48.8:D

The best part of that is where he is tucking in his shirt or whatever on the way to the car, and has a glove in his mouth, but already has both gloves on. :)

haha. dean are you going out to stead this afternoon?

Headed out mid morning...

do you think you could ride with me one run and give me some pointers?

Run groups and spacing permitting... If you are in my run group, you need to be at least 5 cars apart.

It was a very fun course. I don't like shifting down into first though...er rather, my car doesn't like it much. It only ground a little once, but yikes.

I would have had trouble with it. I have to be going really slow to get my tranny to allow me in to 1st - anything over about 7-10mph and I just can't force it in. I need to find a way to open that up a little. Braking to 7mph usually ends up defeating the purpose of downshifting, and I'm forced to just wallow on out of the corner in 2nd. :(

P.S. If anyone has any advice on how I can loosen that up (i.e. get the tranny to allow me to downshift in to 1st at a higher speed instead of locking it up at anything over ~10mph), offer it up. I'd really like to be able to get in to first at 15-20mph so I can stay closer to the top of my powerband while still carrying a decent amount of speed.

Survey Says!:

Redline Shockproof Lightweight. :)

I'm using Uncle Scotty's Cocktail and it's only slightly better than stock. I can shift into first doing 25mph without revmatching or double clutching, etc but I have to be pretty slow with the shift.

Everyone who runs the Redline absolutely loves it. It should really help you out J.

Today was fun. My car seemed to go into 1st better today...I'm sure me being slower with my hands helped a bit. I gotta say I enjoyed the course better yesterday for some reason. Great weekend though. Thanks to all that helped make it happen! :)

lots of fun today. fast but still technicalish.

Cody is right. We did Sue's '02 WRX tranny Sat. PM with Lightweight shockproof and it was like night and day. No clinking, just goes in all the way to 20+... Took 30 minutes.

Go to Summit, buy fluid. It is on the back side of the first or maybe second rack as you walk in the door to the left. You need 3.7 Quarts. You also need a long bendy funnel or bottle pump to get teh fluid into the dip stick hole under the intercooler.

Make sure tranny is warm. You just got back from Summit, right?
Ramp or jack the front end up.(Use stands if jacking) Jack the rear up at the diff to make the car flat.
21mm socket on a 2' breaker bar + extension to break the plug loose.

Rags, socket extension, etc. to protect your hand to undo nut & copper washer and not drop it into the drain bucket you are using.

Let it drain while you clean the metal shavings off the magnet in the plug, open the bottles, put the funnel in place, . etc. If the turbo is still hot, Put a rag or two over it to keep from melting the funnel.

PUT THE PLUG BACK IN!!!

Put about 3.5 bottles in. Put the car on the ground, dipstick in and go drive it for a while.

Come back let it sit a few minutes and check the level. Top off if needed. By the third -5th shift, it should be a different tranny.

J doesn't have an IC :P

No, he just doesn't have a turbo... :)

And he's certainly no your bo.

Well im gonna have to do this tonight.

Video of my six runs from today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp_S87r8Lr4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgLUuwppFYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT8OAKkeTy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz9HYRDZTUQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yokWbE8C-M0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0SiW90XnU

Cool, I'll have to get Redline in there sometime soon. Thanks guys :)

Also if you double clutch going into first it will go in magically smooth. The owners manual says that every gear is syncroed , so double clutching should not be needed, but it helps. I've gotten comments AutoXing, and RallyXing how smooth my upshifting is..

under braking in 2nd gear I hang enough of my right foot over so it can blip the gas pedal, i stay in 2nd gear as long as possible, then i push the clutch all the way down, put the shifter into nuetral, i let the clutch all the way up (or i think i do) I rev match my engine, NOW i push the clutch back down and slide it into first, and it feels silky smooth.

with out the double clutching it won't go into first @ 25. even if i hold the rpms at 5000 it just won't. My WRX had the exact same feeling to it.


this works great for me, Your Results May vary!
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I'd read about that, but I haven't had an opportunity to try it.

I like the part in the first video where I call Jonny a jerk.

Awesome weekend! Not to rub it in again, but it looks like I snubbed Scott in Nick's car on Sunday by a 0.02 second margin! :eek: The "battle" was SO much fun tho!

And it was awesome having my Pops come out to watch!

Can the Yellow BSP Vette from California be beat?:?:

Apperantly not, but I'll continue to try.

That guy INSISTED that the first apex cone was out of the box and made me fix it. But since there was nothing wrong with it, I just made it look like I fixed it but really just moved it back and forth. :lol:

You forgot to mention the part where you are driving an STi. Slight improvements were made to that trasmission when it was designed.

How close did you get? I was busy watching Cody and Nick's times.

I had a lot of fun on Sat running in my new mustang. Its not as fast as the subarus, but its a whole different beast.

I had a great time! What a fun course. I realized that I was taking for granted all good that can come of tapping the brakes. And that I wasn't really using my brakes as much as I should have been. I even got my first t-shirt tan of the season.

I was very impressed with your best time Jonny...but more importantly, your Subaru actually looks good... :cool:

Thanks. But I don't get what you're saying. Are you implying that your or someone elses Scoob isn't the hotness? Because the wagons (esp Derricks[no offense! His just looks sexy with the dark wheels and the flaps) are my favorite cars to watch.

Kevins OBS was ESPECIALLY fun to watch... :lol:

Well, bugeye wagons are my personal 2nd favorite in the looks dept., but GC8 FTW.

When I bought my car, there were 04 wagons on the lot, but I liked the looks of the bugeyes better.

im in all of derricks videos working station 3 right before the slolom :thumbsup:

johnny beat me again god dammit. by the end of the year im gonna beat you once johnny.

Sick! Results are up at renoscca.com

Damn, SECCS represented... 20 Subaru drivers.

Ouch.. Mike's 48.2 was dirty, almost opened the door for Cory. :)

I still have a ways to go to catch Matt.

Debbie did well Sun. just missed catching Patty by 2 100ths... :(

Good job beating the Vettes on Sun. Pete.

78.2? How many cones did he hit!?!

if i woulda been .007 faster i woulda beat that rx8. bummer. cory theres the milliseconds for you

Sorry to jump off topic but I am pulling my hair out trying to find a 21mm drain plug for my tranny. Is this the plug just with something other then a 21mm bolt?????
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/thumpyJ/WTF.jpg

Just talked to Joel. That looks like the right place to me. Guess they changed to a monster TORX bit in 04??? Why, I have no idea...

Just confirmed it is a T70 for 04/05 on... Might be a mid 04 change as some appear to claim to have a normal bolt on 04s.

wow I was not too mad about it because as I told you Dean "hey I happen to have that size TORX"


WRONG i have one size smaller then that. Boy am I upset. I image walmart doesnt carry that.

Damn... Sorry to hear that.

$11 for the single...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lisle...QQcmdZViewItem
Or under $30 for a set...
http://www.google.com/products?q=t70...um=1&scoring=p

Well I rushed back to Kragen after being there once already tonight to get a 21mm socket. I bought their biggest TORX which was a T60. I assumed it was the biggest made and thus my problems were solved. Until I got home here and read Deans post. I sure hope that Khail Stocks these or I will just ebay it I guess.

Yeah, Great job team! I love it when we represent like that. Trying to chase down the yellow vette is going to make or break me, those guys are so fast!!!!:lol:

Anyway, Don't forget Carrie, she had a great run this weekend as well...I'm getting nervous.

Oh, and we were fighting some brake issues towards the end Sunday, I need to bleed my brakes badly. I won't make that mistake again. Looking forward to the next event!!!!!!!!!

Which rx8, 88N (RN)?

You had the speakers still in the trunk? If so, that's easily your .007 seconds right there. ;)

No kidding on Carrie there Matt! She was FAST this weekend! I think she told me at one point that she was only about a second behind you! Watch your ass dude! :lol:

Carrie is doing great. She had Matt by a tenth or so at one point, but the meanie beat her...

Sorry I didn't coach in my group much Sunday. I was focused on figuring out my car which I still haven't done.

Dean, You went with double adjustables correct? We should talk some time...:cool:

Yeah. Unfortunately, they are different valving, and slightly different spring rates in the front, so all my old adjustment data is worthless. I didn't learn much this weekend as I am just trying to get the feel for the power. With the rear bar on medium, I definitely wasn't over steering except under power. I'm considering softening the bump in the front or stiffening the rear. I am on the soft side of center for both ends at the moment. The rebound damping appears to be about right as I don't get bad oscillations.