build diary

October 4, 2005: Reading over what I did to try and set up the car this weekend, some of it sounds backwards.
The tire pressure changes were based on reading the tread. Given the length of the track (a "session" was only 5 miles!) it's possible they only barely reached full temperature. Lester Seal reports that he is running much higher pressures on his RA1s on his car and I'll start off there when I'm at Aspen in a couple of weeks. The real opportunity for tuning will come at a Pueblo event in a month. Hmm, maybe I should hunt down a pyrometer for this. I really need to get the suspension sorted. Lester reports he is running much less camber than I am.

Naturally, there's work to be done before the next track day. The car ran well - flawlessly, actually - but I still have to sort out the hood. I'll try to get a start on that tonight.

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