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[Catmaigne]

Awesome run, your driving skills seem to improve every time you share a video. Bummer on the road debris ruining your day. I don't suppose you bought road hazard insurance on the new tires and rims?
Nolan

So thankfully the tire has a road hazard warranty through Tire Rack and I should be able to get some money back. I see they had a 2021 production date RE71RS for sale at $170 (only 1 left!) so I jumped on it since a newer one would be $399.

[Catmaigne]

So as it turns out, that concrete block put a dent in the barrel of my right rear wheel in addition to destroying the front. It still held air though, but running it is too risky imo. I ended up getting a replacement wheel from Trackspec at 50% off and finally got around to getting 2X new tires mounted.

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I decided not to reuse the right rear tire since it also had 2 nails stuck in it (probably from the shoulder of RT.55), but I'm gonna keep it around as a spare. I'm also trying to get Tirerack to approve 2 road hazard claims. If they both get approved, then the net cost of the incident will only be $400 which ain't bad.

Finally got around to making a longer vid of the last event. I get a ridealong in Brian's LT1 Caprice.



Aiming to be back on track by late April or early May. I have a bunch of small projects and maintenance to do on the car, but there's a lot so it will likely take a while. Off the top of my head...

-Replace clunky LCA rod end
-Swap optis and new plugs
-Caliper crossover tube and caliper dust boot replacement
-Fluid flushes for oil, trans, and diff
-Make my seat bracket more rigid
-Fab brake ducts
-Find the source of my interior water leak (for the 5th time)

Trying to branch out and hit more new tracks this year as I'm totally burnt out on NJMP. I'm thinking Lime Rock, Summit Point (so I can bench race my car against Strano's lmao), maybe Dominion and Pineview. I really wanna go back to Watkins Glen though and see if I can pull a sub 2:10 with these tires. I'm also eyeing a time trial event at the Pocono mega course in July which should be fun.

[Catmaigne]

Also, here's a nice pic from the last event:

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[JOATMON]

Awesome, Thanks for sharing. The 9C1 boat was awesome too. You didn't mention where the mystery water leak was. My wife's '94 Z developed a leak that was finally tracked down the firewall bulkhead connector not being caulked completely from the factory. The water was getting in and leaking UNDER the carpet from the firewall back through a wiring channel to the driver side rear floorpan. When enough got back there, it would soak through the carpet and create a mystery puddle of water in the floorboard.

[Catmaigne]

Awesome, Thanks for sharing. The 9C1 boat was awesome too. You didn't mention where the mystery water leak was. My wife's '94 Z developed a leak that was finally tracked down the firewall bulkhead connector not being caulked completely from the factory. The water was getting in and leaking UNDER the carpet from the firewall back through a wiring channel to the driver side rear floorpan. When enough got back there, it would soak through the carpet and create a mystery puddle of water in the floorboard.

Hahaha I know the exact connector you're talking about. I gooped it with RTV a couple years ago but didn't really do a good job so I'll have to check it again. I've been fighting leaks on the DS floor for years with this car.

Tbh I think the leak might be from my replacement Safelite windshield. There's a 1/4" gap at the top of it almost like they installed the thing too low. I wouldn't be surprised if water was pooling in there, freezing over the winter, and getting in through small cracks in the RTV.

[Catmaigne]

Track night coming up in 1 month that's just a casual shakedown at NJMP. Hopefully I should have this car back on the ground within the next 2-3 weeks.

Seat bracket is reinforced.
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Better brake ducting is in place on the RF side (still need to do the LF). These are pancake ducts for a BRZ with 2.5" outlets, hopefully they're enough. I tried to make the C6z ducts work without luck. There's no room under this car with 18x11s.
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Using PS rack limiters (for a Mustang) to clear the ducts. I'm only using 1 per side since I don't want to severely limit my steering angle. Lack of angle in a slide could definitely put me into the tirewall.
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Had to relocate the coolant reservoir and battery since the stock reservoir was interfering with the brake ducts. Welded up a battery tray (I painted it later).
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All I have left is...
- Finish LF brake ducts.
- Opti install. Going to throw a mitsu sensor into a $50 Amazon opti and see how it does. I want to clean the sensor with alcohol and hit it with the oscilloscope first.
- Brembo dust boot swap on the LF caliper and a brake bleed.
- Find the interior leak.