A little late coming, but not a ton of new info about the events.
A two day weekend, with Saturday being the first day I actually had the car at a test n' tune. This gave me a great chance to really get a feel for the new settings, and get some feedback.
The car felt good, and I managed to get a great feel of just how much grip it actually has through the large slalom we always run, as well as some of the short course stuff on the east side.
I also handed over the keys to a few people.. and I think i'm on to something here, as everyone came back grinning ear to ear. And they all came back with the same complaint: Wheelspin city.
That's okay, because 3 days before the TnT my new diff showed up on the doorstep. Unfortunately, the rest of the parts needed to install it didn't. Instead of crossing my fingers and yanking it hoping they would show, i opted to take it easy this weekend, and just enjoy the car.
On Sunday at MOWOG 4, Steve Meschke had asked if he could co-drive (would 3 emails be counted as begging?) as the FMOD car wasn't quite up to snuff at the time. We had a good time last year, so why the hell not?
With a little finesse, Steve managed to out drive me by a good margin (about 7/10ths). But he put the car within 1 second of Alex Bahl who took the win. Without a diff.
Even if i was defeated, that made my day. That diff is going to easily be worth more than a second.
Going back over the data logs I saw that i botched the pin turn more than a few times, and Steve frequently had more faith in the car so carried more speed. I'll get there eventually.
It was a good day.
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