Driving Ambition Updating Kip's Car.
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Awesome work Shad! It's particularly interesting how the aero mods to the front negatively impacted the overall balance of a "real race car". Please let us know how the new rear under-tray and diffuser work out.
Good luck, and keep us posted!
Good luck, and keep us posted!
Wow! Nice job guys. Looks sweet!
Ed
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Shad,
The car is looking pretty sporty! I'm curious to hear how it runs with the new mods. Ominous shots of the car sitting on wets, as now it looks like rain for the greater Seattle area Sunday and Monday.
See you guys at Laguna,
Guy
The car is looking pretty sporty! I'm curious to hear how it runs with the new mods. Ominous shots of the car sitting on wets, as now it looks like rain for the greater Seattle area Sunday and Monday.
See you guys at Laguna,
Guy
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I'd also like to know this as well. Did you do any type of calculations or cfd to see where cg is under varying types of acceleration and then match the amount of down force to that location? And if so how did that effect the handling of the car?
Carlos
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unofficial update:
Shad's cool as always, Kip's awesome, weather's crappy... DA is unstoppable. :biggrin:
I didn't have a chance to see the qualifying in actions, but based on the printout I "stole", he's running 1:39.xx in RAIN and there were only 3 cars running faster than him. (All of the others were tube frame cars.) Kip's 9 seconds ahead of the second place qualifier. He's the lap record holder in STO class here.
In the actual race, he quickly climb to second place overall in a matter of couple laps and now that we are standing in pouring rain... (I was trying to get couple good pics at the back side of the track, the way this track built, was not that exciting for the spectators, so I'm looking forward to Kip's camera actions.).
Kip told me he got a chance to run in the dry on Sunday. Which he turned a 1:27. during the race. It's just freaking awesome, please take a look at current scca lap record : http://www.nwr-scca.org/race/trackrecords.htm before they updating it with Kip's lap time, that is.
Mind you the track condition is terrible, (I won't even want to go to track day in this kind of weather.) Lack of seat time on a fresh track with ever changing weather condition... I'm just speechless!!!
pictures: you can see some nice pics here, http://dougberger.zenfolio.com/p945418737/h5eb8a40#h1a5bb056
Shad's cool as always, Kip's awesome, weather's crappy... DA is unstoppable. :biggrin:
I didn't have a chance to see the qualifying in actions, but based on the printout I "stole", he's running 1:39.xx in RAIN and there were only 3 cars running faster than him. (All of the others were tube frame cars.) Kip's 9 seconds ahead of the second place qualifier. He's the lap record holder in STO class here.
In the actual race, he quickly climb to second place overall in a matter of couple laps and now that we are standing in pouring rain... (I was trying to get couple good pics at the back side of the track, the way this track built, was not that exciting for the spectators, so I'm looking forward to Kip's camera actions.).
Kip told me he got a chance to run in the dry on Sunday. Which he turned a 1:27. during the race. It's just freaking awesome, please take a look at current scca lap record : http://www.nwr-scca.org/race/trackrecords.htm before they updating it with Kip's lap time, that is.
Mind you the track condition is terrible, (I won't even want to go to track day in this kind of weather.) Lack of seat time on a fresh track with ever changing weather condition... I'm just speechless!!!
pictures: you can see some nice pics here, http://dougberger.zenfolio.com/p945418737/h5eb8a40#h1a5bb056
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Great news. Cool pictures.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Hi Shad, do you guys ever get up to Mission RaceWay in Vancouver BC?
Limegreen, no offense, don't hold your breath...:wink: Compared to tracks in WA, mission is a waste of money, and this comment is actually coming from my friends in B.C. (many of my friends live up there.)
With the poor competition, I don't even know if DA will ever come back. :biggrin:
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Thanks NSXDreamer2 I just wanted to see the car in action!!!! Looks great and the work that was done looks great!
I know that about the race track up here, and yes most of our guys do go south!!!!
Simply amazing! Great work guys. I'd love to see some pics of the full under tray with it up on a lift.
It's amazing seeing that car in action!!!
I drag race up at Mission since its the closest track for me but its a dump in comparison to seattle. Track conditions are generally poor as well which is a downer...
axles are possibly a weak link
Great build, GL on this upcoming season. I have personally dealt with the world challenge folks a few times and can completely understand your frustration (I'm crew chief for Goodsport racing in norcal)
car/aero/trans looks amazing. i want to see this up close!
car/aero/trans looks amazing. i want to see this up close!
Are those side in production? can they be bought?
They are not for a street car.
"Driving Ambition's NSX Racings side skirts are designed for the full race NSX and will not work on a NSX street car."
http://www.drivingambition.us/SearchResults.asp?Cat=79
