Recent content by jtower

holy crap, that's absolutely staggering. i met steve several years ago when i was shopping for my nsx, i found one in chicago but didn't know how to get it home. someone said that steve might be able to help and sure enough he did. we drove together from raleigh to chicago in his truck...

believe it or not i'm selling my wife's 2011 mini cooper s, it's a very rare non-sunroof model that would be perfect for a track car. any interest?

nice, i did that a while back too https://vimeo.com/17913969

when/where is the social activity on fri? sold my nsx a few years ago but i'm instructing at vir next week and would like to say hello. btw i live in cary so if anyone needs tools or whatever i'll try to help out. bringing my acura integra chump car to vir, will try to cram a passenger seat...

slightly early turn in + a tad too much curb + teensy bit slow applying opposite lock. no big deal, everyone spins there eventually if they're pushing it. to wit: https://vimeo.com/16028871 (go to 3:15) for more fun at cmp, try this sometime: https://vimeo.com/11390110

email me (jtower at gmail) and i'll give you whatever info i can on the person i sold it to. unfortunately i haven't seen the car since selling it in 2009.

at a hpde a couple of years ago i corded two toyo 888 on my spec e30 so i borrowed a couple of bfg r1 from a friend. he said they were old and heat cycled out so i put them on the front thinking that understeer was safer than oversteer. but they still had noticeably more grip than the 888s and...

if you like crazy passing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctEEDWXXmU this past weekend my student at vir insisted that i drive his race-prepared 1972 911 w/ a 3.2L motor, upgraded brakes, and hoosiers. having never driven a 911 of any vintage before i was a bit nervous but wow, what a car...

meh, wherever *shoulder shrug*

apathy

it's a very good track, one time last year our sunday qualifying session was cancelled due to the previous groups crashing and/or oiling down the track. so one of the rich guys rented the entire track for 20 min and we used that as our qualifier :)

Re: Cmp 2/11 2/12 (Videos posted, driving critique welcome) probably looked a lot like this :) http://racing.cerient.net/?p=133 normally i never miss a nasa weekend at cmp but my right hand is still in a cast so instead i was crew chief for our chumpcar integra at road atlanta.

a table or desk is totally fine to get started, you can always add the cockpit later. you'll want a sturdy chair too, and height adjustability of both the chair and table is a big help.

i have the fanatec gt2 wheel, it's fairly comparable to the g27. the h-pattern shifter sucks, logitech's is better. however the fanatec clubsport pedals are terrific and are well worth the money. you can mix and match them, pedals and wheel/shifter are generally treated as separate input devices.

figure out what class your car would be in, then compare those lap times to yours. pretty easy to see how competitive you'd be.