Beautiful day - except very cold in a car with no top at 0 dark-thirty this morning. Managed to attract one of SVOBUD's Gwinett counterparts at 6:15 this morning - I thought that would be prime donut time since there is no one on the road.
Then, of course, my group's first session starts promptly at 10:00 - oh wait, your car is too loud for quiet hours - sorry, you'll have to wait till 12:30. So, hitched a ride in group A with a neighbor buddy in his Subaru rice rocket - man that thing hauls buns and only has half the cylinders I do.
Finally got out at 12:30 and in turn 1 a big white cloud of smoke erupts behind the car, then another in turn 7. Come in looking for
oil, water, anything - some say it looks like tire smoke, but tires look ok. Hmmm.....
So I go back out - same thing. Instructor suggests I'm getting
oil loaded up on left side of the engine as it seems to only happen in heavy G right turns - not what you want at RA. Thinking maybe intake gasket is leaking, maybe valve stem seals, hmmmm....
Well, they let me back out next session and the smoke seems to be subsiding. Engine is running great. Get back in and a couple of guys look under the rear of the car and one spots the issue - inside edge of left rear is machining itself a nice flat spot where it's rubbing against the inside front of the wheel well.
So, most seem to agree that there's plenty of rubber left and now it's worn down enough for clearance, so I continue the day. Needless to say, either the tires are completely out of balance, or they are actually square! I feel like I'm holding onto a jack hammer as I go down the back straight.
Manage to get in 4-5 sessions and had lots of fun. Now have some body work to do on the fender wells, and the clutch fork is vibrating against the foot box. Got to switch to a different actuator, or hack away some clearance on the foot box.
Fun time!
Did the Panoz track day today
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