Phoenix at SCCA runoffs

[blacksheep-1]

At Indy this year ..
AJ... T1 Boss 302
Kurt Rezzatano.. T2. Gt/5.0
Marshall Mast... T3.. 2.3 ecoboost
Nicole Jacque... T3.. 4.6/ 3valve

 

[blacksheep-1]

For those scoring at home, the 2.3 turbo got a 1mm smaller restrictor and 75 pound BoP penalty this year.
It's now the porkiest Mustang of the bunch at 3625

 

[blacksheep-1]

Shameless plug for my buddy Bruce at FTBR

 

[Norm Peterson]

Couldn't help noticing that oval "MoEHPDE" sticker.


Norm

 

[blacksheep-1]

Interior of Rezzatano's car

 

[TeeLew]

For those scoring at home, the 2.3 turbo got a 1mm smaller restrictor and 75 pound BoP penalty this year.
It's now the porkiest Mustang of the bunch at 3625

Do you have a connection with Mast?

 

[bob]

For those scoring at home, the 2.3 turbo got a 1mm smaller restrictor and 75 pound BoP penalty this year.
It's now the porkiest Mustang of the bunch at 3625

I find this kind of thing so irritating. The T rules allow stuff like double adjustable shocks, different clutches, different differentials, different brakes, massaged ECU's, Any factory ABS ECU like from the FP350's. Some cars get expensive wings.

It pains me when I spend say $1000 on the diff and that give me a second then SCCA takes the 1sec back with ballast and restrictor. Why not let me keep the $1000 and just allow only OEM Diffs?

Lead isn't cheap! When I ran my C5Z06 in T2 I had 300lbs of ballast! Right now that's $700 bucks of lead. Why not just not allow me to spend $6000 on the double adjustable shocks. I could have hit their target laptime and saved $6700!

Everytime I have to replace a restrictor the car needs to be retuned at $250 to 500/pop. I must have had 5 restrictor changes in 10 years or racing. I got to the point I just am too lazy for the hassle and just throw restrictor in and just run the car. Yeah I leave HP and torque on the table. What is that going to cost me? No clue...I have never had a fully optimized car.

OK Rant Off...

 

[Scootsmcgreggor]

Thank you Rob for the pics and info.

And thank you to Bob for reminding me why I should stick to HPDE days with friends instead of racing.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Do you have a connection with Mast?

I work for Phoenix

 

[blacksheep-1]

Well the T class cars are limited prep, the T4 class cars still use off the shelf parts. The T2 and 3 are a bit more liberal on suspension mods but the cars are basically stock.

 

[TeeLew]

I work for Phoenix

I'm curious what you're doing to keep the car cool. I see the Ron Davis sticker, so that answers some of my question. Does he make an Eco specific rad or did you have a custom one built? I've talked to C&R about a rad. I'm just wondering if there are other options.

 

[blacksheep-1]

I would do the
@ajaquilante
thing and get that directly from him, i just show up for races.

 

[ajaquilante]

I'm curious what you're doing to keep the car cool. I see the Ron Davis sticker, so that answers some of my question. Does he make an Eco specific rad or did you have a custom one built? I've talked to C&R about a rad. I'm just wondering if there are other options.

Ron Davis radiator, ( we sent them a radiator to dimension for fitment.) oil cooler, and a aftermarket intercooler ( i forget the brand as its spec'ed in the rules)

 

[blacksheep-1]

4 poles
AJ in Gt2 with Brand X ( corvette)
T1 with the most awesome Boss 302 ever built
Kurt in T2 with a Coyote Mustang
Marshall in T3 with the fat little 2.3 turbo.

It should be a good race, the track is acting sort of funky, and it's possible that it might become a tire preservation race with the Porsches and BMWs

 

[TeeLew]

Ron Davis radiator, ( we sent them a radiator to dimension for fitment.) oil cooler, and a aftermarket intercooler ( i forget the brand as its spec'ed in the rules)

How cool can you keep it with this? I've road raced this engine N/A and it's best when water is ~180 deg. & oil pretty steamy (although it was hard to get too much of a temp spilt). Do you have enough rad to keep it that cool or is it warmer? I'm on E30 and that seems to help a little, but the stock rad is nowhere close to racetrack ready. Even my HPP, which has a slightly big than normal isn't enough.

 

[Scootsmcgreggor]

Have you ducted your radiator and intercooler? I was only running ~350whp but ducting on the oem PP rad with ac removed worked wonders for me. With an oil cooler would of course have been even better.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Rezzatano is about to go to war in T2 with the Porsches and BMWs... check fo a live feed.

 

[blacksheep-1]

T2

 

[bob]

Congrats to kurt. 13 second gap to 2nd! That's huge. From green flag the only cars near him were lapped traffic.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Congrats to kurt. 13 second gap to 2nd! That's huge. From green flag the only cars near him were lapped traffic.

Yeah, the Fall Line guys got hosed up, Kurt's power steering went south halfway through the race, so he had to drive it old school.