Took the S13 to Buttonwillow Raceway for the first time!... Lots of PICS!

[forum04pl]

looks like a good day other than the water pump incident, and damn those s2k's are sexy!

[UfoZ8myCow]

Awesome man, hopefully Ill see you at the track in June when I start getting out there again! Im an instructor and Buttonwillow is my best track, so that would be fun.

Lost Hills is so funny- EVERYBODY makes that mistake there. Either they go in too hot and understeer off course, or overrotate the car coming over the hill and spin out. That's a bad place to pass unless you seriously outpower the car you are passing, otherwise you risk running out of room. I personally like running the Star Mazda turn instead of the Sweeper at the end of the dragstrip, a little more room to pass after Lost Hill. Your best bet with that Miata would have been to just follow him through the esses and Sunset and just pass on the front straight.

[Nikeboy355]

Look forward to getting some criticism from you on the track, UfoZ8myCow!...

Two things that I want to try different is to go straight into Offramp and staying tight to the inside... Using deceleration to glide up and to the right while I downshift, steer, and brake at the same time... I was going too wide and exiting slower than I should...

Also, I noticed that Sweeper has two apexes and I was treating it like a big half moon... You can straighten out in the middle and the cut in at the end... I watched a video of Tarzan driving the C-West S2000 and he did that...

What times have you seen S-chassis cars run through configuration 13?... Or what do you think they are capable of... My goal is to run as fast as the S2000s that my friends are running...

is it your car that sounds loud in the video, or is it the s2000 whose recording?

The video is taped from the Civic Si and yes that is my car making all the noise... My friends were saying that when they were driving behind me, they couldn't hear their own engines and exhausts...

You can also hear his tires squealing as he tries to follow my lines at some points...

[250sxdet]

hey, you know kel? haha he was a friend from HS.

[Daryl]

Originally Posted by swwifty

also, got any videos of this guy rob driving the s2ks? I'm curious to see some. I watched Daryl's onboard videos.

Maxrev taking a few laps in Evasive's AP2

1:57 Lap

[yarou]

i love daryl's s2k! definately the dopest track s2k on s2ki.com

[ZodiacSR]

Originally Posted by Nikeboy355

Hey Jon... Glad you found my post... I'm a documenting maniac so anyone and anything within 100 feet will end up on my refurbished Canon digital camera...

I went for a ride in Jon's car and his car was a lot of "fun" to ride in... The car, piloted by Jon, just glides through the entire course without being jerky or off balance... I think it might be time for a little more power or a little more tire...

Jon was also in the car with me when I ate it at Lost Hill... We hit the dirt pretty hard and Jon had to smoke half a pack of cigarettes before he could talk again... Just before we went on that run, we also noticed that there was no lap belt on the passenger side... Jon, I put some extra long zip ties in the glove box for next time so you can strap to the seat... haha...

Hahahaha... I thought the wheels were going to catch into the dirt after Lost Hill and roll the car! Especially with no lap belt and the automatic shoulder belt having malfunctioning problems! Everyone would sweat it too, LOL! All in all, you just need more seat time in that beast of yours and you'll be smoking all of us. Whats this I hear of the DOHC going in for the next event? Couldn't salvage the SOHC motor?

Thanks for the compliment, but NO on larger tires and NO on more power. I need to maximize my driving skill before I do anymore mods to the car. My in-car video is almost done, so please wait for it!

Hey Nit, are you going to Streets of Willow Springs on May 13th? Albert and I have already registered. Nasif got his rims so he's slapping on the A048's and last I heard he was planning on the May 13th event too. Anyone else going to this event?

Originally Posted by yarou

i love daryl's s2k! definately the dopest track s2k on s2ki.com

The picture you posted is Kel's car! This is Daryl's car, LOL! Its okay, both of there cars are awesome, I'd be confused too!



SPV Jon

[swwifty]

Originally Posted by Daryl

Maxrev taking a few laps in Evasive's AP2

1:57 Lap

nice vid. Makes me wish I was closer to that track! Rob had a great save at about 10:40mins.

Second vid doesn't work btw.

[Nikeboy355]

Whats this I hear of the DOHC going in for the next event?

I'm working on it right now... Hoping to have it in the car next week...

Couldn't salvage the SOHC motor?

I told myself I wouldn't spend any money on that motor... Even though it is just a water pump, pulley, and some belts, I'd rather save the $150 and get the dual cam in...

Hey Nit, are you going to Streets of Willow Springs on May 13th?

It looks like it... I'm hooked and too competitive of a person not to go...

Here is an in car video of one of my runs on the final session of the day... This is two laps before I ended up in the dirt and the clutch fan went out on me... I wish I had that on tape but I ran out of memory card space before then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETbuf2rx7v8

[ZodiacSR]

Awesome, see you at the track!

It says the video is not available??

[Nikeboy355]

Here is the Google video link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...34904416484037

[swwifty]

Originally Posted by Nikeboy355

Here is the Google video link:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...34904416484037

Great video.

I know it was your first time at the track, but I want to offer a little constructive criticism. You could easily get on the throttle a lot sooner out of most thoose corners. Easily at the apex or before on most corners. Driving a low powered car means you have to be on the throttle pretty much all the time to be fast. Low powered cars are actually a lot of fun to drive because you almost never have to brake. In my track s14 (bone stock KA24DE) I'm on the throttle probably 90% of a lap. Watch some of the video's of rob driving that track, and you'll see in the s2000 even he is on the throttle pretty much all the time. Good luck out there, and welcome to the addiction

[ZodiacSR]

Yea, it was his first time, but his lines improved dramatically at the end of the day compared to the morning sessions. Good job Nit!

Heres video from my in car camera. I don't have any footage of you Nit (Nikeboy355). Its kinda long, 20min, but theres extra footage at the end of passing and stuff. Sorry, you could barely read the text in the video, I guess Google Video's compressed the video and it compromise the resolution.

Struggling from a bad 5th gear sensor that left me with a 5K RPM rev limiter all day.

List of Mods since you can't really read it on the video.

Stock KA24DE motor
NGK plugs and wires
HKS exhaust
C's short shifter
SP Ceramic 6-puck clutch
Nismo 2way LSD
Tein type Basics F:8kg/mm R:6kg/mm
Tanabe sway bars
300ZX front calipers
Falken Azenis RT615 205/50/15

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...60150596901104

[yarou]

Originally Posted by ZodiacSR

The picture you posted is Kel's car! This is Daryl's car, LOL! Its okay, both of there cars are awesome, I'd be confused too!



SPV Jon

LOL my bad! i got the names mixed up! i meant kel's car