Jefferson circuit 2015 SCCA track Trial
Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 11:42 am
You will find a 2014 report in the index and here is the 0115 update :
Jeff ( delorean) and myself (gmreider) hauled on down to Summit point raceway to see if we had improved any. Jeff has his SPG with a TDo4 16T and 22 PSI and I took RED the 86 900 notch that I had just installed a Garrett Gt28RS ball bearing turbo on. OUR class SMF ( street modified front wheel drive ) is a sort of free for all within a street legal car class.
We have Hondas with Accura motors and some with Turbos and they weigh 2100-2200 lbs, VR 6 VW golfs with turbos that supposedly put out 458 HP @ 14-16psi at the wheels ?? then us die hard SAAB guys just trying hard. jeff and I went faster than last year and as usual Jeff beat me, but the 2 Honda's were 1-2 , the VW was 3rd, Jeff was 4th , I was 5th and the older driver (still younger than me) in the same VW was 6th.
It took some time for me to get used to the added power of the GT28and the torque steer when spooling up and shifting.
As a real test of the car, I put Jeff in my car after he wore his tires down to the cord and he went faster than me after 3 laps.
We'll see if they do as well when we get to the first Hill Climb in 2 weeks.
All photo credit is to Mike Vanino Photography from Reading PA . Mike is a member of our local SCCA region. Go online and find his web site. He has many great action shots .
Jeff ( delorean) and myself (gmreider) hauled on down to Summit point raceway to see if we had improved any. Jeff has his SPG with a TDo4 16T and 22 PSI and I took RED the 86 900 notch that I had just installed a Garrett Gt28RS ball bearing turbo on. OUR class SMF ( street modified front wheel drive ) is a sort of free for all within a street legal car class.
We have Hondas with Accura motors and some with Turbos and they weigh 2100-2200 lbs, VR 6 VW golfs with turbos that supposedly put out 458 HP @ 14-16psi at the wheels ?? then us die hard SAAB guys just trying hard. jeff and I went faster than last year and as usual Jeff beat me, but the 2 Honda's were 1-2 , the VW was 3rd, Jeff was 4th , I was 5th and the older driver (still younger than me) in the same VW was 6th.
It took some time for me to get used to the added power of the GT28and the torque steer when spooling up and shifting.
As a real test of the car, I put Jeff in my car after he wore his tires down to the cord and he went faster than me after 3 laps.
We'll see if they do as well when we get to the first Hill Climb in 2 weeks.
All photo credit is to Mike Vanino Photography from Reading PA . Mike is a member of our local SCCA region. Go online and find his web site. He has many great action shots .