Akina's build

[AKINA FC]

You cant shake a stick at 60 bucks for a track day! I need to start doing more competition events next year. The nice thing about So Cal is that at the better track days there are enough race cars there to gauge how quick you are.

Did that software for telemetry come with the camera? Is the GPS built in? I use the IO port camera mount.. It is heavy but seems to work really well. I got one used on ebay for about half what they cost new. I also still need to get my rear shocks revalved.

Yes! More competition events for sure, its amazing how much faster a person gets naturally just running with a faster group. The race cars around here really only compete so its a rarity to find one at a track day, though this weekend a couple guys did have some legit race cars, a boxster and a c5, but the owners were novices and didn't know what they were doing. Fast down the straight and panic in the corners!
Yes, it has gps, lap timer (which I just figured out last night) g force (which it divides up into multiple things), pitch/roll, slide/skid, speed, barometric pressure, track map-mapping, multiple lens settings and other stuff I haven't touched yet!.
I am using a clamp on roll bar mount for a go pro I got at best buy and a suction cup- all go pro mounts interchange which is nice as I already had them.
I am debating on having my dampers upgraded to the modular double adjustable but still trying to accept the price I know it would be a great asset but its a lot of money. I have contingency from fortune so a revalve/rebuild/sweep dyno only runs a couple hundred but the upgrade would be as much as the coil overs were originally and puts them as the same price as Motons

I'm also interested in that camera.
What model is it, and is the telemetry integrated?

It a Garmin Virb XE, they just released it the beginning of September and all telemetry is integrated. So easy to use also, you can blue tooth control or just a simple switch or the touch screen on the back. Switch on, it films automatically with a green blinking light, switch off and it blinks red and done. Downloading of multiple sessions takes only a few minutes using a SD card reader and the free Garmin software, has utube, facebook and multiple other social media integration's built in for sharing.
You can also customize the screen telemetry layout, gauge designs and colors. It has a lot of stuff to keep yourself entertained haha

[Supe]

Akina - one more windshield related question for you.  How did you mount to the windshield perimeter?  Drill and tap factory sheet metal?  Self tappers?  Nutserts?  It doesn't look like there's much meat to secure to around the perimeter on the FC windshield channel, and I was contemplating going back and welding tabs in place.  I would like to keep things reasonably removable because the car is WAY easier to service without the glass in place.  I'm contemplating even building a separate "mini frame" just to fasten the glass to, so that the glass can be removed in its entirety by a few screws from the interior and undoing the retention strips, rather than having to go around and undo a zillion allen screws every time.

[Cobranut]

Weld in tabs and use Dzus fasteners.

[Supe]

I contemplated it, but you have to move the fasteners pretty far inboard to have room for the tabs, and due to the size of the countersink required to flush out the heads. 

[AKINA FC]

I used rivnuts Supe, 1/4 -20 and button head allen bolts.  Ill most likely rivet the rear window in, hopefully it arrives friday 

[Supe]

I used rivnuts Supe, 1/4 -20 and button head allen bolts.  Ill most likely rivet the rear window in, hopefully it arrives friday 

Thanks.  I'll guess I'll have to scrape the window adhesive off completely and take a closer look at how much meat the pillars have.

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[AKINA FC]

Sorry for the lack of updates, been working on everyone else's race cars at the moment! Finishing up a LS3 swap in a miata for st1/tt1 and two ptd miata builds.
Did finally get started on my car this weekend. After a some trial and error I got the back window semi installed last night. Word to the wise, DO NOT use a fast spinning sanding disc when trying to strip the hard coating on these windows, it will heat and cool the poly rapidly and leave fractures under the surface I did that the first time and did not see them until I painted the edges, It makes it look like it has hundreds of finger prints under the surface. I ended up stripping and sanding it all down to get rid of them, I spent about 20 hours in all when it should have taken me about 4 hours to cut, trim, sand, paint and install. In the end it's turning out nice though.
Same install like the front, 1/4x20 rivnuts and stainless button heads. Thickness is .125 and its the one from optic-armor.



Changing rear springs a little, going up to a 6kg rear - 336lb- from the 5kg/280lb plus put the rear bar back on. Also finishing the front splitter up over the next weekend hopefully, made it from 3/8" black HDPE and 4130 moly rod/plate with quick pins for mouting. I'll make sure to get more pic's 

[largeorangefont]

Awesome Erik!

I wanted to drop my rear spring rate to 350 while I had my rear shocks off being revalved.. but I got the last 350lb PAC spring and now they are backordered. Waiting for another one now. I may have to stay with 400s in the meantime.

I don't know if you got your shocks revalved yet or not, but don't believe them when they say it takes a week or 2. Mine took about a month, but they upgraded them for free.

[gc3]

Awesome Erik!

I wanted to drop my rear spring rate to 350 while I had my rear shocks off being revalved.. but I got the last 350lb PAC spring and now they are backordered. Waiting for another one now. I may have to stay with 400s in the meantime.

I don't know if you got your shocks revalved yet or not, but don't believe them when they say it takes a week or 2. Mine took about a month, but they upgraded them for free.

if you ordered your PAC spring from somewhere like summit, you might never get it if it's backordered.
summit (usually amazing customer service) continually told me they are on factory backorder, and the estimated ship date kept being pushed back for months.
I ended up contacting PAC directly and they shipped me a black spring that same day, they apparently were just out of orange springs.... as if i cared about the colors!

[largeorangefont]

This spring is ordered from PAC direct, which was dumb because Summit is actually cheaper. I've tried to call them a couple times but no one answers the phone. I'll try again tomorrow, perhaps I can ask for black. I have not put the rear shocks back in the car yet, so there is still a little time.

[Supe]

Glad to see you guys hovering around the 350 lbs mark.  Maybe I did something right when I went 525/350 lbs on the springs a few years back!

[AKINA FC]

Glad to see you guys hovering around the 350 lbs mark.  Maybe I did something right when I went 525/350 lbs on the springs a few years back!

Awesome Erik!

I wanted to drop my rear spring rate to 350 while I had my rear shocks off being revalved.. but I got the last 350lb PAC spring and now they are backordered. Waiting for another one now. I may have to stay with 400s in the meantime.

I don't know if you got your shocks revalved yet or not, but don't believe them when they say it takes a week or 2. Mine took about a month, but they upgraded them for free.

Yeah I think that 350 number in the rear is probably pretty close to perfect, even with big sticky tires and a large wing. 280 and no bar was just a little to soft in the rear and would bottom out under heavy throttle on the outside under longer duration corners but the grip was awesome, it would hook up wonderfully in third gear. So adding 50 and a small bar should be just enough I think to keep it off the stops, we will see in a few weeks.
I wondered about the re-valve, my back window was the same scenario - said 2 weeks, takes a month. I was going to wait and get the springs dialed in first then send the shocks in when said and done. I'm using swifts, 8' tall in the rear and 7" in the front, 65mm.

[largeorangefont]

Nice. I'm running PAC springs, 2.5 ID,  6 inch front and 7 inch out back.

[jparker7]

window look slick. Can you tint it like glass.