AMS Sponsored Evo X sets Track Record @ Road America!
Aug 3, 2008, 07:04 PM
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AMS Sponsored Evo X sets Track Record @ Road America!
Good news first: Ryan Gates sets new NASA TT-A lap record at Road America in an AMS powered Evo X! Visit www.gates311.com for info on the car.
New Record - 2:29.7
Previous Record - 2:30.9
Tires: Nitto NT-01's
350whp/360wtq
Thanks to AMS Performance for the great power, needed it to keep up with the Vette! More thanks to Robispec for keeping the car flat and stable thru all the high speed corners, thanks to Girodisc for the rock solid brakes to slow the car down from multiple 145+ speeds per lap, Exedy USA for a clutch that held perfect thru the day, and Darkside Engineering for the badass wheels!
Make sure to click on High Quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YuTFNbI8I
Here's the story behind the weekend:
The weekend was fun, but was very problem filled. After the first TT session (Warm up) on Saturday, I was feeling good, had a great few warm up laps, got some heat in the new NT-01's, the car was running great and I ran a 2:33.xx, my fastest lap at R/A ever! I head out for the 2nd session and the car has no power, so I pulled off after 2 laps to diagnose the problem. Turns out that 2 gals of 110 leaded mixed with 9 gals of 98 unleaded is enough to burn up a H/F cat....sooooo after checking the cat, there wasn't a enough time to gut it, so I just took it out there running only the downpipe :tdown:
Onto the 3rd session, I saw that the time to beat was a 2:30.5 by a Natl. level Z06! Wow, new track record! I was pretty overwhelmed after seeing that, so I headed out just looking to do the best I could. After the warm up lap I ran 1 clean lap then went for a cool down lap to just get off the track, I didn't feel safe with all the backfires under the car. On the cooldown lap, I hit a pretty rough rumble strip and the car died....just coasted to a stop after the Carousel and waited to get towed. Well the problem ended up being a blown fuse, the "Engine Power" fuse.
I figured it was just a freak issue....it wasn't. Long story short, the car keeps blowing that same fuse any time I hit a rough rumble strip or jump a curb. I tried on Sunday for a fast lap, but after Canada corner I hit a rumble strip and the car died, so much for a good time. I just packed up and headed to Chicago to have the car looked over by AMS before Road Atlanta next weekend.
Again, thanks to AMS Performance, Robispec, Girodisc, Exedy USA and Darkside Engineering.
Anyone know a tire sponsor?????
Ryan
www.Gates311.com
New Record - 2:29.7
Previous Record - 2:30.9
Tires: Nitto NT-01's
350whp/360wtq
Thanks to AMS Performance for the great power, needed it to keep up with the Vette! More thanks to Robispec for keeping the car flat and stable thru all the high speed corners, thanks to Girodisc for the rock solid brakes to slow the car down from multiple 145+ speeds per lap, Exedy USA for a clutch that held perfect thru the day, and Darkside Engineering for the badass wheels!
Make sure to click on High Quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YuTFNbI8I
Here's the story behind the weekend:
The weekend was fun, but was very problem filled. After the first TT session (Warm up) on Saturday, I was feeling good, had a great few warm up laps, got some heat in the new NT-01's, the car was running great and I ran a 2:33.xx, my fastest lap at R/A ever! I head out for the 2nd session and the car has no power, so I pulled off after 2 laps to diagnose the problem. Turns out that 2 gals of 110 leaded mixed with 9 gals of 98 unleaded is enough to burn up a H/F cat....sooooo after checking the cat, there wasn't a enough time to gut it, so I just took it out there running only the downpipe :tdown:
Onto the 3rd session, I saw that the time to beat was a 2:30.5 by a Natl. level Z06! Wow, new track record! I was pretty overwhelmed after seeing that, so I headed out just looking to do the best I could. After the warm up lap I ran 1 clean lap then went for a cool down lap to just get off the track, I didn't feel safe with all the backfires under the car. On the cooldown lap, I hit a pretty rough rumble strip and the car died....just coasted to a stop after the Carousel and waited to get towed. Well the problem ended up being a blown fuse, the "Engine Power" fuse.
I figured it was just a freak issue....it wasn't. Long story short, the car keeps blowing that same fuse any time I hit a rough rumble strip or jump a curb. I tried on Sunday for a fast lap, but after Canada corner I hit a rumble strip and the car died, so much for a good time. I just packed up and headed to Chicago to have the car looked over by AMS before Road Atlanta next weekend.
Again, thanks to AMS Performance, Robispec, Girodisc, Exedy USA and Darkside Engineering.
Anyone know a tire sponsor?????
Ryan
www.Gates311.com
Last edited by BlackTrack; Aug 4, 2008 at 05:35 AM.
Aug 3, 2008, 07:23 PM
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Ryan, Congrats man! Im glad to see things are working out for you. You know, it felt like it was just the other day when you were asking me questions about NASAs TT series, and how you werent that happy with your Evo 9. The next thing i know you got rid of your 9 and got yourself a X. I cant believe how quickly it all happened.
Another thing. I remember you said that you were thinking of competing at Nationals this year. However, i dont recall seeing your name on the list. Are you not going? So you know, im all signed up for Nationals, and now im working on getting everything else situated.
Another thing. I remember you said that you were thinking of competing at Nationals this year. However, i dont recall seeing your name on the list. Are you not going? So you know, im all signed up for Nationals, and now im working on getting everything else situated.
Aug 3, 2008, 11:44 PM
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Car looks awesome, and that's a great accomplishment.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
Aug 4, 2008, 12:38 AM
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Car looks awesome, and that's a great accomplishment.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
Aug 4, 2008, 05:34 AM
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Thanks Taylor! See ya soon!
Thanks Ed! I will most likely be at Natls. just haven't set my schedule completely.
The 2:33 was in the warm up session while I was warming up the new (5 laps at ACC prior to this weekend) NT-01's. I was pushing that lap, but it was by no means 100%. I was expecting to run a 2:31, but I underestimated what the car had! And running the open exhaust had nothing to do with the 4 seconds, I usually run a 100cell race cat and a straight catback, no muffler. The HP difference is minimal. I have a few points to work with, so it didn't put me over. But thanks for the kind words Warr!
Thanks guys!
Ryan, Congrats man! Im glad to see things are working out for you. You know, it felt like it was just the other day when you were asking me questions about NASAs TT series, and how you werent that happy with your Evo 9. The next thing i know you got rid of your 9 and got yourself a X. I cant believe how quickly it all happened.
Another thing. I remember you said that you were thinking of competing at Nationals this year. However, i dont recall seeing your name on the list. Are you not going? So you know, im all signed up for Nationals, and now im working on getting everything else situated.
Another thing. I remember you said that you were thinking of competing at Nationals this year. However, i dont recall seeing your name on the list. Are you not going? So you know, im all signed up for Nationals, and now im working on getting everything else situated.
Car looks awesome, and that's a great accomplishment.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
However, are you saying that in one try with one full lap, you not only beat yourself previous best (earlier in the day) by 4 seconds but broke the record for any car by almost a full second...even in spite of this fuse causing problems? And the only thing you changed was to run with an open downpipe? What do you think attributed to a gain of 4 seconds in just one attempted lap?
Is open downpipe allowed? I can't remember the rules, since I never considered that. As far as points, does it just count as having a test pipe in place of the cat? I assume your points aren't close enough to the limit of TTA to matter.
Thanks guys!
Aug 4, 2008, 03:45 PM
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Good job dude! Someday I'll make the pilgrimage to Road America! 
So far I've only driven it in the virtual world (Forza2 on the Xbox 360 Stock EVO8 stock tires best lap time of 2:29) 
As for the Engine Fuse blowing out check for an electrical short on the rear or front O2 sensors.
So far I've only driven it in the virtual world (Forza2 on the Xbox 360 Stock EVO8 stock tires best lap time of 2:29) As for the Engine Fuse blowing out check for an electrical short on the rear or front O2 sensors.
