that were apparently never tightened. And, of course, that circuit board is what holds the w...

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Guess what I broke?

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:37:15 -0400

Let's hope this is the first and only episode of "Guess what I broke on the Yaris today!" Drove to one of our local autocross sites to instruct at the BMW teen driver car control clinic. Got there early and the course setup was already done, so ...

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Final Wrenching

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:09:09 -0400

I believe the last bit of wrenching on the "race car" is done. The Dezod brake pads have been replaced with Endless Y-Sport pads. Initial impressions are that they are significantly better pads. The Dezods were fine for street use, had better i...

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Heel & Toe

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:14:06 -0400

I'm pretty sure most folks who read this are racers, or wannabe racers, or at least car people, and probably know what "heel and toe" means. But, since I had to explain it to my wife at lunch today, let me begin with a brief explanation of what ...

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EDCM

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:23:41 -0400

The modern automobile is chock full of cool electronic devices with long names and convoluted acronyms. We have the ECU which uses the O2 sensor input to control the PWM of the EFI, ABS to help soccer moms run into fewer things in their minivans...

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$120 well spent

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:27:51 -0400

Got the windows tinted today. Made a feeble attempt to do it myself yesterday. Wasted about 2 hours of my life on one window... decided it was best to just let the pros do it. Looks nice. Should keep the car cooler. Unless I get some motiva...

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Autox Photos

nobody@vox.com(Loren) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:02:18 -0400

Huge thanks to Jerrimie Estelle from FloridaRacing.org for snapping some photos for me. I asked him to get some good shots of the suspension working so I could see how far it was rolling over and what it was doing. He did a good job of it...

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