going F-A-S-T in a FWD at Summit Point!

[fasthonda]

Darren wrote:

Todd -- I am amazed you can go this fast without aero. All of the cars going this fast in TTS have big tires and big wings and you have neither.

hey darren!

well, i'll never have big tires on the Civic; 225 is the absolute widest i can fit on it; barely fits that size, and that's after pounding the wheelwells out with a big sledge... over the winter i'd like to put a wing on the back, and a splitter/airdam/undertray on the front. i think that would help out immensely, along with changing to a 4.40 final drive (to raise my top speed about 20 mph or so before it hits the revlimiter in 6th gear).

here is a vid clip from saturday: http://www.vimeo.com/16675485

thats early on sat morning; i was no where near the best time of 1:19.8 that i got in the last session on sat afternoon; but this is the only footage i got all day long; the camera did only a few minutes worth of footage and then conked out. you'll see me take off initially, and then lay back a little bit so i can have some clear track. i'm braking early in this for sure (not trusting the brakes at all, after having already cracked two rotors; only 4 left to crack! lol). also you can hear and see me hit the rev limiter after the start finish-line; later in the day i was getting thru T10 better and hitting the limiter sooner, and getting back into it and hitting it a second time before braking for T1.

enjoy!